Introduction / by Noah Adams -- Hard-learned lessons from the family road trip / Laura Lorson (All things considered, Aug. 10, 2007) -- Family camping / Joel Achenbach (Morning edition, July 3, 2000) -- Educational vacations / Ellissa Ely (All things considered, Mar. 4, 2002) -- History of the vacation / Cindy Aron (All things considered, June 17, 2009) -- Low-cost glories of the drive-in movie / Robert Smith (Morning edition, Aug. 10, 2009) -- Pink jeep chronicles / Andy Raskins (All things considered, Sept. 7, 2004) -- Taking the great American road trip, Google-style / Marc Horowitz and Pete Baldes (Weekend edition Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009) -- A summer outing to Chincoteague Island / Neda Ulaby (Day to Day, Aug. 25, 2006) -- Who needs a fancy cruise if you've got inner tubes? / Tom Goldman (All things considered, Aug. 10, 2009) -- Pirates of the Caribbean / Andrea Cooper (All things considered, July 8, 2003) -- Discomfort zone / Jonathan Franzen (All things considered, Sept. 4, 2006) -- Setting sail with family, imperfections in tow / Marion Winik (All things considered, Jan. 18, 2005) -- Memories of going on staycation / Laura Lorson (All things considered, July 25, 2008) -- Lost and found sound : a Partridge family vacation / Marika Partridge (All things considered, Dec. 3, 1999).