Sunday, June 12, 2011

Road Trip Activities, Give or a Take a Few.

In order of visitation. In most cases there is a new line for a new day.

PA
Scranton: Steamtown National Historic Site (trolley museum, down the road is a neat coal mine tour)

Philly: Murder trial in the CJS. Federal Attorneys office with a view of Independence Hall.
Beautiful Kelly Drive. Comcast Building with the coolest public entertainment wall. Reading Terminal, Lorenzo’s lunch, Johns Water Ice, 9th street Italian market, South Street, LOVE park, Ritten House Square, Main Street Manayuak Shabbat dinner, and of course chocolate cake.

Valley Forge, Hopewell Furnace Site, Lancaster, Bird-In-Hand Bakery, Emert’s House, Shady Maple Smorgasbord

Amish House and Farm, Hershey, Gettysburg

Pittsburg, Falling Waters, New Philadelphia show and CS


Ohio
New Philadelphia

Cleveland for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Chillicothe for the Hopewell Mound Site, Sam

Cincinnati: Findlay Market, Union Terminal, University of Cincinnati, International Friendship Park, Graters Ice-Cream, Freedom Center,


Indiana
Indianapolis – NCAA Hall of Champions, Indianapolis Speedway, Indiana National Sand Dune and Shoreline Park. Then to Cassie’s


Illinois
Fox Lake, Famous Freddy’s

Outdoor theater

Galina


Iowa
Dubuque: National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium. Dyersville: Field of Dreams, Winterset: John Wayne, Bridges of Madison County

Nebraska
Omaha: Old Market

Grand Island: E.L.Ray State Park, Stuhr Museum of the Prairie, Hastings Iowa: Kool Aide. The Great Platte River Road Archway in Kearney over I-80, Pony Express Museum, Carhenge.

Scottsbluff National Monument, Lake Minatare State Recreation Area and Lighthouse


South Dakota
Small waterfall, wild horse park, Hot Springs, Wind Cave National Park, Wind Cave itself.

Route 16/Needles Highway, Mt. Rushmore, Keystone, Black Hills State Park, Deadwood, Route 14a canyon, Spearfish, drive to Devils Tower

Wyoming
Devils Tower, Medicine Circle, Crazy grade road, canyon/ wild horse national park, Cody.

Cody: Buffalo Bill Historical Center, U.S History in miniatures, Old West Town, Buffalo Bill Dam

Yellowstone and Mt. Washburn, Teton

Tetons: Jenny Lake. Jackson Hole, night drive to Blackfoot Idaho

Idaho
Potato Museum, Atomic City, First Atomic Power Plant, random submarine, Craters of the Moon tour, caves, and ranger talk.

Passed a Oregon Trail Museum and Worlds Largest Fossil Bed Site didn’t stop

Wyoming
Kemmerer: First JC Penny

Utah
An Acacia, Capitol Reef National Park

Arches National Park, drive through Moab

Colorado
Random dirt road, Aspen art fair, *Vail farmers market, Englewood

Red Rock State Park and amphitheater, Denver Botanical Gardens, downtown

Garden of the Gods, Manitou Springs Cliff Dwellings, The Broadmore Hotel.

Kansas
Geographic Center of the continental U.S, Biggest Ball of Twine, Salt Mine in Hutchinson, skipped Wichita

Oklahoma
Oklahoma City: Cowboy Hall of Fame and Museum, Brownstone area, Banjo Museum, Oklahoma City Memorial, Fort Gibson and Lehman’s

The fort, flee market, cool antique place, Cherokee Nation Museum, drive to Arkansas

Arkansas
Crater of Diamonds State Park, Town of Hot Springs.

Little Rock: High School home of the Nine, Heiffer Project Headquarters, Clinton Library, River Market District, drive to Memphis

Tennessee
Memphis with Coop: Pig on Beale Street, movies, Wal-Mart in the rain.

