From the Q&A mailbox:

Question: Lynn asks, My daughter and I are looking at colleges in northern California and Oregon next month. We would like to combine sightseeing and looking at four schools in San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Corvallis and Eugene. Is there help we could get in arranging this? Thanks.

Answer:  College planning is an exciting time and we’re happy to help you combine sightseeing with your trip. The route pictured, from Santa Barbara north to Eugene, was createdusing the AAA TripTik Travel Planner, click on it to see it in detail. You can customize it to add colleges or points of interest and to change the route. The yellow “i” buttons on the map will lead you to travel guides for the area.  You can also book hotels along your route right from the maps, zoom in to see more detail of an area and use the 'Show' tab to select what you'd like to see displayed and use the 'My Places' function to save your favorites.  For more information on how to use TripTikTravel Planner, please view the demo – the button is on the top right of the TripTik screen.

Readers, you can do the same for your simple or multi-stop road trip. just go to TripTik Travel Planner on AAA.com, click on Directions and put in your origination point, followed by your destination. Click the blue 'Add destination' text to build a route like this one.