Photo by Randall S Olson

‘Don’t Call it a Dream, Call it a Plan’ is what my wife messaged me last Thursday as I was talking to her about my anxiety and worries about my ‘Dream’ to travel the continental 48 states… which by the way has officially turned into a ‘Reality’ after a solid 4-6 weeks of planning!

When I was a youth, my Dad would spontaneously take us on last minute road trips across my home state of Utah.  He would come home on a late Thursday evening (he worked Swing Shifts) and say to us, ‘Let’s go!’   One of the most memorable road trips he took us on was one that lasted over 2 weeks.   I remember like it was yesterday, we traveled in a blue VW Van, headed north to Montana, then east thru Oregon and Washington, down south to Northern California, then back home thru Lake Tahoe area.  Ever since then I’ve had the ‘Dream’ of travelling the US in one round, collecting those fun state stickers that you see on the back of an RV!

This summer, our world Traveler son, came home from Japan and for whatever reason, I shared with him my Dream to travel the US and right off the bat, he was excited about my dream and we turned that into a plan!

Our plan, similar to that of Randall Olson’s, is to travel thru each and ever state of the Continental 48, visiting at least one National Landmark; Historic Church of Jesus Christ site; or Church of Jesus Christ Temple.

We want to thank all of those who are supporting us in our adventure!  My team members at Xcel Financial who are taking care of business as I work remotely; Paul with General RV who spent so much time educating us in RV travel (long story, yet we were going to road trip in an RV and are now in a little Fiat named ‘Davinci’, I like to call him ‘Leo’); and last but most definitely not least, my very supportive and loving wife who is taking care of things back home as we travel.   I couldn’t do this without her!   I hope you all enjoy our writings in the upcoming days and weeks.  Please share your comments of your travel dreams, and remember to not call it a ‘Dream’ call it a ‘Plan’!