Today is June 27th, 2020, my name is Luc and I’m currently on the 7th day of what I would describe as the road trip of a lifetime with my wife, Valva.
How it all started
About a month ago my amazing, crazy wife came to me with the idea of going to Yellowstone for her vacation.
I’m calling it her vacation because I am a web developer. I can work from anywhere. All I need is a laptop and a decent wifi connection.
We had been to Yellowstone the previous year, I absolutely loved it so I was all in with the idea of going back. My answer to her was a resounding: ‘f*** yeah’…
Then on second thoughts, I realized there was this pandemic going around called COVID-19.
So it was evident it wouldn’t be safe to fly, so I asked her:
‘How would we get to Yellowstone?’, to which she answered: ‘We can drive’.
‘So how long is the drive to Yellowstone?’, she smirked at me and said: ‘Just 32 hours’
Without hesitation I said: ‘Let’s freaking do it!’.
We made plans for a two weeks vacation to Yellowstone, and then back to Virginia.
The plan was simple, we would make a few stops along the way, so we wouldn’t have to drive 32 hours straight back and forth.
The day before leaving, she comes to me again, with an even crazier idea, and this is how this second conversation went:
Valva: ‘Baby, I just realized I don’t need to go to the office to work because of COVID-19’
Luc: ‘OK, so…?’.
Valva: ‘So I don’t need to be out for just two weeks, I can take my laptop and work from anywhere. We could then go to Yosemite also, and then visit my friend in LA for a week maybe, then Grand Canyon for a weekend, and then spend a week in New Orleans’
My eyes lid up with excitement and joy at the idea of an adventure of unknown length on the road with her.
So, we packed up our stuff and embarked on this crazy adventure with seemingly no end in sight.
Where we are now
We currently are in Crater Lake National Park, in Oregon. The picture above is a picture of a mountain peak we took today in the national park.
Thus far on this road trip, we’ve driven about 4700km, we’ve driven by/visited 12 states, and we visited 5 National Parks in the US, and we’re not quite sure where we’re going next.
We have vague plans of slowly making it down to Yosemite, then LA, then Grand Canyon, then New Orleans but none of this is set in stone. Each one of our itineraries is up for change.
Major Update
So, I wrote the first part of this article/diary yesterday (June 27th). Today is Monday, June 29th and Valva has decided to add a few stops along our way back to Virginia.
Now, we’re thinking about going to Las Vegas for a week (in two weeks), then drive to Utah to visit 2 more national parks, and then, I have absolutely no clue where we’re going.
Anyway. This trip is very fluid/flexible. I have no clue where we’re going next, and I don’t think Valva does either. But we will keep you all updated as we drive around the US.
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