Destination Adventure

I have told you why we are going and who is going and today I want to tell you where we are going.

When we started planning this trip last Fall, our goals were to see as much of the West as possible, so we started looking at destinations. Soon we realized it is a really huge area and we only have so much time and of course , so much money. So we decided to try to find hub areas and to park there for a week at a time and take the tow cars and explore.

This was great reasoning and now that the gas prices are climbing ever skyward, it makes more sense than ever to stick to it. So here is our itinerary.

Tallahassee Fl. ; Mobile, Al.; Vicksburg, Ms.; Little Rock, Ark.; Branson, Mo.; our first hub and we will be there five days to enjoy the shows and the area.

Oklahoma City, Ok.; Amarillo, Tx.; and then to Albuquerque, N.M.; our second hub and here we will stay a week and try to see Santa Fe and all the many things in this region.

Durango , Co for a week and we will do the cliff dewellings at Mesa Verde and the Silverton train ride;

Gallop, N.M.: Williams, Az. for a week and we will do Sedona and the Grand Canyon.

Las Vegas, Nv. for a week and then we will head north to Utah and the great national parks , Zion, Bryce Canyon, and Arches for another week.

Salt Lake City, Ut. and then to the Tetons for a week and on to Yellowstone for a week.

Cody, Wy. and then to Rapid City, S.D. and stay there a week to see Mt. Rushmore, Custer State Park, Deadwood,and then on to the Badlands and Mitchell, S.D.

We then start to break up as a group and some will go to Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, and
New York and begin visits with family and friends. We will all come back at various times in August and September to the Florida heat.

Ambitious, yes. I also know when we have so much to see and do, we will not want to leave an area, but to try to accomplish this schedule, we will have to make the most of each day and this great opportunity and stick to it , so that we can get it all in the 80 days we have alloted for this adventure.

Hundreds of pictures will be taken and many emails will be sent and I hope you will read my blog, for I will try to post often. If we can share this experience with you and you can see through our eyes the wonder of the West, it will be an even greater trip for us.

Only a week to go. We leave Sunday , May 4th at 9 a.m. Come on along with us. There is plenty of room around the campfire for you.