Dyers Restaurant, Graceland, Peabody Hotel, bars

First 3-D movie, Peabody dinner

Trolley Ride, Loraine Hotel (where MLK got shot), Beale St.

Missouri
St. Louis: Emily and family, Tower Grove Farmers Market, Gin Tony on The Hill, Girls, KB breakfast, downtown St. Charles and brewery, Fulton and people, Cardinals Game.


Illinois
Red Bud! The Coopers, Chester IL for Popeye tour, Metropolis for Superman

Indiana
Stay in Jasper

Boyhood Home of Lincoln, Santa Claus museum and shops, Candy Castle, Marengo Caves, Corydon (the state’s first capital), Overlook Restaurant, drive to Molly

Kentucky
La Grange, Beef O’Badys, Molly’s Farm, Smith-Berry Winery, Cedar Lakes home opening ceremony, drive to Micki’s on Old Frankfurt Pike.

Versailles, Lexington: Horse parade, Woodford Reserve Bourbon Distillery, Meteor shower

Wallace Station, The Glitz, Midway, Ashland Park and the Henry Clay Estates

My Old Kentucky Home, Bourbon Trail (Haven Hill, Makers Mark, Four Roses, Wild Turkey), lunch at Heavens to Betsy in Lawrenceburg.

Jim Beam, Louisville, Natalie, Bardstown Dr, Cefiore.

Bowling Green: Corvette Museum and Assembly Line

Tennessee
Nashville with Tes and Jill, Café Coco for dinner

Vanderbilt University, Country Music Hall of Fame, First Center for the Visual Arts (Chihuly’s glass pieces, Tokihiro Sato’s unique light ball photos, and Couture through the ages), Mamcita, 3rd and Lindsley.

Knoxville, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, Smoky Mountains.

North Carolina
Ashville: The Biltmore.

Blue Ridge Parkway.

Virginia
Cave Mountain Lake in the Jefferson National Forest, Natural Bridge, Wax Museum, Lexington: waffle house, Stonewall Jacksons House, Virginia Military Academy, Washington and Lee, Victorian Homes, Antebellum Homes, Richmond.

Shirley Plantation on Route 5, Norfolk, Newport News, Johns.

Norfolk airport, botanical garden, Chesapeake Bridge Tunnel, Assateague Island National Seashore, night drive to MD.

Maryland
Town of St. Michaels, Easton for the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Annapolis, Baltimore, Emily Ham


New Jersey

Atlantic City and Air Show, Historic Towne of Smithville, Historic Whitesbog Village, Northlandz, home.

Rhode Island
Newport, P’s Polo Game, restaurants

CT
Woodstock, Roseland Cottage, Harriet Beacher Stowe… Trash Musuem, another house, Mortons

Massachusetts
Massachusetts Maritime Academy, cape Cod Potato Chip Company, Woods Hole, NOAA aquarium, Nobska Lighthouse, Buzzards Bay.

Martha’s Vineyard

West Virginia
White Sulphur Springs for Greenbrier Resort, Beckley for the Coal Mine Exhibition, Riverman Class IV Campus.

Upper and Middle Gauley

New Hampshire
Hampton Beach State Park, 1A to Portsmouth, Lee, Lisa, Portsmouth: shops and Ri Ra.

Maine
Kittery: Fort McClary State Park, South Berwick: The Hamilton House, Old Orchard Beach, Portland.

Portland: Old Port, Falmouth, DeLorme Globe and maps, Freeport, Americas Quaintest town: Wiscassett: Castle Tucker, Nickwells-Sortwell, Augusta.

Monhegan Island, Boothbay Harbor, Pemaquad Point Lighthouse, Damriscotta, Rockland.

MT. Batte in Camden Hills State Park, Acadia, Bar Harbour.

Bar Harbor Lighthouse, Seal Cove.

New Hampshire
State Park waterfall, cave, drive to Balsams Resort, drive to Mount Washington.

