back roads
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Yet it’s pretty good as the centerpiece of an overnight road trip probing small towns and back roads of the western San Joaquin Valley and eastern San Luis Obispo County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
We’ve left our town for California, exploring back roads the whole way through, and then back again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
"Anybody who knows the area knows it's back roads and windy roads and really unsuitable for people to come along," he said.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025
The smugglers talk about their ability to get equipment to Calais within “three, four hours”, which indicates they feel bold enough to use motorways, rather than back roads.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
Afterward, Haas, Creamer, and a Peruvian archaeologist, Alvaro Ruiz, drove a four-by-four through the back roads of the area between that excavation and the Fortaleza Valley.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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