The Ultimate Road Trip

[Old Henry]

Now here's a bucket list for you: all 48 states to 50 national landmarks all planned out for you in one trip. The ultimate driver's dream: http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/eco-tou...e-us-road-trip



Below is a list of the destinations you'll see if you follow this ultimate road trip route:

1. Grand Canyon, Arizona
2. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
3. Craters of the Moon, Idaho
4. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
5. Pikes Peak, Colorado
6. Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico
7. The Alamo, Texas
8. The Platt Historic District, Oklahoma
9. Toltec Mounds, Arkansas
10. Elvis Presley’s Graceland, Tennessee
11. Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi
12. French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana
13. USS Alabama, Alabama
14. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
15. Okefenokee Swamp Park, Georgia
16. Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina
17. Lost World Caverns, West Virginia
18. Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center, North Carolina
19. Mount Vernon, Virginia
20. White House, Washington, D.C.
21. Colonial Annapolis Historic District, Maryland
22. New Castle Historic District, Delaware
23. Cape May Historic District, New Jersey
24. Liberty Bell, Pennsylvania
25. Statue of Liberty, New York
26. The Mark Twain House & Museum, Connecticut
27. The Breakers, Rhode Island
28. USS Constitution, Massachusetts
29. Acadia National Park, Maine
30. Mount Washington Hotel, New Hampshire
31. Shelburne Farms, Vermont
32. Fox Theater, Detroit, Michigan
33. Spring Grove Cemetery, Ohio
34. Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
35. West Baden Springs Hotel, Indiana
36. Abraham Lincoln’s Home, Illinois
37. Gateway Arch, Missouri
38. C. W. Parker Carousel Museum, Kansas
39. Terrace Hill Governor’s Mansion, Iowa
40. Taliesin, Wisconsin
41. Fort Snelling, Minnesota
42. Ashfall Fossil Bed, Nebraska
43. Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
44. Fort Union Trading Post, North Dakota
45. Glacier National Park, Montana
46. Hanford Site, Washington state
47. Columbia River Highway, Oregon
48. San Francisco Cable Cars, California
49. San Andreas Fault, California
50. Hoover Dam, Nevada

I have actually done this trip and been all of those places in bits and pieces. Not in Old Henry though. That'll be another day.

[JonC]

I have been to alot of them not in a flathead but my motorcycle, wonder how long it would take to follow the route from start to finish two months?

[cmbrucew]

Very interesting Professor.
I don't think I would be up to that much traveling.
Bruce

[V8COOPMAN]

Dave Schaub did a similar trip to all 49 states a few years back in his '32 Ford roadster, for charity. He covered 9,800 miles in 216 hours......no co-pilot, either. DD

[Barry-ct]

Looks like a wonderful trip! I have at least one place, Mark Twain House under my belt. It's about 5 miles from my house. Beautiful old Victorian house, too bad it's in an area that is a little run down now. But still worth a visit.

[Admiral]

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When can we expect a travel log of this cross-country trip? :-)

[Old Henry]

Originally Posted by JonC

I have been to alot of them not in a flathead but my motorcycle, wonder how long it would take to follow the route from start to finish two months?

The route is 13,699 miles long and would take 9.33 days of non-stop driving. The route planner, however, estimated 2-3 months to take it leisurely. Interesting article about how the trip was planned with an algorithm here: http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/eco-tou...e-us-road-trip

[JonC]

Sounds like a great way to spend a summer

[RCS41PU]

The good/bad part about a trip like that is that each place I would get to, I would see something else that would interest me and I'd want to explore it too. So put me down for maybe 8 months.

[Eckler's]

Originally Posted by RCS41PU

The good/bad part about a trip like that is that each place I would get to, I would see something else that would interest me and I'd want to explore it too. So put me down for maybe 8 months.

I'd do the same thing. So much to see.

[36coupe]

I think mapping out the best roads to travel between the stops would be interesting.
A couple I can think of hwy #1 California and hwy #1 Maine.

[bobH]

Originally Posted by V8COOPMAN

Dave Schaub did a similar trip to all 49 states a few years back in his '32 Ford roadster, for charity. He covered 9,800 miles in 216 hours......no co-pilot, either. DD

I think Dave loosely based his charity ride on the Iron Butt Association (motorcycle) ride. If you look up the IBA website, you can read about several of their rides. Get a certificate for 49 states in 10 days. How would you like to try for Coast-to-Coast, on 50cc?
(Brizio-built roadster, by the way)

[Elmo Rodge]

I couldn't help but notice they didn't include the Rodge Mahal Between Bryce Canyon and Craters of the Moon. Musta been an oversight. Wayno

[Johnnydidd]

Is it just Pete and you going? wow

[Old Henry]

Originally Posted by Johnnydidd

Is it just Pete and you going? wow

No. We're not going. I've already been there and done that. . . with 10 kids in our 15 passenger van with camping trailer behind. Not all in one trip, but been to all states on the road.

[Ken Arms]

Wow! What a bucket list, wile in Louisiana why not scoot over to Bonnie and Clyde's marker.