Couple breaks world record for longest road trip in single country

THIS couple drove 47,500km in 103 days through some of the world’s most incredible scenery. Could you and your partner survive?

Greg Cayea and Heather Thompson drove 47,500km in 103 days.

ALL IT took was 47,500km, 103 days and 39 states.

American couple Greg Cayea and Heather Thompson have broken the world record for the longest road trip in one country, reports Travel + Leisure. They easily surpassed the previous record of 36,058km set in India in April. Cayea and Thompson started their trip in Arizona on September 20 and have since travelled to 22 national parks, stopping in some of their favourites including Yellowstone, Zion National Park and Crater Lake National Park. They’ve also found unexpected tourist attractions, ranging from outdoor animal safaris in South Dakota to a ghost town in Idaho. To achieve their goal of driving through the 48 contiguous states (that’s every American state except Hawaii and Alaska), the duo set a series of rules: no round-trips and no backtracking more than 10 per cent of the total mileage. They also promised to record every stop, keep a log book along the trip, record at least 10 minutes of video footage of the trip each day and not cross any country borders. They also permitted themselves to take two weeks of resting time. In total, they’ve spent around 35 days of their trip so far on stops. But where do the sleep? The majority of the journey, the couple sleeps in their 2008 Subaru Outback. They told Travel + Leisure that each night they prepare their mattress and catch up on their favourite Netflix shows before retiring. Next up, Cayea and Thompson will head to New York’s Hudson Valley. They expect to keep travelling until mid-November. This article originally appeared on Fox News and was reproduced with permission.