A fewcheap smartphone apps can go a long way on the open road Besides the useful basics like a weather app and one for finding cheap gas at the local public radio station here are a few that will make your vacation more fun find the perfect campsite before nightfall with the $2 .99 camp Finder app after you plug in your location the app will search through its database of sixteen thousand campgrounds and RV parks to make local suggestions If you've got young kids in the backseat to entertain then 99 cents for a bingo app is money well spent We like Roadtrip Bingo US for its varying degrees of difficulty and different categories of objects to search for like types of cars or road signs And finally one of my favorite parts of a road trip is trying out the local flavor for $2 .99 the classic American Diners app will connect you with all the local dives in the area Get directions hours of operation and even reviews of more than one thousand greasy spoon locations coast to coast Happy travels In san Francisco I'm Kara Tsuboi CNET .com for CBS news
