The Plan
When we talk with people about the trip, often their first question is, “Wow, where are going to go?” Followed quickly by, “Are you going to hit all fifty states?” We’d love to share with you the sketch-of-a-plan we have for your reading pleasure.
First: We are going to travel in a counterclockwise loop from Arizona > New Mexico > Texas > Louisiana, and on from there. Our trip will then take us north along the eastern states to Prince Edward Island in Canada, back across the US (following the perimeter) from Wisconsin > Washington > California, and home. This will take us roughly 15 weeks.
Second: As you may have interpreted from the above explanation, no, we will not be hitting all fifty states. A) because Hawaii and Alaska are pretty tough to tackle, and B) we are focusing on the diverse continental US loop, hitting as many unique and wonderful places as we can with the time that we have.
We have friends that have asked to come along for pieces of the journey. We’re calling these friends “hop ons.” We’re stoked to shares portions of our trip with them. We also have friends (sometimes friends of friends) who have graciously left open invitations for us to stop by their homes as we pass through their city for a nice place to sleep and/or a yummy meal or two. We cannot express how grateful we are for the sincere kindnesses that have already been shown to us.
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