Updates!

It has been 20 days since I last blogged, but I have kept plenty busy in those 20 days. I did the Kansas City roadtrip over Labor Day weekend and the weather cooperated for the most part. It was cloudy for most of the trip but it didn't rain.

Last night, I wrote the captions for the final pictures from the New England roadtrip. Next, I will be writing captions for the pics from the Kansas City trip. I am hoping to have that done by October 15.

After that, my plan is to upload some old pictures from the first half of 2006 onto Flickr, including several trips I made of U.S. highways in Oklahoma & North Texas, and pictures from the West Texas Roadtrip I took back in April 2006, in which I drove through Lawton, Lubbock, El Paso, Las Cruces, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Clovis, Lubbock again, and Amarillo. Highways I took during that trip include I-44 from OKC to Lawton, U.S. 62 from Lawton to El Paso (with a break in Lubbock when I used Loop 289 to bypass the city), I-10 from El Paso to Las Cruces, I-25 from Las Cruces to near Las Vegas, U.S. 84 from Las Vegas to Lubbock, I-27 from Lubbock to Amarillo, U.S. 60 & TX/OK 152 from Amarillo to Elk City, and I-40 from Elk City to OKC. Whew!

By the time I am done with those pictures, it should be close to the San Diego Roadtrip, still scheduled to take place December 26-January 4.

ES

Updates

Good morning all. I have just updated the picture of the week on OKRoads. I apologize for not posting one last week.

On Flickr, I have finished writing captions for all pictures up to the beginning of Day Seven (Northern Maine). I have about 4,000 pictures left to write captions & geotag from the New England trip.

Next Friday, September 4, is the beginning of the Kansas City roadtrip.

Planned route:

Friday, September 4:

Kilpatrick Turnpike East to I-35

I-35 North to Wichita

Saturday, September 5:

I-35 North to U.S. 59

U.S. 59 North to I-70

I-70 East to I-35

I-35 South to Downtown Kansas City

Sunday, September 6:

I-70 East to Kauffman Stadium

I-435 South/West to K-10

K-10 West to Lawrence

Monday, September 7:

K-10 East to I-435

I-435 East to U.S. 69

U.S. 69 South to U.S. 400

U.S. 400 East to I-44

I-44 West to Creek Turnpike

Creek Turnpike West to I-44

I-44 West to I-35

I-35 South to OKC

ES

Flickr updates

I have finished writing picture captions from Days Three & Four of the New England trip. Pics from those days have been divided into more specific sets on Flickr. The pictures are dispersed throughout the New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island collections.

I have also started writing captions from Day Five. I have finished placing the New Hampshire pictures from that day into specific highway sets.

A Flickr rant: it seems like every time I create a new collection for a state's road pictures, and I put it into alphabetical order, the alphabetical order of other collections gets messed up. I have tried several times to get it correct but I haven't got it figured out yet. It looks fine in the Organizr when I leave it but when I close the Organizr, the order gets messed up yet again. In summary: I do know how to sort the state collections in alphabetical order, but the Organizr has some issues when I create new collections.

ES

Update: I think I figured out the Organizr...seems like I can only move one collection to a different location at a time. -ES

New England Trip Day One & Two Picture Pages

Pictures from the first 2 days of the New England trip have been captioned & geotagged on Flickr. Links to the pages are listed below:

All Day One Pictures:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621252593778/

All Day Two Pictures:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621182766379/

Interstate 44 East - Oklahoma:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157611025924474/

Interstate 44 East - Missouri:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621749575173/

Interstate 55 North - Missouri:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621749594159/

Interstate 70 East - Illinois:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621749594159/

Interstate 70 East - Indiana:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621883926118/

Interstate 465 Inner Loop - Indiana:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621883938604/

Sam Jones Expressway East:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621883951694/

Interstate 70 East - Ohio:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621915920636/

Interstate 670 East - Ohio:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621791373149/

Interstate 71 North - Ohio:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621915941340/

Interstate 271 North - Ohio:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621915947130/

Interstate 77 North - Ohio:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621915956516/

Interstate 90 East - Ohio:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621791419815/

Interstate 90 East - Pennsylvania:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621810883935/

Interstate 90 East - New York:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621936554238/

Interstate 290 West - New York:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621936604230/

Interstate 190 North - New York:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621812064971/

U.S. 62 North - New York:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621936641942/

NY 104 West:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621812113255/

Robert Moses State Parkway South:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621812133217/

Interstate 190 South - New York:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621936714352/

Interstate 290 East - New York:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621936736450/

Interstate 490 East - New York:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621812215449/

NY 390 North:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/sets/72157621812247889/

I am over halfway done through Day Three's pictures. Hopefully by the middle of next week I will have those completed.

