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Starting Point: Brookings, Oregon
Finishing Point: San Francisco, California
Trip Totals
States: 48
Towns: 370
State Capitals: 33
Fun Facts
• Pennsylvania is the only one of the 13 original states that doesn't border the Atlantic Ocean.
• You’re never more than 60 miles from salt water in any place in Florida.
• Indiana is the smallest state west of the Appalachian Mountains in the continental United States.
• The state of Kansas has more than 6,000 “ghost towns.”
• Maine is the only state that shares its border with only one other state.
• The Great Salt Lake has no fish living in it.
March 25, 2021
Most recently updated on November 15, 2021 Originally posted on March 25, 2021 Texas is one big state. Exactly how big? For starters, Texas is the […]
March 26, 2021
Most recently updated on October 28, 2021 Originally posted on March 26, 2021 There’s not much actual driving time today, but there’s a lot to see […]
March 27, 2021
Most recently updated on October 29, 2021 Originally posted on March 27, 2021 We’re out the door early on our fourth and final full day in […]
March 28, 2021
Most recently updated on October 30, 2021 Posted on March 28, 2021 Oklahoma beckons, but there is one more virtual swing through Texas we need to […]
March 29, 2021
Most recently updated on October 31, 2021 Originally posted on March 29, 2021 The restaurant that helped inspire a Pixar movie. The woman behind a pioneering […]
March 30, 2021
Most recently updated on November 1, 2021 Originally posted on March 30, 2021 Today is the day we leave the Southwest and begin our 12-day journey […]
Spotlight
March 6, 2021
We don’t make anything anymore. That’s a refrain heard often in Rust Belt regions and elsewhere in the country. Actually, the United States still has a […]
February 27, 2021
It wasn’t taught in my classes in high school or college. It wasn’t in the history books either. But it sure seems like it should have […]
February 20, 2021
If the Navajo Nation was actually a separate state, it would be larger than the 10 smallest states in the country. The Native American territory stretches […]