About Road Trip Locals
We share road trip itineraries and dog-friendly travel guides to help you see more of the States, your way!
For now, Road Trip Locals (sometimes also spelled Roadtrip Locals) focuses exclusively on road trips and travel within North America.
About Us
Hey 👋 We’re Jonathan and Kelly, and we’re the founders of Road Trip Locals. In 2019, we started traveling with our pup, Lincoln, and quickly found out we all love the road. Soon, we packed up our things, moved across the country (to be MFFLs 🏀 - #mavsfansforlife - when we’re not on the road), and committed to adventuring half the year.
With Lincoln in tow, road trips are the most realistic form of travel for us, and because we both work full-time, we tend to stay in one place for more than a few days. We didn’t know it yet, but this is how the Road Trip Local was born. (<— Click that link to read more of our story!)
2019
2020
2021
2022
In 2019, we spent: one week in Virginia Beach, VA • one week in Raleigh, NC • one week in Asheville, NC
In 2020, we spent: one week in Houston, TX • 10 days in Dallas, TX • one night in Scranton, PA (any Office fans here?!) • two weeks near Winsor, CT • one month in Charlotte, NC • two months in Virginia Beach, VA • two months in Bryson City, NC • one week at a Llama Ranch and Rescue (!!) outside of Houston, TX • one week in New Orleans • plus we took a 6-week road trip through New Mexico!
In 2021, we settled into two distinct “seasons” for our lives: a basketball season and a travel season. During our 2021 travel season, we took a 3.5-month road trip through Colorado and Utah, spending: one week in Trinidad, CO • two weeks in Durango, CO • 10 days in Carbondale, CO • a long weekend in Denver, CO • one month in Winter Park, CO • one week in Moab, UT • one week in Salt Lake City, UT • one month in Kanab, UT
In 2022, we spent the All-Star break during basketball season with one week in Napa Valley, CA, and one week in Yosemite. For our 2022 travel season, we took a 5-month road trip through Ontario and New England, spending: two weeks in Ohio • one week in Ocean City, MD • three weeks in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (between Toronto and Niagara Falls) • two weeks in VT • a long weekend camping at Schoodic Peninsula in Acadia National Park • three weeks near Lake Placid, NY • one month in Campton, NH • three weeks in Ellsworth, ME • three weeks in Attleboro, MA
For 2023, we spent one week of our All-Star break in Yellowstone’s winter wonderland. (Then we went back for a long weekend in the spring so we could visit Yellowstone in all four seasons in one calendar year!) We kicked off our 2023 travel season with a three-week Great Alaskan Road Trip. Then we took a 2.5-month Rocky Mountain Road Trip, spending: one week in Denver, CO • five days in Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks • three weeks in Calgary, Canada • 10 days roadtripping the Icefields Parkway • one night in Waterton Lakes National Park • one week near Glacier National Park • three weeks in Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks • one week in Grand Junction, CO • one day at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta (during the solar eclipse!)
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Our Road Trips
Recent Blog Posts
Yellowstone’s Upper Loop is a scenic drive through Yellowstone National Park that connects Mammoth Hot Springs, Norris Geyser Basin, Canyon Village, and Tower-Roosevelt. Here’s everything you need to know about driving Yellowstone’s Upper Loop, including 8 can’t-miss stops along the way!