Firstly, what inspired us to make this trip? The answer is the stories our parents told us about their 48 state trip in a little 17 ft. RV shortly after they were married. Whether the story was about the bull moose at Jenny Lake, Mama teleporting when she saw a rattlesnake, eating calzones for the first time in Boston's Little Italy, or christmas in Big Bend, these stories never failed to entertain us. When we grew older, and began discussing plans for our futures, we both wanted to take a similar trip one day. Then we asked "why 'one day'? Why not now? After all, we're both young, and healthy. We have very few responsibilities, no kids, no mortgages, few bills, etc." So decided, we began planning last year, though we only became serious this year.
... read more