Around New Mexico in 17 Days

*This trip is planned from Milan, TN*

Day 1:

7am - Leave Milan, TN

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2, 5-5:30

6:15pm-Camp - Elk City/Clinton KOA, OK

Day 2:

9am - Leave Camp

12pm-12:30pm - 30 Minute Pit Stop

2pm-Camp - Clayton Lake State Park, New Mexico

Day 3:

8am - Leave Camp

11:30am-12:30pm - Taos Pueblo

12:45pm-2:30pm - Kit Carson Home and Museum

3:45pm-4:15pm - Camel Rock

4:30pm-5pm - San Miguel Mission

5:30pm-6pm - Shiprock Peak

7pm-Camp - Bandelier National Monument

-Juniper Campground

Day 4:

8am - Leave Camp

8:15-10:30 - Bandelier National Monument

-VC

-JR Program

-Main Loop Trail/Alcove House

12:15pm-2pm - Kasha Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument

3:45pm-5pm - Jemez Historic Site

5:30pm-Camp - Jemez Falls Campground

Day 5:

8am - Leave Camp

11am-1pm - Aztec Ruins National Monument

-VC/Museum -Jr Program

-Aztec West Self-Guided Trail/Ruins

-Hubbard Tri-Wall Site

2:30pm-Camp - Chaco Culture National Historical Park

-Gallo Campground

-VC/Museum/Film -JR Program

-Canyon Loop Drive Tour

     -Uno Vida -Hungo Paui -Chetro Ketl -Pueblo Bonita -Casa Rinconado

Day 6:

8am - Leave Camp

10:15am-11am - Ice Cave Trail

11:15am-1pm - El Malpais National Monument

-VC/Exhibits -JR Program

-Big Tubes Area

1:30pm-Camp - El Morro National Monument

-VC/Museum/Film -JR Program

-Inspiration Trail

-Mesa Top Trail loop/ruins

Day 7:

8am - Leave Camp

10am-1pm - Petroglyph National Monument

-VC -JR Program

-Rinconada Canyon 2.2m RT

-Boca Negra Canyon

-Mesa Point Trail (30minutes)

-Volcanoes Day Use Area

-Scenic Overlook Trail 1m RT

1:15pm-3:30pm - American International Rattlesnake Museum

3:45pm-Camp - Albuquerque KOA

Day 8:

8:45am - Leave Camp

9am-12pm - Indian Pueblo Culture Center

1:45pm-3:30pm - Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument

-VC -JR Program

-Abo -Quarai -Gran Quivira

4:30pm-Camp - Red Canyon Campground

Day 9:

8am - Leave Camp

9:30am-10:30am - Fort Craig National Historical Site

-El Camino Real de Tierra Adento Trail

12:45pm-2pm - Chloride - Ghost Town

5:45pm-Camp - Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

-Lower Scorpian Campground

Day 10:

9am - Leave Camp

9-10:30 - VC/Exhibits -JR Program

Cliff Dwellings Trail 1m RT

Trail Contact Station/Exhibits

11:45am-2:30pm - Pinos Altos - Ghost Town

3:15pm-Camp - City of Rocks State Park

-VC/Exhibits -Interpretive Trails -Observatory -Gardens

Day 11:

8am - Leave Camp

10:30am-12:30pm - White Sands National Monument

-VC/Museum -JR Program

-Dunes Drive -Dunes Life Trail 1m -Interdune Boardwalk

3pm-Camp - Carlsbad KOA

Day 12:

7:30am - Leave Camp

8:15am-11am - Carlsbad Caverns National Park

-VC -JR Program

-Kings Palace Tour (1.5hrs)

-Chihuahuan Desert Nature Trail 0.5m RT

11:30am-2:30pm - Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park

-VC/Exhibits -trails -zoo -gardens

On the way: Alien "Welcome to Roswell" Mural in the desert
Area 51 Museum
Spacewalk at Roswell Space Center

3:45pm-5pm - International UFO Museum

6:45pm-Camp - Oasis State Park

Day 13:

8am-11am - VC -trails -exhibits -swim

1pm-3:30pm - Blue Hole

4pm-6pm - Route 66 Museum

6pm-Camp - Santa Rosa Lake State Park

Day 14:

8am - Leave Camp

930am-11:30pm - Pecos National Historical Park

-VC/Film -JR Program

-Pueblo and Mission Ruins Trail 1.25m

1:30pm-3:30pm - Billy the Kid Museum

-Grave -Fort Sumner Cemetery

5pm-Camp - Las Vegas, New Mexico KOA

Day 15:

