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Discussion
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1. Pages: a one page list of what to take, preparations needed, items to buy and any reservation information.
2. AAA triptik service to plan, save and print a route. It does an overview map and prints basic directions in large print.
3. Expedia finds available motels at expected stops with rates and contact information. Playing with date choices revealed lower prices midweek and just before a long weekend.
3. Maps of the towns/areas you plan to visit:
a. Apple Maps is reasonably helpful and shows town stores better than Google Maps. However downloaded maps are useless since they cannot be zoomed in for details.
b. Organic Maps, a free iPad app, provides offline maps that you can zoom in for great detail on streets, paths, stores, etc.
4. Gas Guru (iOS) is a useful free app for gas prices and locations near you.
5. State specific road condition apps. ie COtrip Planner. This iOS app shows current road construction, wildfire closures (the entire west is on fire), mountain pass snow closures and tourist departures from cliff edge roads.
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August 10, 2025 at 1:29 pmVERY helpful
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August 10, 2025 at 7:11 pmgood list.. I prefer GasBuddy and also log all my gas car numbers in the free version of fuelly. I would add RoadTripper for planning trips. If you hike – all trails. If you are a photographer either or both Photo Pills or The Photographer Emphemeris again for planning.
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August 10, 2025 at 7:12 pm
oh by the way I now have an electric car and it is driving me nuts around logging information and all the apps out there for the charging stations.
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August 10, 2025 at 7:45 pmLooking ev, hybrid, plub in ev’s cars myself, may I ask what make/model that you bought?
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August 11, 2025 at 1:15 pm
I really would have preferred a hybrid but we needed a car to fit into our budget so I leased a 2025 Honda Prologue Touring which with the $7500 credit and other things Honda was affordable. It is a ‘code share’ with the Chevy Blazer EV sharing lots of car. I would watch carefully because to qualify for the credit the car has to be yours by September 31st. I would assume there will be a number of great deals in august and September.
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August 11, 2025 at 12:21 pmI am on my second Tesla. 4 years with a model 3. Now two years into a model X.
There is a lot of noise and static about Tesla and Musk. But the cars are a technical dream.
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August 11, 2025 at 2:31 pm
Back to the main topic – Travel Lists.
If starting a new list from scratch, instead of Pages, use Notes. First of all, use the Aa menu to set the various Headings, Subheadings, and Body items. Then, for each group of Body items, select the check mark menu. Then, as the Body items are accomplished, check them off. A small sample is attached.
Alternatively, for those who prefer a paper copy that they can print and then mark up with a pen and add written notes, use Numbers instead of Pages. I set up my Travel List years ago, before Notes had checkmarks, so I have continued using it. I have attached my personal travel list for anyone who would like to use it, with your own changes (non-commercially, please). Note that it even includes a section for our dog, Charley.
Bon Voyage!
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