Slightly Revised Itinerary!

bkdunn — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:46:23 +0000

It’s on the standard “Itinerary” page, though — click on the link up above, or else just click right here (there’s also a full-detail PDF available there).

The big (BIG) news is that I’m no longer bothering to visit actual people at the schools I was planning on visiting — I’ve been advised against doing that (thanks, Mark!) and these omissions add a little more breathing room into the trip. I also ended up adding essentially two full days (two and a half maybe even) for the Georgia Coast, including a full day in Savannah. Everyone says good things about Savannah and my landlord promises me I’ll be attacked by alligators if I linger on the coast long enough, so, really, what choice do I have?

Also took out the last night of camping at Lake Mead — maybe I’ll want to camp one more night and maybe I won’t, but I didn’t want the Georgia thing to wind up making me add two to the trip’s day tally. We’re now up to 124, which just happens to be the sum of the eight consecutive primes from 5 to 29.

Less than seven days till drive-off!

bkd

Cross-Country Road Trip Itinerary v. 10, Quick-View

bkdunn — Sun, 24 May 2009 05:20:06 +0000

This would be the “quick view” version, if only I were giving versions names rather than numbers. Er:

Date	Location(s)	Miles
7/15	Orange County, San Simeon, Big Sur	369 mi.
7/16	Big Sur, Monterey, San Francisco	147 mi.
7/17	San Francisco, Pt. Reyes, Napa	108 mi.
7/18	Napa, Yosemite National Park	201 mi.
7/19	Yosemite
7/20	Yosemite
7/21	Yosemite
7/22	Yosemite, Lake Tahoe	197 mi.
7/23	Lake Tahoe, Lassen Volcanic National Park	221 mi.
7/24	Lassen
7/25	Lassen
7/26	Lassen, Crater Lake National Park	255 mi.
7/27	Crater Lake
7/28	Crater Lake, Oregon Coast	201 mi.
7/29	Oregon Coast	206 mi.
7/30	Astoria, Portland, Eagle Creek	173 mi.
7/31	Portland, Mt. St. Helens	72 mi.
8/1	Mt. St. Helens
8/2	Mt. St. Helens
8/3	Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier National Park	120 mi.
8/4	Mt. Rainier
8/5	Mt. Rainier, Browns Point	75 mi.
8/6	Browns Point, Olympic National Park	121 mi.
8/7	Olympic National Park
8/8	Olympic National Park
8/9	Olympic National Park
8/10	Olympic National Park, Browns Point	179 mi.
8/11	Browns Point
8/12	Browns Point, Mt. Baker	130 mi.
8/13	Mt. Baker
8/14	Mt. Baker
8/15	Mt. Baker
8/16	Mt. Baker, North Cascades Highway	281 mi.
8/17	Curlew, Glacier National Park	380 mi.
8/18	Glacier National Park
8/19	Glacier National Park
8/20	Glacier National Park
8/21	Glacier, Whitefish, Yellowstone National Park	529 mi.
8/22	Yellowstone, Jackson, Victor	146 mi.
8/23	Victor, Sheridan	350 mi.
8/24	Sheridan
8/25	Sheridan, Devil’s Tower, Mt. Rushmore, Custer SP	318 mi.
8/26	Custer State Park, Wind Cave National Park	29 mi.
8/27	Custer SP, Chadron, Badlands National Park	225 mi.
8/28	Badlands, Minuteman Missile NHS, T. Roosevelt National Park	362 mi.
8/29	Theodore Roosevelt National Park
8/30	T. Roosevelt NP, Voyageurs National Park	579 mi.
8/31	Voyageurs, Boundary Waters	108 mi.
9/1	Boundary Waters
9/2	Boundary Waters, Duluth	122 mi.
9/3	Duluth, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	294 mi.
9/4	Pictured Rocks, Mackinac Island	124 mi.
