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Road Trip: My adventure from North Carolina to Dallas, Texas
May 17, 2013

Road Trip: My adventure from North Carolina to Dallas, Texas

The following post originally appeared on our RoadLoans blog, The Open Road. After graduating recently from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I was ready for my next life adventure working at Santander Consumer USA in Dallas. The only thing…

Some Mother’s Day gift ideas for a free-wheeling Mom
May 10, 2013

Some Mother’s Day gift ideas for a free-wheeling Mom

With Mother’s Day around the corner, everyone is scrambling to make sure that basket of flowers, fruits or chocolates makes it to the mom’s house in time.  But if your mom spends more of her time behind the wheel, ditch…

Road Trip: Food for thought when you’re traveling
May 9, 2013

Road Trip: Food for thought when you’re traveling

For me, food is an essential part of any road trip. It’s a way to embrace the experience of travel, and a good excuse to stretch the legs. It’s one of the things about a road trip that can draw…

Road Trip: Going to Guthrie
May 2, 2013

Road Trip: Going to Guthrie

Location: Dallas, TX Destination: Guthrie, OK Distance: 234 Miles As a mother of three, it’s not very often that I get a little quiet time. That’s why when I had the opportunity to take off for a weekend, a flurry…

Car maintenance advice for summer driving, family vacations
April 29, 2013

Car maintenance advice for summer driving, family vacations

Now that winter is behind us and the spring/summer driving season has arrived, it’s time to think about, what else, car maintenance. OK, so that’s not what you want to think about. But doing so now can save you lots…