After 12,600 miles, 179 driving hours, and 79 days on the road, we arrived in Scottsdale, AZ where we will be through Thanksgiving. We are so thankful to the family and friends along the way who helped make this the best trip we could have ever hoped for. Most of all, I am thankful for […]

The last major stop on our trip was to visit the Thompson family in Texas. Mike and Lisa took us to a honky tonk in Fort Worth for drinks, dancing and bull riding, and to a Texas BBQ the next day for the best smoked meat we’ve ever had (and a great way to recover

Savannah was just how it looked in the movies. Spanish moss hanging off every tree, town squares with a statue in the center every couple blocks, brick streets, fountains, gardens. We walked around the town and along the river front during the day and then went back at night for a ghost tour. This was

New York–>Connecticut–>New Jersey–>Delaware–>Maryland–>Virginia–>Washington, D.C.–>North Carolina–>South Carolina–>Georgia That was our route the past two weeks. We stayed with relatives (The Tow family) in Pound Ridge, NY and took the train to the city. We stayed with relatives (The Speers family) in McLean, VA and drove into Washington, D.C.  We stayed right on the water at Kill

Five days on the Maine coast.  We lucked out with a few sunny 80 degree days in a row. Imagine the California coast, but more rugged and with bright green-yellow-orange-red maple trees going right up to the water in the place of palm trees. We explored harbors and lighthouses, watched the sunrise on Cadillac Mountain (the highest

Over the past week, we spent a few days exploring Chicago; drove over 500 miles to Niagara Falls; were detained, searched and interrogated at the Canadian border; drove another 500 miles across the length of New York and Massachusetts; and somewhere along the way passed the 6,000 miles mark of the trip (which is probably about

FYI: if you’re driving from the Northwestern corner of Montana heading Southeast, and you drive around 75mph, after 12 hours you will still be in Montana. We’ve spent a good amount of time driving the last couple days, but we saw some awesome things, listened to some great music and podcasts, and thoroughly enjoyed the

We spent some time at Glacier National Park in Northern Montana. We drove Going-to-the-Sun Road, cutting through the middle of the park from West Glacier to St. Mary on the East side. It’s a narrow, winding road through the mountains with jagged rock walls, waterfalls just outside the window and amazing views. Along the way, we

Here’s the best two paragraph summary of three days in Yellowstone that I can give: We stayed a night at the historic Old Faithful Inn, which is a few steps from Old Faithful geyser. Our room was an old, old wooden cabin. We explored the geothermal area, with geysers, hot springs, mud pots–it still barely

We made a ridiculously long drive from the Grand Canyon to Denver. 650 miles, about 15 hours. By the time we arrived, it was 5am. We crashed in a Motel 6 for a few hours, but then got a better hotel in downtown Denver. After exploring Denver and the surrounding area for a couple days,

First destination on our trip. Spent a couple days camping and hiking in the Grand Canyon. Saw lots of elk, thunderstorms and squirrels. Next stop, Denver.