Pretty close to actual Trip Schedule - 07-01-03
Date | Start | Stop |
Miles | Sights and/or Interesting Things |
| May 2 | Talent, OR | Sebastopol, CA | 345 |
Vist Hailey, Tanna, and Stephen |
| May 3 | Sebastopol, CA | Benicia, CA | 60 |
Visit Evan, Laura, Ian, and Fiona; drop off Amelia
|
| May 4 | Benicia, CA | Carson City, NV | 195 |
See Dennis and Rita in Sacramento; Sacramento is the Capital
of California; Towe Auto Museum; Train Museum; Hayes Truck Museum in
Woodland; Carson City is Capital of Nevada; look over sights, earn
enough gambling to pay way |
| May 5 | Carson City, NV | Ely, NV | 320 |
Indian petroglyphs along way; garner more gambling dollars |
| May 6 | Ely, NV | Green River, UT | 320 |
Spectacular scenary in Utah; near Arches National Monument |
| May 7 | Green River, UT | Gunnison, CO | 225 |
Pass near beautiful Ouray; Black Canyon of the Gunnison |
| May 8 | Gunnison, CO | Denver International Airport | 250 |
Go over Monarch Pass, 11312 ft.; pass close to Royal Gorge; begin
first detour at Pueblo, CO to DIA to pick up Amelia; Denver is
Capital of Colorado |
| May 9 | Denver International Airport | Herndon, KS | 270 |
Go via Akron to visit Joan |
| May 10-11 | no travel | no travel | 0 |
Visit Frankes, Grafels, and others in and around Herndon; near
Oberlin and the Last Indian Raid (1878) Museum |
| May 12 | Herndon, KS | Dodge City, KS | 225 |
See Monument Rocks; track of the Santa Fe Trail; visit
Dodge City and say "hi" to
Matt and Kitty |
| May 13 | Dodge City, KS | Hutchinson, KS | 150 |
Visit Roger and JoAnn |
| May 14 | no travel | no travel | 0 | Minor car
repairs; see old cars; see Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
| May 15 | Hutchinson, KS | Council Grove, KS | 175 |
Drop off Amelia at Wichita airport; pass through Chase County, KS (see
William Least Heat-Moon's Prairy Erth); Tall Grass Prairie Preserve;
meet Heath, Andrea & families in Council Grove for dinner; Council Grove
is a historic place in Western history |
| May 16 | Council Grove, KS | Ottawa, KS | 110 |
Go by Baker University in Baldwin City; back to Ottawa to meet
Brenda and family for dinner |
| May 17 | Ottawa, KS | Jefferson City, MO | 190 |
Meet Bob for lunch in Kansas City; visit Dean; Jefferson City is the
Capital of Missouri |
| May 18 | Jefferson City, MO | St. Louis, MO | 130 |
Cross Route 66; Gateway Arch; Louis and Clark history; visit with Susie
and family |
| May 19 | St. Louis, MO | Loogootee, IN | 190 |
Cahokia Indian mounds near Collinsville, IL; Visit Sally and Kelly |
| May 20 | Lagootee, IN | Cincinnati, OH | 135 |
Antique Auto and Race Car Museum in Bedford;
Visit Hank and Jeanette |
| May 21 | no travel | no travel | 0 |
Visit Hank and Jeanette; Reds game |
| May 22 | Cincinnati, OH | Delaware, OH | 190 |
Pass through Columbus, Capital of Ohio and site of Ohio History
of Flight Air Museum; Visit Bob and Alice |
| May 23 | Delaware, OH | South Bend, IN | 225 |
Studebaker National Museum in South Bend |
| May 24-27 | no travel | no travel | 0 |
No travel - transmission hiatus; car to Fred's
Transmissions; visit Notre Dame |
| May 28 | South Bend, IN | Chenoa, IL | 225 |
Rental car; see some of Chicago; start Route 66 portion |
| May 29 | Chenoa, IL | Chicago, IL | 120 |
Back to Chicago, park rental car; fly to Albuquerque |
| May 30-June 1 | Albuquerque, NM | Albuquerque, NM |
0 | Rest up, see family, party |
| June 2 | Albuquerque, NM | South Bend, IN |
100 | Fly back to Chicago, drive to South Bend to
pick up Dart |
| June 3 | South Bend, IN | Toronto, IL | 250 |
South to HW24, over to Chenoa to rejoin Route 66;
Springfield is the Capital of Illinois |
| June 4 | Toronto, IL | Cuba, MO | 176 |
Meramec Caverns |
| June 5 | Cuba, MO | Baxter Springs, KS | 220 |
Pass near General Sweeny Museum in Republic |
| June 6 | Baxter Springs, KS | Oklahoma City, OK | 235 |
Mac's Antique Car Museum, Tulsa
|
| June 7 | Oklahoma City, OK | Groom, TX | 240 |
Oklahoma City is the Capital of Oklahoma; Devil's Rope Museum;
National Route 66 Museum, Elk City; Thomas P. Stafford Air and
Space Museum, Weatherford |
| June 8 | Groom, TX | Las Vegas, NM | 280 |
Palo Duro Canyon; Cadillac Ranch |
June 9 | Las Vegas, NM | Albuquerque, NM | 126 |
Santa Fe is the capital of New Mexico;
National Atomic Museum |
| June 10 | Albuquerque, NM | Holbrook, AZ | 250 |
Visit Albuquerquians; Meet Duane; Check out continental
divide anomaly; Petrified Forest |
| June 11 | Holbrook, AZ | Peach Springs, AZ | 193 |
Meteor Crater; Duane picks up pickup in Flagstaff;
Pass near Grand Canyon |
| June 12 | Peach Springs, AZ | Needles, CA | 130 |
Duane drives to Colorado River from Peach Springs; Donkeys
in Oatman |
| June 13 | Needles, CA | Twentynine Palms, CA | 135 |
Joshua Tree NM |
| June 14 | Twentynine Palms, CA | Twentynine Palms, CA |
0 | Visit Sandy and Larry |
| June 15 | Twentynine Palms, CA | Victorville, CA | 170 |
Route 66 Mother Road Museum in Barstow; Harvey House in Barstow;
Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB nearby |
| June 16 | Victorville, CA | Santa Monica, CA | 117 |
Petersen Automotive Museum |
| June 17 | Santa Monica, CA | Benicia, CA | 380 |
Head for grandchildren |
| June 18 | no travel | no travel | 0 |
Day with Evan, Laura, Ian, and Fiona |
| June 19 | Benicia, CA | Timber Cove, CA | 90 |
Visit Tanna and Stephen |
| June 20 | Timber Cove, CA | Talent, OR | 423 |
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