Seven states in seven days is a heavy task to take on at any time of the year, but factor in winter time driving, and it starts getting pretty sketchy. Even though we had quite a few fun things planned to do on our route, this trip was also an errand for us to run. A pretty major one since we decided to take this on in order to find out where in the mountains we were going to move to. And I guess to also celebrate Harris’s 26th birthday ;p
So for the following week, Harris and I were packed into a little rental car that would hopefully get us through the hundreds of miles of driving without a hitch. Luckily, that little car turned out to be the best thing in getting us through some of the sketchiest parts of the drive (ahem, Wyoming, ahem).
When we planned out our trip we had no idea what would we would encounter over the course of the week. We had pinned a handful of pit stops along our route, planned to see old friends and family along the way, and ski a few new spots.
We were turned around at Yellowstone, were stressed during hours of white knuckle driving through most of Wyoming and Harris had to endure being sick for about 80% of the trip. In a weird, messed up way, the downs made the trip so much more memorable. We spent seven straight days together. Seven days of ups and downs together without killing each other, and I think that speaks great things about our relationship. So if you’re ever interested in challenging your relationship with someone, whether it’s a best friend, mom, dad, sister, bf/gf, etc., I suggest getting in a car and going through the ups and downs of a cross-country road trip with them.
We got to finish our trip at my favorite national park I’ve ever been to, Arches National Park in Moab, UT. Harris had never been and it was a perfect way to end the trip. We had driven through so much snow and mountainous terrain, it was a really nice change of pace and temperature once we got to the desert.
It was a trip of a lifetime. The first of *hopefully* many to come cross-country road trips.
