Ready for Adventure - 2019 USA Road Trip


Next week I'll start a 4+ month road trip across the US. With one week to go before leaving my home in Syracuse, NY (and plans to return by mid July for a friend's wedding and a family reunion), I've finally put together a very ROUGH itinerary map to chart the distance I expect to cover. Over the next months, I'll be blogging a lot! Stay tuned for adventures across all of the mainland states, and beyond thereafter!

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