8am - Leave Camp

8:30am-11:30am - Fort Union National Monument

-VC -Jr Program

-Self Guided Walking Tour

-Post and Depot Ruins

1:30pm-4pm - Capulin Volcano National Monument

-VC/Exhibits/Film -JR Program

-Lava Flow Trail

-Volcano Road

-Crater Rim Trail

-Crater Vent Trail

5:15pm-Camp - Clayton Lake State Park

Day 16:

7am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

5pm-Camp - Springhill Park, Arkansas

Day 17:

8am - Leave Camp

11am-11:30am - 30 Minute Pit Stop

2:30pm - Milan, TN

Around Oregon in 24 Days

*This trip is planned from Milan, TN*

Day 1:

7am - Leave Milan, TN

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

5pm-Camp - Big Lake State Park, Missouri

Day 2:

7am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

4:30pm-Camp - Curt Gowdy State Park, Wyoming

Day 3:

7am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

5:15pm-Camp - Three Island Crossing State Park, Idaho

Day 4:

9am - Leave Camp

12pm-12:30pm - 30 Minute Pit Stop

2pm-Camp - Clyde Holliday State Recreation Area, Oregon

Day 5:

9am - Leave Camp

10am-Camp - John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

10-12 - Sheep Rock Unit

-Thomas Condon Paleontology Museum

-Historic Cant Ranch

-JR Program

1:30-2:30 - Clarno Unit

-Geological Time Trail 0.5m RT

3:30pm-Camp - Mule Shoe Campground

Day 6:

8am - Leave Camp

9-10 - Painted Hills Unit

-Painted Hills Overlook Trail 0.5m RT

10am-11am - Mitchell - Semi-Ghost Town

1:30pm-2:30pm - Dee Wright Observatory

3:30pm-Camp - Tumalo State Park

Day 7:

8am - Leave Camp

8:30am-9am - Lava Lands Visitor Center

9:05am-10:30am - Lava River Cave

-lava tube 1m (1.5hrs)

11am-12pm - Lava Cast Forest

1pm-2pm - Paulina Falls

2pm-2:30pm - Newberry Caldera

2:30pm-4pm - Big Obsidian Flow

4:20pm-5:30pm - Paulina Peak

5:45pm-Camp - Paulina Lake Campground

Day 8:

9am - Leave Camp

11:30am-Camp - Crater Lake National Park

11:30-12 - Steel Visitor Center

-JR Program

12:10-12:45 - Sun Notch Trail m RT

1:15-2:30 - Pinnacles 1m RT

2:45-Camp - Lost Creek Campground

Day 9:

9am - Leave Camp

9:40-1 Cleetwood Cove 2.2m RT

-snorkel -cliff jump -crater lake

1:30-2:30 - Watchman Peak 1.6m RT

2:45-3:15 - Rim Village VC

3:45-Camp - Lost Creek Campground

Day 10:

9am - Leave Camp

Rogue-Umpqua Scenic Byway

10:45-11:45 - Toketee Falls 0.5m OW

12:30-1 - Colliding Rivers Viewpoint

3:30pm-Camp - Oregon Caves National Monument

-Chateau tour (45minutes)

-Cave Creek or Grayback Campground

Day 11:

9-10:30 - cave tour (90minutes)

10:30-11 - VC

-JR Program

2pm-4pm - Port Orford Heads State Park

-Tower Trail 0.2m

-museum -whale watching

-Headland Trail 0.2m viewpoint

4:15pm-Camp - Camp Blanco State Park

Day 12:

9am - Leave Camp

11am-1pm - Sand Master Park

1:15pm-3:30pm - Sea Lion Caves

4pm-Camp - Cape Perpetua Scenic Area

-vc -whales -trails -Thors Well -Cape Cove Trail

Day 13:

9am - Leave Camp

9:15am-1:30pm - Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint

-lighthouse tour -keepers tour -interpretive center -beach

1:45pm-Camp - Cape Perpetua Scenic Area

Day 14:

9:30am - Leave Camp

10am-1pm - Oregon Coast Aquarium

1:30pm-4:30pm - Devil's Punchbowl State Scenic Area

-beach -whales -punchbowl rock

4:35pm-Camp - Beverly Beach State Park

-whales -beach

Day 15:

