Dietz Summer Road Trip

It’s been about a week since we have been back home in North Carolina. Almost everything has been washed up and packed away. The thrill and freedom of being able to go where you want, and when you want to, has subsided to routine and schedules and the upcoming school year responsibilities.

We are already anxious to take our next trip. We have the goal of visiting all 50 states together (we have been to 40 together so far) and a dream to visit all of the National Parks. We continue to create memories that will last a life time and have seen the wonderful and beauty of nature that will stay with us even when we return to our daily grind. America truly is beautiful and while we know there are so many places around the world we would love to go to, we have so much beauty right in our own back yard!

So, without further adieu, I present to you the totals!

Road Trip 2017 by Numbers

Total Miles: 8, 280.1

States travelled through/visited: 25 (NC, VA, MD, WV, PA, OH, IN, IL, WI, MN, ND, MT, WY, ID, UT, CO, KS, MO, OK, AR, LA, MS, AL, GA, SC)

States visited together for first time: 9 (WI, MN, ND, ID, KS, OK, MS, AL, GA)

National Parks Visited: 8 (We have now been to 25 of the 59)

Other National Historical Sites/Monuments/Military Parks visited: 15

Roller Coasters Rode: 3

Cheapest price of gas per gallon: $1.92 in Fargo, ND

Visits to In-N-Out burger: 2

Rounds of Yahtzee played: 4

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Minor traffic accidents: 2

 (trip was good, John’s car got a little dinged up!)

Trips to the ER: 0

Oil Changes: 1

Jimmy Carter Historical Sites Visited: 15

Koozies bought: 8

Christmas Ornaments Bought: 16

Stickers bought/acquired: 24

Blog posts (not including this one): 16

Pins added to our map: 31 (but we ran out! Amazon Prime says more should be here in 3 days)

Pictures added to the Camp Dietz wall: 4

 

Thank you to everyone that read along, commented, or sent messages! We have a few states left to visit and we love suggestions! New England road trip should be next!

States still left to visit together and hopeful future road trips/vacations:

Florida

Michigan

Delaware

Maine

New Hampshire

Vermont

Connecticut

Rhode Island

Alaska

Hawaii 

By the way: this is what 4 weeks worth of mail looks like. All junk or bills and expired coupons.