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T & A's Itinerary
This is our proposed itinerary, subject to change on a whim, of course! It starts
with where we've already been, but the later dates get a bit sketchy. We'll be updating this along the road, so this is a work in progress. Anyone
who would like to catch up with us on the road, just let us know when and where,
we're flexible.
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Dates |
Locations |
Activities |
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21-31 Dec 2005 |
South Florida |
Visited Teresa's brothers and sisters in Jacksonville, Ft Myers, and Orlando; visited
our dog
Simon; visited Andrew's
Grandmother in Boca Raton;
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01-19 Jan 2006 |
Florida Panhandle; Valdosta, GA; Cumberland Island, GA. |
Brought in the New Year with
friends in Cape San Blas; stopped at:
St. Joseph Penensula SP,
Grayton Beach SP, City of Seaside,
Blackwater River State Forest,
Falling Waters SP,
Ponce de Leon Springs SP,
Florida Caverns SP,
Torreya SP, Three Rivers SP, visited with
friends in Daphne, AL and friends
in Valdosta, GA; backpacked on Cumberland Island,
toured the funky Hostel in the Forest
in Brunswick, GA |
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20-30 Jan 2006 |
Atlanta, GA; Birmingham, AL |
Computer maintainence, update car registration; we toured
Sweetwater Brewery, in Atlanta; dropped stuff off for storage; visited friends. |
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01-20 Feb 2006 |
Lake of the Ozarks, MO; Kansas; Colorado |
Visited a friend's
property in Missouri; drove through Kansas; stayed at the Koransky house in Cordillera,
CO where we got our website revised; did some
snowshoe day-hiking in CO. |
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21-28 Feb 2006 |
South-central Colorado; Southern Texas; Southern New Mexico |
Visited with friends Dan and Helen in Golden, CO.; and with
Robin in Crestone, CO, who runs Earth Knack,
a place for classes in primitive skills;
visited Jen in Santa Fe; we stumbled across
the
Coors Brewery in Golden, CO and had to take a tour; we also stumbled across
a strange
place, Bishop's Castle; we froze our tails off in
Pike National Forest; stopped at
The Very Large Array Radio Telescope in NM; stopped in a
town called
Truth or Consequences, NM and found it has a rich and
varied history; visited High Desert Brewing in
Las Cruces, NM; stopped at the
Organ Mtns in Las Cruces, NM; we spent a week in Big Bend National Park
and backpacked
in the
Chisos mountains, climbed
Emory Peak, the second highest
point in Texas; we stopped at
Davis Mtn SP and Ft Davis National Monument. |
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March 2006 |
Southern New Mexico; Southern Arizona |
We stumbled across
Prada Marfa (you never know what you're going to find in the desert); toured
Carlsbad
Caverns, NM; hiked in
Guadelupe Mtn NP and summited
Guadalupe Peak, highest point in Texas; toured
Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, NM; spent an overnight
backpack in White Sands National Monument; toured
Gila Cliff Dwellings; hiked Chiricahua National Mon.;
stumbled into a
Geronimo Memorial; we crossed the border into
Agua Prieta, Mexico; breifly stopped at
Coronado Memorial Park; toured
Kartchner Caverns State Park
(but we couldn't take pictures); spent a few days in
Saguaro National Park; camped in
Ironwood Forest; stumbled across the
Pima Air and Space Museum; really enjoyed the
Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum; visited the
San Xavier Mission built in the 1700's; ran into a yodeling poet on a hike
in Organ Pipe Cactus Nat'l Mon. (you never
know what you're going to find in the desert!). |
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April 2006 |
Southern Calif.; Nevada; Utah |
We
visited Joshua
Tree National Park, CA; drove thru the outrageous Wind
Farm near L.A.; saw a desert rain shower with beautiful
rainbows in Anza-Borrego
State Park, CA; we visited Andrew's cousin Rachel and
Ricardo in Long Beach, CA and toured L.A.