ES

New England Roadtrip Recap

Finally, 2 1/2 weeks after the trip ended, I am writing a recap of the ESKS New England Extravanagza Roadtrip 2K9! I will briefly recap each day of the trip. This is the first of several blogs I will be making today because I have some other things to cover and a big roadtrip announcement to make.

The trip started at 6:34 AM on Friday, July 10, and ended at 4:32 PM on Tuesday, July 21. In that 11 days, 9 hours, and 58 minutes, my wife & I traveled 6,082.4 miles through 20 different states. This trip allowed me to drive in two new states, Rhode Island & Maine. This was the first time I had been in new states since July 9, 2005, when I was in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire for the first time. During this trip, I entered each of those states for the 2nd time. Rhode Island became my 42nd state entered on July 12 (which also happened to be my 26th birthday), and Maine became my 43rd state entered on July 15.

The weather was pretty good for the trip as a whole, considering that up to that point, it had been very rainy in New England in recent weeks. We saw sunshine and blue skies at some point on every day of the trip.

Here is a daily recap of the trip:

Day One, Friday, July 10:

Started in: Oklahoma City, OK

Finished in: Indianapolis, IN

Miles: 732.8

States: OK (#1 on the trip), MO (2), IL (3), IN (4)

Weather: Clear skies until Missouri, then cloudy with occasional sprinkles & rain showers until Vandalia, IL, then partly cloudy to Indianapolis

Detours: None

Highlights: "Re-clinched" Interstate 70; it was rerouted around Indianapolis International Airport between the last time I was there in 2003 & the present

Day Two, Saturday, July 11:

Started in: Indianapolis, IN

Finished in: Rochester/Greece, NY

Miles: 625.2

States: IN, OH (5), PA (6), NY (7)

Weather: Mostly cloudy until Richmond, IN, then cloudy until Columbus, OH, showers & thunderstorms from Columbus to Mansfield, Sunny to partly cloudy from Mansfield to Ohio/Pennsylvania state line, cloudy from OH/PA state line to just south of Buffalo, sunny in Buffalo & Niagara Falls, cloudy from Niagara Falls to east of Buffalo, partly cloudy from east of Buffalo to Rochester (the weather was very indecesive on this day)

Detours: Niagara Falls via I-190, I-290 & U.S. 62

Highlights: Saw Niagara Falls for the 2nd time, but the 1st time with my wife

Day Three, Sunday, July 12:

Started in: Greece, NY

Finished in: Worcester, MA

Miles: 508.1

States: NY, MA (8), CT (9), RI (10)

Weather: Clear to partly cloudy skies all day

Detours: Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA; Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg; Providence, RI

Highlights: Toured Basketball Hall of Fame, Entered Rhode Island for the first time

Day Four, Monday, July 13:

Sidetrip to Providence, Fall River, Newport, Westerly, Plymouth, and Cape Cod

Miles: 471.4

States: MA, RI, CT

Weather: Clear to partly cloudy skies all day

Detours: None really, just a winding sidetrip to see some of Massachusetts & Rhode Island

Highlights: Saw Plymouth Rock & Cape Cod, including the unremarkable eastern terminus of U.S. 6, clinched all interstate mileage in Rhode Island

Day Five, Tuesday, July 14:

Sidetrip to New Hampshire & Vermont

Miles: 459.3

States: MA, NH (11), VT (12)

Weather: Clear skies at the beginning of the day, then cloudy with occassional showers the rest of the day

Detours: None

Day Six, Wednesday, July 15:

Started in: Worcester, MA

Finished in: Bangor, ME

Miles: 311.4

States: MA, NH, ME (13)

Weather: Clear to partly cloudy skies all day

Detours: Fenway Park

Highlights: Clinched all interstate mileage in New Hampshire, toured Fenway Park, drove northbound on the southbound lanes of I-295 in Maine (southbound traffic was being rerouted to nearby U.S. 201 due to construction)

