[1] Forbes magazine praised the site in 2008 for having "photos worthy of National Geographic", and called it the best-looking travel blog they had seen.
[1] Forbes also noted that the navigation system was poor and that links were often overlaid over photographs.
[1] Notes from the Road was also picked as a favorite website by Time Magazine in 2005.
Gauger founded the site in January 2000 to let friends know about his travels, and has since broadened to include other content such as details about political disputes between preservationists and developers in various parts of the globe.
[3][4] Notes from the Road covers travel issues which are rarely covered by the travel media, such as controversial environmental battles such as those on Great Guana Cay and Sand Mountain.