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My Cross-country Trip
OR "Motel 6 Across America" |
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I had always thought it would be fun to go on a cross-country drive.
So, for my 50th birthday, I decided to actually do it.
I started the initial planning almost a year before trip.
My wife has trouble riding in a car for long distances, so I planned to
drive to the east coast and she would fly over and meet me there.
I picked Charleston, South Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia as the places we would stay. Over the years I have heard how beautiful these cities are and all of the history associated with them. So, I planned to drive Interstate 40 from where it starts in Barstow, all the way to the end in Wilmington, North Carolina. Then I would proceed to Charleston. It would take 8 days to make the drive across the country. Then my wife would fly to Charleston and we would spend 4 nights there. Then we would drive to Savannah and spend another 4 nights. She would then fly home, and I would start the drive home mostly along Interstate 10. This would take another 7 nights on the road. The trip would take 24 days and cover 6,318 miles. I used 243 gallons of gas, and got an average of 26 miles per gallon. I took a total of 4,551 pictures with my digital camera. A large number of them didn't turn out all that great. I took a lot of them with one hand, holding my camera up to the car window, while driving at 75 miles per hour. But, quite a few turned out nice. I departed on the trip April 16th, 2007. |
| Day 1 - Tustin to Needles, CA |
| Day 2 - Needles, CA to Holbrook, AZ |
| Day 3 - Holbrook, AZ to Santa Rosa, NM |
| Day 4 - Santa Rosa, NM to Oklahoma City, OK |
| Day 5 - Oklahoma City, OK to Little Rock, AR |
| Day 6 - Little Rock, AR to Nashville, TN |
| Day 7 - Nashville, TN to Winston-Salem, NC |
| Day 8 - Winston-Salem, NC to Charleston, SC |
| Day 9 - Waiting day at Charleston, SC |
| Day 10 - First Sightseeing day at Charleston, SC |
| Day 11 - Second Sightseeing day at Charleston, SC |
| Day 12 - Third Sightseeing day at Charleston, SC |
| Day 13 - Charleston, SC to Savannah, GA |
| Day 14 - First Sightseeing day at Savannah, GA |
| Day 15 - Second Sightseeing day at Savannah, GA |
| Day 16 - Third Sightseeing day at Savannah, GA |
| Day 17 - Savannah, GA to Albany, GA |
| Day 18 - Albany, GA to Mobile, AL |
| Day 19 - Mobile, AL to Beaumont, TX |
| Day 20 - Beaumont, TX to San Antonio, TX |
| Day 21 - San Antonio, TX to Fort Stockton, TX |
| Day 22 - Fort Stockton, TX to Willcox, AZ |
| Day 23 - Willcox, AZ to Yuma, AZ |
| Day 24 - Yuma, AZ to Tustin, Ca |