Day Seven, Thursday, July 16:

Sidetrip to Houlton & Fort Kent, ME

Miles: 423.9

States: ME

Weather: Mostly cloudy almost all day, with some clearing around Houlton; rain showers from Fort Kent to Bangor

Detours: None

Highlights: Saw the northern termini of Interstate 95 & U.S. 1

Day Eight, Friday, July 17:

Sidetrip to Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park

Miles: 224.4

States: ME

Weather: Mostly cloudy & foggy almost all day, with some clearing around Bar Harbor

Detours: None

Highlights: Saw the beautiful Acadia National Park (even though dense fog affected our views of the ocean)

Day Nine, Saturday, July 18:

Started in: Bangor, ME

Finished in: Chambersburg, PA

Miles: 700.7

States: ME, NH, MA, CT, NY, NJ (14), PA

Weather: Showers from Bangor to Portland, then cloudy from Portland to Worcester, then sunny to partly cloudy the rest of the way

Detours: None

Highlights: Clinched the eastern Interstate 84, drove by ESPN Headquarters in Bristol, CT, briefly crossed into New Jersey via I-84's Exit 1 in New York

Day Ten, Sunday, July 19:

Started in: Chambersburg, PA

Ended in: Sevierville, TN

Miles: 566.3

States: PA, MD (15), WV (16), VA (17), NC (18), TN (19)

Weather: Clear to partly cloudy for most of the day, except for the Great Smoky Mountains, where it was cloudy

Detours: I-26 & I-40 through the Great Smoky Mountains

Highlights: Drove I-26 through the Smokies without having to deal with the remnants of a tropical storm (like I did in 2005)

Day Eleven, Monday, July 20:

Started in: Sevierville, TN

Ended in: Hot Springs, AR

Miles: 621.3

States: TN, AR (20)

Weather: Clear to partly cloudy from Sevierville to Memphis, then mostly cloudy from Memphis to Hot Springs

Detours: Sevierville via TN 66

Highlights: Re-entered the Central Time Zone

Day Twelve, Tuesday, July 21:

Started in: Hot Springs, AR

Ended in: Oklahoma City, OK

Miles: 410.8

States: AR, OK

Weather: Heavy rain from Hot Springs to Clarksville, then partly cloudy from Clarksville to Oklahoma City

Detours: None

Highlights: Made it back home safely

That is a quick recap of the ESKS New England Extravaganza Roadtrip 2K9. It was a wonderful trip and it was a great experience.

ES

Short roadtrip announcement

During Labor Day Weekend, my wife & I are planning on taking a roadtrip to Kansas City. We are planning on driving I-35 North to Kansas City, then take U.S. 69 South & some other highways TBD back to OKC. With the four-laning of U.S. 69 between Louisburg & Fort Scott now completed, I am looking forward to getting pictures of that newly widened highway.

This will be the first time I have been to Kansas since April 2007, which is a long time for me considering I went to Kansas at least once a month in my younger years.

I will post a recap of the New England trip later this week...I promise!

ES

Trip complete

The ESKS New England Extravanagza Roadtrip 2K9 is over, as we have made it back to Oklahoma City. A full recap of the trip will be posted later this week. We drove a little more than 6,000 miles through 20 states in 11 days. (OK, MO, IL, IN, OH, PA, NY, MA, CT, RI, NH, VT, ME, NJ, MD, WV, VA, TN, NC, AR)

Today, we drove through drenching rains from Hot Springs to Clarksville, then the rains finally gave way to partly cloudy skies which remained for the rest of the trip to Oklahoma City. Pictures from today's travels are currently being uploaded to Flickr.

Tomorrow's travels will take me to...work. :(

ES

Day Ten Recap

Good evening from Sevierville, TN, where Day Ten of the ESKS New England Extravaganza Roadtrip 2K9 has concluded. We took a bit of a detour to get to Sevierville, as we took I-26 East from I-81 to I-40, then I-40 West to Sevierville; whereas the previous plan had us take I-81 South to I-40 West to Sevierville. Skies were clear to mostly cloudy throughout the day. We drove through Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina today.

