In 2011 Paul and Alana Cloutier sold or stored almost everything they owned, finished a ground-up restoration of a 1977 GMC motorhome, and drove it around the United States. They replaced the brakes, the suspension, the plumbing, the furniture and the electrics, put solar on the roof, and left on the first of January.

This site is what they posted along the way: 53 stories, 859 photos and 283 places. The GPS log that draws the map covers 16,046 of those miles across 138 driving days — it stops in August 2011, a few months before the trip did.

Nothing here has been added since June 2012. It is kept online as a record, not a running blog.

Paul Cloutier — Paul loves to drive and spends more time looking for the worlds largest X than he probably should. He's pretty excited about Kentucky bourbon tours and finally seeing New England.

Alana Cloutier — Alana mostly spends her time taking pictures of squirrels and hiding the dog when we go places. She's pretty excited about seeing as many donut shops as possible.