Saturday, July 23, 2011

Extra, Extra, Read All About It!


Thank you friends and fans for following the adventures of TravelingJules and TravelingJoan on the Rand McNally and USA TODAY Best of the Road adventure! We had an amazing time! We really enjoyed sharing our travel stories with you on our Best of the Road blog: http://ontheroad.bestoftheroad.com/category/best-of-the-road/traveling-jules-and-joan/, and we hope you enjoyed tagging along for the ride! And, speaking of great stories, here are a few more stories about our mission to explore 6 of the "Most Fun" small towns in America! We highly recommend you visit Myrtle Beach, SC, Yellow Springs, OH, Santa Claus, IN, Glenwood Springs, CO, Park City, UT and Vacaville, CA.


USA TODAY Online
Five teams selected for Best of the Road contest
Friday, June 10, 2011
http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/dispatches/post/2011/06/best-of-the-road-travel-teams-chosen/173805/1

USA TODAY Online
Best of the Road rally teams take off
http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/dispatches/post/2011/06/best-of-the-road-rally-teams-take-off-you-can-follow-along/175337/1

9News Denver
Friday, June 17, 2011



Denver Post
Mom-daughter duo driven to win $10,000 rally
Saturday, July 2, 2011
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_18385807

Myrtle Beach
WBTW CBS NEWS (news story)
Myrtle Beach, SC
Saturday, June 25, 2011
http://www2.scnow.com/news/grand-strand/2011/jun/25/best-road-judges-myrtle-beach-see-if-its-most-fun-ar-2027602/


WMBF NBC NEWS (news story)
Myrtle Beach, SC
Saturday, June 25, 2011
http://www.wmbfnews.com/category/195966/video-landing-page?clipId=5992308&flvUri=&partnerclipid=&topVideoCatNo=0&c=&autoStart=true&activePane=info&LaunchPageAdTag=homepage&clipFormat=flv


Yellow Springs
WDTN2 NBC (news story)
Yellow Springs, OH
Tuesday, June 29, 2011
http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/local/greene_county/town-tries-to-be-most-fun-in-country

Town tries to be "Most Fun" in country: wdtn.com


WHIT CBS22 (news story)
Yellow Springs, OH
Tuesday, June 29, 2011


WYSO Public Radio (Radio Talk Show Interview)
Yellow Springs
Tuesday, June 29, 2011
http://greenecountyohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/TravelingJules-TravelingJoan-WYSO-Interview.mp3

WHIO News Talk Radio
Yellow Springs, OH
Tuesday, June 29, 2011
http://www.newstalkradiowhio.com/news/news/local/yellow-springs-finalist-most-fun-contest/nCyQ6/

Yellow Springs News
Fun is afoot in Yellow Springs!
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
http://ysnews.com/news/2011/06/fun-is-afoot-in-yellow-springs

Dayton Daily News
Monday, July 25, 2011
http://www.daytondailynews.com/lifestyle/travel/rand-mcnally-contest-spotlights-yellow-springs-1215283.html

Santa Claus
14NEWS WFIE (news story)
Travel judges get big welcome in Santa Claus
Thursday, June 30, 2011
http://spencer-perrycounty.14wfie.com/news/community-spirit/travel-judges-get-big-welcome-santa-claus/45971

Journal-Democrat (newspaper story)
Bloggers poll Santa Claus for ‘Most Fun Town’ honor
Thursday, July 7, 2011
http://www.spencercountyjournal.com/content/bloggers-poll-santa-claus-%E2%80%98most-fun-town%E2%80%99-honor

Glenwood Springs
Glenwood Springs Post Independent
‘Best of the Road’ team has a ball in town
Glenwood Springs, CO
Saturday, July 9, 2011
http://www.postindependent.com/article/2011110709913

PCTV - Park City TV (Live Morning Show Interview)
Park City, UT
Friday, July 8, 2011 (TravelingJules and TravelingJoan)



Park City
KPCW Radio, “Fun Friday” with Jen Williams and John Burdick (Radio talk show interview)
Park City, UT
Friday, July 8, 2011

VACAVILLE
Vacaville, California
The Reporter
Vacaville’s fun quotient measured
July 12, 2011
http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_18460226

The Daily Republic
Vacaville rolls out carpet for most fun town contest judges
July 11, 2011
http://www.dailyrepublic.com/featured-stories/vacaville-rolls-out-carpet-for-most-fun-town-contest-judges/

The five best small towns in America
Thursday, July 21, 2011
http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/story/2011/07/The-five-best-small-towns-in-America/49573514/1?csp=tf

Glenwood Springs Post Independent
It's official: We're Fun City USA (as if we didn't know)
Glenwood Springs, CO
Thursday, July 21, 2011
http://www.postindependent.com/article/2011110729975

Grand Junction
Colorado pair find world of fun in Glenwood
Saturday, July 23, 2011

Friday, July 15, 2011

USA TOUR of FUN - Video Recap - Best of the Road


It's been an incredible three weeks traversing the country for Best of the Road in search of the MOST FUN SMALL TOWNS in America for Rand McNally and USA TODAY! We hope you followed TravelingJules and TravelingJoan's adventure online at: http://ontheroad.bestoftheroad.com/category/best-of-the-road/traveling-jules-and-joan/

But in case you missed out on all the FUN, you can catch the adventure step by step via the videos below...so kick back, grab a bucket of popcorn, and get ready for some FUN FUN FUN!

TravleingJules and TravelingJoan

Predeparture Psychosis

Unexpected Surprises, New York City

FUN FUN FUN

USA TODAY Headquarters

Hidden Gem - Myrtle Beach


MYRTLE BEACH - FUN to the Max


Yarn Bombing, Yellow Springs


YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO - FUN FUN FUN here it comes


Hat's off to Santa Claus


Ho Ho Ho


SANTA CLAUS, INDIANA, Christmas in July FUN


Learning how to fly, Glenwood Springs, CO


GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO - Mountains of FUN


PARK CITY, UTAH - Olympic Size FUN


VACAVILLE, CALIFORNIA - Funtastic FUN