05/29/2026
It is wild that this month marks a decade since we took our first cross country roadtrip with . It feels like it was last week, but man so much life has happened since then. If you’re thinking of doing a cross country roadtrip I have to insist you do it with friends, I also suggest this route. The photos and the route all credit goes to .co. Start in NYC, a garage in Chelsea to pick up the car. Head west towards Hershey, PA. Buy chocolate. Continue on to Pittsburgh, check out the food there it has a surprisingly good food scene and visit the Andy Warhol museum. Keep heading west towards Cleveland and pick up a leather tote. View that Great Lake. Continue west towards Chicago. Go to the zoo. See another lake. Then head towards the Plains. See a John Deere or three. Look at a buffalo, but do not touch. Continue west towards Denver, skip the Cheesecake Factory and remember the altitude makes the high hit harder. Continue west. Giggle a lot. See the snow on the continental divide. Now you’re gonna go to Moab and you’re going to start a marathon of national parks. Canyons, Arches, Zion are all a must. Do. Them. All. Visit monument valley too. Head to Vegas, look for Deborah Vance. Stay at the Diva. Don’t ask, just do it. Drop one of your friends off at the airport so he can make a random move to Georgia. Continue on. Windows down, blasting the soundtrack to Elizabethtown at full volume. Screaming come pick me up as the sunsets somewhere near Big Bear. You’re going to end the trip on the Santa Monica Pier, that part it very important.