The next morning, we headed out for our trip across Idaho. Thus began our adventure of chasing the Snake River, whose path we followed during the majority of our drive. The river starts in Yellowstone, our ultimate destination for this portion of the trip. We began with a scenic drive to Thousand Springs State Park … Continue reading Cross-Country Road Trip- Idaho, Jackson, and the Grand Tetons
The rest of our evening was spent travelling. We crossed over into Oregon not long after leaving Tule Lake. Our goal that evening was to stay in Burns, Oregon. However, a small dip into Nevada would have added less than two hours drive time to our trip. We decided to go the long way around, … Continue reading Cross-Country Road Trip- Leaving the Pacific Timezone
The next morning, we ventured into Lassen National Park. It was a new national park for both of us, up in the middle-of-nowhere California. We got a later start than we wanted because we had to turn around when we'd forgotten gas, but we still arrived at the visitor center at the south entrance of … Continue reading Cross-Country Road Trip- Volcanoes
I spent most of my August on a sixteen-day cross-country road trip, moving Joe from San Francisco to Ann Arbor for his upcoming master's degree at the University of Michigan. We hit ten states on our adventure (and Joe hit two more as he drove through Indiana to Michigan after dropping me off in Chicago). … Continue reading Cross-Country Road Trip- California
