48statebus part 2 (we leave in 38 days!)
A LOT has changed, for starters diesel went from $2.75 to $4.00/gallon...plus we had 4 people bail on our little trip. So we've had to drastically change the make up of the 48state/48 days road trip. Below is a list of all the days and dates for the trip and some of our reserved activities are in there too!
Day 0 May 8th Thursday: Leave Pensacola, Fl at about 7pm…drive through the night
Day 1 May 9th Friday: drive all day, Memphis by lunch get to St. Louis by night time
Day 2 May 10th Saturday: St. Louis all day, drive to Tulsa, OK by night time
Day 3 May 11th Sunday: All day along Rt. 66, spend the night near Mesa Verde state park
Day 4 May 12th Monday: spend some time at Mesa Verde State
Park and get to 4 corners monument by 4pm local time….get to the Grand Canyon at night*****campsite already reserved******
Day 5 May 13th Tuesday: wake up at 3am to hike the Grand Canyon, get back to the rim by nightfall…drive to Hoover Dam sleep near there
Day 6 May 14th Wednesday: Hoover Dam tour in the morning…Vegas the rest of the day and Cirque de Soleil "Zumanity" at 10:30 at night
Day 7 May 15th Thursday: Las Vegas all day
Day 8 May 16th Friday: Leave Vegas til noon…drive to San Diego****Apartment reserved, staying with a friend****
Day 9 May 17tth Saturday: San Diego****Apartment reserved, staying with a friend****
Day 10 May 18th Sunday: San Diego all day…then drive to Los Angeles******Staying the night at a different Friend's house*****
Day 11 May 19th Monday: Los Angeles******staying with friend #2 again*******
Day 12 May 20th Tuesday: Los Angeles*****staying with friend #2 again*******
Day 13 May 21st Wednesday: Six Flags Magic Mountain all day…drive to Yosemite that night****Campsite already reserved****
Day 14 May 22nd Thursday: Yosemite****Campsite already reserved****
Day 15 May 23rd Friday: Yosemite****Campsite already reserved*****
Day 16 May 24th Saturday: Skydive Monterey Bay…continue to drive to SF, sleep near SF
Day 17 May 25th Sunday: San Francisco all day, Night Tour of Alcatraz reserved
Day 18 May 26th Monday: Driving hwy 101 to Crater Lake
Day 19 May 27th Tuesday: Crater Lake
Day 20 May 28th Wednesday: Driving to Mt. Rainier
Day 21 May 29th Thursday: Mt. Rainier
Day 22 May 30th Friday: Seattle, dinner at the top of the Space Needle
Day 23 May 31st Saturday: Long days drive to Yellowstone****Campsite already reserved*******
Day 24 June 1st Sunday: Yellowstone*****Campsite already reserved*****
Day 25 June 2nd Monday: Yellowstone****Campsite already reserved*****
Day 26 June 3rd Tuesday: Leave Yellowstone, drive to Custer State park*****Campsite already reserved*****
Day 27 June 4th Wednesday: Mt. Rushmore/Crazy Horse
Memorial….then drive almost all the way to Mall of America
Day 28 June 5th Thursday: Finish driving to Mall of America
Day 29 June 6th Friday: Mall of America
Day 30 June 7th Saturday: leave Mall of America, stop in Milwaukee…then drive to Chicago
Day 31 June 8th Sunday: Chicago
Day 32 June 9th Monday: Drive to Cleveland…. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Day 33 June 10th Tuesday: Drive to Niagara Falls….Maid of the Mist tour…maybe cross into Canada
Day 34 June 11th Wednesday: Drive to Adirondack state park****Campsite already reserved*****
Day 35 June 12th Thursday: Whitewater rafting Adirondack state park****Campsite already reserved******
Day 36 June 13th Friday: Leave Adirondack, Lobster lunch in Maine, then eat dinner at the Cheers bar in Boston
Day 37 June 14th Saturday: drive to NYC, first night in NYC hotel****Hotel already reserved*****
Day 38 June 15th Sunday: NYC****Hotel already reserved****
Day 39 June 16th Monday: NYC****Hotel already reserved**** Avenue Q tickets already bought
Day 40 June 17th Tuesday: NYC****Hotel already reserved****
Day 41 June 18th Wednesday: Six Flags New Jersey all day
Day 42 June 19th Thursday: Hershey Park all day
Day 43 June 20th Friday: Philadelphia all day
Day 44 June 21st Saturday: Drive to Washington DC****Campsite already reserved******
Day 45 June 22nd Sunday: Washington DC******Campsite already reserved********
Day 46 June 23rd Monday: Washington DC*****Campsite already reserved******
Day 47 June 24th Tuesday: Leave Washington DC, sleep in Latta, SC*****Grandparents house already reserved****
Day 48 June 25th Wednesday: Leave Latta early, spend the afternoon in Atlanta, GA…and then finally head home ****Finally sleep in our own beds******
The first 2.5 days are pretty hectic but other than that we really should only have 1 other crazy day and that would be the Yellowstone to Mall of America day which is going to take ALL day...
