Saturday 1 August 2020

USA 2017 - Around the States in Eighty Days - The Route

USA 2017 - Around the States in Eighty Days - The Route

1. Las Vegas, Nevada - 2nts
2. Mojave Desert
3. Kelso Depot (in Mojave National Preserve)

4. Twentynine Palms, California - 1nt
5. Joshua Tree Nat Pk
6. Yucca Valley
7. Palm Springs
8. Victorville (on Route 66)
9. Summerland

10. Paso Robles, California - 2nts
11. Sculpterra Winery
12. Tobin James Winery
13. Santa Cruz

14. San Francisco, California - 2nts
15. Hop on Hop Off Bus - Day tour
16. Hop on Hop Off Bus - Night tour
17. Lake Shasta

18. Klamath Falls, Oregon - 1nt
19. Klamath Lake
20. Medford
21. Mt Hood

22. Hood River, Oregon - 1nt
23. Crater Lake Nat Pk
24. Bridge of the Gods (cross from Oregon to Washington)
25. Gifford Pinchot Nat Forest (searching for Mt St Helen's Nat Monument)

26. Seattle, Washington - 3nts

** Canada **

27. British Columbia Visitor Center & Peace Arch (border crossing)

28. Vancouver (West End), BC - 3nts
29. Hope
30. Osoyoos
31. Greenwood

32. Grand Forks, BC - 1nt
33. Christina Lake
34. Laurier (border crossing)

** USA **

35. Kelly Falls
36. St Joe River Scenic Byway
37. Calder (going the wrong way & turned around)
38. St Joe River Scenic Byway

39. Wallace, Idaho - 1nt

40. Bozeman, Montana - 1nt
41. Highway 89 to Gardiner
42. US 89 South
43. Gardiner (Roosevelt Arch)
44. Yellowstone Nat Pk
45. Mammoth Hot Springs
46. Golden Gate pass
47. Norris Junction (did not get there; road closed & had to turn around)
48. Fort Yellowstone (back in Mammoth Hot Springs)

49. Old Faithful, Yellowstone Nat Pk - 3nts
50. Black Sand Basin Geyser
51. Norris Junction and back
52. Old Faithful
53. Upper Geyser Basin walk
54. Old Faithful to West Yellowstone
55. Bridges of Madison County
56. Idaho Falls

57. Lava Hot Springs, Idaho - 1nt

58. Salt Lake City bypass to Park City, Utah - 1nt
59. Salt Lake City

60. Moab, Utah - 2nts
61. Arches Nat Pk sunrise & Visitor Center
62. Canyonlands Nat Pk
63. Shafer Trail Viewpoint
64. Grand View Point Overlook
65. Moab
66. Arches Nat Pk sunset
67. Garden of Eden Lookout
68. Courthouse Towers Viewpoint
69. Bridge over Colorado River
70. Moab
71. Interstate 70 heading East
72. White River Nat Forest
73. Vail (alpine resort)
74. Rocky Mountains (many tunnels)
75. White River Nat Forest
76. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Tunnel

77. Golden-West Denver, Colorado - 1nt
78. Fort Cody at North Platte

79. Fort Kearny then Kearney, Nebraska - 1nt
80. York
81. De Soto

82. Industrial Park Iowa Speedway (outskirts of Newton, Iowa) - 1nt
83. Into Newton town
84. Jasper County Veterans Memorial
85. Interstates and I-88

86. Doing a loop in The Loop, Chicago, Illinois (Michigan Ave) - 2nts
87. Chicago Millenium Park
88. Cloud Gate, Chicago Waterfront & Riverwalk
89. Interstate I-90 East
90. Off interstate & headed SE to Fort Wayne then Perrysburg
91. Ohio Turnpike then off & onto Oak Harbor

92. Port Clinton, Ohio - 1nt
93. Sandusky
94. Columbia
95. Coastal Ohio Trail
96. Hwy 20 East & then I-90 East
97. Buffalo
98. Toll to cross Grand Island

99. Niagara Falls, New York - 2nts
100. Niagara Falls sunrise & walk across Rainbow Bridge to Canadian side via Customs & back again
101. Niagara Falls sunset & Illumination (light show)
102. Niagara Falls early morning drive-by to Canadian side & back
103. Grand Island then Buffalo then SE to Syracuse then NE to Watertown
104. Bridge to 1000 Island region
105. Customs to cross into Canada

** Canada **

106. Hwy 410 East to Montreal

107. Montreal, Quebec (Centre-Ville) - 3nts
108. Notre-Dame Basilica & Old Town
109. Vieux Port area & Rue Sainte Paul then back to Notre-Dame Basilica
110. Centre De Commerce Mondial then down to Underground City then up to Victoria Square then down underground then up to Beaver Hall and onto Marie Reine Du Mondd Basilica
111. Out of Montreal & off the highway to Sainte-Madeleine
112. East on Trans Canada Hwy

113. Exit to Pont P.-Laporte, Quebec City, Quebec (Rue Sainte-Pierre) - 3nts
114. Funiculaire up to Chateau Frontenac then back down steps to hotel
115. Citadelle via steps up to Chateau Frontenac & Plains of Abraham
116. Port area sunrise before leaving Quebec City
117. West on Trans Canada Hwy then South to USA border near Stanstead & through customs

** USA **

South along Fraconia Notch Parkway to Lincoln, New Hampshire - 1nt
118. North along Fraconia Notch Parkway then back SE through White Mountain Nat Forest
119. Lower Falls Scenic Area

