The GR8 American Road Trip: Solitude at Its Purest Setting WY and MT
🛣️ The Great American Road Trip of 2020
When cruise ships stopped, the highways called
🏔️ From seven seas to the Grand Tetons - 2020's greatest pivot
March 2020
🚢 Don't Give Up The Ship
It was the best of vibes. It was the worst of vibes. We waited for 2020 to have that perfect vision. Nobody could predict what they'd be seeing and doing this year - washing their hands, wearing a mask and social distancing because of the global pandemic.
Normally, we would be sailing in the Norwegian Fjords, The Baltics or through Alaska's wildlife super highway, Glacier Bay. Tis the season but all fleets have come to a grinding halt.
"DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP or the goal of taking a vacation... You can't deny gravity, or the gravity of the situation, and traveling these days will never be the same."
I'd have to get resourceful, resilient and drive somewhere long distance in an automobile. Planning a road trip now is like trying to build an airplane as you're flying one... data changes constantly.
June 2020
🚗 The Land Yacht Adventure
I rented a land yacht, a 2020 Mitsubishi Outlander (my protective bubble from the Covidiots who refused to take the virus seriously enough to follow some basics) and drove from Palm Beach to Jackson Hole, WY.
🗺️ The epic 5,669-mile journey across America
5,669
Miles Driven
133
Hours Driving
3
Days (Daze)
4
Vegas Nights
So I avoided airports, public transport and took my chances in a SUV, and hit the interstate freeways. Three days (daze) later I rolled up on The Grand Tetons. Mission Accomplished, and just to add another 5 hours, I continued to Vegas for 4 nights.
Arrival
🏔️ Double Land Locked in Montana and Wyoming
I've sailed the seven seas, and visited every imaginable port of call, but being double-land locked would be a first. Show rather than tell - If words are a net to capture beauty then I have been deputized as a commercial fisherman by virtue of my Samsung S10+ -- these videos below are drift netting and capture views of everything natural.
🌍 5 years ago: Top of the world at The Arctic Circle
🏔️ 2020: Again on top of the world at Yellowstone
🎬 The Grand Daddy of National Parks
Yellowstone
🌋 The Awe in Awesome
I am again on top of the world at Yellowstone, this big, wild and stunning National Park. This is where Mother Nature and Father Time had a baby and called it Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho.
🌋 Where geysers meet glaciers
🎥 Capturing the untamed wilderness
🚗 Yellowstone - Road Trip - That's WY
🏞️ Nature's greatest showcase
The Journey
🗺️ Cross Country Chronicles
From ASAP (As Southern As Possible) to the Gateway Arch Edition, through Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska... it's not you, it's U.S. Every mile told a story, every state badge earned.
🏖️ Florida
🍑 Georgia
🎶 Tennessee
🏟️ Missouri
🌽 Illinois
🌾 Kansas
🌽 Iowa
🌽 Nebraska
🏔️ Wyoming
🎰 Nevada
Instagram Journey Highlights:
- "ASAP As Southern As Possible" - Starting the southern route
- "Gateway Arch Edition" - Passing through St. Louis
- "Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska...it's not you, it's U.S." - The heartland stretch
- "Full Stop" - Finally reaching the destination
Achievement
🏆 Mission Accomplished
From cruise ship decks to mountain peaks, from Caribbean blue to Yellowstone's rainbow pools. 2020 forced a complete reinvention of travel, but the adventure spirit never died. When the seas closed, America's highways opened their arms.
Epic 2020 Journey Stats
10+
States Crossed
1st
Double Land-Locked
∞
Memories Made
Wasn't taking any chances with the Covidiots. It took 3 days, and it was an endurance challenge - but Mission Accomplished. From the land yacht protective bubble to America's first national park, 2020 proved that when one door closes, a highway opens.
"Planning a road trip now is like trying to build an airplane as you're flying one... data changes constantly. But sometimes the best adventures happen when all your original plans get cancelled. From cruise ship luxury to land yacht freedom - 2020 taught us that the journey truly is the destination."
🌟 The Great American Road Trip Legacy: 5,669 miles across 10+ states in 3 days, proving that when cruise ships stop sailing, American highways keep calling. From Palm Beach palm trees to Wyoming's Grand Tetons, from protective pandemic bubbles to wide open spaces - this was the year travel got real, raw, and incredibly rewarding.