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Roadschooling East to West: Vegas and Hoover Dam

It’s normally about a four hour drive from the Grand Canyon to Las Vegas, with a speed limit of 70 most of the way. When you’re driving in the “monsoon season”, however, you might end up driving around 40 miles an hour for quite a while through driving rain, extending your trip time. Ugh. We triedContinue reading “Roadschooling East to West: Vegas and Hoover Dam”

Roadschooling – East to West: The Canyons

Northern Arizona is so cool. There are so many things to see and do. If you have AT&T as your cell service, however, don’t expect to be able to talk to anyone about it. Few places offer functional wifi either. So, it’s been several days since I could update here. We left New Mexico andContinue reading “Roadschooling – East to West: The Canyons”

Roadschool – East to West: Down day

We are into our third week of the trip! Around 3,800 miles 13 states so far (we will pick up 14-16 tomorrow!) 4 out of 5 biomes covered (aquatic, forest, grassland, and desert. We won’t go through tundra, thankfully) 5 of the 8 North American ecoregions covered (Coastal Plain, Appalachian Mountains, Interior Lowlands, Great Plains,Continue reading “Roadschool – East to West: Down day”

Roadschooling – P.E. at White Sands National Monument

We woke up this morning earlier than we thought we would. Our campsite was very close to the main road, and close to the entrance/exit of the park. So, at about 5:50 we were all wide awake. Breakfast was at a restaurant close to Carlsbad Caverns where half of us tried more local fare. IContinue reading “Roadschooling – P.E. at White Sands National Monument”

Roadschooling – Camping!

Our trip is divided into two sections. The first half was filled with visiting family and friends across several states. We are now on the second portion, which includes more touristy stops. Yesterday, we left Missouri and drove to Kansas where we stopped for coffee with some friends. We drove through Kansas to Oklahoma andContinue reading “Roadschooling – Camping!”

Roadschooling (& moving) East to West – Week 1 recap

So far – 9 days over 1500 miles (x2 vehicles) 8 states lots of friends and family 0 speeding tickets 0 major fights 2 or 3 things left behind or lost 4 head colds 1 starfish (or sea star as they are now called, but I’m old school so it’s still a starfish to me)Continue reading “Roadschooling (& moving) East to West – Week 1 recap”