This is just a friendly and fun little exercise that I'm throwing out to all of my faithful watchers, and it goes something like this. I've had it in my head to visit all of the continental 48 states before I did, and preferably the sooner the better. At the current moment, my tally stands at 17 states. Pretty much all of the western states excluding Colorado, plus Oklahoma and Texas, and five others that I've made plane trips to during the last 15 years; Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Map of the visited states can be seen here: Map Goes Here

I plan on leaving my place of employment in the next two years or so before I begin the process of taking over my father's accounting practice. I think that this is probably the best time to do this master plan. Cashing out my vacation time, and using some saved up funds to start this road trip. The state this would be started from is Washington. Basically, my question is two-fold. Firstly, what path would you all suggest for me to take? Northern most path through the Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa and all the way to the northeastern states before heading south? Or southern path through Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas and then down to the southeast states before heading north? And second question, what do you think is the best way to keep my room costs down? I have an excellent tent, so staying at KOAs is a possibility. But if there's a better plan on keeping those costs down, I'm all ears.

Let me know your thoughts on this. Thanks!