TRIP WEST Road Trip

[RESORT2ME Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RESORT2ME]

Will any of you be out there? We would like to meet.

This is very rough. We may take longer.
Aug 2O-24 Yorktown to Mt Rushmore
Aug 25-26 Mt Rushmore & Badlands, ETC
Aug 28-31 Grand Teton NP
Sep 1-2 Yellowstone NP
Sep 3-7 Glacier NP
Sep 8-10 North Columbia Gorge- Olympic Peninsula
SEP 11-15 Whidbey Island-Seattle-Mt Baker
Sep 16-17 Mt Rainier-Mt St Helen
Sep 16-22 Portland-Mt Hood- South Columbia Gorge-North OR coast
Sep 23 Crater Lake
SEP 24 Redwoods NP
SEP 25 Napa Valley
SEP 26-27 San Francisco
SEP 28 Monterey
SEP 29-30 Yosemite
Oct 1-4 Zion/Bryce/Vegas
Oct 5-8 Sedona- Grand Canyon
Oct 9-20 Arches, Valley of the Fire, Red Rock state park, Carlsbad Caverns, Angel Fire, Hot Springs, Galveston, New Orleans, Memphis, Nashville, Gatlinburg, Mammoth Cave, Red River gorge

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Robert

On your leg to Galveston, if you are coming through Houston, give me a call. I will treat you to some great Mexican food or Texas barbeque, your choice!

[RESORT2ME Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RESORT2ME]

We're 1500 miles along

Man, WHAT AN OFFER.

Not coming that way, but THANKS.

Flew to meet up with school-days buddy on 20th. Crossed Lake Michigan on 21st. Drove I-90 forever.

Crossed the Missouri and took in the Corn Palace at Mitchell, SD.
We've toured the Murdo Auto Show, drove Badlands NP and shopped Wall Drugstore where we also had hot fudge malts.

The 24th found us doing the Air & Space Museum at Ellsworth AFB. We then toured Mt Rushmore, Crazy Hourse and drove the Spearfish Canyon.

Today we visited Devil's Tower and drove US-14 through Big Horn Mountains. We're at Cody and tommorrow we'll proceed to Teton NP.

Thanks to all who contributed suggestions on what to see.

[katiemack Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close katiemack]

Sounds like a great start with those sights to see! Green with envy Say hi to Carrol and we might be able to hook up when you hit our state....I will PM you, Robert.

[JoAnn Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JoAnn]

Robert, glad you have a laptop along to let us know where you are.
Gerry & I will be going to Stanwood on Saturday the 16th and will be gone all day visiting relatives in that area. If you are around Seattle the 15th, give us a ring.

[BocaBum99 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close BocaBum99]

Wow, what a trip. I hope you are taking pictures. 2 months. I couldn't do it with 3 kids in a mini-Van.

[shaggy Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close shaggy]

I'm so envious. You can share your adventures in my forum!! shaggy

[taffy19 Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close taffy19]

Robert, enjoy your vacation but keep us informed. You will see so much in two months that it will become a blur unless you keep a diary. You may as well copy some of it here.

Remember that "A Picture Says a Thousand Words" so we hope you will show some with your story.

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Robert aka Tugger Bob - TRIP WEST Road Trip

RESORT2ME - Hope you are having a great time!

Anyone seen or heard from Robert aka Tugger Bob
Since he left in August for his Cross Country Trip

[katiemack Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close katiemack]

Yes, I have heard from Robert and he seems to be having a great time....he has visited many of the areas he hoped to...including the Corn Palace!

[JoAnn Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JoAnn]

I got a quick note earlier this week and they were in Topeka. Also thought he said they had just another week...so he should be home next week sometime. He should have some great stories and pictures. No, we did not get a chance to meet in Seattle..or anywhere else out west.

[RESORT2ME Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RESORT2ME]

Trip West completed

Over 13,000 miles driven in 63 days.

Absence makes for FINE welcome-home days (and nights )!!!...

Will have to get to some reporting, now, along with the landscaping project I had going.

I'm attempting to sort out some shots of our wanderings, to make available.

My traveling buddy wished to spend time with his daughter at Topeka, then head for Michigan, so I purchased a car and continued 2000 miles on my own across MO, TN and VA.

What a wonderous land to do and see in.

Robert

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Trip West rough order

Seldom had laptop accessability and cell phone either didn't get signal or wanted to ROAM. Besides we were on the go. So much to see. Downloaded camera cards to the laptop so we could continue shooting. Must have 3000 shots to organize and select for posting.

This is roughly the order of what we covered.
Yorktown, VA flight into MI. then shared a van.
From Ludington, MI rode car ferry across Lake Michigan to Manitowoc, WI
Corn Palace, Auto Antique Show, Wall Drugs, Badlands
Ellsworth AFB Air & Space Museum, Mt Rushmore
Spearfish Canyon, Devil’s Tower, Big Horn Mountains
Cody Dam, Grand Teton NP, a Snake River raft ride
Yellowstone NP, Glacier NP, Northern Idaho & Coeur d’Alene Lake
Spokane to Walla Walla, Columbia Gorge, Oregon City
Mt Hood, Hood River, Cascade Locks
Newport Aquarium and north up Oregon coastline
Mt St Helen, Olympia, Tacoma, Tacoma Narrows Bridge & Gig Harbor
Pacific Beach, Olympic Peninsula & Hoh Rain Forest
ferry Puget Sound from Port Townsend to Whidbey Is.
Deception Pass, Anacortes, Navy Squadron reunion at Skaget
Mt Baker, Vancouver, Boeing tour, Pikes Market, Space Needle
Snoqualmie Falls, Mt Rainier
Astoria, Lighthouses & OR coastline to Florence
Umpqua Falls, Diamond Lake, Crater Lake
Redwoods NP, Napa & Sonoma Valleys
Petaluma, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Yosemite
Death Valley, Vegas, Red Rock State Park, Hoover Dam
Lake Havasu, Sedona- Grand Canyon, Lake Powell
Zion, Cedar Breaks, Bryce, Escalante Canyons, Capital Reef
Denver, Colorado Springs, Air Force Academy Chapel,
Garden of the Gods, Pikes Peake, Bull riding show at Topeka,
Joplin Stockyard Auction, Branson countryside tour,
Springfield Bass Pro Super center, Nashville, Knoxville,
Blue Ridge Mountains to Roanoke, Richmond, Yorktown

I'm tired

[JoAnn Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JoAnn]

Welcome home Robert! WOW what a trip! You certainly didn't miss much of our wonderful country. Can't wait to read your trip report and see some of the pictures. Sorry DH & I didn't 'run' into you .... but maybe we did and we were both going too fast to recognize one another

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

I am exhausted just reading your list. Can't wait to hear more, glad you made it home safely.