We wanted to take this time to introduce you to our Travel Blog. Welcome. Relax, put your feet up, pour yourself a fizzy beverage and let us begin our tale....
After a few lofty dreams of driving to Australia and back, Dan's friends quickly informed him that he was insane, and though that dream lives on as a motorcycle trip (don't worry Mrs. Hagen), Sean suggested a bit more modest of a trip. Being a cosomopolitan man of the world, he saw an opportunity to explore, satiate his wanderlust, and travel the rugged expanse of North America, sans Mexico. Let that idea simmer for a few months, add some procrastination, pizza, and a lot of planning and a beautiful, baby road trip was born. We named it Sue.
Our vehicle of choice will be Dan's VW Jetta, that will henceforth be referred to as 'Appa,' the Sky Bison. We are going to be traveling for 2-3 months cutting from Canada back to the States on the way to the Pacific, then south down the coast til they don't speak American no more, at which time we will make our way home through the deep south, take left at the Appalachians and straight home till Jersey.
Here is our very tentative, easily pliable schedule:
9/16 - Depart -- Bellefonte -- Pittsburgh (stay the night)
9/17 - Morning in Pittsburgh -- Drive to Toronto
9/18 - Toronto - Touch Lake Onterio
9/19 - Leave early for Detroit, day in Detroit, drive to Lansing
9/20 - Lansing
9/21 - Drive to Chicago
Chicago
9/25 - Chicago - Bears/Packers game
9/26 - Grand Rapids
9/27 - Cross Mississippi at Lake Itsaca -- drive onto Devil's Lake
9/28 - Drive to Teddy Roosevelt National Park
9/29 - Drive to Devil's Tower
9/30 - Drive to Mount Rushmore, continue on to Badlands
10/1 - Badlands/Buffalo Gap National Park
10/2 - Badlands/Buffalo Gap National Park
10/3 - Drive to Denver
10/4 - Rocky Mountain National Park, night in Denver
10/5 - Aspen
10/6 - Aspen, drive back to Denver
10/7 - Denver (Red Rocks) - Frank Turner show @ Marquis Theatre
10/8 - Gunnison National Park - stay in Aspen - Chromeo show
10/9 - Drive through Salt Lake City, onto Jackson Hole
10/10 - Grand Teton National Park
10/11 - Yellowstone National Park
10/12 - Yellowstone National Park
10/13 - Drive to Portland, Naked and the Famous show @ Doug Fir Lounge
10/14 - Portland, Mt Hood
10/15 - Mt. Rainier & Mt. St. Helen, Seattle
10/16 - Seattle (Mt Olympus National Park)
10/17 - Seattle, North Cascades National Park
10/18 - Vancouver
10/19 - Vancouver, start heading down Pacific Coast Highway stay somewhere in Oregon
10/20 - Pacific Coast Highway - stay down by Redwood National Park
10/21 - Redwoods National Park, continue to San Francisco
10/22 - San Francisco
10/23 - San Francisco, in the afternoon PCH to LA
10/24 - LA
10/25 - LA
10/26 - LA
10/27 - LA
10/28 - LA
10/29 - Joshua Tree National Park
10/30 - Joshua Tree National Park
10/31 - San Diego
11/1 - San Diego
11/2 - Channel Islands?
11/3- Death Valley
11/4 - Death Valley
11/5 - Yosemite
11/6 - Yosemite
11/7 - Great Basin National Park
11/8 - Capital Reef National Park
11/9 - Patchwork Parkway
11/10 - Zion National Park
11/11 - Grand Canyon
11/12 - Grand Canyon
11/13 - Grand Canyon
11/14 - Las Vegas
11/15 - Las Vegas
11/16 - Arizona
11/17 - Arizona
11/18 - Four Corners
11/19 - San Juan Skyway
11/20 - Roswell/Cadillac Ranch
11/21 - San Antonio
11/22 - Austin
11/23 - New Orleans
11/24 - New Orleans
11/25 - New Orleans
11/26 - New Orleans
11/27 - Memphis
11/28 - Nashville
11/29 - Tail of the Dragon (Stay in Otto, NC)
11/30 - Skyline Drive, PA
12/1 - My relatives in VA
12/2 - Baltimore
12/3 - DC
12/4 - Home?
And that is pretty much how a trip across the United States looks.
Thanks everyone for your support thus far, and if any of you have any desire to bite the bullet and visit us along our trip, PLEASE DO. A welcome face is always appreciated, and we would love to share the experience. And also if you recall a wicked Muffin shop in Texas or a big waterfall in North Dakota, please comment and let us know. We want to see everything from as close to the local's perspective as we can get. If you have any requests for us to bring back photos, sand, branches, beers or rocks... that's weird, however we will do our best.
Please e-mail us, comment, harass us, and send funny pictures of animals in inappropriate hats. Basically, stay in touch.
One love.
This post has been brought to you by copious amounts of Quick Check, Keira Knightly and the proper use of pronouns.
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