Mount Washington Auto Road, White Mountain Forest, Glen Boulder Hike, Glen Falls, APT Center in Pinkham Notch, Small town of Lincoln.

Vermont
Shelburne Farms and Vanderbilt/Webb Estate, Shelburne Museum, Magic Hat Brewery, Burlington drive through.

Crowne Point Ferry

New York
Town of Jay, Cristina and Erik

White Face Mountain for snow, Lake Placid, Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks in Tupper Lake.

Route 9 to Albany.

Thacher State Park, Cooperstown: Baseball Hall of Fame, Mt. Tremper in the Catskills for the World’s Largest Kaleidoscope, New Paltz: Huguenot Street Stone Houses.

Hyde Park: Vanderbilt House and CIA, Rhinebeck

The Plaza, Rockettes, Bryant Park


Massachusetts
Waltham, Boston.

Illinois
Chicago

Kentucky
Mammoth Cave Wild Tour, Lexington, Old Frankfort Parkway, Frankfurt Historical District and Diary of Anne Frank Play, Dollar Movies, and Airport Luck.

Florida
Coral Castle, BBQ place, Key West, Hemmingway House.

U.S Southern Tip, Coral Gables: Fairchild Tropical Gardens, Houston’s, Ocean Drive and South Beach.

JR’s Deli, A1A to Ft. Lauderdale, Morikami, Plantation.

Beach, Downtown Delray, The Breakers, City Place, Margi’s.

NY
Chanukah Party

MD
Baltimore

DC
Alicia, Outdoor Market, International Spy Museum, U.S Postal Museum, China Town, Hillary, National Christmas Tree, Silver Spring for 127 Hours.

Columbia Heights, Sculptures, David Marshmallow, Smithsonian Natural History and American history Musuems, Peace Corps dinner


NY
Visit Tes, Christmas Lights of Dyker Heights, Jenny


South Carolina
Myrtle Beach


Delaware
New Castle drive through


DC
Bottom Line Bar with Alicia


North Carolina
Cary and Jarmons


Georgia
Babyland Cabbage Patch Hospital in Cleveland, Helen

Drive through Gainesville, walk around Athens, Kayla in Georgia

MLK Freedom Center, MLK NP Visitor Center, MLK birthplace and home, Piedmont Park, Little Five points, Lake Clear, Virginia Highlands, Atkins Park

World of Coke, Underground, Varsity’s, Variety Theater

DeKalb Framers Market

Gallo Pinto


Alabama
Drive past Little Canyon National Preserve and Alabama fan club, Lost Luggage, and Ivy Green

Birmingham, Talladega, Katrina’s, Girls Night out

MOOSeum, Confederates First White House, Civil Rights Memorial and Center, Meat and Three at Martins, Rosa Parks Museum, Hank Williams, Alabama Capital, yummy food.

Tuskegee University, Carver Museum, Tuskegee Airmen, Auburn, than drive to FL


Florida
Panama City, Gulf Coast

Gulf Coast National Seashore, Fort Pickens, Pensacola, Pensacola Beach


Louisiana
New Orleans for six days. La Madeleine French Bakery and Café, St. Charles Ave Street car, Daiquiris, Muses, Rock and Bowl, Oak on Oak, Pascal Manneli’s, Cooter Browns, Philips on Maple Street, French Quarter, Café du Monde, Bourbon Street, Cat’s Meow, Maison’s, Mezzanine Street, Proteus, Orpheus, Frenchman Street, Zulu, Rex, Camellia Grill, movies.

