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San Diego Family Visiting 50 States in 50 Weeks
By MONICA DEAN Updated 8:01 AM PDT, Sat, Mar 21, 2009
The family has titled their tour, 'Bacon Across America.'
The Bacon family is making the trip of a lifetime. They packed
up their Scripps Ranch home last June and moved into an RV to tour
50 states in 50 weeks. They are 38 states into their journey and
made a stop in San Diego as they prepare to visit the final 12 states
on their route. 
The family is 38 states into their journey and made a stop in
San Diego as they prepare to visit the final 12 states on their
route. 50 States In 50 Weeks
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The Bacon family set off last July to see all 50 States in only
50 weeks. This is the story of their adventure
The entire trip took four years to organize and many more to save
the money to go. Beth and Dan Bacon planned the trip after Dan’s
retirement from his 20-year career in the Navy. Their boys finished
school at Miramar Ranch Elementary on June 16, 2008 and on June
17th the Bacons left San Diego in their luxury RV.
Beth and Dan are home-schooling their kids during their 50 weeks
on the road. For the boys Arthur, 12, and Henry, 10, the RV has
become a mobile classroom. They’re learning geography and
U.S. history by seeing things first hand and every day is an adventure.
At first the boys said they were skeptical about the cross-country
curriculum.
"When we were first starting it we didn't know if it was going
to be great or boring. So we just said, let’s do this and
we'll see if it's fun or not,” and Arthur and Henry Bacon
both agreed it turned out to be really fun.
The family has titled their tour, 'Bacon Across America.' They're
tracking their trip online at www.baconacrossamerica.com. The family
members are blogging along the way. Dan writes restaurant reviews
and Beth takes pictures of the unique animals they’ve spotted
to post online.
The Bacons also had more than 100 ‘Bacon Across America’
T-shirts made before they left. They’ve been giving them out
to the friends they meet. The family has everything they need inside
the RV, even the extras like a Nintendo Wii, flat screen TV, and
Mac computer hooked up to WiFi so they can stay connected as they
travel.
With limited space inside the RV, their souvenirs are primarily
the pictures and memories they post on their website. There are
shots of the kids and their parents sledding down sand dunes, going
to a Chicago Cubs game, and scenic pictures of the Bacons at countless
national parks.
Arthur said he liked the Florida everglades, where they went canoeing.
Henry liked the tour of President Garfield’s home. A president
Henry made sure to mention, not too many people know about. There
are pictures of Hawaii, and yes, the RV had to stay on the mainland
for that trip. They’ll also be flying to Alaska, the final
state they plan to visit in their 50-state tour.
Students at Miramar Ranch Elementary School in Scripps Ranch have
been following the Bacon's adventures online. The Bacon boys visited
their former elementary school on Thursday to speak with students
about what they’ve learned.
Dan Bacon said it has been the trip of a lifetime and an amazing
bonding experience for the family.
“If you think you can do it save your money and do it because
it really is. Everyone says that it’s a once in a lifetime
opportunity. Everyone wants to do it and they really should. It's
really been fun," Dan Bacon said.
They’re a sweet family that seems to handle the close-quarters
of their home away from home with ease. The boys joke and tease
with each other in a good-natured brotherly way. They’re building
memories they’ll treasure for a lifetime.
The Bacons said they’ll end up in Washington. And they plan
to make a new home there on property they purchased a decade ago.
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