After 6 years, 11 months and 5 days on the road on a nonstop 50 state road trip, Shae and I landed on the island of Kauai in Hawaii on December 5, 2024. That was a pretty special moment as it meant we'd finally visited all 50 states. That was far from being the end of the road … [Read more...] about 4 Weeks In Hawaii: An Intro
Our Seventh Year Of Road Tripping – The Numbers
Every January since we started the road trip I've published a post sharing lots of different info and stats relating to our travel from the previous year; that includes both our 50 state road trip and overseas travel. For reference, here are our posts for previous years: … [Read more...] about Our Seventh Year Of Road Tripping – The Numbers
Here’s Our Best & Worst Things From Nevada
The penultimate state we visited on our 7 year, 50 state road trip was Nevada. We'd spent time in Nevada in the past as we'd visited Las Vegas a few times. However, that was before we set off on the road trip, so we wanted to visit Nevada officially for the road trip. We … [Read more...] about Here’s Our Best & Worst Things From Nevada
A Few Weeks In Las Vegas, NV – Here’s What We Did
After spending a few lovely days in Lake Tahoe, Shae and I rounded out our time in Nevada with a few weeks in Las Vegas. In reality though, we didn't spend anywhere near as much time in Vegas as we'd originally planned. We'd originally booked a month in an Airbnb there (more … [Read more...] about A Few Weeks In Las Vegas, NV – Here’s What We Did
Road Trip Stats: Month 84 – December 2024
This is it! For the last seven years we've published our road trip stats each month, sharing in greater detail quantitative data about that previous month when it came to miles driven, how much we spent, how many hotel points we earned and redeemed, etc. Our road trip … [Read more...] about Road Trip Stats: Month 84 – December 2024
Hotel Review: Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa and Casino, NV
When planning out our time in Nevada for our 50 state road trip, I'd originally planned to have us stay in Ely, Reno and Las Vegas. As time went on though, Shae and I decided to include a few days in Lake Tahoe. That turned out to be a fantastic decision because we ended up … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa and Casino, NV
A Long But Minimal Stay In Reno, NV
After kicking off our time in Nevada with a week in Ely, I drove on with our dog Truffles to Reno. Shae was still in South Africa running a tour there, but I originally had grand plans for myself for exploring the city and the surrounding area. That didn't work out as … [Read more...] about A Long But Minimal Stay In Reno, NV
1 Week In Ely, NV – Here’s What We Did
After spending 2.5 weeks in Wyoming, we drove down to Salt Lake City, UT which Shae flew out of to go to South Africa for her first trip of Ignite Travel Tours. Truffles and I then continued on our way to the 49th state of our road trip - Nevada. Our first stop there was Ely, … [Read more...] about 1 Week In Ely, NV – Here’s What We Did
Visiting Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park In Ely, NV
We kicked off our time in Nevada - the 49th state of our 50 state road trip - with a week in Ely. Well, I say "we", but Shae was overseas in South Africa leading her first trip of Ignite Travel, so it was just me and our dog Truffles. Ely is a small city on the eastern side of … [Read more...] about Visiting Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park In Ely, NV
Here’s Our Best & Worst Things From Wyoming
Despite Wyoming being in the top 10 states by area size, it's the least populated of all 50 states. That means that there isn't as much stuff to do compared to many other states and as a result we only spent 2.5 weeks there in late September/early October. Despite that, we … [Read more...] about Here’s Our Best & Worst Things From Wyoming