Schriever for swamp tour

Laura Plantation, Baton Rouge, Eunice, Cajun Music Hall of Fame

Eunice, Savoy Music Hall, Fred’s Lounge, Emily’s farm house in Ville Platt

Ville Platt, Natchitoches


Texas
Dallas, Sixth Floor Museum, Waco

Waco, Planned Parent Hood, Texas Ranger Museum, Library

Austin for South by Southwest for a week

Fredericksburg, Bandera, San Antonio

Alamo, closed Fort Davis, Marfa

Marfa work

Prada in Texas, Guadalupe National Park, drive into NM


New Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns, Cloudcroft, Alamogordo, White Sands National Monument

Billy the Kid Visitor Center, Roswell for UFO Museum, Lincoln, to Anna’s in Albuquerque

Albuquerque, Farm, Frontier to eat, campus

Santa Fe, High road to Taos, Taos

Taos Pueblo, Earthships, Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, Chaco Canyon

Chaco Canyon, unpaved road to AZ


Arizona
Window Rock

Navajo(Dine)Museum, Hubbell Trading Post, Canyon de Chelly, drive through Hopi Reservation, drive through Flagstaff, drive up to Jerome.

Jerome, Prescott, cow truck accident, drive to Nana and Pops


California
Palm Desert

LA: Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, The Parlor on Melrose, Joey’s Café, Office Party, Hollywood Farmers Market, Saddle Ranch drive to Redondo. Bette’s, Brentwood, Beverly Hills

Redondo Beach

Huntington Beach

Orange, Anaheim Hills

LA

Santa Maria

PCH, San Simeon for Hearst Castle, Monterey, Pacifica, Sonoma

Sonoma

San Francisco

Drive to James’s

Mckinleyville / Arcata


Oregon
Coast, Oregon Dunes National Area, Cape Blanco, Sea Lion Caves in Florence/Heceta Lighthouse, Leif’s

Portland, Bridge of Gods, Multnomah Falls, Hood River, Cristina’s, Portland

Portland, Powell’s Books, Voodoo Donuts, Cannon Beach, Lewis and Clark Fort Clatsop, Astoria


Washington
Long Beach Peninsula, Mount Saint Helens, Seattle

Seattle, EMP / Sci-Fi, Olympic Sculpture Park, Market, Library, Pioneer Square, Underground tour, Freemont for Cuban sandwich

Seattle for Passport, Edmonds for Ferry, Olympic National Park, Sol Duc falls, Sol Duc hot springs

Victoria for the day, Port Townsend, Whidbey Island, Deception Pass, Bellingham

Bellingham, Cascade National Park, Winthrop, drive into Idaho still on 20


Idaho
Sandpoint


Montana
Route 2, Glacier National Park, Trading Post, Missoula

Drive to Butte, stop at Grant Kohrs National Ranch, Montana Prison, Butte, World of Mining Museum, Berkeley Pit, Nevada City, Virginia City, Bozeman, Starky’s, Pete’s Hill, Billings

Crow Agency, Battle of Little Bighorn,


Wyoming


South Dakota
Wall Drug and Wall

Badlands, Minuteman Missile, Wounded Knee, Grasslands, Sturgis, Belle Fourche, Center of U.S, drive to North Dakota


North Dakota
Theodore Roosevelt National Park (North Dakota Badlands), drive across state to Fargo


Minnesota
Mall of America in Bloomington, drive to Duluth

Duluth, drive back to mall to meet Liz, Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Northfield

Northfield,


Wisconsin
Madison, Great Dane, Ice Cream, Circus World in Baraboo, Blain’s Farm and Fleet, The Dells, Cheese Curds, Top Secret

Steph’s house, airport diner, Circus World, Coffee Shop, The Capitol, Ian’s, Union, Ice-Cream

Drive to Milwaukee, Harley Davidson Museum, Pabst Mansion, Miller, drive to Cassie


Illinois
The Hills


Michigan
Stop at Welcome center, stop in Holland, Grand Rapids, Gerald Ford Museum, Soldiers in U.S wars, drive to Detroit

Ford in Dearborn. Museum and Village, Motown Museum, stadium area, drive to Buffalo through Canada


New York
Buffalo wings, Anna tour, million dollar mansions, Custard Lite, Orchard Park

Orchard Park, Original Pancake House, Le Roy, Jell-O Museum and

HOME!

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