The Results are In!

We appreciate all the support from family and friends as we plan on our latest adventure.

It has been exciting to receive your advice, and especially your suggestions on must-see places and rocking road-trip songs.

Your Must-See Places:

Buffalo National River AR
Canyon De Chelly AZ
Four Corners AZ
Grand Canyon AZ
Hopi Reservation AZ
Lake Powell – Glen Canyon Dam AZ
Monument Valley AZ
Petrified Forest AZ
Sedona AZ
Sunset Crater Monument AZ
The Apache Trail AZ
Cochise County, drive Ghost Town Trail. Visit Tombstone! AZ
49-mile drive through Presidio National Park CA
Alcatraz Island CA
Carmel-by-the-Sea CA
Big Sur Coast Highway CA
Death Valley National Park – Bandwater Basin & Zibrisky Point CA
Elk CA
Fisherman’s Warf in San Francisco CA
Fort Point CA
Golden Gate Bridge CA
HI Pigeon Point Hostel CA
HI Point Montara Hostel CA
Highway 1 from San Fran to LA CA
Humboldt Redwoods State Park, Avenue of Giants CA
Joshua Tree National Park CA
La Super CA
Leggett CA
Morro Rock – San Luis Obispo CA
Mount Shasta CA
Mt. Tamalpais CA
Pacific Coast Highway CA
Patrick Point State Park CA
Cabazon Dinosaurs CA
Point Reyes National Seashore CA
Redwood National Park CA
Redwoods CA
San Francisco Ferry Building CA
Santa Cruz Amusement park CA
Santa Monicas Pier Pacific Park CA
Scotia – Pacific Lumber Co. CA
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park CA
South Carlsbad State Park CA
Sushi Ran CA
The Lost Coast CA
Town of Julian CA
Trinidad – Humble Country CA
Venice Beach CA
Air Force Academy and Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs CO
Boulder (Neptune Mountaineering) CO
Frisco CO
Great Sand Dunes National Park CO
Mesa Verde National Park CO
Abbott’s Lobster in the Rough in Noank CT
Route 169 CT
Roosevelt Monument DC
Lady Bird Johnson DC
WA Monument DC
White House DC
Lewes DE
Jekyll Island GA
Almo – City of Rocks ID
Arco – Craters of the Moon ID
Bonners Ferry, Shorty Peak Fire Lookout ID
Highway 12 – Northwest Passage national Scenic Byway ID
Salmon River Gorge ID
Sawtooth National recreation area ID
Shoshone Ice Caves, Mammoth Cave ID
Snake River Canyon ID
Stanley – hike one of the 10,000 foot peaks, perhaps??? ID
Chicago Field Museum IL
Millenium Park in Chicago IL
Pizzeria Uno in Chicago IL
River to River Trail IL
Second City Comedy Club, Chicago IL
Shawnee National Forest IL
Starved Rock State Park, French Canyon Waterfall IL
The Magnificent Mile in Chicago IL
US 50 IL
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore IN
Parks County for covered bridges IN
Chalk Pyramids, Monument Rock KS
Midway USA KS
Niobrara Chalk KS
Bourbon Trail in Bardstown KY
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park KY
Fort Knox) KY
Louisville Slugger Museum KY
Beacon Hill Neighborhood in Boston MA
Boston’s North end MA
Cape Ann MA
Cape Cod MA
Freedom Trail, Boston MA
Harvard MA
Martha’s Vineyard MA
MIT MA
Nantucket MA
Sturbridge Village MA
Walden Pond State Reservation MA
Annapolis – Naval Academy MD
Assateague Island MD
Catoctin Mountain Park MD
Crisfield, Smith, and Tangier Islands MD
Acadia National Park ME
Blue Hill ME
Booth Bay ME
L.L. Bean in Freeport ME
Monhegan Island ME
Moosehead Lake ME
Mount Katahdin ME
Ogunquit ME
Penobscot Bay Towns ME
Red’s Eats in Wicassett ME
Sabbath Day Lake in New Goucester ME
The Lighthouse Trail ME
Apostle Islands, Lake Superior MI
Greenfield Village & Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn MI
Isle Royale National Park MI
Mackinac Island MI
Pictured Rocks MI
Saugatuck MI
Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway MN
Gunflint Trail MN
Highway 61 – The North Shore MN
Mississippi headwaters MN
St. Croix River Valley MN
Superior National Forest MN
The Boundary Waters MN
Voyageurs National Park MN
City Museum in St. Louis MO
Herman MO
St. Louis Arch MO
The Katy Trail MO
Natchez MS
Beartooth Scenic Byway MT
Big Mountain MT
Chico Hot Springs MT
Cut Bank MT
Glacier National Park MT
Bitterroot Mountains MT
Asheville NC
Blue Ridge Mountain NC
Nantahala National Forest NC
Roanoke Island NC
The Biltmore Grove Park Inn NC
The Outer Banks of NC NC
Ashville NC
Garrison Dam ND
Little Missouri National Grassland ND
Teddy Roosevelt National Park ND
Regent ND
US 2 to Minnesota ND
Buffalo Bill Rodeo NE
Carhenge NE
Chimney Rock NE
Fort Niobrara Railroad bridge NE
Snake River NE
Railroad Classification Yard NE
Sandhills of Nebraska NE
Jackson NH
Lake Winnipesankee NH
Moose Path Trail NH
Mount Washington NH
The Rock Estate NH
Atlantic City NJ
Rut’s Hut in Clifton NJ
The New Jersey Shore NJ
Bandelier National Monument NM
Carlsbad Caverns NM
Pie Town’s Lightning field NM
Santa Fe NM
Sleep in an Earthship house in Taos! NM
Travel parts of Route 66 NM
White Sands National Monument NM
Extraterrestrial Highway NV
Hoover Dam NV
Las Vegas NV
Rainbow Canyon NV
Ruby Mountains NV
Brooklyn Bridge NY
Central Park, NYC NY
Eat pizza at Lombardi’s NY
FDR’s Springwood in Hyde Park NY
Finger Lakes NY
Florent Restaurant, Meat Packing District, NYC NY
Niagara Falls NY
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island NY
Stone Barnes in Pocantico Hills NY
The Empire State building to climb the 1576 steps! NY
The Erie Canal NY
Times Square in NYC NY
West Point NY
World Trade Center – Ground Zero NY
Hocking Hills OH
Port Clinton OH
Wichita Mountains wildlife refuge OK
Crater Lake OR
Hershey PA
Dutch Country PA
Easton PA
Eat a Philly’s Cheese Steak PA
Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg PA
Hershey PA
Independence National Historical Park PA
Lititz – Wilbur Chocolate Candy Factory PA
Primanti Bros in Pittsburgh PA
Ricketts Glen State Park PA
Duguesne Inclines PA
Block Island RI
Newport, Vandebilt Summer Cottages RI
The Cliff Walk in Newport RI
Waterfire in Providence RI
Badlands National Park SD
Custer State Park SD
Deadwood SD
Mount Rushmore SD
Pierre state capital grounds SD
Sun City Music, Memphis TN
Civil Rights Museum, Memphis TN
Graceland in Memphis TN
Grand Ole Opry in Nashville TN
Great Smokey Mountain National Park TN
Jack Daniels Distillery in Lynchburg TN
Memphis TN
National Civil Rights Museum TN
Cadillac Ranch TX
Midpoint Café in Adrian, TX TX
Arches National Park UT
Bryce Canyon National Park UT
Canyonlands Needles & Island in the sky UT
Goblin Valley State Park UT
Hovenweep National Monument UT
Zion National Park UT
Blue Ridge Parkway VA
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge VA
Natural Bridge VA
Williamsburg VA
Burlington VT
Mad River Valley VT
Middlebury VT
Mount Mansfield VT
Route 100 VT
Woodstock VT
Dane County Farmer’s market, Madison WI
Door County WI
Long Lake canoe trail in Trempealeau WI
“The Mon” WV
Harper’s Ferry WV
Highland Scenic Highway WV
Bighorn Scenic byway WY
Custer Battlefield WY
Devil’s Tower WY
Grand Teton National Park WY
Saratoga WY
South Pass City WY
Wind river Country WY
Yellowstone National Park WY

