For Miles, it's state number 25. For the map, it's just another bit of coloring. For the humans of Freedom Rolling, one little day trip means so much more.
With a non-trailer trip into North Dakota, the hosts of Freedom Rolling have finished visiting every state in the Continental United States together. All of the lower 48 have been seen, side by side. This is not to say they hadn't previously seen what they were missing separately, with one of them having a trucker in the family, and the other visiting all of the lower 48 states in a single vehicle that was decommissioned just before leaving the old home for good. However, some of the states were first achieved with the other, and with the relationship rooted in our desire to be on the open road, it's only fitting that this be accomplished.
As of the writing of this, readers may look at the map and notice about 20 states missing. What gives? In the 48 state accomplishment, the hosts are certainly counting adventures before the RV, and were there a few of them! The Great Lakes and Northwestern states were accomplished during a vacation in 2016 to the Pacific Northwest. With a honeymoon in Las Vegas, the remainder of the southwestern states were covered. California was all of one exit beyond Primm while trying to kill time for the room to open up, but they saw the call boxes, so it counts. South Carolina came in 2019 during the first trip to the Space Coast of Florida just after driving the Blue Ridge Parkway, although had previously touched it during the first ever road trip together. The rest were accomplished during day trips, including a hockey game in New Jersey, an encounter with Lula in southern New England, and an impromptu trip to Rehoboth Beach in Delaware, where the hosts continue to promise themselves not to take 500+ mile day trips, and seemingly continue to break that promise to this day.
With that goal being said and done, what's next for Freedom Rolling? Obviously making the rest of the states to be a "not black" color on the map is one of them. Hawaii is a little tough for a drive, and Alaska will require some extreme preparations and favorable conditions, especially with the drive through Canada. The rest of the lower 48 should certainly be something that is easily able to be accomplished. Some of the National Parks are certainly on the bucket list for any RVer. There are a few destinations each of the hosts would like to visit. It all just comes down to following your internal compass.
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