OUR TRIP STARTED IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA AND WOULD END IN EUGENE, OREGON. BUT WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH OF A PLAN FOR A ROUTE. SO OUR FIRST CITY OF THE TRIP WAS CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.
WE TRIED SLEEPING IN OKLAHOMA BUT COULDN’T FIND A UNDER 18 HOTEL. WE ENDED UP DRIVING THROUGH THE NIGHT AND MADE IT TO A CAMPSITE OUTSIDE AMARILLO, TEXAS. ALL THREE OF US SHARED THIS ONE PERSON TENT. IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CAMPSITE TO WAKE UP TO.
WHEN WE GOT INTO AMARILLO, THERE JUST HAPPEN TO BE A PARADE GOING ON.
WE DROVE ANOTHER 8 HOURS OR SO THAT DAY, WHICH HAD US DRAINED. BUT WE MADE IT TO WHITE SANDS, NEW MEXICO JUST IN TIME FOR THE BEST SUNSET OF OUR ENTIRE LIVES. I GENUINELY THINK THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE I HAVE EVER BEEN.
THE NEXT DAY WE WOKE UP EARLY, AND DROVE TO FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA. WE WERE PLANNING ON GOING TO THE GRAND CANYON.
AFTER DRIVING A COUPLE MORE HOURS NORTH TOWARDS UTAH. WE ALMOST GOT THE CAR STUCK ON A BLM ROAD SO WE JUST CAMPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS WAS PROBABLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE NIGHTS, WE JUST SAT ON THE GROUND EATING SPAGHETTI O’S AND TALKING.
WE DROVE THROUGH ZION THE NEXT DAY THEN HEADED TO THE SALT FLATS IN WENDOVER, WHICH WAS HALF IN UTAH AND HALF IN NEVADA. THE SALT FLATS WAS SOMETHING WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WHOLE TRIP.
WE DECIDED TO GO BACKWARDS A LITTLE AND TRY TO SEE THE GRAND TETONS, IN WYOMING. WE MET UP WITH TWO OF OUR FRIENDS WHO WERE ALSO ROAD TRIPPING. IT WAS OVERCAST THE WHOLE TIME AND WE NEVER SAW THE MOUNTAINS BUT I WAS JUST HAPPY TO CHECK ANOTHER STATE OFF.
FOR OUR LAST NIGHT WE WERE IN WESTERN IDAHO, ON A PRETTY RIVER NEXT TO THIS OLD BRIDGE. WE MET TWO FISHERMEN UNDER THE BRIDGE AND TALKED WITH THEM ABOUT OUR TRIP AND WHAT THEY GET UP TO LIVING OUT THERE. I WAS SUPER HAPPY TO SAY WE MADE SOME NEW FRIENDS ON OUR TRIP.
IM UNBELIEVABLY GRATEFUL FOR MILES, CORNEJO, AND ALL OF THE OTHER PEOPLE WE MET. THIS TRIP WAS THE ADVENTURE I’D BEEN WANTING TO DO MY ENTIRE LIFE. CHECK OUT THE FULL YOUTUBE VIDEO I MADE HERE.
