Stats from our trip

Here is a summary of our trip: 

• We spent exactly 2 weeks on the road
• Drove 5,226 miles
• Through 15 states, plus Canada
• Stayed at 9 campgrounds and 5 hotels 
• Used 233.5 gallons of gasoline
• Spent $827.12 on said gasoline
• Visited 3 National Parks
• Had 1 flat tire
• Ate an entire bag of Costco trail mix in the car
• Had 2 rainy days, the rest of the days were gorgeous
• Saw some unbelievable parts of America that we will never forget
• Now have everlasting memories that we can look back on forever

 

We will be adding some more pictures from our trip once we get them off the camera. Also, Andrew took some footage along the way and will be making a video, so we will also post that once available. 

We made it!

We got into L.A. last night to our friends apartment, just in time for the Red Sox game! Man that was awesome, certainly a day we will never forget...arriving in L.A. for the first time and the Sox win the world series! Tuesday night we stayed about 2 hours south of San Francisco so we would have an easy drive into L.A. Wednesday morning we stopped in Salinas, CA to go to the National Steinbeck Center. We thought it would be a fitting end to our trip seeing as we listened to Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck on tape and absolutely loved it. They had the camper truck that he traveled around the country in and it was really cool to see in person.

 

Here is a great quote from Steinbeck on his visit to the redwoods which describes it perfectly. "The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always. No one has successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree. The feeling they produce is not transferable. From them comes silence and awe.... Respect - that's the word."

"A journey is a person in itself; not two are alike." "We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us."
                                  - John Steinbeck 

After Salinas we headed down the coast and we stopped at J. Lohr winery and vineyard. We did a tasting, it was great and free! They have one of the best cabernet sauvignon.  

 

Now starts the job and apartment search...our journey has just begun!