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| Road Trip Map from our myscenicdrives.com itinerary |
It's hard to keep from getting excited as we continue and continue to plan all of the incredibly fun things we are going to do and the great people and places we are going to get to see. (though, the more I think about it, the more I know that we will miss our pets like crazy..)
So, I think it's about that time to let our friends and family know where we will be, when. It is a tentative schedule, but we do plan on booking some hotels in advance, so it isn't a super flexible thing.
I'll apologize now, because apparently tables do not hold together well when posted into a blog format.. but basically, we have 48 days to drive around the country, with the city on the left being our starting point each day, and the city on the right being our hopeful end point for the day. (Also, if you are looking at this and the map, disregard the numbers on the map- they are numbered by stops, not days)
| Day | Date | From | To |
| 1 | 6-May | Sioux Falls, SD | Chicago, IL |
| 2 | 7-May | Chicago, IL | |
| 3 | 8-May | Chicago, IL | Ashtabula, OH |
| 3 | 8-May | Ashtabula, OH | Niagra Falls, NY |
| 4 | 9-May | Niagra Falls, NY | |
| 5 | 10-May | Niagra Falls, NY | Danby, CT |
| 6 | 11-May | Danby, CT | Portland, ME |
| 7 | 12-May | Portland, ME | |
| 8 | 13-May | Portland, ME | Acadia National Park |
| 8 | 13-May | Acadia National Park | Boston, MA |
| 9 | 14-May | Boston, MA | |
| 10 | 15-May | Boston, MA | Philidelphia, PA |
| 11 | 16-May | Philidelphia, PA | Baltimore, MD |
| 11 | 16-May | Baltimore, MD | Washington, DC |
| 12 | 17-May | Washington, DC | |
| 13 | 18-May | Washington, DC | Shenandoah NP |
| 13 | 18-May | Shenandoah NP | Rockfish Gap, VA (Waynesboro) |
| 14 | 19-May | Rockfish Gap, VA | Lenoir, NC |
| 15 | 20-May | Lenoir, NC | North of Atlanta, GA (Afton) |
| 16 | 21-May | Atlanta, GA (Afton) | Navarre, FL |
| 17 | 22-May | Navarre, FL | |
| 18 | 23-May | Navarre, FL | New Orleans, LA |
| 19 | 24-May | New Orleans, LA | Austin, TX |
| 20 | 25-May | Austin, TX | |
| 21 | 26-May | Austin, TX | Short of Carlsbad Caverns |
| 22 | 27-May | Short of Carlsbad Caverns | Albuquerque, NM |
| 23 | 28-May | Albuquerque, NM | Bandelier NM |
| 23 | 28-May | Bandelier NM | Telluride, CO |
| 24 | 29-May | Telluride, CO | |
| 25 | 30-May | Telluride, CO | |
| 26 | 31-May | Telluride, CO | Moab, UT (Arches NP) |
| 27 | 1-Jun | Moab, UT | Zion National Park |
| 28 | 2-Jun | Zion National Park | |
| 29 | 3-Jun | Zion National Park | Grand Canyon |
| 30 | 4-Jun | Grand Canyon | Mesa/Phoenix, AZ |
| 31 | 5-Jun | Mesa/Phoenix, AZ | |
| 32 | 6-Jun | Mesa/Phoenix, AZ | Los Angeles, CA (Camp- East) |
| 33 | 7-Jun | Los Angeles, CA | Big Sur, CA |
| 34 | 8-Jun | Big Sur, CA | Yosemite NP |
| 35 | 9-Jun | Yosemite NP | |
| 36 | 10-Jun | Yosemite NP | (Pass through SF)Healdsburg, CA |
| 37 | 11-Jun | Healdsburg, CA | Redwood NP |
| 38 | 12-Jun | Redwood NP | Portland, OR |
| 39 | 13-Jun | Portland, OR | |
| 40 | 14-Jun | Portland, OR | Mt. Ranier NP |
| 40 | 14-Jun | Mt. Ranier NP | Seattle, WA |
| 41 | 15-Jun | Seattle, WA | |
| 42 | 16-Jun | Seattle, WA | |
| 43 | 17-Jun | Seattle, WA | Day Trip |
| 43 | 17-Jun | Day Trip | Seattle, WA |
| 44 | 18-Jun | Seattle, WA (North Cascades NP?) | Missoula, MT |
| 45 | 19-Jun | Missoula, MT | Yellowstone NP |
| 46 | 20-Jun | Yellowstone NP | |
| 47 | 21-Jun | Yellowstone NP | Black Hills NF, SD |
| 48 | 22-Jun | Black Hills NF, SD | Sioux Falls, SD |
It's kind of insane how long it took to actually get this solidified as much as we have. We went through multiple drafts, adding places, deleting places, moving our endpoints to allow us to set up camp before sunset, making sure we get to spend enough time at each place, finding cheap and free places to camp, etc.. But I won't bore you with the whole process.. We'll just say- it was more work than I imagined, as there are at least 10 more columns on the actual spreadsheet, indicating the time and miles per drive, gas, food, and lodging costs, and activities. When I am organized, by damn, I am ORGANIZED. (Though most of my life is quite unorganized.. :)
We would love to hear suggests for activities to do along our trip. We have some in our minds, but would always love to hear more!
