Road Tripper

It’s such a liberating experience to drive one’s car off the countryside. With a backpack on the passenger seat, camping materials in the compartment, plus R & B music playin,’ well, who said that getting a life could never be that fun?
Not until your car stucks. Camping in the middle of the road, anyone?

It always happens, particularly to amateur drivers (how mean!). It’s whether your car would suddenly have a flat tire, a dead battery or any other vehicular emergencies of that sort that will intentionally develop your patience (and an auto repairer’s instinct, I guess). You begin remembering that there is a God who can send you angels to the rescue.
Somebody must have prayed earnestly while on the same pathetic situation 30 years ago. For now, there already exists an organization with the mission to provide help and relief to millions of drivers everyday who need some roadside assistance.
 
The CVS Samaritan Van Program was launched by CVS Pharmacy, a retail division of CVS Caremark on February 6, 1978 - yeah, thirty years ago. It started with a single vehicle and its driver who began to offer assistance to stranded motorists during the “Blizzard of ’78″ that dumped 27.1 inches of snow on Boston , leaving the whole city and surrounding areas paralyzed.

Maybe ‘twas the pay it forward chain at work, because today, the CVS Samaritan Van Program is already an established organization with a fleet of distinctive white vans bearing the red ”CVS/Samaritan” logo patrolling highways around nine major cities in US including Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, providence and Washington D.C.It has currently traveled more than 10 million miles, assisting more than a million people stranded on the road.

“By helping to keep people safe on our nation’s highways, the CVS Samaritan Van program is part of our company’s vision to strive to improve the quality of human life,” Eileen Howard Dunn, senior vice president of Corporate Communications and Community relations at CVS Caremark, told AutoChannel.

Now that makes a more significant roadtrip!

 

Yes you! Land Rover invites all outdoor geeks and true-blooded adventurers to join the off-road “adventures”! According to a Ford.com press release, the world-renowned group will set up camps for clients and other guests in Moab, Utah from April 18 to 29, 2008. Moab is known for its spectacular surroundings, vast red rock monuments and outstanding outdoor recreation.

Ford.com reported that The Land Rover Moab Adventure is a four-day, three-night exclusive outdoor experience for Land Rover clients and off-road buffs. The program will provide the best local cuisine and convenient accommodation night in and night out at the Sorrel River Ranch which is next to Colorado’s splendid river banks.

Professional and beginner off-road explorers will be given a chance to drive a Land Rover Range Rover with the tough header pipe, Range Rover Sport and LR3. These powerful vehicles will be used during several exciting activities in Moab’s tough but stunningly gorgeous, red rock tracks. Customers will be guide by Land Rover’s first-rate driving instructors.

“Land Rover has traveled the globe throughout its 60 year history and our owners reap the benefit of our experience in creating and delivering exceptional outdoor travel experiences. Our owners tend to seek out adventure in remote and out of the way places and our adventures are designed to showcase the capability of our vehicles while finding unique and memorable locations,” says Bob Burns, 3D experience driving programs manager of Land Rover North America.