These featured AAA Drive Trips - just two of over 100 available - offer the best of east and west. Click on the Drive Trip's name to access the complete printable itinerary.

The first - 435-mile road trip in Colorado - takes you from big city Denver to the big scenery of the Rocky Mountains. You'll see Denver, Estes Park, Boulder, Salida and Colorado Springs as well as Rocky Mountain National Park, with 78 named peaks. Travel on US 36, a AAA Scenic Byway, and see an array of AAA GEM attractions, including the South Park City Museum, Cave of the Winds and Garden of the Gods Park.

Road Reporter Mike Robb says, "The Rocky Mountain Drive Trip is best driven and enjoyed from June to September as winter weather can arrive early and leave late. Denver has gotten very big (some 2.7 million in the metro area) so it is best to avoid it during rush hours. There is a widening project (4-6 lanes) on I-25 south of Castle Rock (a 15-mile ‘final’ stretch). This project should be completed later this year (around September/October) thus making I-25 from Colorado Springs to Denver 6 lanes in its entirety. This will greatly improve the traffic flow between Colorado Springs & Denver."

Back east, the Historic Virginia Drive Trip is a road trip back in time, originating in the rich naval tradition of Norfolk. From there the journey continues to Williamsburg, where you can experience Colonial life one day and the thrill rides of Busch Gardens the next. Other stops on the 397-mile ride include Fredericksburg, Manassas and Yorktown. The Road Reporter notes, "This trip can be taken year-round but I think it’s best to take it from April to November.    There can be some winter weather and heavy rains in southeastern Virginia during the winter months. This Drive Trip needs about 4-5 days to really take in the best attractions. Notably the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel; the General MacArthur Memorial; Colonial Williamsburg & Yorktown; Richmond; and one or two of the nearby plantations. Note that I-64 is only 4-lane and quite tight between the Hampton Roads area and Richmond. While thickly wooded and somewhat scenic, this stretch of highway is heavily travelled and delays can occur during the peak  travel times. There are some ongoing widening projects on I-64 both at the Richmond and Newport News ‘ends’ of the highway. They hope to have the entire portion of I-64 widened to six lanes by 2015. Easiest to travel in the fall when the kids are back in school."

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