Well, things are finally coming together for the big transcontinental trek. I’d originally planned on taking the long route getting to Houston, but I’ve flipped it all around at this point. The plan right now is to truck out of Phoenix bright and early on Thursday, cruise through El Paso and snag some tasty gorditas, and then make a valiant attempt to reach San Antonio by evening.
I figure I’ll crash somewhere in town there, then bum around town for most of Friday and then head toward Houston sometime after noon. Easy! Maybe! But then at some undefined point in the next few weeks, I’ll head home the long way around.
Visiting some friends in Dallas, some friends in Oklahoma, but then the rest is pretty much adrift. I thought about going further east to St Louis and Chicago and maybe Minneapolis, but that’s a hell of a lot further. I might change my mind if I’m feeling adventurous and enjoying the open road. (Or I might short circuit further south and shorten it if I hate it.)
But since it’s not strictly defined, anybody have any input or suggestions? I’m planning to hit Omaha ‘cause it’s on the way, maybe drift into Iowa just to mark a state off my visited list, check out Mount Rushmore, trek across through Wyoming and Montana and then drift down through Idaho and Utah back home. Basically camping all along the way and taking bunches of photos. And probably tweeting and posting photos and blogging too, ‘cause that’s just how I roll.
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