Last summer, my brother and I set out for a 3 month road trip across America. We roughed it, slept on cots in the back of his truck as well as tents. To be honest, I probably wouldn't want it any other way after the fact. It really connected us with the land and we met a lot more people by roughing it.
In those 3 months, we slept in a hotel once! Feel free to ask any questions you may have. I won't spend time on this as I plan to write more about how we travelled and got by in the future.
Anyway, here is a pic of us in Vermont the day we hit the road.
Our first stop was Theodore Roosevelt National Park and at the time we didn't realize it, but it was top 3 in our book.
Here's why:
This was my tent and what I woke up to on the first morning
Many Bison roamed the land and seem to be more and more comfortable around humans.
The views we're incredible and it's not hard to tell why Theodore Roosevelt had a camp here
The historic Little Missouri River cuts right through the park
We spent 2 nights here and made the most of it by hiking through the park to where the bison roam in more remote areas. Unfortunately my phone died during this trip and I could not get a massive herd protecting it's young by forming a circle around them. We couldn't tell if we spooked the herd or if there were rival bison that spooked them. Either way it was amazing to witness in real time.