Road Trip - USA
In and around Rochester, United States
So I'm still trying to figure this program out, bear with me.
Josh and I are headed off to see the country before seeing the world. Travel with us and share our adventures! Yipee!
Route taken and entries written by Dove and Josh
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Late start, early night
Our first day was...crazy. Big surprise! We ended up sleeping at my cousin Spydah's place the night before since we didn't feel like crashing on an... Continue reading »
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South Bass Island
After a bit of a late start this morning (we’d wanted to get on the road by 8am, but our tired bodies wouldn’t let us), we made our way to the Lake Er... Continue reading »
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WalMart, somewhere outside of Cleveland - Day 2
After a bit of a late start this morning (we’d wanted to get on the road by 8am, but our tired bodies wouldn’t let us), we made our way to the Lake Er... Continue reading »
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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
We arrived at the Indiana Dunes Campground around what we thought was 9:30. It was dark, but the campgrounds were designed that there were little “dri... Continue reading »
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Freeport, IL - Day 3
We made a quick stop in Freeport, a little town east of Galena, for an ice cream sundae at Alber Ice Cream Parlor. It was recommended in one of our tr... Continue reading »
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Galena, IL - Day 3
Galena is one of those little towns that have preserved the original architecture and has laws that forbid things like neon lights. There were still s... Continue reading »
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Wall, SD - Day 4
Wall was cute and kitschy, a nice change of pace. We only stayed for a bit – it was a tourist trap, albeit a fun one, and we wanted to get back to the... Continue reading »
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The Badlands - Day 4
We started out at the Prairie Homestead, which was near the NE entrance to the park. It’s a reconstruction of an actual sod house from the early 1900’... Continue reading »
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En route to the Badlands - Day 4
A good nights sleep, hot shower and free breakfast gave us a great start to our day, and we were on the road by 10:30 with only 3 hours to the Badland... Continue reading »
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Custer State Park, SD - Day 4
Upon arriving at Custer State Park, we were greeted by a cool ranger who helped us out a lot figure out a game plan. I’ll back up by saying that we we... Continue reading »
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Middle of Nowhere, SD - Day 4ish
Technically it wasn’t the middle of nowhere – it was about 20 miles outside of Sioux Falls. We had been driving through an amazing lightening and rain... Continue reading »
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A Bunch of Places in SD - Day 5
An early morning (6:30am) and oatmeal for breakfast got us going and on the road to Mt. Rushmore today. We found our (er, a random deer just jumped ou... Continue reading »
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SUPER brief overview - Day 6
Ok, I'm cheaping out here a bit, maybe I'll get to update it someday, but here it is in a nutshell:Got up earlyPacked carHit the Wildlife loop in Cust... Continue reading »
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Another Short Entry - Day 7
FYI it's like 2:30am while I"m posting this and we've been driving for quite a few hours, so sorry for the list!Got up early, took a showerOn road to... Continue reading »
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Yellowstone National Park - Day 8
We woke up as meat popsicles. No, for real, it got down below freezing the night before, as in things were actually frozen, and by the time we were up... Continue reading »
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Grand Teton National Park - Day 8
Technically we just drove through Grand Teton on our way to Reno, but we did stop to take some spectacular pictures. It's unfortunate we're on s... Continue reading »
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Almost to Reno, and still awake - Day 9
Here I am (or here we are really - Josh is cleaning the tarp from Yellowstone in the bathroom, it was too cold to take care of it in the park) still u... Continue reading »
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Reno - Day 9
We pulled into Reno around 1:30, stopped at Sally's Beauty Supply to pick up some bleach and pink dye to fix my hair (long story) and met up wit... Continue reading »
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Burning Man - Days 10 thru 19
Sorry for the long delay in updates, but it's been a wild ride since our last update! So here ya go! Burning Man…I have no idea what to say.... Continue reading »
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Lake Tahoe and Back to Reno - Days 19 thru 22
After leaving the Black Rock Desert early in the morning on Monday, we spent the day in Reno unpacking our car, cleaning it, and then repacking it. Ye... Continue reading »
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Southern Oregon and Crater Lake - Day 22 thru 23
The drive to Crater Lake sucked, I'll just say that right off the bat. The construction was a nightmare, so we got in way later than we hoped.&n... Continue reading »
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Willamette Valley Wine Tasting - Day 24
We stopped at several places after Crater Lake on our way to Willamette Valley, including a few wineries in the southern valley, but the best experien... Continue reading »
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Portland, OR - Day 25
Portland was amazing. Trying to fit experiencing a whole city into one day is impossible, but we tried anyway :o) We left the campground w... Continue reading »
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The Columbia River Gorge, and Salmon River - Day 26
We started our day with a great breakfast and then headed out to explore Mt. Hood and the Columbia River Gorge. Our first stop was the Multnomah... Continue reading »
