Have I mentioned this before? I love Google Maps! It turns trip planning into a game for me. I can easily spend hours routing us from one part of the country to the other. It's lots of fun.
Really!
Our travel plans for this fall have been a bit cryptic. We have a commitment here and another there, and a couple of things we'd like to do along the way. Then, of course, we have to be back in Forest City before we head to Kansas City for a month and then south to Texas. Our wifi was smokin' today, so I decided to take a stab at creating a framework for the next three months.
Framework is the operative word. This isn't a plan. I'm not married to it. We can change it in the blink of an eye and I'm AOK with that. It's a plan in the very loosest sense. Like I said, it's a game for me. And, yes, I am easily entertained.
I snapped this screen shot of our oh-so-tentative route, which will take us across the UP of Michigan with a planned stop at Mackinaw Island, where we once had hopes of honeymooning nearly 25 years ago but our new house construction got in the way. Then, we're hoping to meet up with Winnie friends in Michigan's "thumb" and fellow fulltimers somewhere north of Ann Arbor. We'll scoot into Ontario to make our way to Niagara Falls. Then, we're planning to roam around Pennsylvania for a few weeks and visit my sister, the only family member we've yet to see on our fulltiming journey. Our next date is at Camp Freightliner in Gaffney, SC, where we're looking forward to getting our first billion-quart oil change and radiator cleaning, then spending a couple of days really getting to know our chassis. Then, we'll finally head to the Smokey Mountains. Our plans to go there last fall were dashed when we detoured to buy a new coach. We'll join a gathering of RVing friends in the hills of Tennessee and then make a mad dash to Forest City.
As it stands, we'll cover nearly 4,000 miles in three months.
Yep. We'll be moving. But, we'll spend the next three months after these three in two spots. We'll slow down then. For now, we're excited to be on the move.
Back to our framework. Moments after I grabbed this screenshot, I visited the blog of fellow fulltimers Laurie and Odel, who are cruising through the UP. It sounds like they really enjoyed a particularly picturesque spot along the shores of Lake Superior. So, I've already adjusted our route.
See! It's not really a plan. It's a general direction! If it looks like we're headed your way, or a place where you'll be, please let us know. We look forward to meeting up.
Happy trails!
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That is still impressive planning.
We still are not sure where we are going when we depart Colorado Springs in the next week or so.
We aren't sure where we are going when we depart our camp hosting position in a few weeks. Its the heat...everywhere we think about going is so dang hot. I guess we'll go somewhere, ha!!
Love your plan...love the fact you HAVE one. LOL!!
Mike & Gerri (happytrails)
4000 divided by 90 is 44..that would be 44 miles every single day..now that does not sound too bad!!..enjoy your general direction!!
Michigan's Upper Peninsula is absolutely beautiful. You definitely need to spend some time at the Pictured Rock National lakeshore in Munising, Michigan. If you have time, the Keewenau peninsula is another very pretty spot with the western shoreline looking a lot like the coast of Maine. Laurie and Odel have a great travel outline for the UP.
When you're in the thumb, you should stop in on Howard and Linda at Thunder Bay RV Resort.
And, when you're near Ann Arbor, we would LOVE to meet up with you for dinner or something and pick your brains about your first year on the road!!
I love using Google maps. I use it all the time to work out my walking routes. Then I can total an impressive number of miles at the end of a month. *chuckles*
Although I did most of our Drive Trip planning on Mapquest. It was almost as much fun as the travel. We often follow Rvers by making up our own map of your travels. it gives us a good idea of what we might like to do in the future.
While around Dells give a wave to my friends, Tim and Vincetta, at Monster Trucks if you pass by. We'd hoped to get over to see them last year but really didn't have the time. Do hope we can see them again, next year .... maybe. We met them when on a cruise with Catch The Fire, (a Toronto Church), and they are such fun.
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