9:45am - Leave Camp

10am-12pm - Whale Watching Center

1:30pm-4pm - Garibaldi Public Dock

-crabbing

4pm-Camp - Barview Jetty Park

Day 16:

8am - Leave Camp

9am-1pm - Lewis and Clark National Historic Park

9-10 - Saltworks

10:30-1 Fort Clatsop VC/Exhibits/Film

-Fort Replica

-Netul Landing (Sacagawea Statue)

1:15-Camp - Fort Stevens State Park

-historic sites -shipwreck -beach -military museum -39 stop tour -Clatsop Spit overlook

Day 17:

9am - Leave Camp

9:30am-10:30am - Astoria Column

10:35am-12:30pm - Columbia River Maritime Museum

1pm-Camp - Cape Disappointment State Park

-Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center

-lighthouse -clamming

Day 18:

9am - Leave Camp

11:30am-1:30pm - End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Site

-exhibits -garden

2pm-4:30pm - Mt. Hood Scenic Byway

2-4 - Philip Foster Farm

4:10-4:30 - Boring School

4:45pm-Camp - Oxbow Regional Park

Day 19:

8:30am - Leave Camp

The Wonders of the Columbia River Gorge

9-10 - Vista House

10:30-11:30 - Multnomah Falls

Mt Hood Scenic Byway

12:15-1 - Panorama Point

1:30-3 - Columbia River Gorge Discovery Center

3:30-4:30 - Hood River Valley Fruit Loop Tour

5:15pm-Camp - Still Creek Campground

Day 20:

9am - Leave Camp

Sunnyside Mountain to Barlow Pass

9:10-10 - Barlow Rd *Driving Tours CD

Mt. Hood Scenic Byway

10:30-11 - West Barlow Tollgate and Laura Hill

2pm-2:30pm - 30 Minute Pit Stop

4:30pm-Camp - Union Creek Campground

Day 21:

8:15am - Leave Camp

9am-11am - Oregon National Historic Trail

-National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center

2pm-2:30pm - 30 Minute Pit Stop

5:15pm-Camp - Willard Bay State Park, Utah

Day 22:

7am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

5pm-Camp - Lake Ogallala State Park, Nebraska

Day 23:

7am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

3pm-Camp - Wallace State Park, Missouri

Day 24:

9am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

3:45pm - Milan, TN

Around Wyoming in 16 Days

*This trip is planned from Milan, TN*

Day 1:

7am - Leave Milan, TN

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

5pm-Camp - Big Lake State Park, Missouri

Day 2:

7am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

5pm-Camp - Guernsey State Park

Day 3:

8am - Leave Camp

8am-11am - Guernsey State Park
-Oregon Trail ruts -museum -VC -historic buildings -register cliffs -beach -trails

11:30am-2pm - Fort Laramie National Historic Site
-Visitor Center/Museum -18min. film - historic fort tour
-JR Program

4pm-Camp - Curt Gowdy State Park

Day 4:

8am - Leave Camp

On the way Roadside Attraction: Buford - Smallest Town in America

8:30am-10:30am - Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site
-historic tour -visitor center

On the way Roadside Attraction: Gas Station Town of Tumbleweed

12pm-2pm - Grand Encampment Museum

2:30pm-4pm - Hobo Hot Pool

4:45pm-Camp - Rawlins KOA

Day 5:

8am - Leave Camp

9am-10am - Independence Rock State Historic Site
-historic features -vc

12:00pm-2:00pm - South Pass City State Historic Site
-museum -vc -historic buildings

3:30pm-5pm - - Boar's Tusk and White Mountains Petroglyphs

6pm-Camp - Rock Springs/Green River KOA

Day 6:

8am - Leave Camp

9:00am-11:30am - Fort Bridger State Historic Site
-vc -historic buildings

On the way Roadside Attraction: JcPenney Museum and Mother Store

12:30pm-2:30pm - Fossil Butte National Monument
-JR Program
-visitor center/exhibits -nature trail -spring -historic quarry trail

5pm-Camp - Jackson Hole/Snake River KOA

Day 7:

8am - Leave Camp

8:15am-8:30am - Antler Arch-Jackson

8:45pm-Camp - Grand Teton National Park
$25per car
-JR Program
-Albright View Turnout
-Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center (8a-5p)
-Teton Park Road Scenic Drive
Stops: 1) Teton Glacier Turnout 2) Cascade Canyon Turnout 3) Mt. Moran Turnout 4) Potholes Turnout
- Colter Bay Campground
$21night
-Indian Arts Museum
-Campfire Talks (June&July 8pm)

Day 8:

9am - Leave Camp

9:15-9:30 - Jackson Lake Overlook
9:45-10 - Flagg Ranch VC

10:30am-Camp - Yellowstone National Park
$25Car
10:30-12 - West Thumb VC
-JR Program
-Basin Trail 0.7m RT
-Picnic Lunch
12:15-12:30 - Craig Pass-Continental Divide
12:45-1:45 - Oberservation Point 1.1m loop
2-4 - Geyser Hill Loop 1/3m loop
4:30-Camp - Madison Campground

Day 9:

7am - Leave Camp

7:30-8:15 - Black Sand Basin 0.5m loop
8:15-9 - Biscuit Basin 0.5m loop
9:15-10:30 - Midway Geyser Basin 0.5m loop
-Grand Prismatic Spring 3/4m loop
-Fairy Falls Trail
11:05-11:35 - Lower Geyser Basin 0.5m loop
-Fountain Paint Pots
12-1 - Artist's Paintpot Trail 1m RT
1:10-2:45 - Norris Geyser Basin and Museum
3:15-Camp - Canyon Village Campground
3:15-4:30 - Set-up camp/Dinner
4:30-5:45 - Inspiration Point
-Glacier Boulder

Day 10:

7:30-10 - Canyon Village
Grand Canyon of Yellowstone
-lookout point
-Brink lower falls
-Brink upper falls
-Artist Point
-Upper Falls Viewpoint
10:30-10:45 - Roaring Mountain
11-11:15 - Sheepeater Cliffs
11:30-1:30 - Upper and Lower Terraces
-Main Terrace Canary Springs
-footpath near Mammoth Hotel
1:45-3:30 - 45th Parallel Boiling River 0.5m to water
4:30-Camp - Canyon Village Campground

Day 11:

9am - Leave Camp

9:30am-10:00am - Tower Falls
-General Store

10:15am-10:30am - Petrified Tree

11:30am-12:15pm - Mud Volcano
-0.5mile loop
*Sulphur Caldron
-0.7mile loop
*Dragon's Mouth Spring

12:30pm-1pm - Fishing Bridge Visitor Center

3pm-5pm-Buffalo Bill Dam/Visitor Center

5:15pm-7pm - Buffalo Bill State Park

7:15pm-10pm - Cody Nite Rodeo

10:15pm-Camp - Buffalo Bill State Park

Day 12:

8am - Leave Camp

9:15am-12pm - Pryor Mountains Wild Mustang Center
-Visitor Center -Range
-Museum -View Wild Horses

1pm-2pm - Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite

4pm-4:30pm - 30 Minute Pit Stop

6:30pm-Camp - Keyhole State Park

Day 13:

8:15am - Leave Camp

9am-11am - Devils Tower National Monument
1.3 mile trail
-VC -jr program

11:30am-12:30pm - Sundance Kid Jailed Here

1:30pm-2pm - Rock Paper Scissors -Gillette

5:15pm-Camp - Fountain of Youth RV Park

Day 14:

8:15am - Leave Camp

9am-11am - Legend Rock State Petroglyph Site
-petroglyphs -vc -trails

11:45am-3pm - Hot Springs State Park
-sulphur hot springs -fishing -trails -pool -bison viewing -swinging bridge -legend rock

3pm-Camp - Fountain of Youth RV Park

Day 15:

7am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

5pm-Camp - Windmill State Park, Nebraska

Day 16:

7am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Rest Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2, 5-5:30

8:30pm - Home

Around Utah in 17 Days

*This trip is planned from Milan, TN*

Day 1:

7am - Leave Milan, TN

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

5pm-Camp - Red Rock Canyon State Park, 116 Red Rock Canyon Rd, Hinton, OK

Day 2:

7am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 10-10:30, 1:30-2

5pm-Camp - Fenton Lake State Park, 455 Fenton Lake Rd, Jemez Springs, NM

Day 3:

9am - Leave Camp

12p-12:30pm - 30 Minute Pit Stop

1:15pm-2pm - Four Corners Monument

$5 per person

3pm-Camp - Hovenweep National Monument

Free

:VC 8-6

-Jr Program

Camp $10

-Square Tower -Holly/Horseshoe -Hackberry -Cut Throat Castle

Day 4:

8am - Leave Camp

9:30am-11:30am - Natural Bridge National Monument

$10Car

VC 8-6

-Jr Program

Bridgeview Drive

-Sipapu Bridge Trail -Bridge overlooks

12:30pm-2:30pm - Edge of the Cedars State Park

$5 Adults, $3 Kids

9-5

-museum -village ruins

3:30pm-4:30pm - Newspaper Rock Recreation Site

5pm-Camp - Windwhistle Campground

$15

Day 5:

8am - Leave Camp

9:30am-2:30pm - Canyonlands National Park

$25Car

9:30-10 - Island in the Sky VC (8-6)

-Jr Program

10:10-10:45 - Mesa Arch Trail 0.5m loop (30min)

11-11:15 - Green River Overlook

11:30-1:30 - Grandview Point Trail 2m RT (1.5hrs)

2-2:30 - Island in the Sky VC

3pm-Camp - Arches National Park

$25Car

3-3:30 VC (7:30-6)

-Jr Program

3:55-4:10 - Petrified Dunes Viewpoint

4:15-4:30 - Courthouse Towers Viewpoint

5-Camp - Devils Garden Campground

$25

-Dinner

Broken Arch and Sand Dune Arch Trail (1.5hrs)

Day 6:

8am - Leave Camp

8:15-9:15 - Landscape Arch 1.6m RT

9:15-9:45 - Skyline 0.4 RT

10-10:15 - Delicate Arch Viewpoint

10:30-11 - Double Arch 0.5m RT

11-12 - Windows 1m RT

12:15-12:45 - Balanced Rock 0.3m RT

1-1:15 - Park Ave Viewpoint

1:15-1:45 - VC

3:15pm-Camp - Goblin Valley State Park

$13Car

$25Camp

-The Three Sisters 500yard RT

-Valley of the Goblins

Day 7:

8am - Leave Camp

9:15am-1pm - Capitol Reef National Park

$25Car

9:15-9:45 - VC

-Jr Program

10-10:15 - Panorama Point

10:15-11 - Sunset Point 0.8m RT

11:15-12:30 - Fruita Historic District

-Blacksmith House -Gifford Homestead -Petroglyphs -The Castle

12:30-1 - VC

3:15pm-3:45pm - Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Free

-Cannonville VC

4pm-Camp - Kodachrome Basin State Park

$8Car

$30Camp

-Shakespeare Arch

Day 8:

8am - Leave Camp

8:45am-3:30pm - Bryce Canyon National Park

$30Car

8:45-9:15 - Daves Hollow Meadow

-look west to see prairie dogs

9:30-9:45 - Fairyland Point

10-10:30 - VC

-Jr Program

11-11:15 - Rainbow Point

11:15-11:30 - Yovimpa Point

11:45-12 - Natural Bridge

12:15-12:30 - Bryce Point

12:30-12:45 - Inspiration Point

12:45-3 - Navajo Loop/Queens Garden Trail 3m

3-3:30 - VC

4:45pm-Camp - Cedar Breaks National Monument

$5 per person

-Point Supreme Campground $20

-Point Supreme Overlook

-Northview Overlook

9-9:30(Day 9) -VC (9-6) -JR Program

Day 9:

9:30am - Leave Camp/Park

12pm-6:30pm - Wahweap Marina

-Rainbow Bridge National Monument Boat Tour

$125 Adults, $90 Kids

12:30pm (6hrs)

6:45pm - Wahweap RV & Campground

$30

Day 10:

8am - Leave Camp

9:45am-11am - Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park

$8Car

-overlook -vc

12pm-Camp - Zion National Park

12-12:15 - Canyon Overlook

12:30-1 - Watchman Campground

1-2 - VC (8-7)

-Jr Program

-Archeology Trail 0.4m RT

2-3 - Zion Human History Museum

3-6 - Zion Canyon Scenic Drive - Shuttle Bus

-Emerald Pools (lower) 1.2m RT

-Weeping Rock 0.4m RT

6-Camp - Watchman Campground

$30

Day 11:

8am - Leave Camp

9-9:30 - Kolab Canyon VC

9:45-10 - Timber Creek Overlook Trail 1m

1pm-1:30pm - 30 Minute Pit Stop

2:30pm-Camp - Salt Lake City KOA

Day 12:

