The middle of summer for many means doing all they can to dodge the heat (as many of us do in Texas)…but others find it to be the perfect time to hop in a car and hit the road.

The Great American Road Trip is the stuff of legends. It’s inspired movies and books; music and video games. While perhaps not as common as they once were, road trips are still a very American thing — and the topic of this episode of Men in Gorilla Suits!

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We kick it off with the first road trips we remember taking. After that, we talk about whether we prefer driving, flying, or other means of transportation to get places. Then we chat about why we think road trips still endure today.

Find out if we’ve ever taken road trips just for the sake of hitting the road before we dedicate some time to these thoughts:

• What do you like best about road trips?
• What’s the longest road trip you’ve taken?
• What’s one road trip you’d love to take?
• What’s the best road trip you’ve had?
• What’s the worst road trip you’ve taken?
• What’s the last road trip you’ve taken?

After all that, we talk a bit about technology — specifically: with DVDs in seat backs and other on-road distractions (not to mention interstates and lack of many roadside attractions along them), is the old-school road trip is a thing of the past?

And we wrap it all up with what we think road trips will be like in the future?

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