I had always wanted to go on a big road trip with my friends. Not just a day trip where we all pile in with whoever has the biggest car and go to San Marcos or something, but a real multiple day road trip....
First off I need to say that while Travis County is under a stay at home order until at least April 30, I cannot advise anyone to go out and visit Luckenbach or any small towns. But you can read about...
Most of the destinations previously discussed on Rhodes Traveled have been exactly that: destinations. These are places I would suggest going to, places with enough merit to justify the hour and a half...
Max Rhodes, Online editor in chief December 9, 2019
Picture this: You’ve been driving down a stretch of highway for many hours and hundreds of miles. You’ve passed through more small towns than you can count, and a handful of huge cities as well....
Max Rhodes, online editor-in-chief October 23, 2019
Florida, like Texas, is a very diverse state. You’ve got Disney World, the Everglades, retired Midwesterners and down south, the Jimmy Buffett esque paradise also known as the Florida Keys. My trip down...
With triple digit heat coming to Austin, many residents are looking to escape through means of travel. But what if you don’t have money for a plane ticket to Montana or time for a road trip to Colorado?...
The Austin Panic room reached out to the Mac Journalism team and offered us some free tickets. I had never been to an escape room before and was looking forward to giving it a try. I knew the basic premise,...
If you're looking for something to eat in Texas, there are plenty of options. You can get some great tacos down south, enormous steaks up in the panhandle, pretty decent burgers just about everywhere,...
I’ve told of my adventures in the far off lands of Colorado and Chicago, but now it’s time to return to the great state of Texas. For those who remember, the last Texas destination I visited was Corpus...
Max Rhodes, web co-editor in chief January 5, 2019
After a superb trip to New York City last spring break, three members of McCallum journalism headed up to the mighty Chicago early this November. Chicago may have less than half the population of New...
Colorado! You know where it is; it’s one of those square northern states that doesn’t quite border Texas. What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear Colorado? Mountains? The city of...
Texas has a wide variety of environments, from the mountains out west to the plains in the middle of the state, and the Gulf Coast in the Southeast. The coast stretches over 300 miles, and most of the...
