Intinerary!

We are ready to go . . . finally!!!!!!  We've packed the camper very full and kids are sleeping in there tonight ready to drive away in the morning.  We've got our US History books, ready to learn an incredible amount of history.

Here is where we are going:

ADVENTURES ACROSS  AMERICA:

Day 1:   Sunday, March 18^th: 

*Santa Rosa to Phoenix, AZ  

Day 2:  Monday, March 19^th:   

*Drive to San Antonio 

Day 3:  Tuesday, March 20^th:  San Antonio

*River walk River cruise & Alamo

Day 4:  Wed. March 21^st :  

*Drive to Baton Rouge  

Day 5:  Thursday, March 22^nd : 

*Baton Rouge Plantation – LSU Rural Life Museum         

 *drive to New Orleans 

*in  afternoon ride Swampboat  

Day 6:  Friday, March 23^rd : 

*New Orleans Steamboat cruise 

* Jean Lafitte National Historical Park 

Day 7:  Sat., March 24^th :

*Drive to Orlandon, FL

* stop in Biloxi (see Gulf of Mexico & Hurricane destruction)

*stop in Mobile, AL (just to say we were in Alabama)

Day 8:  Sun., March 25^th : 

*Disney Park Day

Day 9:   Mon., March 26^th : 

*Blizzard Beach 9-7 or Sea World Aquatica

* Downtown Disney

Day 10:  Tues., March 27^th :

*Drive toTitusville 

* Kennedy Space Center

Day 11:  Wed., March 28^th :

*Leave to St. Augustine (visit monument)

* drive  to Jekyll Island (afternoon at Georgia Sea Turtle Center  2-5pm) . .

*drive to Hilton Head

Day 12:  Thurs., March 29^th :

*Day on the beach at Hilton Head

Day 13:  Fri., March 30^th : 

*Savannah, Georgia district & coastal Heritage Society

* drive to Mount Pleasant/Charleston, SC 

Day 14:  Sat., March 31^st: 

*ride bikes to Charleston and take walking tour

*boat ride to Fort Sumter

Day 15:  Sun., April 1^st: 

*take KOA free hayride of plantation

Mount Pleasant Campus SEACOAST CHURCh

*drive to Williamston, NC 

Day 16:  Mon., April 2^nd: 

*Visit Roanoke Island

          1. Fort Raleigh Visitor Center (free) 

2. Roanoke Festival Park ($8) 

3. Kitty Hawk & Wright Brothers National Memorial/Museum  ($4) 

* drive to Williamsburg

Day 17:  Tues., April 3^rd:  Dave fly’s into Richmond!

*Jamestown & Yorktown

Day 18:  Wed., April 4^th: 

*Williamsburg day

Day 19:  Thurs., April 5^th: 

*Monticello & Ash-Lawn Highland, Charlottesville

Day 20:  Fri., April 6^th:   

*Fredericksburg:  George Washington’s Ferry house . . .

*drive to Washington DC 

Day 21:  Sat., April 7^th  PAM'S BIRTHDAY: * Day at Mount Vernon   

Day 22:  Sun., April 8^th:  EASTER . . .

*church . - WASHTINGTON DC  INTERMATIONAL CHRISTIAN  CHURCH:

Day 23:  Mon., April 9^th:  Brit’s Bday

*Easter Egg hunt at the White House????

WASHINGTON DC

Day 24:  Tues., April 10^th: 

Day 25:  Wed., April 11^th: 

Day 26:  Thurs., April 12^th:

Day 27:  Fri., April 13^t*******Day 28: Sat. April 14^th:

Annapolis, MD  (40 min) Janae giving us a tour…

*drive to Harpers Ferry/DC K

Day 29:  Sun., April 15^th: BRANDON FLIES INTO HARRISBURG, PA

* Cannon firing ceremony @KOA . . .

* Harpers Ferry National Park :   

*Antietam National Battlefield

* drive to Gettysburg/Battlefield 

Day 30:  Mon., April 16^th: 

*Gettysburg National Park 

Day 31:  Tues., April 17^th: 

*Hershey town 

*drive to Philadelphia/West Chester  

Day 32:  Wed.., April 18^th:  Tim flies into Newark, NJ 7:25 p.m. 

