Upon our return to the USA, we indulged in all of the foods that we had missed while traveling. We spent a month in Bay City, a week in Huntsville, a night in Branson, and a few days in Waurika…
World Trip Round-Up Part 2: Q&A
As with all of our country round-up posts, we have answered the same questions that we normally do, but this time about our entire trip. We always answer these separately so that we can’t steal each other’s answers, but it’s…
Life Update: April 2018
Some of you may be wondering where we have disappeared to, seeing as how I haven’t published a blog post in three long months. There’s no good excuse – I’ve had the time, so don’t have a good reason as…
A Roadtrip Along the Garden Route
To round out our time in Africa, Jon and I decided to take a road trip across the Garden Route of South Africa; the southern coast. We allocated one week and rented a small white Nissan Micra upon arrival at…
I Left My Heart in Africa
Since I think it’s probably pretty obvious that my blog is a few months behind, it will come as a surprise to no one that we have already gone to and left Africa. We only spent two months on the…
USA Road Trip Round-Up
Statistics Days: 30. Left Bay City, MI on Saturday, August 6. Arrived Waurika, OK on Sunday, September 4. Miles: 5,411. States: 14. In order: Michigan, Indiana (no stops), Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico,…
Roadside America
During the past month, we have traveled over 5,000 miles across 14 states. Our road trip has been a mix of highways and back roads, some more interesting than others. Vowing to take our time driving, we scheduled in extra…
Our Ride: The Malibu
Since we have been driving across our country for a month, I want to address a few rumors. No, we are not sitting in the back of an air conditioned limousine with a driver, nor are we hauling a RV…
Bull Ridin’ and Barrel Racin’
4.2 seconds. 8 seconds. 15.4 seconds. At the rodeo, the clock is king, differentiating between winners and losers. For each event, cowboys and cowgirls are racing either to come in with the lowest time on the clock or to ride…
Fundamental Forefathers
When we were first planning our big trip and had the idea to road trip around the USA for our first leg, we initially thought of driving south and then west – visiting friends and family along the way. We…