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Text: Joy Rides

A vacation isn’t just about getting to your destination—it’s about enjoying the journey. Electric vehicles, trains, bikes, and public charter flights are just a few ways to travel differently this year.

A white electric vehicle drives along a dark asphalt road in a desert landscape next to the Rio Grande A person wearing brightly-colored bicycle outfit and helmet stands in the doorway of a wooden-frame building
Christ Chávez (left) and Sean Fitzgerald (right)An EV drives FM 170 through Big Bend National Park (left); a biker explores JA Ranch in Clarendon.
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From the May 2025 issue

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