Why RotoRota? This website is about cars and trucks,
road trips, history, and related technology. The ancient Romans
practically invented what we know of as the road trip, they created the
first major network of highways, along with travel guides very much like
today's AAA Trip Tics or the Michelin Guides, and they even had drive
thru's! Roto Rota is Latin for turning wheels, and turning wheels are
one of the things that connect 21st Century America to the Romans that
started it all.
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| What RotaRota is all about |
Fundamentally
this website is about road trips, short ones, long ones, routine or
epic adventure road trips. As we travel down this road you will see
road trip stories both mine and others, along with suggestions of
interesting places to visit. Some trips will be short, a road trip is
what you make of it, a ten mile drive can be a road trip if you pick the
right road and make the most of it. Some will be quite long... I've got
one in mind that's over 10,000 miles. There are going to be road trip
reports, tips and tricks to keep you alert on those long drives and save
you money, food ideas... and maybe even a bad joke or two! After all
at the end of the road this is all about having new experiences, seeing
new places, and having fun!
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of the biggest reasons for this website is road trip stories, the sign
to the right is your link to our stories. The first one is up, many
more are too follow. Read and enjoy, and if you have any of your own
stories feel free to submit them!
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A good road trip should have an interesting
destination. While very often the journey is the destination an
interesting place at the end of the road makes the trip even more
enjoyable. Clicking on the road sign to the right will take you to the first of
our interesting destinations, more will be added shortly.
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| The Legend of the Pothole |
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| Legend has it that like many other things the
Romans invented the pothole.
The story goes that many of the
Roman roads were built with a layer of fine clay in them. As the Empire
started to fray and the roads were no longer being protected and
maintained people would start digging holes in the road to get clay to
make pots, hence the term "scaphium cavus", or "pot hole" in English.
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