*Tour Philadelphia – Independent national Historical Park

Day 33:  Thurs., April 19^th:

* Lancaster/Amish Country  (56 min from campground)

* Valley Forge National Park  

*drive to Shelley’s cousin’s house Califon NJ

Day 34:  Fri., April 20^th: 

*Carlo’s Bakery Hoboken NJ

Day 35:  Sat., April 21^st:

*New York:

     1.     Statue of Liberty,

2.    Ellis Island,

3.    NBC,

4.     Central Park,

5.    Shopping,

6.    Central Station,

7.    Time Square,

8.    Broadway show,

9.    Ground zero

10. Empire State Building

11.  American Girl Store

Day 36:  Sun., April 22^nd :

*New York

Day 37:  Mon., April 23^rd :

*Church new York

Day 38:  Tues., April 24^th :

* New York

Day 39:  Wed., April 25^th: 

*Leave NJ . . . drive to National Purple Heart Hall of Honor in New Windsor, NY

*Gillette Castle in Lockport CT

* drive to Rhode Island, Newport – tour “The Breakers” house (Vanderbilt house) 

Day 40:  Thurs., April 26^th:

*Get up early & drive to Boston/Cape Cod  

*Drive to Lexington & Concord Nat. Park  - Minute Man Visitor Center

Day 41:  Fri., April 27^th: BROOKES BIRTHDAY:

*Plymouth & Mayflower II/John Alden House(Shelley’s ancestor)

Day 42:  Sat.., April 28^th 

* Boston history walk & Plymouth Rock

Day 43:  Sun.., April 29^th:  

* Stop at America’s Stonehenge on the way in New Hampshire.  

*Drive to Freeport Maine

Day 44:  Mon, April 30^th :

* Drive to Woodstock Vermont – Sugarbushfarm.com – Woodstock VT        

* Quechee/Pine Valley

Day 45:  Tues., May 1^st  :

* Drive to Corning      

Day 46:   Wed., May 2^nd  :

*day at Corning glass blowing        

Day 47:   Thurs., May 3^{rd :} 

*Drive to Niagara Falls  

*night time illumination tour 

Day 48:  Fri. May 4^th : Dave, Maddie, & Brandon fly out 12:28 p.m.…Buffalo International Airport

*Falls “Maiden of the Mist” boat tour

Day 49:  Sat.  May 5^th  :

* Lockport Erie Canal Cruise 

* Drive to Cleveland, OH

Day 50:  Sun., May 6^th : Maddie flies back 6:20 p.m. Cincinnati 

*drive to Cincinnati

*Underground railroad museum

Day 51:    Mon., May 7^th:   

*Creation Museum in Petersburg ,Kentucky .

* drive to Louisville 

Day 52:   Tues., May 8^th :

*Kentucky Derby Museum school tour 

*Louisville slugger Museum

*drive to Nashville 

Day 53:    Wed., May 9^th : 

*Tour Nashville – Grond Ole Opry show

Day 54:   Thurs., May 10^th 

*drive to Mammoth Caves National Park, KY-  caves in afternoon  

Day 55:   Fri., May 11^{th Amy's Birthday :)}:

* drive to St. Louis, MS

* ride bikes to downtown Gateway Arch

Day 57:   Sat.., May 12^th

*:Museum of Westward Expansion/Missouri History Museum

* visit where Mississippi meets the Missouri Rivers

Day 58:   Sun., May 13^th :

*drive to Springfield, IL 

*visit Lincoln’s home/law offices/state capital/living history

Day 59:   Mon., May 14^th :

*drive to Shelley’s sisters – Whitewater, KS

Day 60:   Tues., May 15^th :

* day at Kara’s – fly in Mark;s plane

Day 61:   Wed., May 16^th :

* side trip to Independence KS (Little House on the Prairie)

Day 62:  Thurs., May 17^th :

* Drive to Dodge City  cowboy town . . . 

*drive to North Platte, NE 

Day 63: Fri., May 18^th : 

*drive to North Dakota Mount Rushmore 

*stop at Chimney rock, NE

Day 64:  Sat.., May 19^th: 

*visit Mt Rushmore 

*Crazy Horse Memorial

Day 65: Sun., May 20th :

*leave early drive to Gillette, WY (free rock pile museum/coal mining) . . .

*south to Douglas 

*visit WY Pioneer Memorial Museum  free

Day 66:  Mon., May 21^st  : 

*drive to Fort Laramie This “grand old post,” established as a private fur trading fort in 1834, witnessed the entire sweeping saga of America’s western

*Drive to Colorado Springs (Barbs house)

Day 67:  Tues., May 22^nd  : 

*visit Focus on the Family (1hr. 30 mins) 

Day 68:  Wed. May 23^rd :

*US Olympic complex,

Day 69:  Thurs., May 24^th: 

* Vail??

Day 70:  Fri., May 25^th:

 *Drive to Mesa Verde National Park . . .

* see town of Durango

Day 71:  Sun., May 26^th:

*Visit 4 Corners . . .

* Mesa Verde Park . . . Mesa Verde National Park

*drive to Arches National Park 

Day 72:  Tues., May 27^th :

*Ride bikes to Arches National Park

Day 73: Mon. May 28^th :

*drive to Salt Lake, UT . . . .Promontory Point Railroad spike!

Day 74:  Tues. May 29 :

*drive to Tahoe

Day 75:  Wed, May 30^th:

*Day at Tahoe

Day 76:  Thurs. May 31^st….. Home - we made it!!!  Praise God!

REST!!!!!!!!!!