8am - Leave Camp

9:30am-10am - Salt Flats Rest Area

-Bonneville Salt Flats

12pm-12:30pm - Pony Express Station Monument, 150 S Main St, SLC

1pm-5pm - This is the Place Heritage Park

$13Adults, $9 Kids

5:30pm-Camp - Salt Lake City KOA

Day 13:

8am - Leave Camp

9:30am-12pm - Golden Spike National Historic Site

$7 Car

-VC (9-5)

-JR Program

-Engine House Tour -Reenactment (Sat 11am)

1:30pm-2pm - Taffy Town Taffy Store (10-5)

2:45pm-5:30pm - Timpanago Caves National Monument

-VC

-JR Program

-Cave Tour

$8 Adults, $6 Kids

6:15pm-Camp - Salt Lake City KOA

Day 14:

8am - Leave Camp

11:30am - 12:30pm - Fantasy Canyon

-Trail 0.6m loop

1:30pm-Camp - Dinosaur National Monument

$20Car

1:30-2 - Quarry VC

-JR Program

2-2:30 - Fossil Discovery Trail 1.2m OW

2:30-3:30 - Quarry Exhibit Hall

3:30-4 - Take Shuttle Back to VC

4:15-Camp - Green River Campground

$20

Day 15:

8am - Leave Camp

8:15-9:15 - Swelter Shelter Petroglyphs

Cub Creek Petroglyphs

9:30-10:30 - Josie Morris Cabin

-Box Canyon 0.5m RT

11:45-1 - Echo Park

-Steamboat Rock - Whispering Cave

1:45-2:15 - Canyon VC

5:45pm-Camp - Gore Creek Campground, White River National Forest, Silverthorne, CO

$20

Day 16:

8am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 11-11:30, 2:30-3

5:30pm-Camp - Milford State Park, Kansas

$20

Day 17:

8am - Leave Camp

30 Minute Pit Stops: 11-11:30, 2:30-3

6:30pm - Milan, TN

St. Louis, Missouri - 2 Day Trip

*This trip cost approx. $122 plus food*

This trip is planned from Jackson, TN.  It can be revised to fit your location.

Day 1:

8:00am - Leave Home

12:00pm to 3:00pm - Laumeier Sculpture Park - 12580 Rott Rd., St. Louis, MO

Hours: 8am to Sunset
Admission: Free

 

315pm - KOA St. Louis W/Historic Rt 66 ($50)
18475 Old US Hwy 66
Eureka, MO

Day 2:

9:00am - Leave Hotel

9:30am to 1:00pm - Grant's Farm - 10501 Gravois Road, St. Louis, MO

 

Hours: 9:30am to 3:30pm
Admission: $12 Car
Animal Encounter: 10:30am
Brat Haus - Lunch
         

         


1:15pm to 3:30pm - Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site - 7400 Grant Rd., St. Louis, MO

Visitor Center Hours: 9am to 5pm
Admission: Free
Junior Ranger Program
1/4 mile historic trace
White Haven's Main House

7:30pm - Arrive Jackson, TN

This trip is approx. 547 miles
($60gas)

Other Interests
St. Louis Walk of Fame

Greenville, TN - 2 Day Trip

**FREE - Everything on this adventure is FREE except the campsite**

This trip is planned from Jackson, TN.  It can be revised to fit your location.

Day 1:

7:30am - Leave Jackson, TN

11:30pm to 12:00pm - 30 Minute Pit Stop - Where Ever We Are

2:00pm - Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park - 1245 Davy Crockett Park Road, Limestone, TN

Museum Hours: Monday thru Friday 8am to 4:30pm
Cabin and Monument
Camp Office Hours: 2pm to 7pm
Camping: FCFS $25
Swimming Pool: Memorial Day thru Labor Day

Day 2:

8:30am - Leave Camp

9:00am to 3:00pm - Andrew Johnson National Historic Site - 101 N College St., Greenville, TN

Hours: 9am to 5pm Daily
Visitor Center, Early Home, The Homestead (guided tours every hour), National Cementery (monument and grave), Birthplace Replica

Statue - Corner of College and Depot Streets

Stops on the way home:

Knoxville Sunsphere/World's Fair Park

Manhattan Project National Historic Site-Oak Ridge
American Museum of Science and Energy

9:30pm - Arrive Jackson, TN

Mileage: 784 Miles
($94)

Central Florida (without the hoopla)

We are going to Florida for Easter week this year.  This is our plans. We have a relative that lives in Winter Haven so I focused our fun around there.

