Old reply but... my build thread is the closest thing to a thread about the trip. I was just exploring more of the US, knocking off states I hadn't been to (now I only have two left), visiting friends all over the country, visiting national parks, national forests, monuments, ghost towns, cities, etc. I just got back a few days ago!
All told, did 15,212 miles in the Samurai- that's driveway to driveway miles.
Twenty-eight states and two Canadian provinces.
*Nearly all four corners of the US
(*didn't go to Cali, been there a bunch already).
Went off road in Florida, Texas, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, and Oregon.