August 2024

Travel tips

7 Summer Experiences in the American West You Can Enjoy Without A Car

When people think of long-distance travel in America,  especially west of the Mississippi River, they usually tend to think of classic road trips by car, or else air travel. It’s true that the United States has sorely neglected its public transportation networks over the past century, but it is still feasible, rewarding, and often more economical to travel the country by rail or other forms of public transportation. Train travel has a much lower impact on the environment and allows you to see America in a totally different way where you can sit back, relax, and take in scenery that you would otherwise never see. Here are just a few of the many experiences you can have (and which I just had) in the Western U.S. without a car: