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| Shane with Silvia, our Volvo, that took us on our trip, standing on a corner in Winslow, AZ... Such a strange sight to see. |
On February 4th, 2020, Shane and I set off to drive across the USA in our Volvo XC-70 station wagon. We started from our island in Maine, Stonington, and we traveled through 23 states and DC, returning to our home yesterday, March 1.
Places We Visited: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois,
Missouri,
Kansas,
Oklahoma, New Mexico,
Arizona, California,
Texas, Louisiana,
Mississippi,
Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, DC, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and Connecticut. (The states underlined are ones I had not been to previously.)
Miles Traveled: 7,906
Here's the whole route.
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| Click map to enlarge. |
Below are some photo highlights if you want the Reader's Digest version of our trip and don't want to bother looking through the last 4 weeks of posts -- some photos are new and some already published on this blog.
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| Niagara Falls, NY |
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| The St. Louis Arch |
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| In front of Harry Truman's house in Independence, Missouri. |
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| With our sister-in-law, Laurie, in Kansas City, Missouri. |
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| The Scout statue in Kansas City, MO. |
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| Dodge City, Kansas |
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| The Grand Canyon |
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| Hiking in Sedona, Arizona. |
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| Shane walking across the scary Devil's Bridge near Sedona, AZ. |
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| Cleaned bird poop off of Tippi Hedren's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
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| And the Oscar goes to... Shane! |
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| That tiny white speck over Shane's right shoulder is the famous Hollywood sign. |
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| In Santa Monica, California, near the Pacific Ocean. |
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| Relaxing in Palm Springs. |
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| At the Alamo. |
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| Dr. Now's office in Houston, Texas, shown on the TV reality series, My 600 Pound Life. |
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| Mardi Gras Sunday in New Orleans. |
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| With our friend Ashley on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee. |
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| In front of Elvis's home Graceland in Memphis, TN. |
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| Outside the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. |
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| At Monticello, Jeffersson's home outside of Charlottesville, Virginia. |
you 2 make a handsome couple. I have been to several of the places you picture. but I have never been to the grand canyon; it's on my bucket list.
ReplyDeleteThanks Anne Marie! The Grand Canyon is very amazing to see, but we were only there an hour and that was plenty for us. If it was up to me, we would have done a rafting tour down the Colorado and camped in the Canyon, but Shane wasn't interested. I'm sure it would have been very pricey too.
DeleteI really want to do a Cross Country trip. I need to convince Carlos ....
ReplyDeleteIt was a good experience overall, but hotels, meals and gas add up. It was not inexpensive. Once was enough, but everyone should try it once if they can and are inclined to do so.
ReplyDeleteWow! That was one hell of a grand tour. You must have crossed out quite a few items on your 'bucket list' at one fell swoop. Lucky you (two)!
ReplyDeleteWhat an exciting trip. I’m jealous. We live in upstate NY and have driven to Arizona, Mississippi, and New Orleans.
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