Road Trip Itneray

Day 1: Cape Cod to Rochester, NY

7 hours / 455 miles

Fleeing the Nor’easter

We left a day early in order to avoid any major snow fall from the upcoming storm. We later saw that parts of Massachusetts and New York got buried in 12-14 inches of snow. Although East Sandwich had about 4 inches, we were relieved we did lot have to drive through the aftermath for 11 hours or so.

We quickly got the car packed and got the house setup, ensuring the plants (hopefully) wouldn’t die while we were away for 6+ weeks. Fingers crossed those wine bottles worked!

Rochester Airbnb

We had booked an Airbnb 18 hours before we were arriving and luckily we were able to check in an hour early.

It was located right off the highway and was close to a Weggeman’s, where we needed to do a grocery pickup or a few things we forgot.

Day 2: Rochester, NY to Perrysburg, OH (by Toledo, OH)

6.5 hours / 400 miles

We made it from Rochester to Perrysburg, with a stop at Niagara Falls! We were essentially the only ones there, where there are usually thousands of people in the summer. Had a good view of Canada, and those Canadians have a much better view of Niagara Falls than the US. Wish we brought our passports 😭😭

About 6 hours of driving. Some snow along the way and windshield wiper fluid froze over so we had to stop a few times to clean off the frozen mud from all of the 18 wheelers.

Perrysburg, OH Airbnb

I’d call this both a cabin and a lake house all in one. Although we were on a lake, the walls were just like a log cabin. Very cute!

Day 3: Perrysburg, OH to Lincoln, NE

11 hours / 750 miles

This will be our longest drive so far, since we split up our first day into two. We left our Airbnb lake house before the sunrise and somehow lugged all of our suitcases and cooler up and down the stairs. (Very treacherous!!)

Lincoln, NE Airbnb

Very Instagramy house!

Day 4: Lincoln, NE to Moab, UT

12+ hours / 850 miles

This will be the longest day of the trip by over an hour. We left Lincoln at the crack of dawn and luckily had time to make coffee before we hit the road (we’ll probably need five cups of coffee today). So far Nebraska is only farm land for miles with the occasional rolling hill. We are very excited to slow down once we get to Utah!

We drove through the entire states of Nebraska and Colorado and ended with a little bit of driving through Utah. Colorado was really cool because we weee able to see the Rockies and pass Breckenridge and Vail. When we got to Utah the sun had set and drove through VERY thick fog on a country road for 45 minutes. Fun stuff! Needless to say we were very happy to get to our Airbnb.

Close to Denver, with a view of the Rockies.

Moab, UT Airbnb

This Airbnb is very on theme! First place that has a garage, sadly we’re very excited about this since it’s been in the 20s when we unload the car. When we first arrived we immediately crashed on the couch and turned on the gas fireplace after 12.5 hours in the car.

National Park #1: Arches National Park

National Park #2: Canyonlands

National Park #3: Bryce Canyon

About 4.5 hour drive from Moab, we drove through a lot of fog but finally made it (this felt short compared to 12.5 hours in the car the other day). When we arrived at Bryce we saw all of the main highlights of the hoodoo landmarks including Thor’s Hammer. Try to see if you can pinpoint this in the pictures below!

National Park #4: Zion

We didn’t have much time in Zion due to the drive to Bryce and then driving over to Zion which was about 6 hours in total. We were able to drive the canyon scenic route though which was well worth it!

Zion Airbnb

We’re staying in a treehouse essentially! About 20 minutes from Zion’s entrance, this Airbnb is nestled in the hills and would consider this a tiny house.

Day 7 and National Park #5: The Grand Canyon

5.5 hours / 320 \240miles to the Grand Canyon

The drive there was very scenic! We stopped at Glen Canton Dam, where my (Meghan) grandpa had started his 16 day trip on the Colorado River.

Kingman, AZ Airbnb

The only part of the house worth highlighting: the heated massage chair. Also located right by Route 66!

Day 8: Kingman, AZ to Tracy, CA

8.5 hours / 560 miles

Last day on the road! We were able to drive on the historic Route 66 and through the Mojave Desert.

WE MADE IT!!

We stayed at my parents house for a week for Christmas 🎅🎄

January 2021 in Lake Tahoe

Kevin, Aaron, and I rented a house for the month of January about 5 minutes from Heavenly mountain.

We skied Northstar once

We skied Kirkwood Moutain twice

Last stop in California is Monterey Bay for a week!

We explored Monterey, Highway 1, and Big Sur during our last weekend in California.

Sadly today we start our road trip back to Cape Cod. Luckily we’re stopping in Colorado for two days of skiing before we wrap up our trip.

Here’s our itinerary:

2/8: Monterey ➡️ Mesquite, NV

2/9: Mesquite, NV ➡️ Vail, Colorado

2/10: Vail, Colorado

2/11: Vail, Colorado ➡️ Denver, Colorado

2/12: Denver, Colorado ➡️Colombia, Missouri

2/13: Colombia, Missouri ➡️ Cleveland, Ohio

2/14: Cleveland, Ohio ➡️ East Sandwich, MA

Day 1: Watsonville, CA ➡️Mesquite, NV

9 hours / 594 miles

Day 2: Mesquite, NV➡️Vail,CO

8.5 hours / 572 miles

Colorado Day 1

We worked a half day and skied at Beaver Creek in the afternoon.

View from our condo:

Colorado Day 2

We also did another half day of work and then skied Vail. After Vail we drove to Aurora in the Denver area to our Airbnb.

Aurora, CO ➡️ Colombia, MO

10 hours / 715 miles

Drove through Colorado, Kansas, and wrapped the day up in Missouri. We also did pizza Fridays because why not.

Colombia, MO ➡️ Conneaut, OH

10.5 hours / 740 miles

Passing through Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and ending in Ohio. Also escaping the polar vortex of below freezing temperatures without the wind chill, -20 degrees with wind chill during the day!

Final day!!! Happy Valentine’s Day!

Conneaut, OH ➡️East Sandwich, MA home 😊

9.5 hours / 650 miles

Making a few stops by Boston too 💃🏻