9/5	Mackinac Island, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Chicago/Wayne	487 mi.
9/6	Chicago/Wayne
9/7	Chicago/Wayne
9/8	Chicago/Wayne, Nauvoo	476 mi.
9/9	Chicago/Wayne, Ann Arbor, Dearborn	313 mi.
9/10	Ann Arbor, Dayton	196 mi.
9/11	Dayton (USAF Museum), Akron	197 mi.
9/12	Cuyahoga Valley, Niagara Falls, Palmyra	330 mi.
9/13	Palmyra, Adirondacks (Lake Placid)	270 mi.
9/14	Adirondacks, Vermont (Underhill S.P.)	73 mi.
9/15	Vermont (Underhill)
9/16	Vermont (Underhill, Belvidere), White Mountains (Sugarloaf)	119 mi.
9/17	White Mountains
9/18	White Mountains
9/19	White Mountains, Acadia National Park	223 mi.
9/20	Acadia National Park
9/21	Acadia, Newport (R.I.)	360 mi.
9/22	Newport, New Haven, New York City	184 mi.
9/23	New York City
9/24	New York City
9/25	New York City, Philadelphia	104 mi.
9/26	Philadelphia, Annapolis, Quantico	192 mi.
9/27	Quantico, Shenandoah National Park	99 mi.
9/28	Shenandoah
9/29	Shenandoah
9/30	Shenandoah, Monongahela National Forest	260 mi.
10/1	Shenandoah, Charlottesville, Appomattox, Richmond	206 mi.
10/2	Richmond
10/3	Richmond, Williamsburg, Jamestown, Cape Hatteras	193 mi.
10/4	Cape Hatteras, Raleigh-Durham	213 mi.
10/5	Raleigh-Durham
10/6	Durham, Great Smoky Mountains National Park	306 mi.
10/7	Great Smoky Mountains
10/8	Great Smoky Mountains
10/9	Great Smoky Mountains
10/10	Great Smoky Mountains, Congaree NP, Charleston	352 mi.
10/11	Charleston
10/12	Charleston
10/13	Charleston, Savannah, Okefenokee, Pensacola	653 mi.
10/14	Pensacola
10/15	Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans	200 mi.
10/16	New Orleans
10/17	New Orleans, Natchez	172 mi.
10/18	Natchez Trace Parkway, Vicksburg	220 mi.
10/19	Natchez Trace Parkway, Nashville	220 mi.
10/20	Nashville, Mammoth Cave National Park	87 mi.
10/21	Mammoth Cave
10/22	Mammoth Cave
10/23	Mammoth Cave, Cathedral Canyon	319 mi.
10/24	Fredericktown, Springfield, Joplin	313 mi.
10/25	Joplin, Petit Jean SP, Hot Springs National Park	299 mi.
10/26	Hot Springs, Denton	327 mi.
10/27	Denton, Austin	225 mi.
10/28	Austin, San Antonio	81 mi.
10/29	San Antonio, Fredericksburg, Ft. Stockton	330 mi.
10/30	Ft. Stockton, Big Bend National Park	147 mi.
10/31	Big Bend National Park
11/1	Big Bend, Guadalupe Mtns. National Park	284 mi.
11/2	Guadalupe Mtns, Carlsbad Caverns NP, Roswell	145 mi.
11/3	Roswell, White Sands, San Antonio (NM), Santa Fe	377 mi.
11/4	Santa Fe, Chaco Culture NHP	186 mi.
11/5	Chaco Culture, Four Corners, Cortez	149 mi.
11/6	Cortez, Canyonlands National Park	147 mi.
11/7	Canyonlands, Capitol Reef NP, Grand Staircase-Escalante NM	232 mi.
11/8	Grand Staircase-Escalante	145 mi.
11/9	Grand Staircase-Escalante, Lake Mead	272 mi.
11/10	Lake Mead
11/11	Lake Mead, San Diego	385 mi.

So, clearly, the trip ends with a whole lot of long, boring, consecutive-day drives across the desert. Oh. Well.

Mileage:

Orange County to Mt. Baker: 2,775
Mt. Baker to Acadia NP: 6,531
Acadia NP to New Orleans: 3,322
New Orleans to San Diego: 5,062

Which totals out to 17,690 miles over 120 days, meaning 147.4 miles per day. (The most efficient 48-state route is around 9,000 miles, fwiw.)

Good luck to us all.

bkd

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Slightly Revised Itinerary!

Cross-Country Road Trip Itinerary v. 10, Quick-View