Pictures are being uploaded to Flickr right now. I have just finished uploading the pictures from yesterday's trip from Bangor, ME, to Chambersburg, PA, so all 1,120 of those pictures are now online.

Tomorrow, we plan on taking I-40 West to Little Rock or Hot Springs, then we will arrive back home in Oklahoma City on Tuesday.

ES

Day Eight & Nine Recaps

Good evening from Chambersburg, PA, where we arrived a couple hours ago after 700 miles of driving today.

Yesterday, we took a short trip from Bangor to Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park. Pictures for that day have already been uploaded.

Today, we drove from Bangor, ME, to Chambersburg, PA. We were in 7 states today (ME, NH, MA, CT, NY, NJ, PA). We took Exit 1 off I-84 in New York and went slightly south to New Jersey for a break, then headed back north into New York and west into Pennsylvania. We were in 3 states in about 2 minutes. I took 1,120 pictures today, and they will be uploaded to Flickr while we sleep tonight. It rained for the first part of the day, but after leaving the Boston area, the skies cleared up and stayed that way for most of the remainder of the day.

Tomorrow's travels will take us to Knoxville, TN. Monday we plan on driving to Little Rock, then home on Tuesday.

ES

Day Seven Recap

Day Seven of the New England roadtrip is complete as we have made it back to Bangor after driving through northern Maine today. We drove I-95 North to its northern terminus, then U.S. 1 North to its northern terminus, and finally back south on ME 11 & I-95 to Bangor. It did rain some today but only between Fort Kent and Bangor on the way back.

Tomorrow's travels will take us to...well, I'm not quite sure yet where we are going. Somewhere in Maine, I know that much. Then Saturday will begin the long trip back to Oklahoma City. Hopefully we will make it to southern Pennsylvania, Maryland, or West Virginia on Saturday, but we shall see.

ES

Day Six Recap

Day Six of the ESKS New England Extravaganza Roadtrip 2K9 is complete as we arrived in Bangor, ME, at about 4:45 this afternoon, to conclude the first half of the trip. We took a drive into Boston to take a tour of Fenway Park, then headed north on I-93 & I-95 for the rest of the way to Maine. Pictures will be uploaded to Flickr later tonight.

Tomorrow's trip will take us to the northern ends of I-95, U.S. 1, and ME 11.

ES

Day Five Recap

Day Five of the trip has concluded after 7 hours of driving today. We drove through New Hampshire & Vermont. Skies were mostly sunny for most of the morning, but became cloudy with a few sprinkles here and there at about 10:30 AM, and stayed that way for the rest of the day. Pictures have been uploaded to Flickr. Tomorrow, we will drive from Worcester to Boston, then on to Bangor, Maine, where we will spend a couple days before heading back toward Oklahoma City on Saturday.

ES

Day Three recap

We have made it to Worcester, MA, after 508 miles of driving today. We entered one new state, Rhode Island, and got pictures of I-95, I-295, U.S. 44, RI 4, and RI 146. Pictures will be uploaded to Flickr later tonight.

Route:

NY 390 North to Lake Ontario Parkway

NY 390 South to I-490

I-490 East to I-90

I-90 East to I-291

I-291 West to I-91

I-91 South to Basketball Hall of Fame

I-91 North to I-291

I-291 East to I-90

I-90 East to I-395

I-395 South to U.S. 44

U.S. 44 East to I-295

I-295 South to U.S. 6

U.S. 6 East to RI 10

RI 10 South to I-95

I-95 South to RI 4

I-95 North to I-295

I-295 North to RI 146

RI/MA 146 North to I-290

I-290 East to Worcester

Trip Log:

Departed Rochester, NY - 7:21 AM, mile 2025.1

Massachusetts Service Area - Lee, MA - 12:35 PM, mile 2316.8

Basketball Hall of Fame - Springfield, MA - 1:57 PM, mile 2365.9

Citgo - Webster, MA - 4:28 PM, mile 2428.2

Arrived Worcester, MA - 6:40 PM, mile 2533.2

Tomorrow's travels will take us to Providence, then to Fall River, Newport, Westerly, then back up I-95 through Providence to I-93 North to MA 3 South & U.S. 6 East to Provincetown, then back west on U.S. 6 & MA 25 to I-495 & Worcester. (Whew!) It looks like the weather will be great once again with sunny skies and highs in the 70s like it was today.

