East Coast Itinerary: April 3, 2020 - June 7th 2020

The East Coast Swing

Well, we are about 7 weeks away from taking off on the first leg of our big 2020 RV adventure in Ronald Vincent Vega. Things are plugging along at Matthews HQ in Chicago, as we are spending every weekend on projects to sell our house. We plan on putting it up for sale at the beginning of April, and then starting our big trip. We have one dry run planned for a weekend in March to work out any kinks, and then off we go...

These places are definitely broad strokes of the Eastern swing, but are a pretty solid framework of our route. No reservations have been made, and we have sort of decided to wing it on the first part of the trip. Our nights will likely be spent at a combination of campgrounds, people's driveways, Wal-Mart parking lots, casino parking lots and other creative places. Along those lines, we'd be eternally grateful (and bring alcohol) to anyone that would let us park on their property for a night or two. If it sweetens the deal, we also have an outdoor TV and sound system for an awesome party in your driveway/yard. We are about 50' long with our rig and trailer, so let us know if you have space for us:) - or if you just want to point and laugh at our house on wheels.

No matter where we stay, we will be towing our Nissan Sentra, so we would love to hear from anyone that is on (or close to) our path. Once the house is parked, we will be ready to hang! Meeting up (for a drink, a meal, a campfire, a hike, a bike ride, a game of disc golf, a belching contest, a horse race, a rodeo, a math lecture, etc.) would help make our trip that much better. OR - travel to meet up with us for a stop or two... we'd probably suggest a hotel or a tent, but we'd love to explore areas with any friends who are down - the RV will seat 5 extra people WITH seat belts. Let us know what/where/when on this tour works for you and hopefully we can connect!

Without further ado - the (tentative) East Coast tour:

April 3 - Evansville, IN
April 4 - Birmingham, AL
April 5-April 12 - Eastpoint, FL
April 13 - Atlanta, GA
April 14-16 - Gatlinburg, TN
April 17 - Charlottesville, VA
April 18,19 - Greater NYC Area, NY
April 20-22 - Greater Boston Area, MA
April 23 - Portland, ME
April 24,25 - Acadia National Park, ME
April 26 - Saint John, NB
April 27-29 - Prince Edward Island, NS
April 30 - Fredericton, NB
May 1,2 - Quebec City, QC
May 3-10 - Greater Burlington Area, VT
May 11 - Ithaca, NY
May 12 - Sandusky, OH
May 13,14 - Fort Wayne, IN
May 15-June 7 - Greater Chicago Area, IL

See you on the road!

Let The Adventure Begin!

Our First Blog Post!

Well, we are gearing up at Matthews family headquarters for the trip of a lifetime... There are many details that are still TBD, but we have a general framework for our travels. We plan to leave Chicago on Friday, April 3rd, and we will be headed South. 

As an overview, we are headed down to Florida, all the way up the Smoky Mountains and the East Coast to Prince Edward Island. We will head across to Quebec City, down through Vermont, and across the Midwest back to Chicago for a few weeks of visits. Then we will set sail (or should I say rubber) to Northern Michigan, Minnesota, and across the badlands to Colorado. From there, we will head up to Seattle by way of Yellowstone. Finally, we will go down the entire West Coast, with a few inland ventures to Bend, OR and Lake Tahoe. We plan on touching down in San Diego County on August 1st.

More details to come, but we are so excited to share our adventures with all of you. This is truly going to be our biggest adventure to date, with Hamilton joining us for the whole trip, and Calli joining us for the West Coast swing.

See you on the road!