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汽车旅行
在早期的汽车旅行中，人们时常参加「汽车露营」 (autocamping) ，主要是在公园外露营；但是，早在汽车拖的居住车和活动房车(Winnebagos)问世之前，就已经有些人将他们的汽车变成移动住家；到了最后，一间间的汽车旅馆或「汽车饭店」散布在国家内如棋盘般的公路线旁。
拥有汽车意谓着家庭可以跑到离家很远的地方；如果你住在一个温暖的地区，你可以整装后，开车前往山上滑雪；如果你住在一个寒冷的地方，你可以把车开到海滩边，享受艳阳的曝晒；汽车使得人们可以轻易完成以前大多数人都办不到的事：依自己的时间表，在能力可以负担的限度内，尽情地探索美国。
In the early days of car travel, people often went "autocamping." Mainly they camped outdoors in parks. But, even in the days before trailers and Winnebagos, some people turned their cars into mobile homes. Eventually, motels, or "motor hotels," sprang up along the highways that criss-crossed the country.
Having a car meant families could go places far from where they lived. If you lived in a warm area, you could pack up the car and go to the mountains to ski; if you lived in a cold place, you could drive to the beach for fun in the sun. Cars made it possible to do what had not been easy for most people before: explore America affordably on their own schedule.
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