Best way to create life-long memory dividends?
Take a weekend road-trip with your besties. Takes very limited planning and has the most ROI. I have created annual “No-Regrets Road Trip” tradition with close friends where we go on a nature & adventure fueled weekend road trip, each year, every year!
Key ingredients: Road trip, stirring adventures, nature and bucketload of lifetime memories.
We completed 8 years in a row in 2025.
Here’s all the No-Regrets Road Trips, hope this motivates you to get your besties behind the wheel soon.
2025 – Nantahala National Forest, NC
2024 – Shenandoah National Park, VA.
2023 – Late Summer Hiking Road Trip to UP, MI.
2022 – Adventure Trip from Chicago to New River Gorge, WV
2022 – Bourbon Fans’ Road Trip from Chicago to Kentucky Bourbon Trail.
2021 – Chicago to Wildman Adventure Resort at Niagara, WI
2020 – Camping Getaway from Chicago to Iowa
2019 – Really really long Nature Road Trip from Chicago to Rocky Mountains, CO
2018 – Adventure Road Trip from Chicago to Ohiopyle, Ohio.
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An ethereal view atop Pike’s Peak during our Rockies Road Trip
Hills everywhere at Rockies! (See more of our Rockies Road Trip)
Stunning causeway at Lake McBride, Iowa, during 2020 camping trip
Dipping into the ‘tongue’ of Menominee River Rapid, during 2021 Wildman Resorts Trip
Concho Overlook at New River Gorge, WV during 2022 Trip
One of the nation’s best – Endless Wall Trail, WV during 2022 Trip
Member’s Mark Tasting Spread at Louisville, KY during 2022 Trip
Sugar Loaf Mountain peak at UP, MI during 2023 trip
Presque Isle Park Overlook at UP, MI during 2023 trip
Lake of the Clouds at Porcupine Mountains, UP during 2023 Trip
That’s it. Hope it helps you plan your own elusive getaway with your besties!
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