Posts Tagged ‘road trip’
When Life Throws You Curves
I expected to write this blog from a tiny cabin in the woods, candlelight reflecting off my screen and a nice warm blanket wrapped around my shoulders. I imagined detailing my long days of work, and then somehow putting into words the fulfilled feeling I was getting from days consumed with wood splitting and puppy-dog…
Read MoreAmerica The Beautiful
(Written on Thursday, November 7th at 7am) Total Road Trip Days: 33 Total Road Trip Miles: 8, 025 We have completed our road trip! We finished a few days early, a few dollars poorer, and with a bit more miles under our belt than expected, but we’re already talking about when and where we can…
Read MoreThe Mountains Are Calling
(Written on Sunday, November 3rd at 9am) Total Days: 30 Total Mileage: 7,000 Our drive into Taos, New Mexico turned out to be much more eventful than we had anticipated. As we headed over the High Road to Taos Scenic Byway (State Road 518 through the Carson National Forest), the small rainstorm that had just…
Read MoreFamily Comes First
(Written on Wednesday, October 30th at 4pm) Total Days: 27 Total Mileage: 6, 500 When we first began planning our trip to South America, our biggest concern was not our safety, the money, or the need to quit our jobs and put our belongings in storage. The problem was that we had family all over…
Read MoreLaissez les Bons Temps Rouler (Let the Good Times Roll)
(Written Saturday, October 26th at 10pm) Total Days: 23 Total Miles: 5,700 A couple weeks ago we were driving around Montana and South Dakota alone, camping on forest roads and looking for hikes. Those days are long gone. Nowadays we’re visiting the people and places we have missed in the past few years and exploring…
Read MoreFamily, Food, and Frankenmuth
(Written Saturday, October 19th at 10am) Total Days: 15 Total Mileage: 4,100 We are just leaving Michigan and heading to Chicago after a wonderful 4 night/3 day visit with Don’s family in Spring Lake. We are pretty sure we set some sort of record for most activities fit into one visit. Living on the West…
Read MoreBeing a Yooper in Northern Michigan
(Written Monday, October 14th at 9pm) Total Days: 11 Total Mileage: 3,650 There is magic in the air up here in the North Woods of Michigan. We’ve only been in the Upper Peninsula (the U.P., hence the name “Yooper”) for 3 days but the warm welcome we’ve received has made us feel right at home.…
Read MoreThe Wild West
(Written Friday, October 11th at 8pm) Total Days: 8 Total Mileage: 3,200 Well I definitely cannot allow another 5 day lapse between posts because way too much happens and the task of writing it all in one blog is daunting. I’ll do my best, but keep in mind that there is likely more to all…
Read MoreOff to a Good Start
(Written Sunday, October 6th at 7pm) Total Days: 3 Total Mileage: 1,297 It’s hard to believe that we’re only 3 days into our road trip. Our first day consisted of almost 1,000 miles of driving through 4 different states. We planned to make it to some national forest land in Montana before we got some…
Read MoreOn the Road
(Written Friday, October 4th at 2pm) Well, we are finally off on our adventure! It took months of planning and saving, weeks of packing and selling, and days of saying good-byes and tying up loose ends, but we are finally on our way from Northern California to Montana with nothing but our camping gear and…
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