USA Road Trip - from Australia (incl route 66)

[alissha]

aHi!

My boyfriend and I are planning a big roadtrip across the US! We're very excited and just wanted any suggestions/tips for our upcoming trip.

We're flying into San Fransico and driving from San Fran to Santa Monica,then we're heading along route 66 to Chicago,we're planning on spending a few days in Chicago before heading to Cleveland, then onto New York. We're going to be in NY for about 4 days then we're going to fly to Oralando for staying in Disneyworld.

It's our first time to the US and this is costing us a LOT but we're so excited. We plan on heading over in May 2009.

Any tips/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Sorry - I should have included our plan!

Day 1 – San Francisco, California
Day 2 – San Francisco, California to midpoint between Santa Monica, California
Day 3 – Midpoint to Santa Monica, California
Day 4 – Santa Monica, California
Day 5 – Santa Monica, California
Day 6 – Santa Monica California to Las Vegas, Nevada
Day 7 – Las Vegas, Nevada
Day 8 – Las Vegas, Nevada to Grand Canyon, Arizona
Day 9 – Grand Canyon, Arizona to Holbrook, Arizona
Day 10 – Holbrook, Arizona to Albuquerque, New Mexico
Day 11 – Albuquerque, New Mexico to Santa Fe, New Mexico
Day 12 – Santa Fe, New Mexico to Amarillo, Texas
Day 13 – Amarillo, Texas to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Day 14 – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Springfield, Missouri
Day 15 - Springfield, Missouri to St Louis, Missouri
Day 16 – St Louis, Missouri to Chicago, Illinois
Day 17 – Chicago, Illinois
Day 18 – Chicago, Illinois to Cleveland, Ohio
Day 19 – Cleveland, Ohio to New York City, New York
Day 20 – New York City, New York
Day 21 – New York City, New York
Day 22 – New York City, New York
Day 23 – New York City, New York to Washington, DC (drop car) then flight to Orlando, Florida
Day 24 – Orlando, Florida
Day 25 – Orlando, Florida
Day 26 – Orlando, Florida
Day 27 – Orlando, Florida to San Francisco, California
Day 27 – San Francisco, California to Melbourne, Australia