Memorial Day Is the Holiday for Drivers

Happy driving weekend.

Memorial Day is the opening of the summer travel season and this year the roads are expected to be just a little bit busier, according to the AAA.

Even if too many people are still planning to work or fretting about gas prices, which are at least going down a bit, there is plenty to see and do. If we had the time, we'd be heading out on one of these driving trips.

If you decide not to drive down the shore or to the mountains for some spring skiing, you can always stay home and watch the Indy 500, the Coca-Cola 500, the Monaco Grand Prix or AMA sport bike racing.

As for me, I'll be doing a few day trips and giving the new GTI it's first real test.

Trip Report: Seattle to Portland and Back

A good drive this week. The Mercedes just swallows up miles on the highway.

Thanksgiving Driving Travel to Increase This Year AAA Reports

A snow plow on Thanksgiving, 3 days after the snow ended.

The the number of Americans traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday will increase 11.4 percent from 2009, AAA projected earlier this week. Approximately 42.2 million travelers were expected to take a trip of at least 50 miles away from home. Last year, 37.9 million Americans traveled during the Thanksgiving holiday. The 2010 Thanksgiving holiday travel period is defined as Wednesday, November 24 to Sunday, November 28.

After my little driving adventure earlier this week thanks to a #snOMG snow storm here in the Seattle area, our family went exactly 0 miles for the holiday. I walked out to the street a couple of times to see whether it would be drivable some time this year.

Did you drive this weekend? Did you go car shopping? Let GTSOTR know..