Graduation road trip.

[Yeehaw]

If you want to explore that part of NM (yes, it's a pretty long detour) you also might visit places like: Billy the Kids Grave-UFO Museum in Roswell-Lincoln-Capitan (Smokey the Bear SP)-Valley of Fires NRA-Alamogordo(New Mexico Museum of Space History)-White Sands NM-Bosque del Apache NMR and VLA (Very Large Array). Will take a lot of time though.
Yeehaw

[thootenbass]

thanks. We are trying to figure out some more stops that we can do on our way out west. We have alot of stops on the way back but really not enough to keep interest on the way out there.
I'll try to look up some of the stuff that you(Yeehaw) said.

Thanks again, thootenbass.

[CaliTripster]

What part of Cali will you be staying in? Im from Los Angeles, theres a lot of fun things to do if you come to this side of town.

[thootenbass]

I am gonna be staying in Modesto. We might be staying a week or so and since i have family in the area i could get a free stay.
we will be traveling out of the sity alot in our time there.

[burne318]

That sounds like an awesome trip. When I graduated high school in 2006, I took a cross country road trip with my fiancee and my younger brother. We left Lansing, MI and drove 11537.3 miles in 39 days, so about 300 miles per day. We hit each state west of the Mississippi as well as TN,KY,IN,IL, and WI so 26 in all. With a limited budget we went very frugal on the trip. We camped each night in mostly state or national parks (better than camping on top of one another is some private campgrounds). We also did not eat out. We had a cooler and a grill so we just bought a couple days worth of food at WalMart to save money. On average we drove about 6 hours per day which gave us plenty of time to see lots of things. The whole trip (everything included...and I mean everything) was $4079.50 or $105/day or $0.35/mile. It was split over 3 people so a 39 day vacation for $1360 pp is a great deal! I will never forget the memories that were made on that trip.

If you need any information about preparation, sites to see, campgrounds, or costs let me know. I have it all down in a Excel spreadsheet. Anyway it sounds like an awesome trip. Have a great time!