ES

Day Two is over

After almost exactly 12 hours of driving, Day Two of the New England roadtrip is complete. We drove through rain between Columbus and Ashland, and a few sprinkles near Buffalo, but otherwise, the weather turned out better than we thought it would. We made it to Rochester at about 8 this evening.

Notes:

Saw several error NY 62 shields on U.S. 62 in Niagara Falls

Saw a U.S. 21 shield instead of OH 21 on I-77

Saw an exit on I-70 in Ohio with a blank Exit tab (unfortunately I didn't get a pic of the sign)

Pictures are currently being uploaded to Flickr.

Tomorrow's travels will take us to Worcester, MA, with sidetrips to the National Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA, Webster Lake (otherwise known as Lake Chargogga...), and the outskirts of Providence. Tomorrow, Rhode Island will become the 42nd state covered by OKRoads. On Wednesday, Maine will become the 43rd state. At this point, tomorrow's weather looks good.

ES

Day One is complete

Day One of the ESKS New England Extravaganza Roadtrip 2K9 has concluded. We left Oklahoma City at 6:30 this morning, and after 732.8 miles, made it to Indianapolis at almost 8 Eastern Time.

The weather changed several times through the day. Skies were clear when we left Oklahoma City. As we entered Missouri, the skies became cloudy, and we drove through intermittent showers from Springfield to Vandalia, IL. From Vandalia to Indianapolis, skies were partly cloudy.

Some notes from today:

Oklahoma Highway Patrol was out in full force; we saw about 5 of their cars along our travels through Oklahoma. We hardly saw any in Missouri, then saw 2 in a 5-mile stretch in Illinois.

Missouri (at least on I-44) has not converted to Clearview yet. Illinois has a few Clearview signs but not too many. Indiana still has a lot of button copy signs left.

The only major traffic jam of the day was in downtown St. Louis when we were going onto I-70 East; traffic was backed up all the way to I-44's eastern terminus.

Route:

OK 3 West to Kilpatrick Turnpike

Kilpatrick Turnpike East to I-44

I-44 East to I-70

I-70 East to I-465

I-465 North to Sam Jones Expressway

Trip Log:

Departed OKC: 6:34 AM, mile 664.4

McDonald's - Vinita, OK: 8:57 AM, mile 833.9

Conoco - St. Robert, MO - 12:18 PM, mile 1034.5

Taco Bell - St. Robert, MO - 12:19 PM, mile 1034.5

Illinois Travel Center - 3:36 PM, mile 1194.8

Indiana Travel Center - 6:36 PM EDT, mile 1324.3

Arrived Indianapolis - 7:50 PM, mile 1397.2

The pictures will be uploaded to Flickr later tonight, so stay tuned!

Tomorrow, we plan to travel to Rochester, NY, with a sidetrip to Niagara Falls. It appears it will be a rainy day, but we shall see.

ES

11.5 hours to go!

Good evening. We are 11.5 hours away from the beginning of the ESKS New England Extravaganza Roadtrip 2K9!! Today we picked up the temporary OKRoad-mobile for the trip: a 2010 Ford Fusion with just 640 miles on it when we picked it up. We'll double the miles on it just during the day tomorrow!! :D

We are leaving at about 6:30 in the morning and will hopefully make it to Indianapolis at 7:30-8 pm. The route for tomorrow is pretty straightforward, taking I-44 East to I-70 East to Indy. As long as the high speed Internet works at each hotel we stop at, pictures will be uploaded to Flickr each night of that day's travels.

We have been anxiously awaiting this trip for weeks now and can't believe it's almost here!!

ES

New England Trip Route Update

As promised, here are some of the changes we are making to the New England trip route:

Friday & Saturday are staying the same at this point

Sunday, July 12:
After the Webster Lake visit, we are going to take a bit of a detour to see some of Rhode Island a day earlier than planned:
I-395 South to U.S. 44
U.S. 44 East to I-295
I-295 South to I-95
I-95 South to RI 4
RI 4 South to the first exit
RI 4 North to I-95
I-95 North to I-295
I-295 North to RI 146
RI/MA 146 North to Worcester

