Since we mostly covered the eastern and southern states across America during our December 2022 Cross Country Road Trip, we decided it was also time to cover some of the northern states.

For the first leg, we’ll go from the East Coast to the West Coast, all the way to Northern California, dipping down through Kentucky and Oklahoma along the way to explore two national parks that we couldn’t do last trip.

Then, we’ll go up the Pacific Coast to Oregon and Washington. 

Finally, we’ll work our way back east via the more Northern states. We plan to visit about 10 National Parks and many other fun sites in each state.

You can follow our latest adventure here. I’ll also post more pics on my Instagram (adventures_by_anne), so follow along there. I’m sure I’ll have too many to post here.

• Road Trip Planning & Prep
• Days 1&2 – Getting started & Cumberland Gap NHP
• Days 3&4 – Mammoth Cave & Hot Springs NPs
• Days 5&6 – Roswell aliens & more driving
• Days 7&8 – Valley of Fire State Park, Hoover Dam, Vegas, Great Basin NP
• Days 9-11 – We reach the California Coast!
• Days 12-13 – Northern California waterfalls, Crater Lake NP, and Oregon coast
• Day 14 – Seattle
• Day 15 – Olympic National Park & Pacific Coast
• Days 16-17 – Mt Rainier National Park, Mount St Helen, Craters of the Moon NM, and more
• Days 18-19 – Yellowstone & Grand Teton NPs
• Day 20 – Devils Tower, Center of the Nation, Crazy Horse, & Mt Rushmore
• Day 21 – Custer State Park, Wall Drug, & Badlands National Park, and more
• Days 22 & 23 – Driving from Minnesota to Pennsylvania with stops in Chicago, Ohio (Cuyahoga National Park), and Pittsburgh

I hope you’ll have fun following along! Feel free to contact me if you want me to help you plan your trip.