Category: Road Trip
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4 Tips for a Great Cross-Country Road Trip
Road tripping across the US is a really fun experience no matter the route you take, but it can also be really hard! Below are my top tips for making the whole trip a little easier and a little more fun.
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Travel Log: Cross-Country Road Trip Days 12-13
Day 12 was the second to last day of our road trip! The Ledges Trail hike with a friend in Cuyahoga Valley National Park was a great start to the day. This is a 1.8 mile loop through forest and near a cool looking sandstone outcrop. It’s relatively flat and easy – perfect for a…
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Travel Log: Cross-Country Road Trip Day 11
Started out the day with a ~4 mile hike in Indiana Sand Dunes National Park. We chose the Cowles Bog trail which takes you through a fen (despite the misnomer indicating a bog! Fun fact: in order to qualify as a bog an area must have a higher level of acidity than a fen), over…
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Travel Log: Cross-Country Road Trip Days 9-10
More long driving days surrounded by flat land and agricultural fields. Before getting into the long drive from Wall, SD to Omaha, NE we decided to stop at the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site including their D-09 missile location. The missile site was really cool! They provided a phone tour at the D-09 site which…
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7 Things to Know About a Tesla Road Trip
Completing a cross-country road trip is definitely doable now, but there are some quirks to the experience. Here are the top things I learned so far in my experience road tripping in a Tesla for the first time:
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Travel Log: Cross-Country Road Trip Day 8
First thing in the morning (by which I mean 8:30AM) we went over to the Wind Cave National Park Visitor Center to check in for our cave tour. Wind Cave has several different options for paid guided tours of the cave through the National Park Service and this is the only way you can tour…
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Travel Log: Cross-Country Road Trip Days 6-7
On day 6 of the road trip we sadly said goodbye to Yellowstone National Park and kicked off another long drive to Devil’s Tower KOA with no real stops other than to charge the car along the way. The KOA at Devil’s Tower is awesome – highly recommend. We had a beautiful, unobstructed view of…
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Travel Log: Cross-Country Road Trip Day 5
To kick off the day we went from our Lake Yellowstone area cabin to the lakefront for some views. Lake Yellowstone is massive and super gorgeous. From there we headed in the direction of Canyon Village with stops at Mud Volcano, Sulphur Caldron, and Hayden Valley along the way. Mud Volcano area turned out to…
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Travel Log: Cross-Country Road Trip Day 4
In the morning we packed up camp and did one final hike in the Grand Tetons before heading to Yellowstone. The hike we did was xx Loop and it was a nice easy and flat 2 miles starting from Colter Bay Visitor Center, which is basically right on the way out of the park! I’d…
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Travel Log: Cross-Country Road Trip Day 3
Day 3 was spent entirely in Grand Tetons National Park. We got up bright and early to get to Jenny Lake before the parking lot filled (pro-tip: definitely get there early!). From the visitor center we took the park offered 10 minute ferry across the lake for $12 each. This cuts about 2 mi off…
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