You aren't kidding! Road trips are long-distance, by definition, or else the term is meaningless. 48 miles? Less than an hour? I know people who drive more tha

You aren't kidding! Road trips are long-distance, by definition, or else the term is meaningless. 48 miles? Less than an hour? I know people who drive more than that each way from home to work! I can make that trip in my Fiat 500e, with its super-limited range. Wikipedia has a few choice quotes: "While there is no consensus as to what distance or time must be traveled/spent in order for the event to qualify as a road trip, it is a commonly held belief that commuting by means of automotive transportation should not qualify as a road trip, regardless of the distance. Some argue that travel may not require a set distance to qualify as a road trip." "In the United States, a road trip typically implies leaving the state, or in extreme cases, leaving the country for places such as Canada or Mexico. However, in larger states, travel within the state may also be considered a road trip." For me, a drive from Dallas to Waco (100 miles) is a day trip, aka a kolache run. It's also longer than I can round-trip in my Fiat. A drive from Dallas to Austin (200 miles) is starting to verge on something approaching a road trip. Dallas to Houston (250 miles), still approaching a road trip. Dallas to San Antonio (300 miles), I have called this a road trip, even though I'm second-guessing that now. Oakland to Sonoma? Ha!