Tag: road trip

The Big Duck enjoys top billing as a quirky roadside attraction!

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Flanders, New York – At the dawn of the Great Depression, Long Island duck farmer Martin Maurer and his wife. Jeule on a road trip and enjoy a cup of joe inside a large coffee pot. They decided, as the story goes, that if the world could have a great deal of coffee, it really needed a big duck, and they would be the ones to give us all. And so in 1931 one of the strangest and most influential roadside attractions in American history was born. The large duck…

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Kinder Bueno is giving away gas money for late summer road trips

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With July (largely) winding down, we’re heading towards the end of summer and that means it’s time for our late summer road trips. Except this year, fuel prices have been significantly higher than normal, something for many that puts a damper on normal everyday driving, not to mention those often eagerly anticipated summer trips. Now, however, Kinder Bueno is trying to improve things a bit by donating gas money — and chocolate — to those looking to hit the open road as summer approaches. The brand recently announced its Summer…

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