2015 Summer Road Trip

76 days,

14,000 miles,

39 states, 
21 major cities, and

15 National Parks later, 
we wanted to say THANK YOU!

Holly Knight

For finding all of the camping stuff and staying up late that last night to pack everything, for bringing Jillian’s wedding clothes to Rico’s parents, and for checking out a few apartments for us

John Knight

For paying to register and inspect Jillian’s car so we had something to get us from Maine to California and back and thanks for torturing us with all the fun that’s going on back home – not!

Sandie Santamaria

For taking such good care of our kitty, Khaleesi, for the gas cards/gift cards, for our hiking shirts, and for taking some of our stuff home with you from the wedding

Dan Santamaria

For coming down several times to move us out of the apartment, for being Khaleesi’s buddy for the summer, and the numerous times you helped find us addresses and other information along our route

Alli & Nate 

For the many gift cards you gave us!  We have put great use to all of them <3

Erin & Kelsey

For the gas card that helped us get from South Dakota to Wyoming, and thank you Erin for suggesting all the places for us to live

John & Stacy 

For loaning Jillian a hiking pack even if we didn’t use it

The Aldrich Family

For always treating us like family and for all the home-cooked meals – it was great to catch up with you guys again

Janet & Marty 

For feeding us until we were splitting at the seams and treating us to all your homemade garden fresh goodies

Kevin & Ari 

For letting us stay for nearly an entire week, for all the food and fun, and for being our housemates for the wedding

Alli C.

For welcoming some strangers into your place – we are so thankful

Amy & Rich

Also for welcoming some strangers into your place, for loaning us your aquarium membership cards, and for dinner – we will definitely pay it forward

Kristen & Dan

For allowing us to sleep in your living room for 4 nights on pretty short notice and for dinner in Santa Monica, we are so grateful

Lindsay & Derek

For letting us bum around while we tried to avoid the heat and for an extremely fun night on Fremont Street

Susan & John

For opening your home to us and reviving us after a week in the desert

Kris

For being so incredibly generous while we stayed and for having the cutest little kitty (aside from Khaleesi of course)

Caitlin

For bringing us around Houston and for being a lovely host even if our stay was short

Anne

For bringing us around New Orleans, for introducing us to oysters, for dinner our first night and for lunch our last day, and for bringing us on the Natchez cruise

Kristy

For being the best host in NYC! and joining us on our early morning Jimmy Fallon adventure. We were so happy to see you

Audrey & Drew

For the loads of snacks to take on our trip and for being the best last stop anyone could ask for!

Our followers

We’re not sure how many stuck around aside from our parents and Jillian’s sister, but thank you to all our readers who kept up with us the past 11 weeks!!! (And the long awaited completion of the blog).  Keep an ear out for any future travels because we will probably keep this going.  We also plan to backtrack a bit and write about some of the past adventures we’ve been on.

Eat Well; Travel Often

Rico & Jillian