120. North on Interstate 95 to Belfast, Maine - 4nts
121. Belfast to Portland round trip
122. Belfast to Augusta & then South to Portland via Maine Turnpike then a lunch stop at Ashford (Conneticut)

123. Ashford to New York (SW on turnpike) & into Manhattan via Hudson River Parkway then exited on 42nd Street to Times Square then looped around to corner of 8th Avenue & 39th Street - New York, New York - 4nts
124. Madame Tussards, Times Square, anniversary lunch at Bond 45
125. Downtown Loop Hop On/Hop Off Bus from Times Square & back again
126. Uptown Loop Hop On/Hop Off Bus from Times Square & off at Guggenheim Museum then walked down 5th Avenue to The Met then into Central Park & onto Strawberry Fields (John Lennon's Imagine memorial) then walked all the way back to 39th Street
127. Downtown Loop Hop On/Hop Off Bus from Times Square & off at Raging Bull (Financial district) & walked to 9/11 Tribute Center then lunch at O'Hara's Irish Pub then onto 9/11 Memorial Reflection Pools then down into 9/11 Memorial Site underground then taxi back to 31st Street & then walked back to 39th Street
128. Manhattan to Jersey City via Holland Tunnel

129. SW on Interstate to Washington DC - 3nts
130. National Mall, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, World War I Memorial, Martin Luther King Jnr Memorial, Washington Monument, World War II Pacific Memorial
131. White House, National Mall, Washington Monument, Sculpture Garden & Pavilion Cafe, Capitol Hill, American Indian Museum, Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian & through parkland along the Mall past White House on way back to hotel
132. Washington DC to Arlington then exit to Skyline Drive & Shenandoah Nat Pk
133. Woodstock then road to Roanoke & New Market then George Washington Nat Forest & Virginia Byway in Page County then 340 South to Shenandoah

134. Onto Roanoke via US 81 South & then to Hillsville, Virginia - 1nt

135. Hillsville to Fancy Gap then onto Blue Ridge Parkway to Blowing Rock then NW to Cherokee Nat Forest & through Banner Elk, Elk Park & Elk River then SE to Ashville, North Carolina - 1nt
136. Ashville to Cherokee (Indian Nation) through Smoky Mountain country
137. Museum of the Cherokee Indian
138. NW through Smoky Mountain Nat Pk
139. Gatlinburg (ski resort)
140. Pigeon Forge (Dolly Parton town)
141. Interstate 40 West

142. Knoxville on Interstate, exit to Opryland, Nashville, Tennessee - 3nts
143. Grand Ole Opry drive by
144. Country Music Hall of Fame then Bierhaus at Opryland
145. South to Memphis via Jackson (Tennessee)

146. Riverside Drive (first digs was a dive so 1nt then 2nts near Beale Street) in Memphis, Tennessee - 3nts
147. Beale Street by day then Beale Street by night

148. Memphis via Jackson (Mississippi) to New Orleans, Louisiana - 3nts
149. French Quarter in New Orleans across the road from Louis Armstrong Pk
150. Vieux Carr, Ann Street to Jackson Square, Cafe Du Monde, Market Cafe, French Market, Bourbon Street
151. Halloween, Bourbon Street

152. New Orleans NW & exit for Baton Rouge then onto Shreveport then Canton, Texas - 1nt

153. Canton then Interstate into Dallas then NW to Amarillo, Texas - 1nt
154. Amarillo to Cadillac Ranch then West on Interstate with Route 66 on the right then got off Interstate and onto Route 66 to Tucumcari
155. Back on Interstate West & still Route 66 on the right and back on it at Santa Rosa then West on Route 66

156. On main East-West Motorway into Albuquerque, New Mexico - 3nts
157. Albuquerque Old Town, Sculpture Garden, Museum & Art Gallery
158. East on Motorway to Sandia Peak and back
159. Rio Grande Nature Center then onto Rio Rancho area then Rio Grande River Park then Los Ranchos, Corrales area then back to Old Town & San Felipe De Neri Church in Old Square then East-West Motorway to hotel

160. South via Truth & Consequence to Las Cruces, New Mexico - 1nt

161. Bean Cafe then onto Old Mesilla then South to Tucson, Arizona - 2nts
162. Catalina State Park then lunch at BJ's Brewhouse then Tucson Mountain Park & onto Saguaro Nat Pk for sunset
163. North to Phoenix & lunch at BJ's Brewhouse

164. Heading North to Sedona, Arizona (Oak Creek Village) - 2nts
165. Day trip from Sedona to Jerome then back for sunset at Bell Rock
166. North from Oak Creek into Sedona (city) then across Oak Canyon & past Slide Rock State Pk then coffee stop in Flagstaff then continue on Route 66 to Williams for lunch

167. North on Hwy 64 to Tusayan, Arizona - 2nts
168. Sunrise at Rim trail, Mathers Point at Grand Canyon
169. Lunch back in Tusayan at Big E Saloon then drive along South Rim of Grand Canyon
170. Grand Canyon Village then sunset at Mathers Point
171. South from Tusayan on Hwy 64 to Willaims then to Bearizona (drive through wildlife park) then back to Williams for lunch
172. Williams to Kingman via Route 66

173. I-40 West from Kingman to Las Vegas, Nevada (USA loop done) - 3nts
174. Las Vegas Strip at night 
175. Las Vegas Strip by day
176. Lindo Michoacan (Best Mexican) on Desert Inn Rd for late lunch
177. Las Vegas Strip at sunset
178. Last drive down The Strip on way to airport

** The End **

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