USA Road Trip Overview


Since both Bonnie and Bob had retired this year (2022) and both had not seen many of the National monuments and parks they decided to take an accross the USA road trip. Bob drove his car (Highlander) to Minneapolis for a wedding and from there Bonnie joined and they did a grand loop over the western states taking in multiple sites and visiting family along the way. An overview of the route is below:


Map

Date

Location

A

Aug 7

Start: Home G St SW DC

B

Aug 7

Winchester Ave, Martinsburg, WV

C

Aug 9

Motel 6 Youngstown, OH, 4249 Belmont Avenue, Youngstown, OH 44505

D

Aug 10

Rodeway Inn, 5952 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60657

E

Aug 11

Dan Phillips, Mankato, MN 56001

F

Aug 12

Dan Jansen (Breakfast), Bonnie Jansen, Minneapolis, MN  and then Lucas and Mikala Wedding on Aug 13.

G

Aug 14

Pat & Scott, 10938 N 51st St, Omaha, NE 68152

H

Aug 15

Best Western Plus Gateway Inn & Suites, Aurora, Barb

I

Aug 16

Arches National Park

J

Aug 17

Canyonlands National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park

K

Aug 18

Zion National Park

L

Aug 18

Tropicana Las Vegas, 3801 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 8910

M

Aug 19

Sequoia National Park, 47050 Generals Hwy, Three Rivers, CA 

N

Aug 19

Ron & Louise, Dynes St, Merced, CA 95348, Took trip to Carmel from there

O

Aug 23

Yosemite National Park, , then on to Hotel at Wendover, Best Western Plus

P

Aug 24

Salt Lake City, UT, then onto Idaho Falls Hotel (Motel West)

Q

Aug 25

Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Park, then Hotel Buffalo, WY (Sure Stay Best Western)

R

Aug 26

Devils Tower, WY

S

Aug 26

Mount Rushmore Natl. Memorial, SD

T

Aug 26

Badlands National Park, SD

U

Aug 26

Bonnie Jansen, Minneapolis, MN

V

Aug 27

Bob heads for DC (drove through Chicago and stayed at Quality Inn, Portage, IN)

W

Aug 28

Overnite at Summerset, PA, Quality Inn

X

Aug 29

Bob Home, G St SW DC

Y

Aug 30

Headed to Rehoboth Beach until Sept 3, Then Home again