I decided to beat myself up on Tuesday. I went for a skating lesson when I got out of my truck and fell on my back on the step to get into my truck. That didn't feel good. I also decided to slice and dice my finger when I was chopping a zucchini which didn't feel too good either.
I get my prescription on Friday, so I went and measured my pupillary distance. It is kind of a pain. As soon as I get the exam though, I am ready to order new glasses.
I am close to completing the itinerary for my trip in March. Which is good, since I have already found a lot of places full when I started to poke around at making reservations last night, so I need to get on that sooner rather than later. Here is where the itinerary stands.
To KY 3/11-3/12. Build box for generator and prep camper (de-winterize).
Leave for TX 3/19 AM for Palo Duro Canyon. Google says 16:10, @55 ave = 20:21
Arrive afternoon 3/20. Fill camper water tanks.
Stay at Hackberry RV Park night of 3/20, 3/21
Leave for Fort Davis/Davis Mountains 3/22. Google says 6:09, no interstate
Arrive afternoon of 3/22
Stay at Limpia Creek RV Park night of 3/22
Day of 3/23 - Visit views and sites.
Leave for Carlsbad caverns 3/23 afternoon. Google says 2:48
Stay at Parks Ranch Campground night of 3/23, 3/24
Visit Carlsbad cavern and white sands 3/24
Leave for Petrified forest 3/25 AM. Google says 7:53, about half interstate, so likely 10 hours
Stay at Rainbow Ranch night of 3/25, 3/26
* 3-26 - Painted Desert and Petrified forest
Leave for Prescott National Forest area 3/27 morning.
Stay at xx 3/27, 3/28. Time is around 3 hours. Update when location picked.
* 3-27 - Tip Top Ghost town, Arcosanti
* 3-28 - Montezuma Castle, Lake pleasant park? Have time for another thing.
Leave for Grand Canyon 3/29. Google says 2:18, little interstate.
Stay at Mather Campground night of 3/29 - 4/2
* 3-29 - Western Canyon - Grand Canyon Skywalk, Eagle Point, Guano Point, quartermaster point,
* 3-30 - South Rim - Desert View drive, other hikes
* 3-31 - North Rim -
* 4-1 - North of north rim - Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Lone Tree Access Point, Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument
* 4-2 - Rail tour
Leave for KY 4/3 AM. Drive back through Monument valley (only adds ~1 hour driving time). Google says 28 hours, ~33 hours @55 ave.
May have to work from camper 4/4 and possibly 4/5 on the road since it is a seriously long return trip.
Or here is another way to look at it as a day by day breakdown.
3/11 - Take off to Albany. Deliver Aunt's late Christmas present.
3/12 - Drive to KY.
3/13 - In KY.
3/14 - Remote work in KY. Build generator box.
3/15 - Remote work in KY. Build generator box.
3/16 - Remote work in KY. Build generator box.
3/17 - Remote work in KY. Build generator box.
3/18 - Remote work in KY. De-winterize camper. Prep truck.
3/19 - On the Road to Palo Duro Canyon, Texas. Sleep on the road.
3/20 - Arrive at Palo Duro Canyon, Texas. Fill camper tanks. Stay at Hackberry RV park.
3/21 - Explore Palo Duro Canyon. Stay at Hackberry RV park.
3/22 - Leave AM for Fort Davis TX. Arrive early afternoon. Stay at Limpia Creek RV park.
3/23 - Explore Fort Davis. Leave PM for Carslbad caverns. Arrive in evening. Stay at Parks Ranch Campground.
3/24 - Visit Carlsbad caverns and White Sands National Park. Stay at Parks Ranch Campground.
3/25 - Leave AM for Petrified forest/painted desert. Arrive late afternoon. Stay at Rainbow Ranch.
3/26 - Explore petrified forest and painted desert. Stay at Rainbow ranch.
3/27 - Leave AM (could be pushed back if I want to see more) for Prescott National Forest. Arrive late morning. Visit Tip Top Ghost town and Arcosanti. Stay at ???
3/28 - Visit Montezuma Castle. Relax at Lake pleasant park? Stay at ???
3/29 - Leave for Grand Canyon AM. Arrive mid morning. Visit Western Canyon. Stay at Mather Campground in park. See Grand Canyon Skywalk, Eagle Point, Guano Point, quartermaster point
3/30 - Visit South Rim. Stay at Mather Campground in park. See Desert view drive, and ???
3/31 - Visit North Rim. Stay at Mather Campground in park. See ???
4/01 - Visit places north of the Grand Canyon. Stay at Mather Campground in park. See Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Lone Tree Access Point, Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument.
4/02 - Take the Steam locomotive tour of the Grand Canyon. Stay at Mather Campground in park.
4/03 - Leave AM for KY. Drive through Monument Valley.
4/04 - Remote work from the road. Return to KY. Possible late arrival, but unlikely.
4/05 - Remote work from the road. Return to KY.
4/06 - Remote work in KY. Clean out camper.
4/07 - Remote work in KY. Clean out camper.
4/08 - Remote work in KY. Leave PM for NH
4/09 - Arrive in NH mid-afternoon.
4/10 - Sort pictures from home. Will upload while at work week of 4/11.
That seems like a super long itinerary I hope you get a LOT of good pictures.
ReplyDeleteI am honestly worried that it is too dense. the only relaxing day is the last one. I am debating removing one of the texas stops. it was really nice to have a day with only one or two things in it when I was in SD, and that trip was only a week. I don't really want to Japanese Tourist the trip. The problem is that if I remove something from Texas, I won't likely make another trip through Texas in the foreseeable future. The fall trip is planned to be Utah, and next year I only get one big trip, which will likely be the pacific coast.
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