This is an 6 day trip...leaving from Milan, TN.

D1) Friday

7am - Leave Home

1230pm to 230pm - Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site - 450 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA
Free
Visitor Center, Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, Firestation No 6 and Freedom Hall Daily 9-5
Birth Home 10-4
JR Program

9pm - Hotel - Days Inn - 2930 Polynesian Isle Blvd, Kissimmee, FL
(We stayed in room 251. The a/c didn't work great but it wasn't terrible.  The hotel wasn't spectacular but it suited our needs and was comfortable)

D2) Saturday

8am -Leave Hotel

930am to 1pm - Canaveral National Seashore - Playalinda Beach - 17 Olsen Rd, Sharpes, FL
$5 per car
6am to 6pm
JR Program
Visitor Center 9-5, Eldora Statehouse (Fri-Sun) 12-4, Seminole Rest (Wed-Sun) 12-4

Follow (FL- 3) 
Stops:
*Manatee Observation Deck
to (US Hwy 1)
*Seminole Rest
to left on (FL A1A)
*Eldora Hammock Trail - 0.5 mile
*Canaveral National Seashore Visitor Center

230pm to 530pm - Lori Wilson Park - 1500 N Atlantic Ave, Cocoa Beach, FL
Beach, Boardwalk, Sand Dunes

540pm to 830pm - Cocoa Beach Pier - 401 Meade Ave, Cocoa Beach, FL
Dinner-Shop-Relax
Hours: 7am to 10pm

D3) Sunday

Easter

D4) Monday

8am - Leave Hotel

930am to 330pm - Clearwater Marine Aquarium - 249 Windward Passage, Clearwater, FL
Hours: 9-6
Admission: A$21.95, K$16.95
Winter's Dolphin Tale Adventure - Free with General Admission
Feed Rufus (4x6 Photo) $30
Photo w/ a Dolphin (2-4people) $60
Photo w/ Winter (2-4people) $160
*other combos and opportunites on website

515pm - Dinner/Hotel

D5) Tuesday

430am - Leave Hotel

600am to 9:30am - Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge - 1502 SE Kings Bay Drive, Crystal River, FL
Visitor Center 8-4
Free
*Three Sisters Spring Boardwalk Tour - 

$15 Adults $5 Kids

*Swim with Manatees Tour 6:15a-9:15a $65 person

River Ventures Tour Company
November 15-April 30 1030a-330p
*Kings Spring

10am to 10:30am - Picnic Lunch

1030am to 2:30pm - Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park - 4150 S Suncoast Blvd, Homosassa, FL

Hours: 9-530
Admission: A$13, K$5
Pepper Creek Birding Trail - 0.75mile
Visitor Center
Boat Tours- Free with General Admission
Nature Trail - 1.10mile

 

4p - Hotel

D6) Wednesday

Drive Home

Washington DC

This trip is 9 days.  I could have filled it up with at least another week but because I am not independently wealthy, we have jobs to get back to and bills to pay!

Day 1)
7AM - Leave Home
2 - 30 minute Gas/Rest Stops
8PM - Arrive at Hotel in Bethesda, MD

Day 2)
9AM - Leave Hotel

915AM to 11AM - Rock Creek Park - Nature Center and Planetarium - 5200 Glover Rd NW
Free Planetarium tickets available 30 minutes prior to show
Open: Wednesday thru Sunday 9-5

1115AM to 1145AM - Peirce Mill and Barn - 2401 Tilden St
Free
April-Dec, Wed-Sun 10-4

12PM to 1230PM - Old Stone House - 3051 M St NW
Daily 11-6
Free

*Rock Creek Park Headquarters - 3545 Williamsburg Lane NW

1235PM to 1PM - Francis Scott Key Memorial Park - 34th and M St
Free
*Star Spangled Banner Monument

115PM to 3PM - Arlington House & Arlington Cemetery - National Park Service
Free
Daily 9-530
*JFK Grave
*Tomb of the Unknowns
*National Cemetery Visitors Center

310PM to 330PM - LBJ Memorial Grove - Lady Bird Johnson Park
Open 6a-10p
Free
NPS

335PM to 345PM - Pentagon Memorial - 1 Rotary Rd, Arlington, VA
Free

415PM -Greenbelt Park - 6565 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD
Camp - $16

