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[black85vette]

Not focused on a single road or destination.   13 states, 4045 miles, 70+ geocaches,  and 3 national parks in 11 days.  

 

Intersected or drove on parts of; Lewis and Clark trail, Santa Fe trail, Oregon Trail, Lincoln Highway, and the Overland Stage route.

 

Had a great trip.   Made this route;

 

http://goo.gl/maps/R6Zpf

 

 

[Keep the Show on the Road!]

That's a fair amount of driving.  It looks like a lot of it was on the interstates.  4000 + miles in 11 days is a pretty good clip, given that you did some sight seeing along the way.  What were the highlights?

 

Dave

Keep the Show on the Road!

[black85vette]

Normally we avoid the 4 lane stuff.   But in this case we had some serious distance between stops.  #1 highlight was 2 days in Yellowstone.  Had a great time there.  Photographed; a grizzly w/ cubs, 2 black bears, big horn sheep, moose, coyote, and prong horn deer.  #2 highlight was stopping at Cheyenne for "Depot Days".   Got to tour the old Union Pacific depot and they opened the steam engine shop for tours so we got to tour the facility where they keep their steam excursion train.  Only open to the public two days a year.  Also went by the park to see engine 4004, a "Bigboy", the most powerful class of steam engines ever made.  #3 highlight was the Little Bighorn battlefield.   Really helps to see a place to understand the history behind it.    Also spent about a day and a half around Mt Rushmore.  Spent time in Lead and exploring around old mining areas.   Stopped to see the steam train but did not get to ride it.   Explored around Sioux Falls / Council Bluffs area and went to the train museum there as well.   The old warehouse destrict in Omaha was really nice and has plenty of places to eat.  Thanks to a geocache we found the site of an Overland Stage route stop off I-80.   Got to see the original location of the Lincoln Highway memorial, again, a geocache spot.

 

We are working on finding a geocache in all 50 states.   Next major trip will be New England.   Then Oregon / Washington with a cruise to Alaska.

 

This trip did get me more interested in traveling more of the Lincoln Highway.  Much like 66 it had a number of vintage bridges on its older alignments.  We love to find old bridges.  We drove US 60 all the way to the east coast 2 years ago.   I think we need to do the same with Lincoln.

Edited by black85vette, Today, 02:13 PM.