Over the last three and a half years of constant rambling, we’ve managed to accomplish something pretty awesome; we’ve visited and spent at least a night in all of the 48 contiguous lower States that make up the good ole USA! We thought we’d celebrate this momentous occasion by sharing just one photo of each state !
When we started off our lives as full-time travel bloggers we made a conscious decision to travel with our 2 elderly dogs. We didn’t want to give them away to family or friends because we made a commitment to our pets and stuck with them. In doing this, it made us do something that is a bit different from most full-time travelers. We stayed in North America and became intimately familiar with our own country before flitting off to exotic foreign lands. We started road tripping all of North America so that our pets, Zoe and Punkin, could travel with us. This post is dedicated to our pups, who have both passed on. Thanks to them for showing us that the lower 48 could be absolutely great.
Zoe and Punkin RIP
I also wanted to add that in editing the article, I was completely flabbergasted that these are photos from my life. Now on to the photos in no particular order :-)
Florida
A taste of “Old Florida” – Crystal River , Florida
Louisiana
The Abita Mystery House – Abita Springs Louisiana
New Jersey
A Monster Truck Rally we attended in Central New Jersey
New Mexico
Cruising through New Mexico
Maine
Fog Rolling in on the Maine Coast – Portland, Maine
Alabama
USS Alabama – Mobile, Alabama (source)
Ohio
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – Cleveland, Ohio
Wyoming
Devils Tower – Wyoming
Arizona
The Grand Canyon Watchtower, Grand Canyon, Arizona
Indiana
Kempf Donut Bank – Evansville, Indiana
Arkansas
Clinton Library – Little Rock, Arkansas (source)
Missouri
City Museum – St Louis, Missouri
Texas
Remember The Alamo! – San Antonio, Texas
Connecticut
Mark Twain House – Hartford, Connecticut (source)
South Carolina
South of the Border, South Carolina
Georgia
Olympic Park – Atlanta, Georgia
Illinois
Chicago Skyline – Chicago, Illinois
West Virginia
National Radio Astronomy Observatory – Green Bank, West Virginia
Nevada
Welcome to Las Vegas – Las Vegas, Nevada
Oregon
The Oregon Coast Line – Highway 101, Oregon
Kentucky
Peaceful Lake – Kentucky
Maryland
Downtown – Baltimore, Maryland
North Carolina
Tweetsie Railroad – Boone, North Carolina
Vermont
Sun Shining Down on the Mountains of Stowe, Vermont
Minnesota
Weissman Art Museum – Minneapolis, MN
California
View from the Bottom – Kings Canyon National Park, California
Washington
Pike Place Market – Seattle, Washington
Montana
Big Sky Montana
Nebraska
World’s Largest Rail Depot – North Platte, Nebraska
Iowa
Life on the Open Road – Iowa
New Hampshire
White Mountain National Forest – Lincoln, New Hampshire
New York
Times Square – New York, New York
Wisconsin
Downtown – Madison, Wisconsin (source)
Massachusetts
Quincy Market – Boston, Massachusetts
North Dakota
Migratory Birds on a Lake – North Dakota
Oklahoma
Automobile Alley – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (source)
Kansas
World’s Largest Ball of Twine – Cawker City, Kansas
Pennsylvania
Capitol Building – Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Lobster BLT at Aunt Carries – Narragansett, Rhode Island
Delaware
Fort Delaware State Park – Delaware City, Delaware (source)
South Dakota
Mountain Goat in Custer State Park – Custer, South Dakota
Tennessee
A Dreamy Road Sign – Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennesee
Colorado
West of the Rockies – Colorado
Utah
Welcome to Utah – Utah
Michigan
Looking over Lake Michigan – Traverse City, Michigan
Virginia
Love – Abingdon, Virginia
Mississippi
The Gulf Coast of Mississippi
Idaho
Craters of the Moon
