The best beach of the journey was easily Panama City Beach, Florida: The best sunset was in Albuquerque, New Mexico: The best drive of the trip is a three way tie between driving down the Florida Keys: Driving down Florida’s Atlantic Coast from…
Journey Surprises Part 1
Here’s the video: The sculpture park in South Dakota was still one of the oddest and definitely most surprising experiences. It ties in with the more general unexpectedness of all the roadside things people have built in this country. Even…
Day 146: Brainerd, Minnesota and 20,000 Miles
Even though we were back in Minnesota, we were in the far north of the state, where I had never been before to the best of my recollection. We started off having a look at a very cold beach in…
Day 125-126: Counter Culture and the California Coast
We headed up north. It was meant to be a big driving day, but we got distracted. It was fun though. We stopped at the Solar Living Center, which was all very hippie. We spoke to some people selling mood…
Day 122: Silicon Valley
First thing in the morning, we headed to Cupertino, home of Apple: Apple got to create and name its own road, Infinite Loop. We became very familiar with this loop as it is nearly impossible to park there. We got…
Day 77: Panama City Beach, Florida
We decided we needed to make some very serious distance due to spending so much time in Florida. We have really loved it, but it still only 29 out of 48 we intend to travel to, so Chris drove 350…
Day 76: Venice and Tampa, Florida
After an excellent night in Naples, we headed north. The first city we checked out, Venice, turned out to mainly because retirement or snowbird community, that is, many people with homes there live in the north of the US most…
Day 75: Miami, Alligators and Naples, Florida
After a rough time at the Miami Airport Days Inn (see previous post), we finally got going at 1 PM. We attempted to see Miami itself, despite starting several hours later than hoped. This was a challenge as there is…
Day 74: Mile Zero and the Southernmost Point
We were a little worried the return would not be as good as going out. Obviously it never can be, but we still managed to find some new and unique things on the way back that we’d missed on the…
Day 72 Part 1: Daytona Beach
We woke up to a beautiful day and had another dip in both the sea and the pool. Since it was a ‘proper’ hotel, they had a bit nicer breakfast as well (hot food beyond those waffle makers). We headed…