Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Pac-48 Roadtrip Route

Good evening all. Next week at this time, we should be in Sioux Falls, SD, after completing Day 1 of the Pac-48 Roadtrip! This trip is planned to span 12 days and 13 states from July 21-August 1 and will take us to our 47th and 48th states, Washington and Oregon, respectively. We are very excited about this trip as it will allow us to clinch the final two states that we haven't been to in the continental United States!

Here is the planned trip route. Of course, this is subject to change:

Day 1 - Wednesday, July 21 - OKC-Sioux Falls:
I-35 North -> I-335 North -> U.S. 75 North -> NE/IA 2 East -> I-29 North

Day 2 - Thursday, July 22 - Sioux Falls-Miles City, MT:
I-29 North -> I-90 West -> U.S. 83 North -> I-94 West

Day 3 - Friday, July 23 - Miles City, MT-Spokane, WA:
I-94 West -> I-90 West'

Day 4 - Saturday, July 24 - Spokane, WA-Seattle, WA:
I-90 West

Day 5 - Sunday, July 25
Roadgeeking in NW Washington (I-5 North to Canada, ferry to Bremerton)

Day 6 - Monday, July 26 - Seattle, WA-Portland, OR:
I-5 South

Day 7 - Tuesday, July 27
Roadgeeking in NW Oregon/SW Washington

Day 8 - Wednesday, July 28 - Portland, OR-Redding, CA
I-5 South

Day 9 - Thursday, July 29 - Redding, CA-Kennewick, WA
I-5 North -> I-84 East -> I-82 West -> U.S. 395 North

Day 10 - Friday, July 30 - Kennewick, WA-Provo, UT
U.S. 395 North -> I-182 East -> I-182 West -> I-82 East -> I-84 East -> I-15 South -> I-215 South -> I-15 South

Day 11 - Saturday, July 31 - Provo, UT-Denver, CO
I-15 South -> I-70 East -> CO 470 South/East

Day 12 - Sunday, August 1 - Denver, CO-Oklahoma City, OK
I-25 North -> I-225 North -> I-70 East -> U.S. 287 South -> U.S. 50 East -> U.S. 183 South -> U.S. 270 East -> OK 3 East

In other news, I am still working on writing picture captions from the Rocky Mountain Roadtrip. I am currently on Day 6 (the next-to-last day of the trip). Hopefully I will finish Day 6 & Day 7 from that trip before next Wednesday. I don't think I'll get to the picture captions from the New Mexico Trip until the Pac-48 Trip is complete. In other words, there will be enough work for me to do for several weeks (maybe months) to come!

ES