and Hollywood; we drove up the Malibu coast and check out
the beach at Dume
State Park; had dinner with cousin Roger and Penney Bowman;
stopped briefly in Ojai,
CA; we visited friends Mark and Sharon in Santa
Barbara and found paradise... for 1.4 million; we camped
within feet of the San Andreas Fault in Carrizo
Plains National Monument, CA; we spent a week in Death
Valley National Park and saw the rocks that move on the
Racetrack Playa; we had an unscheduled stop in Tonopah,
NV for new rear shocks (after driving to the Racetrack
Playa); we stayed with Andrew's second cousin Joyce and George
in Las
Vegas, NV and checked out The Strip; we drove by the Hoover
Dam, engineering marvel of it's time; saw a movie being shot
in the Valley
of Fire State Park, NV; we spent a couple of days in Zion
National Park, UT; drove by the Coral
Pink Sand Dunes State Park, UT; and spent a day at Bryce
National Park, UT. |
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May 2006 |
Arizona; Northern New Mexico, Utah |
We drove across the Glen
Canyon Dam; backpacked for two nights in the Grand
Canyon, AZ; visited friends Cott
and Jill (and their cute 'lil chillins) in Scottsdale, AZ;
toured Frank Lloyd Wright's school and studio Taliesin
West in Scottsdale, AZ; we toured the intentional community
of Arcosanti;
stopped at the pueblo ruin of Montezuma's
Castle (which is not a castle or home of Montezuma); we did
some hiking in Sedona,
AZ and saw more pueblo
ruins and petroglyphs; attempted to summit Humphrey's
Peak near Flagstaff, AZ; saw more pueblo ruins at Wupatki,
Walnut
Canyon and Homol'ovi
parks; stopped at Winslow,
Arizona (to stand on the corner); did a short hike in the Petrified
Forest, AZ; we did a big truck tour thru Canyon
de Chelly, AZ; and stopped for the night in Mexican
Hat, UT; we drove up the scary Moki
Dugway in UT; did some hiking in Capitol
Reef, UT; drove thru Grand
Staircase-Escalante, UT; did a short hike in Goblin
Valley State Park, UT; drove into Moab,
UT and met Andrew's parent's, Jack and Ellen and with them we
toured Arches
National Park, Canyonlands
National Park and Dead
Horse State Park, UT. We had a beautiful drive thru Glenwood
Canyon, CO; we spent some time resting at Villa Koransky in Edwards,
CO. |
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June 2006 |
Villa Koransky in Cordillera, CO
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Spent some time with friends visiting Colorado. Performed a 9 day Colorado land
search, resulting in a contract on land in Spruce Basin, Cotopaxi, CO. Visited
family in Chicago. Unwinding and preparing for a journey towards
the Great White North. |
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July 2006 |
Utah, Nevada, California |
Our plans
include: Colorado National Monument;
revisit Capitol Reef National Park for Cathedral
Valley and Fruita harvest; Great Basin National
Park; California's White Mountains
and the Methuselah trees; Yosemite National
Park; Kings Canyon National Park;
Sequoia National Park; Big Sur; Napa.
Note: On July 21, we will close on our land in
Spruce Basin, Cotopaxi, Colorado. |
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Aug 2006 |
Oregon, Washington State, British Columbia, Alaska |
Our plans
include: Oregon Vortex;
Crater Lake National Park;
Oregon Dunes; Rogue Brewery;
Mt. Saint Helens; Olympic National Park;
In Canada: Pacific Rim National Park
and West Coast Trail;
Denali. |
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Sept 2006 |
Alaska, Alberta, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming |
Our plans
include: Banff/Lake Louise;
Waterton Lakes;
Glacier National Park; Visit Don in Snake River / Getta Creek;
Sawtooths; Craters of the Moon National Monument;
Grand Tetons National Park;
Yellowstone National Park; Devil's Tower National
Monument; Badlands National Park;
Mt. Rushmore National Monument;
Crazy Horse Memorial; Wind Cave National Park.
By end of the month, return to our land in
Spruce Basin, Cotopaxi, CO, purchase a trailer, build a fence, and do some land preparation
for building this winter/spring. |
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Oct 2006
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Colorado, Maine and New England |
Our plans
include: Leave
Spruce Basin after prep is complete and head to Maine.
Details on this part of the trip have not been worked out yet, but our plan is to
head down the East Coast following the the leaf change and visiting with long lost
friends and relatives. |
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Nov 2006
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New England and East Coast, Georgia |
Our plans
include: Details on this part of the trip have not been worked out yet,
but our plan is to head down the East Coast following the the leaf change and visiting
with long lost friends and relatives. |
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Dec 2006
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Florida |
Our plans
include: Pick up our dog, Simon and head to our land. |
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You may have noticed our month in Europe has fallen off the
itinerary. We were stressed in trying to fit all of our
traveling into a year (it's not very long, really) AND trying to
plan for a month in Europe. It's been a challenge just to plan
for our traveling here in the US. Adding the fact that flights
(due to gas prices) are not as cheap as they once were and the
monetary exchange rate is not great right now (about $1.29
euro and about $1.86 British Pound vs $1.00 American dollar), we
decided that we may wait until we land and begin working again to
take our Europe trip. We'll probably have that trip up on a
web site as well. Stay tuned as the Adventures continue....
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