Program 328: Road Trips with Lincoln and the Green Book; Flying Happy with Samantha Brown

Get inspired to take a classic American road trip along the Lincoln Trail, from Springfield, Illinois to Gettysburg and the Potomac. We'll also hear about the special travel guide that African-Americans relied on in the mid-20th century to find a welcome on the road. Plus, TV travel host Samantha Brown shares how to enjoy your next long flight overseas.

• Robert Reid, Lonely Planet USA editor
• playwright Calvin Alexander Ramsey, author of "Ruth and the Green Book" (Carolrhoda)
• Samantha Brown, host for various series on the Travel Channel

• Robert Reid has blog postings about many domestic travel destinations on his website.
• The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is open daily in Springfield, Illinois.
• Abraham Lincoln's birthplace in central Kentucky, the Gettysburg National Military Park, and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington are operated by the National Park Service.
• Calvin Alexander Ramsey authored "Ruth and the Green Book" to illustrate the how African-Americans relied on The Green Book as a travel guide in the mid-20th century.
• Here is a PDF copy of the Green Book, officially called The Negro Motorist Green Book, from 1949.
• Samantha Brown describes taking her two-month old twins on their first plane trip to Florida on her website.
• The Travel Channel lists Samantha Brown's various TV series and specials on its website.

Graffiti on freights

High up in the Siskyous.

Travelling art show.

-- Phyllis Baker, Seattle

Louisiana's longest street

Great people along the way to meet

500 miles peddled to complete.

-- Jeff Sibley, Central City, Louisiana

Choose Sand or Asphalt

Cars along Shore or Race Track

Daytona Beach, Wow!

-- Gail Weinstein, Port Orange, Florida

Up to Michigan

Ah, sullen teenage daughter

Karma strikes again.

-- Karen Albright, Fort Wayne, Indiana