The Long Way Home - Traveling around the USA is the dream of many, with the desire to find freedom and adventures on the open road. In 2021, Desirée, her husband Jonathan, and their four rescued Beagles decided to change things up. They set off on an epic trip that evolved into a multi-year plan to explore the entire USA, and beyond, in the ultimate American Adventure. Follow their journey as they check off bucket list locations, national and state parks, roadside attractions, large cities, and small-town America in this series of short stories packed with exciting background information, history, fun facts, and personal experiences, richly illustrated with over 2,000 full-color pictures. The Long Way Home - The Eastern United States Parts 1&2 covers 27 states in the Eastern USA, and Washington, DC, all five of The Great Lakes, the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, big cities and small-town America, and a wide range of bucket list locations, from Niagara Falls to Elvis' Graceland, from Dollywood to National Memorials, and from lighthouses to copper mines, as well as mountains, waterfalls, caves, beautiful beaches and natural springs, iconic sites in rock 'n roll and country music history, museums, wild horses on the beach, bears in the mountains and manatees and mermaids in Florida springs, pasties on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, lobster rolls in New England, and beignets in New Orleans, and so much more. Travel along through the pages of the first volume of this captivating series of books and be inspired to get out and explore!