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Reflections
So with at least thirty‑five hundred miles under our belt, give or take, because after changing cars four times and taking countless side trips there is no way of knowing the official mileage and with thirteen states including our dip into West Virginia, it is time to sit back and think about everything. Somewhere in…
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Itinerary…
Disclaimer – This is unlike any other itinerary I have done, so these are turn-by-turn directions across the country with where to stop. There are a few left/right mistakes and the transposition of two street names in Pittsburgh before the Roberto Clemente Bridge, so they are NOT 100% correct. They were used in conjunction with…
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DAY SEVENTEEN- SAN FRANCISCO, CA TO HOME
Good morning from our final day on the road and this crazy road trip. The last few times I stayed in San Francisco, I stayed at the Hilton in Union Square. It’s really nice. But last night I decided to change it up. I kind of have a thing for their Curio hotels. It started…
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DAY SIXTEEN – SACRAMENTO, CA TO SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Last night we stayed at a Comfort Inn right outside Sacramento, across the street from the hospital in an area actually called Medi Park. What I’ve come to learn is that if you’re going to travel through real towns, you can’t always be a Hilton person… even though I absolutely am. Sometimes you have to…
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DAY FIFTEEN – LAKE TAHOE, NV TO SACRAMENTO, CA
There always seems to be one night on these trips when I just cannot fall asleep at all… and last night was it. Even though we actually could have slept in a little this morning, I was already awake watching the sunrise… and even if I wasn’t, Hunter’s new shadow texted us at 5:45 in…
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DAY FOURTEEN – ELY, NV TO LAKE TAHOE, NV
Last night we stayed in The Hotel Nevada in Ely The Hotel Nevada opened on July 7, 1929, built at a cost of $400,000, and for a brief moment it was the tallest building in the entire state — six stories high, towering over a mining town in the middle of the Great Basin. It…
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DAY THIRTEEN – TOELLE, UT TO ELY, NV
I slept in a little this morning… got myself going… and came across a historic mill, which of course was closed. I still got a few pictures. I really would’ve liked to walk around it because it looked super nice. Then I saw the Donner Museum—except without my glasses on, I thought it was the…
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DAY TWELVE – GREEN RIVER, WY TO TOELLE, UT
So, plot twist! Last night we were all set to stay at Little America… you know, the place with the penguin. I’d booked it way back in October, and then in February, out of nowhere, I get a message saying my booking’s canceled. Turns out, they’re tearing the whole place down and rebuilding it —…
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DAY ELEVEN – CHEYENNE, WY TO GREEN RIVER, WY
Last night we stayed at The Historic Plains Hotel. In the late 1800s the City of Cheyenne, was called “The Magic City of the Plains,” so it was only appropriate when a luxurious hotel opened in the year 1911, it called itself the “Plains Hotel.” The concept of the elegant hotel was born at the…
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DAY TEN – NORTH PLATTE, NE TO CHEYENNE, WY
I love researching trips… William Frederick Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill, is one of those people I thought I had filed correctly in my brain, and then I actually read about him and realize the story is way more complicated. Born in Iowa in 1846, he grew up on the Great Plains, and by…
