Memorable Travel Experience(s)

The Early Years ( Chadwick Jones )


1. Visited Something in all 22 States.
2. Went to multiple Amusement Parks with Cedar Point in Sandusky Ohio being the Favorite. Rode the Kingda Ka at Six Flags in Jackson New Jersey which at the time was the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world.
3. Went to Multiple Nascar races including the Daytona 500.
4. Went to a ton of wrestling shows which included WWE Big Four shows all in order. Summerslam 2005 Washington DC,Survivor Series 2005 Detroit Michigan,Royal Rumble 2006 Miami Florida and Wrestlemania 2006 Chicago Illinois
5. Went to several college football games including the 2007 ACC Championship,Orange Bowl,Capital One Bowl. My favorites were seeing VT win the ACC championship,Tim Tebow play in the Capital One Bowl and seeing the Oklahoma Sooners play at home.
6.Visted the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, Niagara Falls and 2 Great Lakes.
7. Favorite locations visited were Niagara Falls, Golden Gate Bridge/Alcatraz Island, and the Alamo
8.Best Moments of this travel period was discovering the love and passion i had for the USA and the desires to see it,my early trips with my best friends Dennis Altice and Garry Ratcliffe who would pass away sudden as traveling with them would be my most precious moments with them and seeing my sister get married in Thomas Oklahoma in 2007.


22 States Visited as of September 2008
No New States visited till the Summer of 2016 in which i started over on a new map with Amanda Jones and Kenneth Collins as a goal to visit all 50 states together



Chad Amanda Kenny
50 States
June 2016-September 2022

1. Visited All 50 State Between June 2016 - September 2022 , Spent the Night in Each State , and Visited Something in Every State
( including Washington DC )
2. Visited 21 National Parks
3. Visited/ Stayed over night in several locations on Route 66 , Visited all 5 Great Lakes and Niagara Falls , and Visited the Pacific , Atlantic, and Artic Oceans . Visited Several Locations on the Oregon Trail
4. Been to the Easternmost point of all US land in Lubec Maine ,the Northernmost point of all US land at Point Barrow Alaska , the Southernmost point in continental US in Key West Florida , Westernmost Point on the Island Of Oahu in Hawaii .
5. Visited many Pop Culture / Movie Locations . A few that were are favorites are where Bonnie and Clyde where killed , Many Stephen King Movie/Book Locations in Maine , Field of Dreams in Iowa and many Forrest Gump Movie/running locations , Stanley Hotel in Colorado and many more .
6. Been to Several pro sporting events ( including all 4 major pro sports )
7. The most important memories of all are getting engaged at Palo Duro Canyon in Texas , Completing all 50 States in same year Kenneth Collins finished high school and when being diagnosed with leukemia in March 2020 was able to put it in remission and complete this goal .


Five Lakes Two Countries One Day ( Side Quest with Cousin Kenneth Twigg )
8/24/18


The Great Lakes Challenge - All 5 Lakes in One Day
If you want to condense your lake visits into one trip, it is possible to go to all 5 lakes in one day! Chadwick Jones and Kenneth Twigg completed the Great Lakes Challenge by swimming in all 5 Great Lakes on August 24, 2018 in 12 hours. They arrived the day before in Hamilton, Ontario, to spend the night before the big day. Along the way, they stopped at Niagara Falls.
6:30 a.m. Lake Ontario - Confederate Beach Park
8:00 a.m. Lake Erie - Port Dover Beach
11:00 a.m. Lake Huron - Canatara Beach in Sarnia
5:00 p.m. Lake Michigan - Mackinac City Beach 1, Carp Lake area
6:30 p.m. Lake Superior - Brimley State Park
From Chadwick - "The water was cold !!! But not as cold as the Arctic Ocean in Barrow, Alaska!!" ARTICLE WROTE BY ALICIA ROVEY



50 States Summer 2024
6/28-8/3
37 Days
10,420 Driving Miles
6,898 Air Miles


2nd Trip to all 50
Chadwick Jones / Amanda Jones
June 28th 2024 - August 3rd 2024
50 States 1 Trip including Canada and ending in Washington Dc
Visited the Gulf of Mexico, the geographical center of the continental 48, the Pacific Ocean, the geographical center of all 50, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Niagara Falls, and the Atlantic Ocean
A stop in each state
A fundraiser for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society
37 Day Total 10,420 Driving Miles , 6,898 Air Miles