Well the time has finally come around for Paul and I too head off on our epic road trip across the USA. This trip has been in the planning since we were in high school.
It started with some tape on a map on a wall and ended up a reality. We are going west to east, south to north, across 3 timezones, visiting 17 states and clocking up nearly 7000km, its going to be amazing.
Planning a trip this tight and this big in 3 weeks is not an easy task. As soon as we booked those tickets it was a mad rush of hotel bookings, infuriating car rental companies and google map calculations to get our route planned. Keeping at least half the trip unbooked was a key decision that we made early on so we had some wiggle room if we got tired, or wanted a bit more time in a particular place.
In the end we ended up with this glorious map made by an over excited Paul.
Packing was relatively easy compared to my last trip in the dead of winter. But not to be outdone by Paul, I ‘had’ to Ranger Roll all my clothes before packing, which i’m not convinced saved that much space.
With a couple of halve empty packs and too much black clothing for 40ºC sun we are finally ready to go.
Theres going to be a bunch of cool posts coming up and either Paul or myself will be keeping regular updates here and on Facebook so keep this site handy if you want to follow our shenanigans across the USA.