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June 10, 2024 The Yearning for More Last year, my friend Jake and I embarked on a trip from east coast to west coast in the spirit of the Cannonball Run . You can read about our road trip in my 3-part blog series ( Part 1 , Part 2 , and Part 3 ). During the trip, Jake and I both genuinely believed that the Cannonball Run that we had worked about a year to plan would be the ultimate adventure. After a few months though, we both felt that we wanted something a bit more unconventional and potentially even a step further into questionable decisions. So we started brainstorming... Breaking Down the Options & Choosing a Path Forward When we started thinking of what to do next, our criteria was: Unique in not following in the footsteps of other journeys before Scenic drives Safety above all else Budget-friendly 10-12 days We developed a few options ranging from completely insane to relatively reasonable. Here were the options that we came up with in increasing order from least crazy to mo...

July 26, 2023 Over the first 2 days of our Cannonball Run, we completed the 2,000 mile drive from Manhattan, NY to Billings, MT. If you haven't seen that post yet, feel free to catch-up on it here . Day 3 (Saturday, July 16) - Billings, MT to Yellowstone National Park Time: 5 hours Miles: 200 miles When Jake and I woke up in Billings, MT at our beautiful Home2Suites, we were both still in disbelief that we had covered 19 hours/1,300 miles the previous day. We both felt accomplished and were a bit tired, but we were so excited for our drive that day to Yellowstone that it didn't matter. Here was a picture right as we were leaving the hotel and about to load the car. We started our day at the glorious Walmart. You may wonder why we were going to Walmart. Well, Jake and I had booked a reservation at a campsite in Yellowstone National Park for the upcoming night. We did NOT bring anything related to camping in our luggage, so we created a large shopping list in Excel including: Ten...