After spending a few days in Dickinson and then a week in Fargo, we rounded out our time in North Dakota by spending five nights in Bismarck. It wasn't the most productive of times there in terms of actually exploring the city as we both ended up having to spend much of that … [Read more...] about 5 Days In Bismarck, ND – Here’s What We Did
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5 Days In Helena, MT – Here’s What We Did
Having spent time in Whitefish for Glacier National Park and then five days in Missoula, our third of four stops in Montana was its state capital - Helena. Helena is a cuter city than we were anticipating with a lovely downtown area, some great breweries, an excellent farmers … [Read more...] about 5 Days In Helena, MT – Here’s What We Did
9 Days In Boise, ID – Here’s What We Did
After eight days in Idaho Falls, we moved on to Boise for a total of nine days. Shae and I knew that we'd be having to spend our first few days in the city working, so it didn't matter as much to us where we stayed initially. As a result, we booked a four night stay at a hotel … [Read more...] about 9 Days In Boise, ID – Here’s What We Did
Hotel Review: Residence Inn Manchester Downtown, NH
Seeing as New Hampshire is on the smaller side (it's the 9th smallest state by land mass) and we didn't have a ton of potential things to do in the state, we decided to only spend 10 days there on our 50 state road trip. Visiting New Hampshire in the summer isn't cheap, but we … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Residence Inn Manchester Downtown, NH
Hotel Review: Residence Inn Rapid City, SD
The third of four cities we stayed in during our month in South Dakota was Rapid City. We stayed all 10 nights there at the Residence Inn Rapid City which is one of Marriott's brands. We'd originally planned to stay at an Airbnb, but that ended up getting booked up by the time … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Residence Inn Rapid City, SD
1 Week In Lincoln, NE & 1 Week In Des Moines, IA – Here’s What We Did
After an awesome week staying in Broken Bow, NE at Kinkaider Brewing Co, Shae, Truffles and I moved on to Lincoln, NE for a week. After that we headed on to Des Moines, IA for another week. We were both busy doing non-road trip related stuff for that fortnight. Shae flew back … [Read more...] about 1 Week In Lincoln, NE & 1 Week In Des Moines, IA – Here’s What We Did
Hotel Review: Residence Inn Salt Lake City Downtown, UT
We spent all 15 days of our time in Utah's state capital at the Residence Inn Salt Lake City Downtown. There were all kinds of hotels in the Salt Lake City area that were good value when booked with points, but we picked this particular property as it was the best value option in … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Residence Inn Salt Lake City Downtown, UT
From Palm Springs To San Francisco: Here’s What We Did
After spending six days in Palm Springs, we headed north to San Francisco. We didn't take the most direct route though. There were a couple of reasons for that. First, we wanted to visit Manzanar National Historic Site; that meant taking U.S. Route 395 most of the way up the … [Read more...] about From Palm Springs To San Francisco: Here’s What We Did
Hotel Review: Residence Inn Roanoke Airport, VA
After staying in Hampton, VA for a couple of weeks, we moved on to Roanoke, VA for another couple of weeks (check out this post for everything we did there during our most recent visit). During past visits to Roanoke we stayed at what was once the Sheraton (but which I think … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Residence Inn Roanoke Airport, VA
Hotel Review: Residence Inn Cincinnati North/West Chester, Ohio
Shae and I were originally due to spend most of 2020 out west on our 50 state road trip, but COVID-19 had other ideas. Our plans have changed multiple times and at the time of writing this we're heading back east. On our way back across the country we stopped in Cincinnati for … [Read more...] about Hotel Review: Residence Inn Cincinnati North/West Chester, Ohio