The Itinerary (expanded)

When we first planned this trip we broke out the U.S. map, picked out the places we wanted to visit, and using a ruler as a mileage gauge, roughed out the route. In doing that, we left a lot of blank spaces on the calendar for travel. What we did not do was figure out where we would be staying on those blank days.

So here we are two days before we depart and we are just beginning to map out all of the in-betweens. Of course because this entails trying to make sure we limit our driving to a comfortable number of hours, we need to roughly locate where we will be stopping for the night.

In doing this, I have come to realize that my original drive time estimates have been off. Consequently we have modified our itinerary slightly, adding more time in the San Francisco area and an extra day in Albuquerque. We have also substituted Nashville for Memphis for our stay in Tennessee and a couple of one day stops have been added.

Other than the Memphis/Nashville change, the basic itinerary remains the same, although the actual dates may be off by a day or so.