From Idaho Falls we headed west into Oregon. Talk about some gorgeous scenery. The first couple of hundreds of miles is flat with farms dotting the hillsides here and there, but once we were about halfway across the mountains could be spotted on the horizon. We were headed to Crater Lake but they weren’t open.…
Stories From The Road
Things Don’t Always Turn Out As Planned #1 Roadtripper Tip
If things had turned out the way I had planned in just a couple of days hubby and I would be headed out on our trip of a lifetime. A month-long trek to Alaska and all points in between. We planned and we planned. We mapped and mapped and it was all for naught. The…
101 Travel Tips For The Ultimate Road Trip
In 1996, my husband and I took our first road trip. We piled our two kids in the car and headed to Florida. No plans we didn’t even pack. We bought clothes on the way. It was one of the best vacations we had ever had but of course, back then we were rookies. In…
How To Plan A Massive Roadtrip & Stay On A Budget Pt. 3
You need to check out PART ONE & PART TWO for all of this to make sense. Planning a road trip on a budget isn’t easy but it can be done. This will be my 4th cross country trip, but this one will be by far the longest and furthest away. We’re going approximately 10,275…
How To Plan A Massive Road Trip On A Budget Pt. 2
When planning a major road trip you need to have two pieces of information: An idea of where you want to go. Approximate time you have available for the total trip. This trip that we’re taking in May will be our longest road trip (6 weeks) ever attempted, but we have taken quite a few…