Hi Southwest Dave,

Ok this is a lot of good Information i have to digest.

a little confused now though...

You named so many cool things. i just looked them up.

But the monument valley for example is right in the middle of route66 and route50. when should i do that?

if i would drive the route66 to the end i would have a problem getting to death valley because i don't have that much time. it is going to be a lot of back and forth thing.

one thing that i now know is that i will be starting in new york because all the flights to chicago and elsewhere are more expensive.

so the first few days in new york WITHOUT a car
then via train to chicago
few days in chicago WITHOUT a car
rent a car in chicago
the roadtrip begins

now its all about planning the correct route for the roadtrip.

i will look into when to do what.