I've been finding it hard to decide on what to write about next, I have so many thoughts and worries going round in my head that its hard to get them all down in a logical manor. So one of the easiest things that should be discussed is the route. We are going for a total of 22 weeks and have decided on a rough route although some things are going to remain vague and can be decided on when we are on the road.
Our adventure will start in New York for Christmas then onto Toronto between Christmas and New year, we debated heading to Boston but on further research it appears that there is not a lot there and accomodation is fairly expensive.
We will be at Niagra Falls for New Years eve, there is a huge concert that goes on which is free and this year we have just discovered that one of the performances will be by Simple Plan which is very exciting as we actually know some of the music!!
We will then move down to Philidephila, Baltimore,Washington and spend a few weeks down the coast line to Florida where we intend to spend a bit of time before heading to New Orleans in February for Mardi Gras!
Being in New Orleans at the start of February also allows us to soak up some of the Superbowl atmosphere before Mardi Gras begins. After Mardi Gras we will then head into Texas, there is a Rodeo in Houston that we want to experience as well as a trip into San Antonio and spend some time travelling through the smaller, more rural parts of Texas.
Then to head to the Deep South as it will be warmer by then, and as both myself and my travelling partner share a love of Jazz music it seems to be a crucial part of the trip for us both! Places that are a must visit include Jackson, Nashville, Knoxville, Memphis and Atlanta.
Next the intention is to head up to Chicago and Minneapolis in which my travelling partner is keen to see the Biggest Mall in America, not top of my list to see but will be an experience nonetheless!!
There is then confusion as to which way we go, our initial decision was to follow Route 66 from Oklahoma to Kingman then head up to Vegas, Denver and Salt Lake City then experience a bit of Yellowstone before hitting Seattle. However our plans have been thrown by the price of car hire between Oklahoma and Kingman. We are slowly coming to the verdict that we will have to cut Route 66 from this part of the trip and do it from the other direction as car hire proves to be considerably cheaper from California.
So from Minneapolis head to Denver, then Salt Lake City head towards Seattle through Yellowstone and head down the coastline towards California to Sacramento and San Fransico. When we hit California, hire a car/campervan and head along Route 66 for a week or so then back to California for Vegas and LA to end what will probably be one of the best trips of my life!!
You can all probably tell that our route is all a bit hazy at the minute but to go with a concrete timeline of places to go to at a certain time is not the trip I want. In saying that however, we will be booking key points before we go to make sure we don't get caught up in certain parts and realise the trip has gone before we've done half the things we want to do.
Thinking through all this and coming to the end with the flight home from LA makes me feel incredibly sad that the adventure already has a definite end.
All in all, 6 months. 22 weeks. 180 days. However you say it, it never seems like long enough!
