My husband’s 20-year high school reunion is coming up this summer. Instead of our typical vacation to some tropical island, we decided to make a road trip out of it as we drive to Washington State in July. Our 2015 Road Trip will consist of over 5,000 miles!
We have our 2015 road trip planned out!
Our 2015 road trip was roughly 5000 miles! This was our first road trip together (other than moving, which I don’t count). We were also kidless this time around as we spent about 3 weeks on the road. I finally got to see where my husband grew up which was really cool! He’s from a little bitty town in Eastern Washington.
I blogged each stop along our 2015 Road Trip, so make sure to come back as I get the posts up to see all the pictures and details of each stop! If it is in bold, then it means I have blogged it. If there is no link to click, then I am still working on getting the blog post up!
2015 Road Trip Itinerary
Below is our itinerary in order of the places we stopped. Once I have them up here on the site, they will be linked below.
Odessa Stonehenge
Odessa Meteor Crater
Carlsbad Caverns
Roswell, New Mexico
Petrified Forest National Park
Wigwam Village Motel
Grand Canyon National Park
Flinstone’s Bedrock City
Chloride Ghost Town
Hoover Dam
Las Vegas
Clown Motel
Area 51
Dayton, Washington
Idaho State Penitentiary
The Perrine Bridge
Arches National Park
Los Alamos
RT 66 Auto Museum
Cadillac Ranch
Outside of Yellowstone there is a place that has wolves, can’t remember if its north gate or west gate
And if leaving through Portland then its like an hour over to the coast, anywhere between seaside or. And Florence or. Along highway 101 is spectacular!
Definitely down Hwy 101! We always go to Newport and Depoe Bay!
Lake Tahoe. It’s my second home as I lived in the Lake Tahoe Valley for more than half my life. I think it should be on everyone’s bucket list. The lake is gorgeous on it’s own, but there is also TONS of different kinds of things to do in the area, from beach bumming to gold panning to casinos….not to mention some of the most beautiful hiking on the planet. Just sayin. ;) I’m so jealous!
Also Santa Cruz is awesome.
You would love the Winchester House and Alcatraz if you are going all the way down to California!
The Winchester House IS amazing!
Alcatraz is a must for you Bridget. It is WAY spooky inside, and if you’re lucky like I was you might get to see an Orca whale while waiting for the ferry to take you back to San Francisco!
Oh, that sounds like fun! Yall deserve a vacation…. :)
Travel to Amarillo and take Route 66. There is a stretch of road that if you drive the posted speed limit the bumps on the road plays America The Beautiful
The sand dunes at the Oregon California border you must go for a ride in the big trucks its so much fun also pier 39 and Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco are absolute must Tahoe is amazing anywhere along the Sierra Nevada mountains really or the coast of California if you take Highway one all the way down the coast it’s an amazing drive because you don’t deal with all the crap you just stay along the coastline. If you can’t tell I’m from California grew up in the bay area but have been from one tip to the other side to side and I love that place also Eugene Oregon is a very unique town to go to its on i5 very interesting lot of really cool kind of hippie places
Go thru northern California and go thru the redwood forest. Great place for photography for you.
Yeah you’ve never seen anything like the redwood forest it’s absolutely amazing and for pictures and photography it’s a whole nother world
If you are passing through Vancouver Washington it’s free lodging and chow hall, 0400 reville s.s.s parking MIGHT be free (bring the Camaro). I got an invite to my 40th last week, I know how important this is. Let us know……….
Perhaps a hike on the PCT? :D :D That way I can live through ya’ll! :D
Grand Canyon
Here’s the link to our RoadTrippers map! https://roadtrippers.com/trips/washington-roadtrip/7749139?utm_source=roadtrippers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=planner_callout&utm_content=bc
Awesome ideas I added the Winchester Mystery House and Alcatraz to the map for on the way back…both of those are on my bucket list so not sure how the heck I didn’t think of them!
Ok so I also did Hollywood, which I have already been there but want to go back for pictures.
Washington state?
I’ve been here for almost 4 yrs n can’t wait to leave lol
That’s awesome ya I’m not sure where Dayton is we are at JBLM…
Have a fun, safe trip!
Yes :)
You must be on the west side of the state lol. We are going to my husbands hometown in Dayton for 3 days (his choice) then the other 2.5 weeks are being spent traveling and exploring all the states from Texas to Washington and visiting landmarks and stuff I’ve wanted to see since I was a kid.
Thanks! Dayton is like on the southeast corner of the state.
Can’t wait to see you Jerry! It’s been over 20 years!
If you’re going to be in Seattle, make sure to check out some of the sites! It’s very pretty here!
Sounds awesome! Try and make it to Leavenworth, it’s a little almost like German town, I’ve heard alot of great things about it, just haven’t had the chance to get there myself.
Samantha we will be on the east side of the state. I tried to get him to include some sites in Washington during our trip but he said no theres nothing to see, lol. We are leaving Dayton and going to Redwood National Park.
Wait I didn’t see stop in Gatesville and pick up nicole
Awesome! Wish I were going with y’all!!! You really gonna take Jerry to the clown motel huh? I was just kidding when I sent that to you. That’s kinda mean…
You will love Carlsbad caverns , we did, we were stationed there at ft bliss and nick took me there for our honeymoon ,make sure u check out the night time bat exhibit
Yep really going to take him. I apparently have to drive there so he can get drunk before stepping into it =)
Nicole you’re supposed to be here ready to go!
Bridget be careful of the bat thing. I think you heard the story about how Grandma and Grandpa took me and Cindee to it, and a bat swooped right over my head! Mom couldn’t get is out of there fast enough! But yeah, Carlsbad is very cool. You’ll love it. Make sure you take a sweater. Oh, and there used to be a cafeteria in the cavern too. Yeah, it’s THAT big.
Lol , it was cool but ya they can go right by you
The last time I was there they still had the cafeteria in there :)