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255 More Summer Road Food USA; Interstate-75 Road Trip; Richard Bangs' Adventures

Travel with Rick Steves

Rick Steves

Rick Steves, Public Radio, 721132, Europe, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Npr, Travel

4.32.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2011

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Jane and Michael Stern inspire travelers with tales of finding classic American dishes with a regional twist; author Dave Hunter offers tips for navigating Interstate-75 between Michigan and Florida; and Richard Bangs dishes on how adventure travel can change the way you view the world. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

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Jane and Michael Stern will go out of their way to find the perfect American comfort food.

0:04.0

There is nothing more soothing after a meal of hot spicy barbecue or hot spicy

0:10.6

chicken than cool lemon ice box pie.

0:14.1

The diner in Atlanta had the best lemon ice box pie.

0:18.6

And for Dave Hunter, Interstate 75 is more than just a fast way to drive from Detroit to Dixie.

0:24.0

Because we do love those little towns up in Ohio where you can still see the old Americana.

0:30.0

Places like Troy, for instance, it's just a beautiful little Victorian town.

0:34.5

And Richard Banks explains why he'd rather do his traveling on a Whitewater River or Mountain Trail.

0:39.0

Adventure Travel is really more of a state of mind.

0:41.2

It's really trying to move off the comfort zone, go down a path

0:45.0

you've never been down before, or often discover the world for the first time, and yourself.

0:49.0

Hi, I'm Rick Steeves. From American Road Food and a guide to I-75 to Richard Bang's adventures around the world.

0:55.0

There's a lot for you to enjoy in the hour ahead on Travel with Rick Steve's.

0:59.0

What kind of travel gets your adrenaline pumping?

1:03.0

Coming up today on Travel with Rick Steves,

1:05.0

Richard Bangs explains his passion for adventure travel

1:08.0

in the most unexpected places.

1:11.0

In Canadian snowbird, Dave Hunter's found a way to turn the drudgery of a long-distance drive on Interstate 75 into a well-paced adventure of its own.

1:20.0

Let's start today's travel with Rick Steves with a return visit from Jane and Michael Stern.

1:25.0

They're the experts at finding the slices of Americana that tend to come on a blue plate special

1:30.0

at local diners and dives all over the USA.

1:35.0

Integral to appreciating cultures all over the world is of course eating.

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