When you take a road trip, it’s important to have enough space. You also want a car that can handle some serious miles, which your own may not be well suited for. U-Save Car Rentals offers vans and larger cars that can make a serious road trip that much better.

If you want to take a couple of weeks and visit somewhere you’ve never been, think about driving to Middle America. You know Highway 61, right? The ol’ Bob Dylan song? Along with Route 66, it’s one of the most legendary roads in the States.

Driving the Great River Road is a long meandering way. There are plenty of cities to see along the way, including St. Louis, Memphis, and New Orleans, as well as some beautiful country and not so beautiful detritus of smokestacks and industry. You can taste plenty of the world’s best BBQ and hear where the Blues got its beginnings.  Imagine what it was like to float the Mississippi hundreds of years ago, in Mark Twain’s time, and you’ll start to get a feeling for old America.

Depending on your preferences, you can start from the Northeast through Cleveland and Chicago and drive south. Circle east by heading through the Appalachian trail and back home again. It can all be done at a fairly leisurely pace in two weeks, so take your time, enjoy the sites, and return the car at the rental center when all’s seen and done.