Written by Kim What an amazing trip! We are so fortunate to have the opportunity to take to the road for a journey like this. We both met our goal of visiting all 50 states. Many have asked now what. Hold that thought I’ll share more at the end but first let me recount this […]
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USA Road Trip – Goal Complete – I visited all 50 when we got to Alabama on Natchez Trace Parkway
Written by Kim This morning we left Tupelo pretty early to get started toward Tennessee on the Natchez Trace Parkway which is 444-miles of scenic drive through Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. Today we traveled a little less than half of the parkway starting at mile marker 267 from Tupelo to Nashville. The current parkway more […]
USA Road Trip – Alex hits his 50th state in Mississippi
Written by Kim We left Little Rock this morning headed to Tupelo, Mississippi. It was about a 4 1/2 drive mostly through cotton fields and other farms, It was all agriculture and no livestock. As we’ve done on many of our drives we took country roads and state highways (Alex forces it in Google Maps […]
USA Road Trip – A Stop at Branson on the way to Little Rock
Written by Kim Well….today was not our most exciting day but got us another state – Arkansas. Now Alex is down to 1 and I have 2. We’re really coming down the homestretch. We didn’t really have anything planned for today so Alex suggested a small detour to see Branson on our way. our drive […]
USA Road Trip – Gettin’ our kicks on Route 66 from Tulsa to Joplin
Written by Kim ***Warning long post with lots of pictures*** We drove the stretch of historic Route 66 from Tulsa to Joplin, Missouri today for something different on our amazing road trip. Route 66 was one of the original highways in the United States Numbered Highway System. It was established on November 11, 1926. The […]
USA Road Trip – A night at the Tulsa State Fair
Written by Kim Before leaving Wichita to drive to Tulsa we decided to take some bikes out for a ride along the Arkansas River. We rented bikes right outside the Hyatt. The path was relatively flat but these bikes weren’t as easy to ride as the ones in Boise. It felt like the gears were […]
USA Road Trip – A Quick Stop at Oz (Wampego) on the way to Wichita
Written by Kim Before leaving Omaha I wanted to stop at the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge. It is a 3,000-foot long walkway stretches across the Missouri River connecting Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa. You can stand at one point on the bridge and have one foot in each state. Pretty cool! Our drive today […]
USA Road Trip – Canyonlands
Written by Kim Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah is known for its dramatic desert landscape carved by the Colorado River. There are several sections to the park – Island in the Sky is most popular and closest to Moab but there are several other sections some of which are very rugged and require 4×4 […]
USA Road Trip – Arches National Park
Written by Kim We left Beaver and drove about 4 hours with stops to Moab. We had a little scare last night at dinner while we were planning for our trip to Arches when we realized we hadn’t reserved our timed entry ticket for the park and all the spots were sold out. Luckily, they […]
USA Road Trip – Mormon Tabernacle Choir then drive to Beaver, UT
Written by Kim Ok now be honest how many of you are saying where the heck are they now. Yes we’re in Beaver. It’s about an hour from Bryce Canyon and hotel rates are a lot more reasonable more late but first the performance Yesterday at our tour, our guides told us that the choir […]