We did not send a newsletter about showing up. We drove. Every figure on this page comes off the vehicle log, timestamp by timestamp, and you can check all of it below.
Three legs, one summer, in the order it happened.
What follows is the vehicle log, not a summary of it. The map below is drawn from the GPS trace, so every bend in the line is a coordinate we actually sat at.
The states are shaded by how many founding seats are left, seven per state. Find yours on the map, and claim your seat before it fills.
5,919 miles, 120 hours
12 states, 18 driving days
4,139 miles, 96 hours
12 states, 16 driving days
2,286 miles, 58 hours
3 states, 7 driving days
What founding members say
Watch the summer draw itself, then find your state
This is not an illustration. Every bend is a real coordinate off the vehicle log, in order, from the first mile out of Baton Rouge to the last one back in. The states are shaded by how many founding seats are left, seven per state. Press play or drag the slider to walk the route, then tap your state to see what is open.
Swipe the map sideways on a small screen
Walk the summer
Each bar is one day. Height is miles. Tap any of them for the route, the hours, and what the fuel cost.
The price of the summer
The line is the national average, which fell nearly fifty cents in June and climbed back through late July. Each dot is one of our fills, placed at what that state charged that day. Tap a dot.
Some days were long. This was the longest.
Some of the studios we drove to.
Twenty two states, one summer, three legs. A few of the people who were waiting at the end of the miles. Not every studio we visited is shown here, just a handful from each leg of the drive.
The tour was the start. Here is what it is for.
Hosted by Victoria Nicole Fine Art & Portraits (Louisiana’s Founding Member #1, in Youngsville), the first Seven Rubies client event was a body-positive backyard celebration: ‘Everybody’s a Hott Girl Summer,’ bring your own pool. Real clients, real joy, the whole point of the miles.
Seven founding seats per state, first-come.
The founding rate ($500 a year, locked for life) goes to the first seven studios in your state, and only through August 15, 2026, whichever comes first. Fill your state’s seven or pass the date, and the lifetime rate is gone.
The Founding Member badge is the part with no clock: still seven per state, first-come, but it stays open until your state’s seven are claimed, whatever the calendar says. Find your state in the map above.