Recap of RT01: 48 States in 30 Days
After a brief haitus, I'm back on the Forums. For those of you who have only been on RTA a few months, I had taken a month-long road trip, covering all 48 states (12,537 miles) in 27.5 days, during the Summer 2005. We covered most major cities and, with the right timing, even got to witness the space shuttle launch Discovery.
My website that I used to update my excursion is still there:
http://www.kinless.com/roadtrip.asp
All blogs and pics are still up. I only mention this because you can see first-hand what its like to spend a month with your friends. Of course, I added a little "drama" effect to make you keep reading, but otherwise everything there is accurate. Only the finale "blog" is on that page. Scroll down to the bottom and you'll find the link to read the rest. You'll also find daily pictures on the site (although only the last half is on the page, there's a link at the bottom to see all the pictures I took).
My next goal for this year is to visit Alaska and Hawaii, the last 2 states I need to set foot in and claim my 50. Obviously, I won't be traveling by car to either state, which becomes outside the scope of this forum. :)
I welcome any questions you have, if you are planning to do anything remotely similar, or may have questions about a certain area.
Hard to get past the gate
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Originally Posted by Joey Kincer
From there, one of the only ways to get to Barrow (at the very north tip of Alaska) is by commuter plane, since there are no open roads to take you up that far.
Pt. Barrow is on private land -- owned by one of the oil companies -- and is often (maybe always) for a visitor to go beyond the guard shack at the gate a couple miles south of the sea. When you go, you might want to arrange an entrance pass a head of time -- because I have heard that no amount of "coin-at-the-door" will get you through that gate.
Mark
Brrrrr.....cool place. Cold, too!
But there's also the town of Barrow, Alaska, on the shore of the Arctic Ocean. They have two airports, one is named after Wiley Post and Will Rogers who crash-landed and were killed when leaving Barrow. I took it that this is where he was going?
According to my map, Pt. Barrow is still part of the mainland. It's about 8 miles from the town of Barrow. In fact, it looks like there's a small village on Pt. Barrow itself called Nuwuk. According to Wikipedia, it's a location of one of the Global Atmosphere Watch stations that monitors changes in air quality. It would be interesting to visit that.
Wow....either way, this would be a fascinating place to visit. If I was going that far and needed a special permit to get as farth north as the land goes, I'd sure look into it.
Do you know something we don't?
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Originally Posted by AZBuck
as South Point, which is (for the time being anyway) the southernmost point of land in the US.
For the time being? Is the US about to acquire some more territories?
Still I love knowing where the northern and southern points are in the USA!
Mark
When I do it from memory....
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Originally Posted by Judy
But there's also the town of Barrow, Alaska, on the shore of the Arctic Ocean. They have two airports, one is named after Wiley Post and Will Rogers who crash-landed and were killed when leaving Barrow. I took it that this is where he was going?
This is what happens when I respond to a post without looking at a map and instead rely on my memory. Good catch -- actually it worse than that -- I was thinking of Prudhoe Bay...So disregard what I said about Pt. Barrow!
Mark