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Mt. Rainier - Day 27
After getting lost the night before we finally arrived at the Sunrise Visitors Center, the highest point you can drive to in the park. The Sunri... Continue reading »
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Seattle - Day 29 and 30
On our way to Seattle we stopped in Tacoma for a quick bite and a brew at The Parkway Tavern (as recommended by Danni) - great place, great food, grea... Continue reading »
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The Olympic Loop - Days 31 and 32
So here's a fact many of us may not have been aware of...the Olympic National Park is HUUUUUUUUGE! I mean really really huge. We had grand... Continue reading »
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The Oregon Coast - Days 33 and 34
I don't know if I can even remember all the beautiful places in Oregon we went to, so I"ll let the pictures do most of the talking :o) Some of t... Continue reading »
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Redwoods and Pacific Coast - Day 35
We started the day by sleeping in, and then hitting the Mad River Brewing Company. Never too early for a beer! Then we went to the Samoa C... Continue reading »
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Wine Country - Days 36 to 42
Ahhh wine country, finally! It was great to set up camp and not have to worry about that for a while. I also got to try my hand at lots of... Continue reading »
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If You're Going To San Francisco... - Days 43 thru 46
Whew! So we made it out of wine country alive...but not quite well. We got to San Fran in the afternoon and checked in to a hostel, the fi... Continue reading »
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Big Sur Coast - Days 47 and 48
So down the coast we went. And what a drive it was. Wow. If you've never done the Big Sur drive, it's a must. Our first stop w... Continue reading »
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DETOUR!!! Playa Del Fuego, Odessa, DE - Days 49 - 55
OY! What were we thinking? Well, we were thinking HEY! Our favorite festival is going on back East, we're almost to LA...so let's fl... Continue reading »
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Los Angeles - Days 56 thru 59
Back to the West Coast...and Venice Beach! We found a cheap, really cool hostel right on Venice Beach. And then, Josh got sick. ... Continue reading »
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San Diego and Tijuana - Days 60 and 61
The drive from LA to San Diego was beautiful, as expected given the rest of our journey down the West Coast. We stopped briefly to see the Queen... Continue reading »
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Joshua Tree National Park - Days 62 and 63
From San Diego we began our long trek back east, starting with Joshua Tree National Park. We weren't exactly sure what we would find there, just... Continue reading »
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Viva Las Vegas! Days 63 thru 67
Oh boy. Vegas. So the original plan was to spend two nights in Vegas...that would give us a day and a half and then two nights, right?&nbs... Continue reading »
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Zion National Park - Days 67 and 68
From Vegas we hit Zion National Park to regroup and get our bearings. We made camp for two nights and were able to repack our "mobile apartment.... Continue reading »
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Bryce Canyon National Park - Day 69
We left early from Zion and headed to Bryce Canyon. We had decided that instead of hiking in Bryce we'd take a horseback ride down the canyon; i... Continue reading »
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The end of the road: Arches National Park and Moab - Days 70 thru ???
Josh and I have decided to end our trip in Moab, UT. We have fallen in love with it here and never ever want to leave. We will be shipping... Continue reading »
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Capitol Reef National Park - Day 70
We camped at Capitol Reef National Park and got up the next morning to make our way to Moab, but first we took a scenic drive through the park. ... Continue reading »
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Mesa Verde National Park - Day 74
After climbing in Moab, we took off for Mesa Verde National Park. Because it was getting dark, we stopped at a hotel for the night so we wouldn'... Continue reading »
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Monument Valley and into Flagstaff - Day 75
On our way to Flagstaff and Sedona, we stopped at the Navajo Tribal Park to drive through and explore Monument Valley. Most everyone has seen Mo... Continue reading »
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Sedona, AZ - Day 76
So, pretty much the next few stops along our trip were to go rock climbing. I'll spare you all the borring details of each and every climb and g... Continue reading »
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Flagstaff, AZ - Day 77
Technically we pulled into Flagstaff on the 28th and enjoyed some semi-authentic Canadian poutine and beer before camping halfway between Flagstaff an... Continue reading »
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Santa Fe - Days 79 thru 81
Moving along in our climbing adventures, our next stop was Santa Fe. We booked two half day climbs, but ended up in Santa Fe a day early so we c... Continue reading »
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Hueco Tanks Rock Ranch - Days 81 thru 83
Our next stop was outside of Santa Fe, at the Hueco Roch Ranch, next to Hueco Tanks State Park. Hueco Tanks is known world wide for its boulderi... Continue reading »
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Memphis, TN - Days 85 thru 89
I think it's time for a break from climbing, and what better way to do that than at Aunt Bobby's! Josh and I got in late on Thursday after climb... Continue reading »
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Horseshoe Canyon Ranch - Day 85
As a last minute decision, we headed to Arkansas on our way to Memphis to fit in another day of climbing (yeah, we're nuts). The Horseshoe Canyo... Continue reading »
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