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Road Trip Cont'd - After a few more hours of driving, we finally made it back home! It's been an awesome 3 weeks of expl...
10/11/2024

Road Trip Cont'd - After a few more hours of driving, we finally made it back home! It's been an awesome 3 weeks of exploring the country, crossing coast to coast through 24 states, tasting their iconic foods, and visiting their unique attractions, state parks, and national parks (10 new national parks that we haven't been to before). What an amazing 9,765 mile road trip, our longest yet!

Thank you if you've been following along! I hope this has been fun for you too and that you'll be able to embark on your own trip soon too, however long or short.
Where should we go next??

If you want to read about our entire road trip, please visit my blog or scroll back through the many posts here in my channel:

https://adventuresbyanne.com/trip-recaps/2023-cross-country-road-trip-2/


Road Trip Cont'd - We've finally crossed into our final state of Pennsylvania! Since we're passing near Pittsburgh, we h...
09/11/2024

Road Trip Cont'd - We've finally crossed into our final state of Pennsylvania! Since we're passing near Pittsburgh, we had to stop at Primanti Bros, an iconic restaurant of this end of the state, and try their self proclaimed "almost famous" mile-high sandwiches. Yummm!

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https://adventuresbyanne.com/trip-recaps/2023-cross-country-road-trip-2/



Road Trip Cont'd - Unfortunately, we didn't have time for a longer stay in Chicago this trip, but we had to at least pas...
03/11/2024

Road Trip Cont'd - Unfortunately, we didn't have time for a longer stay in Chicago this trip, but we had to at least pass through and get some Chicago deep-dish pizza! We found a Lou Malnati's shop along the way, known for having some of the best deep dish in the area. Lou's father was one of the original creators of the deep dish pizza, and after working with his father, Lou opened his own shop, which has now been passed down in his family and has many locations around Chicago.

There was a really long wait to be seated, so we decided to get it to-go and had a little picnic at a nearby park. What a delicious way to watch the sunset and end the night after a long day's drive! The butter-crust is our new favorite deep dish. So buttery and crunchy. The sauce was so sweet and savory, made fresh from California tomatoes. All so yummy!

Did you know that you can order from them to ship to your house as well? We'll definitely be doing that!

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https://adventuresbyanne.com/trip-recaps/2023-cross-country-road-trip-2/



Road Trip Cont'd - We're continuing east. Happy Halloween! 🎃 Meet our new road trip buddy, a prairie dog, to remind us o...
31/10/2024

Road Trip Cont'd - We're continuing east. Happy Halloween! 🎃
Meet our new road trip buddy, a prairie dog, to remind us of our time in Badlands NP and South Dakota as we leave this beautiful state. Any ideas for a name? He joins our existing road trip buddies for the rest of the trip home. A few more states to go!

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Road Trip Cont'd - We made an interesting stop through Sioux Falls, South Dakota for the night. Did you know that there'...
30/10/2024

Road Trip Cont'd - We made an interesting stop through Sioux Falls, South Dakota for the night.

Did you know that there's a full size replica of the famous statue of David right in a park in town?!? The story goes that a rich resident was such a big fan of Michaelangelo that he commissioned this statue to honor his hometown! Whoa!

We also stopped at Falls Park to see the cascading waterfalls of the Big Sioux River in the middle of town. Unfortunately, the tower was already closed so we couldn't go up, but it's supposedly a great view of the town.

Then, we got stopped at a railroad crossing by what has to be the longest train eveeeerr! I think we were there for a good half hour waiting for the train to finish passing through! Sheesh!

And finally, we grabbed dinner at a good char-grilled steak takeout place. I know, you wouldn't normally think of takeout for steak, but this place came up in our restaurant searches with high reviews so we wanted to check it out, and since we were in cow country, we figured we had to get some steak! It actually was very good - great charred, beefy flavor and very tender!

Well, time to call it a night at a nearby Best Western. More driving tomorrow!

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Road Trip Cont'd - Have you been to the Corn Palace?The Corn Palace was built over a hundred years ago and has become a ...
26/10/2024

Road Trip Cont'd - Have you been to the Corn Palace?
The Corn Palace was built over a hundred years ago and has become a part of legendary folk art and community center of sorts, as well as a popular tourist attraction in Mitchell, South Dakota. Among its many uses are industrial exhibits, dances, stage shows, meetings, banquets, graduations, basketball tournaments, and annual festivals.

The Palace is redecorated each year with naturally colored corn and other grains and native grasses to make it “the agricultural show-place of the world”. A different theme is chosen each year, and murals are designed to reflect that theme. Ear by ear the corn is nailed to the Corn Palace to create a scene. The decorating process usually starts in late May with the removal of the rye and dock. The corn murals are stripped at the end of August and the new ones are completed by the first of October.
If you ever in the area, be sure to stop by to check out this fascinating work of art.

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Awesome sunset sky tonight!
26/10/2024

Awesome sunset sky tonight!

Happy Sunday Sunset!I love how this sunset reflected on the car hood too.
20/10/2024

Happy Sunday Sunset!
I love how this sunset reflected on the car hood too.

Later this month, Disney World and Disneyland California will begin piloting a new service providing expedited entry to ...
17/10/2024

Later this month, Disney World and Disneyland California will begin piloting a new service providing expedited entry to theme park attractions: Lightning Lane Premier Pass. No need to select an experience time anymore!

View my blog post for more details:

https://adventuresbyanne.com/2024/10/17/disney-pilots-new-lightning-lane-premier-pass/

View my Lightning Lane Guide for more details on the current Lightning Lanes:
https://adventuresbyanne.com/disney-parks-2/disney-world/lightning-lane/

I’ll update the guide as new details emerge. Check back often and Subscribe to my site to get notified of new posts.

Please contact me if you have any questions or if I can help plan your next Disney trip.

Have a magical day!

We haven't posted a Sunday Sunset pic in awhile. Tonight, we caught some awesome sunset skies.
14/10/2024

We haven't posted a Sunday Sunset pic in awhile. Tonight, we caught some awesome sunset skies.

Did you see the Northern Lights too tonight? So cool!!
11/10/2024

Did you see the Northern Lights too tonight? So cool!!

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