Written by Kim
We started our trip on August 30 and got home on October 8. Our trip took us nearly 10,000 miles (9,823 to be exact) over 40 days and 39 nights with 27 stops. Many have asked what our favorite or least favorite stop was but I must admit we enjoyed every stop. We did different things at different places which made each special. We had a general itinerary but would firm up our plans about 3-4 days in advance and book hotels and tours, etc. We had bright sunshine every day except one on our trip. It rained the day we were in Yellowstone. We adjusted a bit from our original plan so here was our final itinerary:
- North Myrtle Beach, SC
- Richmond, VA
- Lincoln Park, NJ – saw 3 of our 4 kids and the 3 grands in that area (right before the trip I went to FL to see my son and his 3 kids)
- Lancaster, PA
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Toledo, OH
- Elkhart, IN
- Mackinaw City, MI
- Munising, MI
- Duluth, MN
- Fargo, ND
- Sioux Falls, SD
- Deadwood, SD
- Columbus, MT
- Rexburg, ID
- Boise, ID
- Ontario, OR
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Beaver, MT
- Moab, UT
- Grand Junction, CO
- Cheyenne, WY – saw Lisa & Bob
- Council Bluffs, IO
- Wichita, KS
- Tulsa, OK
- Joplin, MO
- Little Rock, AR
- Tupelo, MS
- Sparta, TN
- North Myrtle Beach, SC
Our goal of this trip is to complete our visit to all 50 states. Alex has 13 left and I have 15 to see. We will drive each day approx 4-5 hours max and stay at each stop 1-2 days. We will booked hotels about 3-4 days in advance relying heavily on Google reviews and didn’t have a single bad hotel. Our rental car was a Ford Explorer which was larger than we reserved but served us well despite its 24 mpg gas guzzling.
If you’d like to read the recap of our trip access this link to our blog post.
USA Road Trip – The Recap of 40 day journey