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Posted onJuly 13, 2025Summer 2025

Day 19: Upper to Lower Peninsula

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Rob went for a run and the rest of us did a little wandering in the campground before heading out to our next stop, Traverse City, a leisurely drive at less than three hours.…

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Posted onJuly 12, 2025July 12, 2025Summer 2025

Day 17: Tokens, Tannins, and Thousand-Foot Freighters

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Kelly collects the national park tokens at each of our stops. Getting this one (Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore) was more of an adventure than most.…

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Posted onJuly 6, 2025July 6, 2025Summer 2025

Day 14: Christmas in July

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Today was another very long drive day, and as it’d turn out, quite a warm one. Fortunately, it was also a holiday for Rob, so the driving could be split between us.…

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Posted onJuly 1, 2025July 1, 2025Summer 2025

Day 11: Drive to Duluth and Paddleboating

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Another lesson learned. It was a three-hour drive day and the roads (mostly MN State Highway 200) were SO bumpy. Turns out we should have looked at the map closer, because just 15 minutes out of the way US-2, which would have likely been much smoother.…

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Posted onJune 24, 2025June 25, 2025Summer 2025

Day 4: Something Besides Driving

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Today we got a taste of what we were all expecting from this big adventure. We got ready to go while Rob had a meeting, then did a quick final exploration of our camp area before heading out.…

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Posted onJune 24, 2025June 24, 2025Summer 2025

Day 3: The Long, Unpaved Road

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Spirits were high as we looked forward to a mere three-and-a-half hours of driving today, thanks to the long push yesterday.…

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Posted onJune 23, 2025June 24, 2025Summer 2025

Day 2: Longest Leg

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As of right now, today is the longest planned drive day of the whole trip: 6 hours and 20 minutes. Because we can visit places close to home more easily, we’re moving east as fast as possible for a few days.…

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Posted onJune 23, 2025June 24, 2025Summer 2025

Day 1: On The Road Again!

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Departure day! After Nicholas’ 5th grade graduation and Cooper’s last day as a 7th grader, we hit the road to start our 71-day adventure across the country to Maine and back.…

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Posted onJanuary 29, 2022November 5, 2022Summer 2021

Day 44: Home!

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How can this already be the last morning in the RV? We woke up to a smoke colored sunrise and enjoyed extra long snuggle time before starting our day.…

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Posted onJanuary 29, 2022November 5, 2022Summer 2021

Day 43: Perfect Drive Break

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We had too much driving left to make it in one day, but couldn’t figure out how best to break it up.…

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