The last long solo road trip I did was back in 2016 when I visited #100Parksin100Days to celebrate the 100th anniversary of our National Parks. During that trip, I made sure to include a local craft brewery nearly every day (not sure if Yuengling is considered local craft anymore, but the tour there was great). Those stops gave me a chance to take a break from driving, plan out where I was going to sleep that night, and sketch out the next day’s itinerary.

While my upcoming trip is similarly designed, I’ll likely be spending many fewer days at craft breweriesβ€”mostly because there aren’t many along my (rather rural) route. Bummer.