Day 3)
730AM - Leave Camp

8AM - Park @ East Potomac Park - 1100 Ohio Drive SW

National Mall - National Park Service

815AM to 845AM - Jefferson Memorial
Free
Open 24 Hrs

915AM to 10AM - Washington Monument
9-5
Free tickets online

1015AM to 1215PM - US Holocaust Memorial Museum - 100 Rauol Wallenberg Pl SW
Free - Advance $1 Online
1215-1230 - grab a sandwich at museum cafe and walk to next destination

1245PM to 130PM - White House Visitor Center - 1450 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Free
730-4

145PM to 2PM - Layfayette Park - Northern Trail

220PM to 245PM - The Ellipse

3PM to 315PM - WWII Memorial

330PM to 345PM - Albert Einstein Memorial - 2101 Constitution Ave NW

345PM to 415PM - Constitution Gardens
*Reflecting Pool
*56 Signers Memorial
*Vietnam Vet Memorial
*Lock Keepers House
*DC War Memorial

430PM to 445PM - Lincoln Memorial
Free
24 Hrs

5PM to 515PM - MLK Jr Memorial

530PM to 6PM - FDR Memorial

615PM - Back to Car

645PM - Greenbelt Park - Campsite

*Bring Snacks
*Food Vendors Available

D4)
8AM - Leave Camp

Park @ Colonial Pepco Parking Garage - $15
Walk to Gallery Place Chinatown, take the Green to L'Enfant Plaza - Arrive 836AM
10 Minute walk to...
845AM to 930AM - Smithsonian Castle
FREE

945AM to 12PM - National Museum of American History
FREE

12PM to 1230PM - Lunch

1235PM to 230PM - National Museum of Natural History
FREE

245PM to 315PM - National Archives
FREE
10-530

330PM to 345PM - Peterson House
FREE

4PM to 530PM - Fords Theatre - 511 10th St SW
$2.50
One Destiny - 35 min. @ 430PM
Museum - 30 min. @ 4PM

7 min walk to car

615PM - Greenbelt Park Campsite

D5)
830AM - Leave Camp

9AM - Park @ Colonial Pepco Parking Garage

905AM to 11AM - International Spy Museum - 800 F St NW
9a-7p
A$21.95, K$14.95

1105AM to 1PM - National Museum of Crime and Punishment - 575 7th St NW
9a-7p
Web tickets A$18, K$14

110PM to 120PM - Gallery Place Chinatown Metro

130PM to 230PM - Carter G Woodson Home NHS
Free

245PM Shaw Metro
249PM Arrive Gallery Place
3PM Car

310PM to 330PM - Lincoln Park
*Emancipation Statue
Free

4PM to 5PM - Theodore Roosevelt Island - George Washington Memorial Parkway
FREE
NPS
6a-10p
*Theodore Roosevelt Statue

520PM to 530PM - Woodrow Wilson House - 2340 S St NW
No Entry-Just Photo

6PM - Greenbelt Park Campsite

D6)

8AM - Leave Camp

Park @ Colonial Hall of the States $15
12 min walk...

845AM to 1030AM - US Capitol Building - 1st St & E Capitol St
830-430 Monday -Saturday
FREE
*Capitol Visitor Center
Book Tour Online in Advance

1045AM to 12PM - US Botanic Garden
FREE
*Ulysses S Grant Memorial

1215PM to 1PM - Lunch

115PM to 130PM - Library of Congress - Photo

145PM to 2PM - US Supreme Court - Photo

215PM - Union Station Metro
*DC Visitor Center - 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW
*Old Post Office Tower
*Washington DC Gift Shop - 801 K ST NW - Mt Vernon Square
*Union Station - Destination DC Gift Shop

Greenbelt Park Campsite

D7)
8AM - Leave Camp

845AM to 145PM - George Washingtons Mount Vernon - 3200 Mount Vernon Hwy, Mt Vernon, VA
8-5
A$17, K$9

215PM - Prince William Forest Park - 18100 Park Headquarters Road, Triangle, VA
Camp - $20

D8)
9AM - Leave Camp

10AM to 12PM - Steven F Udvar-Hazy Air/Space Museum - 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway, Chantilly, VA
FREE
10a-530p

7PM - Hotel in Knoxville, TN

D9)
9AM - Leave Hotel

Visit Sunsphere - Leave Knoxville -10AM

3PM - Home

Other Interests:
President Lincoln's Cottage - 140 Rock Creek Church Road - A$15, K$5
Monday-Saturday 930-430, Sunday 1030-430

Great Falls Park