We have just returned from a two month, seven thousand mile, road trip across America.
We traveled on two lane roads as much as possible, avoiding interstates, and made a point of stopping and exploring small towns and cities along with the parks we were camping in. Our transportation was a mid-size pickup pulling an eighteen foot mini RV.
We stayed in state parks almost every place we stopped. Our routine was to travel no more than three hundred miles at a time and to stay at least two nights at every park. This gave us time to stop when something seemed interesting and a full day to unhook the camper and go exploring the local area.
We went looking and what we found was that America is still there.
This is the first in a series of posts on our adventure.
For any American who had the great and priceless privilege of being raised in a small town there always remains with him nostalgic memories... And the older he grows the more he senses what he owed to the simple honesty and neighborliness, the integrity that he saw all around him in those days.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
3 comments:
Awesome! So jealous! Have long wanted to take Rt 20 from Fenway to Seattle (the only break is in Yellowstone but could deal with that). Also want to take Rt 1 (or A1A) down to Florida Keys. Hope you and the Queen had a blast!
Well that’s a great little rig, BP! Any plans for future trips?
Sounds like a great trip. I used to enjoy just going out on the road with no preplanned destination at the end of the day but now it seems to get a campsite you need to have reservations as they fill up. Takes the fun out of an impromptu vacation.
The last impromptu vacation I did was 25 years ago with 3 kids under 12 and a dog. Drove 1800 miles in 2 days to get to Glacier NP. No reservations. Got to the park at 5am and got a campsite when someone else left. Most fun I’ve ever had.
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