Buckle Up for Absurdity: RoadtripMojo’s Terms of Service (Un)Limited

RoadtripMojo has been around for far too long with no terms of service to guide our relationship with fellow roadtrippers – and cover our a$$e$ in case some pansy gets offended. So, lazy meme thieves that we are, we asked Google’s Bard chatbot to conjure some rules of the road. Our prompt: “Write 250 words on an unreasonable terms of service for roadtripmojo website.” About 10 seconds later, it gave us the following semi-legalese, indefensible gobbledygook – plus the image of car-meets-cow, for added import. (I’m kind of expecting a fat bill for this from an attorney somewhere)

Image of car honking at a cow“Welcome, thrill-seekers and wanderlust warriors, to RoadtripMojo, the engine that fuels your spontaneous adventures! By clicking “I Accept” below, you’re not just powering up your RV, hitching up your travel trailer, or even renting a van – you’re signing a hilarious pact with the open road (and some potentially questionable legal clauses). So, grab a granola bar, crank up the tunes, and prepare for the wildest ride of your digital life:

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FloydFest Horizon 2024 Brings Magic – and Music – Back to the Mountain

 

RoadtripMojo spent some time chatting with #FloydFest COO and producer Sam Calhoun about FloydFest Horizon 2024, its new home, new venues and stages, the different campgrounds, and the acts they’ve signed so far. Below is the interview – with lotsa insights to help prepare you old timers and newcomers alike for the new digs, new stages, new acts – and friends old and new.

Listen to the conversation here. Then, visit RoadtripMojo on Facebook for your chance to win one 4-Day GA pass AND one Canopy Camping Tent Tag for FloydFest 24~Horizon. Thanks – as always – Sam for all you do for live music. We truly appreciate you and your team and the magic you serve up! (Selection to be made by Monday, December 4, 2023. Details here

Roadtrip to the Cosmos: 9 Tips for Camping Stargazing

When you’re roadtripping in search of stargazing, especially to certified “International Dark Sky Places,” the cosmos can come alive with a display of universe of eye candy. Below are a few tips to consider when choosing a place to set up your telescope, or lay back with your binoculars – or bare eyes – and take in the celestial offering.

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College Football Fans Enter for the Harvest Hosts RV ‘Road Game Pass’

When we used to hit University of Florida Gators home football games, we’d eye all those macdaddy RVs and campers and wonder what it would be like to roadtrip or camp to a football game. How’s your chance to find out.

Harvest Hosts 2023 Road Game Pass will allow a superfan to follow their team on the road. In the era of realignment, this will make the journey all the easier. Harvest Hosts, which runs the RV camping program providing access to unique camping spots across North America, has launched the ultimate Road Game Pass for the college football season. 

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Vladimir Nabokov on Music Festival Camping via ChatGPT

The experiment continues. After asking ChatGPT to write an essay on music festival camping in the style of Hunter S. Thompson, Andy suggested I ask it to write one in the style of Vladimir Nabokov. In less than a minute, it delivered. My Prompt: Write a 500-word article in English on camping at music festivals in the style of Vladimir Nabokov.

ChatGPT wrote: Title “On the Delicate Pleasures of Festival Camping: A Vladimir Nabokovian Sojourn”

“As the blazing sun sets upon the vast expanse of the festival grounds, a myriad of souls emerge from their metal steeds, eagerly ready to embark on a peculiar rite of passage—a tryst with nature amid the harmonious chaos of music festivals. Ah, the delicate pleasures of camping…

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