Follow the whole road trip chronologically using the 2016 Road Trip tag or check out a few select posts along the way: Start on departure day and… Drive through Appalachia starting in Shenandoah National Park, traversing the Blue Ridge Parkway, and ending in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Take in the sights and sounds of
Number of days on the road: 121 Number of miles driven: 13,728 (all within the United States) Number of states visited in the USA: 26 Number of World Heritage Sites we marveled at: 6 (subset of purple markers) Number of National Park System Properties we marveled at: 35 (purple markers) Number of breweries we drank
Check out our actual expenses for our 2016 road trip and see how it compared to our budget.
Check out our actual expenses in April 2016 and see how it compared to our budget.
March 31 – April 3, 2016: Leaving Charlottesville, we entered the Blue Ridge Parkway at the northern most entrance (where we exited Shenandoah National Park) and proceeded to drive six miles before our first stop.
Check out our actual expenses in March 2016 and see how it compared to our budget.
March 30, 2016: Upon exiting Shenandoah National Park we made our way to Blue Mountain Brewery for a very late lunch. We had two appetizer plates and a beer before continuing on to Monticello – the home of Thomas Jefferson (and a World Heritage Site).
March 28 – 30, 2016: From Harpers Ferry, West Virginia we made our way across the Virginia border and entered Shenandoah National Park and the Skyline Drive at the north entrance in Front Royal, Virginia.
March 26 – 27, 2016: When we announced that Camper Dan was hitting the road again we didn’t yet have a solid sense of our itinerary. Our plans still aren’t set in stone but we have a much better idea of where we are headed – especially during month one.