Life with Mary and Jay
Documenting our adventures and enjoying time in the not-so-fast lane.
Category: On the road
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Route 66, Day 7: Gallup, NM to Kingman, AZ
We started the morning in Gallup, NM. We grabbed some coffee and immediately headed towards the Petrified Forest National Park. We have stopped here before but it’s one of my absolutely favorite National Parks, so we are making the stop again. It’s so amazing to me that wood, over millions of years, petrified to now…
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Route 66, Day 5: Edmond, OK to Tucumcari, NM
We started the day off in Edmond, OK and visited Pop’s Soda Ranch in Acadia. It’s basically a fun and silly convenience store with lots of random sodas and snacks. They also have a 66 ft soda the statue outside that I’ve heard looks beautiful when it is lit up in the evening. We made…
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Route 66, Day 4: Springfield, Missouri to Edmond, Oklahoma
Day 4 of our Route 66 adventure was packed with iconic stops, friendly faces, and some of the most memorable roadside attractions we’ve seen so far! We started our morning in Springfield, Missouri, with a visit to the Springfield Route 66 Visitor Center. Before hitting the road, we continued our painted rock tradition by leaving…
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Route 66, Day 3: St. Louis to Springfield, Missouri
Day 3 on our Route 66 adventure was packed with iconic stops, unexpected discoveries, and plenty of laughs as we made our way from St. Louis to Springfield, Missouri. We started the morning at the Gateway Arch (and the Arch’s museum) in St. Louis, taking in the incredible views of this engineering feat and reflecting…
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Route 66, Day 2: Joliet to St. Louis
Yesterday was Day 2 of our Route 66 adventure! We began in Joliet and made our way to St. Louis, packing in plenty of stops along the way. We started the morning with visits to the Illinois Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum on Route 66 and the Joliet Area Historical Museum. I’m going…
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Head out on the highway – or more specifically Route 66!
That’s right! In just a few short weeks we are heading out on the road again for an adventure! Route 66 is turning 100 years old this year! So, we are going to take a trip along as much of the original mother road as we can, while taking in some of the unique and…
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8,000 miles!
As of Feb. 4, 2023, when we arrived at Little Rock Central High, we hit 8,000 miles that we have traveled by truck since we began our journey, Aug. 15, 2022. And in seven days from today, we will hit six-months since we have been traveling, and in this time we: And, we have seen:…
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Utah or bust!
We drove from Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania to Salt Lake City, Utah over three days, Sept. 15-17, 2022. Over those three days, we drove 1,915 miles through eight states! PennsylvaniaOhioIndianaIllinoisIowaNebraskaWyomingUtah Whew! It was wonderful seeing the country – but we drove the entire 1,915 miles over three days – and most of these miles were on…
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Shore bound to Manahawkin
We decided to take a road trip to Manahawkin, New Jersey while we were in Pittsburgh. Although it was still many hours both ways, this was the closest we would be to the shore for the next year or so and I wanted to introduce Jay to some of my family that he hasn’t previously…
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From VA to PA!
410 miles. 7 hours. Today is Aug. 15, and the day started with a move-out inspection from our apartment in Suffolk, VA. This was the first place that we signed a lease together and
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