We've been marking your suggestions on our big US wall map.
The landmarks have created a nice skeleton road across the country.


While we have loads of "must see" places, we've left it mostly unplanned. For those that know me - this is going to be a bit challenging - but the best way to do a trip like this.

And of course, what would a road-trip be without the perfect music?

Your Favorite Road Trip Songs:

The River, Garth Brooks
Everybody Dance Now, C & C Music Factory
Imagine, David Archuletta
Proud Mary, Ike & Tina Turner
God Bless the USA, Lee Greenwood
Sweet Home Alabama, Lynard Skynard
Don’t Stop Believing, Journey
On the Road Again, Willie Nelson
Walk This Way, Aerosmith
Love Shack, B-52’s
Get Out the Map, Indigo Girls
Holiday, Weezer
Hangin Around, Counting Crows
Wasted Days & Wasted Nights, Freddie Fender
Delilah, Tom Jones
Pretty Woman, Roy Orbison
Ten Year Night, Lucy Kaplansky
What a Wonderful World, Eva Cassidy
Up Around the Bend, CCR
Not Ready to Make Nice, Dixie Chicks
Into the Nightlife, Cyndi Lauper
Drop the Phone, Shy Child
Disturbia, Rhianna
On and On, Jack Johnson
Jeremy, Pearl Jam
All Along the Watchtower, Jimmy Hendrix
Heads, Carolina, Tails California, JoDee Messina
Boats to Build, Jimmy Buffett
Boondocks, Little Big Town
Soul Meets Body, Death Cab for Cutie
Cloud Colt, Transistor Radio
California Dreaming, The Mamas & The Papas
Let it Ride, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Blue Highway, Eilen Jewell
Fake Empire, The National
Desperado, The Eagles
Movin Right Along, The Muppets
Kiss Me, Six Pence non the Richer
Mercy, Duffy
Ironic, Alanis Morrisette
Have a Nice Day, Bon Jovi
Hard to Handle, Black Crows
Say Hey (I love you), Michael Franti & Spearhead


Many thanks to those who burned CDs for us. You're so cute!