The road trip It's as American as baseball, hot dogs and apple pie Back in 1903, the roads were open, but they were also unpaved, unmarked and unkempt This made for a remarkable journey when a former bicyclist, a dog riding shotgun and a retired doctor looking to collect a 0 bar bet embarked on America's first cross-country road trip In the early afternoon of May 23, 1903, Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall Crocker slid into the front seat of a gleaming, cherry-red Winton touring car and chugged down San Francisco's Market Street amid a sea of horse-drawn carriages The sleeping bags, cooking gear and supplies packed inside the automobile testified to a long journey ahead, but the road trip on which the men were embarking was truly epic-an unprecedented cross-country drive to New York City

2006