After our much needed road trip break in Chicago, we set our sights on exploring the Northeast. Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania were all checked off this week of our road trip, as we made our way to New England. And we saw a good amount of ultra-green midwestern farmland along our route. Take a look at our journey from Chicago to Pittsburgh on week thirteen of our trip!
Note: I’m still catching up on our weekly road trip re-caps! This one covers August 2-8.
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States Visited This Week
- Illinois
- Indiana*
- Michigan
- Ohio*
- Pennsylvania
*just passing through
States Visited in Previous Weeks
- Week One: California, Nevada, Arizona
- Week Two: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
- Week Three: Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri
- Week Four – Six: Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota
- Week Seven: Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Alberta (Canada)
- Week Eight: North Dakota back to Chicago
- Week Nine – Twelve: Chicago & Oshkosh
Total States Visited So Far: 23
California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania
Stops/Landmarks
- Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Dynamic Perception (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Carnegie Mellon University (Ian’s alma mater)
Highlights
- trying a Primanti Bros. sandwich — which comes with french fries and cole slaw ON it — in Pittsburgh
- Ian visiting Dynamic Perception, makers of the slider we used in the making of our On Photographing the Milky Way video
- visiting Ian’s friends from college in Pittsburgh
- taking a self-guided bike tour through Pittsburgh
- an introduction to the “Yinzer” accent of Pittsburgh
Notes and Insights
- Zingerman’s Coffee Company in Ann Arbor, MI is now one of my favorite coffee places in the entire U.S.
- Burning Man tickets are best bought in advance (not that we didn’t already know that, but we were reminded when we weren’t able to get tickets in this year’s OMG Sale).
- Ticket to Ride is now one of our favorite board games! Especially the Nordic Countries Edition that we played. Thanks to our Pittsburgh friends for introducing it to us!
Photography
All photos were taken by Ian and Diana with the Sony a7 II (Ian’s camera), Sony RX100 III (Diana’s camera — review here) and our smartphones.
Week 14 Preview
- Visiting Hershey Chocolate World in Hershey, Pennsylvania (and staying with an extremely hospitable Airbnb host with the most difficult-to-understand American accent I’ve ever heard)
- My first visit to New York City and our week-long Airbnb stay in Brooklyn
- A visit to B&H Photo, aka photographers’ heaven in NYC
- Exploring NYC on a budget during our week in the city
I hope you enjoyed this U.S. road trip re-cap! In case you missed them, check out our other weekly recaps from our road trip. Have you road-tripped to any of these U.S. locations? Tell us about your trips in the comments.
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Hi, got to your page from the Travelettes’ website. The photos on your road trip is amazing! I’ve always dreamed on going on a US Road Trip but it would probably never happen that soon, but looking at your pictures and reading about your adventures is keeping the candle burning for now 🙂 Great website & great photos! Can’t wait to see Week 14 onwards!
Thanks, Nadirah! I hope to get our subsequent road trip weeks posted here on the blog soon. Happy travels!
Having grown up in Indiana, and having driven the Indiana Tollway, I can honestly say that there are far more scenic views that are available…of course, it is a pretty quick way to get across the state when time is more of the essence. You’ll have to return and meander the southern part of the state..especially in the fall! Love the US Road Trip you’ve taken.
Cool! Noted for next time we’re in the state that has both of our names in it. Thanks for the tip! 🙂