Posted by: Becca & Kyle
A summary of our trip. My camera only worked intermittently, so pictures are fairly random.

• Total mileage: 5966 miles
• Total cost of gas: $850
• Map shows route roughly and stars indicate places we stayed.

The trip out.

• States we passed through: Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island.

• Places we stayed: Hain Lake State Fishing Area - Kansas, Cobb Ridge Campground - Missouri, Malone Lake State Park - Kentucky, and Gerald R. Freeman Campground - West Virginia.

Kansas: there were lots of turbines and it was a bird watching paradise.

Missouri: had the nicest campgrounds and awesome trails going up and down hollows.

Kentucky had mean dogs. West Virginia was mountainous and full of fireflies. We also saw the Kingsford charcoal plant there. Both were humid, so my camera wouldn’t turn on.
New York: Ithaca is gorges :)



Connecticut: introducing Connecticut’s best new chef, Sonata Webb. Look at some of the food we ate...
BBQ - smoked ribs and pork and grilled chicken and veggies:

Breakfast: crepes, eggs, and bacon

Dinner: filet with porcini mushroom sauce and seared scallops

The chef:

I’d like to say we only ate like pigs in CT, but every where we visited, we were totally spoiled and fed amazing meals and waited on!
Kyle did a race while there, so his calories were well used. Mine appear to have gone to my belly.


Rhode Island: we got to swim in the ocean!

We also went to the aquarium. I think we enjoyed it more than Nora.

We celebrated Chief Al’s birthday on Jim’s rooftop patio and got to stay overnight in the amazing Gilded Lily (thanks Jim!).


We had a very special guest while in RI, my nan.

Trip back.

• States passed through: Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado.

• Places we stayed: Storr’s Pond - New Hampshire, Fish Creek Pond - the Adirondacks, Lake Erie State Park - New York, Sugarcreek Inn - Ohio, Jubilee College State Park - Illinois, Randall Creek Recreation Area - South Dakota, Custer State Park - South Dakota, and North Sterling State Park - Colorado.

We stopped by Dartmouth and GMVS.

We also visited Niagara Falls.


One night we camped on Lake Erie.

We also went to the Badlands in South Dakota.


And that same day visited Mt. Rushmore and the Crazy Horse Monument.

Our second night in South Dakota we stayed at Custer State Park. It had a wildlife loop you could drive. I don’t think either of these guys were ‘wild’, but they were cool to see regardless.


Our last night on the road. Don’t be fooled. I wasn’t cooking. I got used to having other people wait on me. This shot was totally posed.