Itinerary

Tentative Trip Itinerary, subject to change, has already been changed!

Mostly just a test to see if I could import text from MS Word into blogger, and it appears I can, so we could just compose posts offline that way, and post when we have internet access.

S May 4 Mosquito Lk SP, or Geneva SP,Lk Erie 9.5 hrs 550 mi.

M May 5 Ramsey Lake SP, Ramsey, IL 8.5 hrs 540 mi

T May 6 Wilson Lake SP, Lucas, KS 9 hrs 550 mi

W,Th May 7,8 Great Sand Dunes NP 8.5 hrs 525 mi

F,S May 9,10 Mesa Verde, and/or Canyon of Ancients 4 hrs 200 mi

S,M,T May 11,12,13 Canyonlands, Arches 2 hrs 120 mi

W,Th May 14, 15 Canyon de Chelly 3.5 hrs 200 mi

F May 16 Petr Forest, Homolovi SP, Winslow AZ 3 hrs 175 mi

S,S May 17, 18 Sunset Crater, Coconino, SF Peaks 2 hrs 70 mi

M,T May 19, 20 Grand Canyon 2 hrs 95 mi

W May 21 Coral Pink Sand Dunes SP 4.5 hrs 250 mi

Th May 22 Zion, south 1 hr 50 mi

F May 23 Zion, Kolob (NWest) 2 hrs 70 mi

S,S May 24,25 Bryce and/or Escalante 2 hrs 110 mi

M May 26 Capitol Reef 3 hrs 115 mi

T,W May 27,28 SLC 4 hrs 225 mi

Th May 29 Jackson/Teton 5.5 hrs 335 mi

FSSM M30,31,J1,2 Yellowstone 2.5 hrs 120 mi

T,W June 3,4 Bighorn Mtns, Devil’s T, Custer 10 hrs 550 mi

Th June 5 Wind Caves, Rushmore, ? 2? hrs 100 mi?

F June 6 Blue Mounds SP, Luverne, MN 6 hrs 410 mi

S,S June 7,8 Ashland, WI 7.5 hrs 460 mi

M June 9 Pictured Rocks, MI 5.5 hrs 285 mi

T June 10 Sleeping Bear Dunes 4.5 hrs 250 mi

W June 11 Lakeport SP, Lake Huron (MI) 5 hrs 280 mi

Th June 12 Toronto 3.5hrs 190 mi

F June 13 Niagara, Seneca Lake SP 3 hrs 160 mi

S June 14 Home Again Home Again, Jiggety Jig 6.5 hrs 360 mi

15 Days Under the Hood

A trial 1st post to our trip blog, figuring out how the whole blogging thing works...
Eight days to Blastoff... we've been using our Spring vacation to collect/organize gear and do a trial packing of the van. I spent the previous 2 weeks attending to long-neglected mechanical issues: transmission fluid leak, change transmission fluid and filter, engine oil and filter, air filter, and then a lot of time fixing the parking/emergency brake, including filing all new teeth on the foot pedal ratchet! (See photo)
At this point, the calm is unnerving me: I feel like I must be overlooking some huge critically important step of preparation that will hit me like a bus only after it's too late to possibly address it, but right now things seem on-track and relaxed. We're getting some responses to our mass email, and making arrangements to see some folks along the way... very exciting!
I'll close here, as it's stupid-late, and I don't even know if this post will publish. I think Carroll thought she posted something before, but it didn't show up, so who knows?