Monday, July 13:
We have deleted the Boston section of the trip from this day, and have decided to go to Provincetown instead. We will do Boston on Wednesday instead of Monday:
MA/RI 146 South
I-295 North
I-95 South
I-195 East
MA/RI 24 South
RI 138 West
U.S. 1 South
RI 78 North
I-95 North
I-93 North
MA 3 South
U.S. 6 East to Provincetown
U.S. 6 West to MA 25
MA 25 West to I-495
I-495 North to I-290
I-290 West to Worcester

Tuesday, July 14 is staying basically the same, with sidetrips planned to clinch I-293 & I-393 (so on Wednesday, when we drive I-95 to Bangor, we will clinch New Hampshire's interstate mileage)

Wednesday, July 15:
I-290 West to I-90
I-90 East to MA 1A
I-90 West to Fenway Park/whatever else we do in Boston
I-93 North to I-95
I-95 North to I-295
I-295 North to I-95
I-95 North to Bangor
There will also be sidetrips to clinch I-195 ME & I-395 ME on this day.

ES

New England Trip Route Plan Part 2

Just 2 days remain until the beginning of the ESKS New England Extravaganza Roadtrip 2K9! This blog will cover what is currently planned for the second half of the roadtrip (July 16-22). Of course, this is subject to change during the trip.

Thursday, July 16:
Sidetrip through northern Maine
I-95 North to U.S. 2
U.S. 2 West to U.S. 1
U.S. 1 North to ME 11
ME 11 South to I-95
I-95 South to Bangor

Friday, July 17:
Sidetrip to Acadia National Park & Bar Harbor
Route TBD

Saturday, July 18:
I-95 South to I-495
I-495 South to I-90
I-90 West to I-84
I-84 West to I-81
I-81 South to wherever we end up

Sunday, July 19:
I-81 South to I-40
I-40 West to wherever we end up

Monday, July 20:
I-40 West to wherever we end up

Tuesday, July 21:
I-40 West to I-44 East
I-44 East to OK 3
(or relax if we get back Monday)

As you can see, there are still many question marks on the last half of the trip. If time permits, we may make a deviation from this route to see more highways, but I don't want to announce anything until it happens. :D

A couple of days in Part One have changed since I blogged that route: I will cover that in the next blog later today...

ES

Updates + New England trip route

I have just finished writing captions from the June 21, 2009, trip in the OKC & Norman areas. Pictures are included on the following pages:

Interstate 35 South - Oklahoma

H.E. Bailey Turnpike Spur West

Kilpatrick Turnpike East

U.S. 77 North - Oklahoma

U.S. 77 South - Oklahoma

OK 4 North

OK 9 West

In other news, the ESKS New England Extravaganza Roadtrip 2K9 will begin in 9 days (almost 8 now). Here is the route that we are planning to take during the first half of the trip (July 10-15); the route for the rest of the trip will be announced later this week.

Friday, July 10:

Kilpatrick Turnpike East to Interstate 44

Interstate 44 East to Interstate 70

Interstate 70 East to Terre Haute or Indianapolis

Saturday, July 11:

Interstate 70 East to Interstate 670

Interstate 670 East to Interstate 71

Interstate 71 North to Interstate 271

Interstate 271 North to Interstate 77

Interstate 77 North to Interstate 90

Interstate 90 East to Buffalo or Rochester, with a sidetrip to Niagara Falls via Interstate 290, Interstate 190, and U.S. 62

Sunday, July 12:

Interstate 90 East to Worcester, MA, with sidetrips to the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA, and Webster Lake (also known as Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg)

Monday, July 13:

Sidetrip to Providence, RI & Boston

MA/RI 146 South

I-95 South

I-195 East

MA/RI 24 South

RI 138 West

U.S. 1 South

RI 78 North

I-95 North

I-93 North

I-90 West

We may go to Plymouth if time permits

Tuesday, July 14:

Sidetrip to New Hampshire & Vermont

I-290 East

I-495 North

I-93 North

I-91 North

U.S. 2 West

I-89 South

I-93 South

I-293 South

U.S. 3 South

I-495 South

MA 2 West

I-190 South

Wednesday, July 15:

Interstate 90 East to Interstate 495

Interstate 495 North to Interstate 95

Interstate 95 North to Bangor

Of course, these routes are subject to change as the trip goes along, but this gives an idea of the highways we will be covering on the trip.

ES