rachel on 4/4/2007 at 18:53
and I will call it... 'this road trip'!
In order not to derail David's thread, I will post here my own plans for a vacation to the US later this year. It's significantly different as I basically plan to move pretty much all the time.
My starting point would be San Francisco too, but one month later, as I'll most likely go to the (
www.montereyjazzfestival.org) Monterey Jazz Festival, which takes place Sept. 20 to 23.
I would then rent a car and starting Sept 24th, just drive across the States. Basically, my preliminary itinerary as it is now would be:
from San Francisco to Las Vegas
Las Vegas to Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon to Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City to Boulder
Boulder to Rapid City,
Wyoming South Dakota (to see the (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Tower_National_Monument) Devil's Tower)
Rapid City to Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls to Des Moines
Des Moines to Chicago
Chicago to Toledo
Toledo to New Jersey
New Jersey to New York
I would probably have 14 full days to do that but even if I don't plan any long stay anywhere maybe that's a bit optimistic. Maybe I could push to 16 days, but I'd work with a 14-day plan. Shorter route would be to skip LV and Arizona, and take the I-80 directly from SF to Reno and then Salt Lake City, but it's really somewhat less attractive.
From New York I will then depart to Monter
rey, Mexico where I'd stay about a week.
Now to the Gnome part :)
If along this route, there are any ttlger who can and want to meet and have a drink and take a few pics, feel free to post in here your location, I'll be happy to adapt as much as I can within the timeframe I have. Same with Mexico.
Any advice, help and orders to check myself in a mental institution will be welcome! :D
Cheers :thumb:
The Alchemist on 4/4/2007 at 19:04
What, no Miami? NO HOT HOT LATINAS????? Oh right, California. :erm: Well I hope you enjoy fucking smog. :mad:
rachel on 4/4/2007 at 19:10
I plan the Seattle-Miami road trip for next year :p
Seriously though, being a space nut I'd love to go to Florida to see a Space Shuttle launch before they're decommissionned, so it's sort of planned a bit, for later.
The Alchemist on 4/4/2007 at 19:15
Ah, my uncle is a programmer for NASA. Some 8 years ago (back when I was 14) he pretended I was his son on one of those take your son to work days things, and I got to see all sorts of cool stuff inside NASA. Had to go through an airlock pressure room where they suck out all the dust which scared the shit out of me, and then traversed a room of completely white walls/floor/ceiling with a lot of "DANGER, HAZARDOUS LASERS" signs everywhere. ;)
Stitch on 4/4/2007 at 19:19
Des Moines to Chicago
With a stop in Madison, WI along the way.
Gingerbread Man on 4/4/2007 at 19:25
Rapid City's in South Dakota.
Inline Image:
http://www.ttlg.com/gbm/sothere.gifYeah, I've got to collect the Devil's Tower, too.
This sounds like a hell of a trip. Especially the 4200 miles in the car, much of which is going to be through the southwest. \o/
BrokenArts on 4/4/2007 at 19:27
You better stop by Dallas.
Rug Burn Junky on 4/4/2007 at 19:48
I was actually planning on doing something similar this summer, and threw together a spreadsheet with mileage, driving times and some expenses on it.
I'm not sure it's feasible for me any time soon, but it's definitely something I want to do eventually.
If you're interested, (
http://bluegrin.com/misc/cross_country_trip.xls) this (right click, save as) could give you some ideas of how I planned my trip. Personally, I thought that the stretch between Chicago and SF was pretty much a barren wasteland that I wanted to get through as quickly as possible, and I was loking forward more to the west coast and southern part of the return.
fett on 4/4/2007 at 21:52
We don't care about anyone's stupid trip.
WHERE IS THE FUCKING GNOME??? :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
TBE on 4/4/2007 at 22:49
Raph, you better stop in Salt Lake City to say hi to me. :cool:
I'll take you out to dinner for the best Chinese food in Utah. David's Kitchen. Then, you can be on your way, all happy and full of good food.
