Awesomness



This is what we ended up with - pretty much what we hopped to do:
Starting in the Bay Area, driving up north to Winnemucca, NV
Further north to Idaho - Twin Falls
Highway 88 to Idaho Falls and then to Wyoming - Jackson
Relaxing at Yellow Stone Park
Crossing Wyoming towards Sheridan
From Wyoming to South Dakota - Rapid City
Relaxing at Mount Rushmore
Continue through South Dakota to Sioux Falls
Through Minnesota to Minneapolis and St. Paul
Madison - Milwaukee to Chicago
Enjoying Chicago, dining and night life
From Chicago through Indiana and Ohio to Cleveland
Crossing Pennsylvania seeing "Falling Water"
Moving on to Washington D.C.
Stay a few days in wonderful Annapolis
Exploring Washington
Along the Chesapeake Bay to Norfolk
Relaxing in outer banks
Crossing North Carolina westward to Knoxville Tennessee
Crossing Tennessee to Nashville
Memphis Tennessee
Straight south through Mississippi to New Orleans
Spending a day in New Orleans
Further westwards through Louisiana to Houston Texas
Relaxing at the Mexican Gulf
Crossing Texas to Fredericksburg
Still crossing Texas towards New Mexico
Amazing day in Carlsbad caverns
Heading north through New Mexico to Albuquerque
Going further north west to Durango Colorado
A breath taking day at Mesa Verde
Moving on to Monument valley
Up to Lake Powell Arizona/Utah
Relax at Lake Powell
Skip Grand Canyon (bin there before) and down to Sedona
Stop over in Phoenix Arizona
Crossing Mohave dessert, California to Bakersfield
Last stop in Santa Monica and up north home to the Bay Area


The 24 States we've crossed:
California - Nevada - Idaho - Wyoming - South Dakota - Iowa - Wisconsin - Illinois - Indiana - Michigan - Ohio - Pennsylvania - Maryland - Washington D.C. - Virginia - North Carolina - Tennessee - Mississippi - Louisiana - Texas - New Mexico - Arizona - Colorado - Utah

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