Itinerary
Right, we fly to Chicago from Birmingham airport on the 29th of July, where
we've got a hotel booked in the River North area. We'll spend two nights
in Chicago, seeing the sights, buying any stuff we think we'll need. Then
on July the 31st, we'll collect our hire car... and from then on the plans
get a little bit looser.
Well, OK, there's a plan. Only the pace is unplanned, the route is quite solid -- it's Route 66!
Well, OK, there's a plan. Only the pace is unplanned, the route is quite solid -- it's Route 66!
So that's
- Chicago, Illinois
- Pontiac
- Springfield
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Rolla
- Springfield (another one)
- Baxter Springs, Kansas
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Oklahoma City
- Clinton
- Shamrock, Texas
- Amarillo
- Tucumcari, New Mexico
- Santa Fe
- Albuquerque
- Grants
- Gallup
- Winslow, Arizona
- Williams
- Hackberry
- Needles, California
- Amboy
- Barstow
- Claremont
- Santa Monica
There'll be a great big detour to take in Las Vegas -- I have an important date with a Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo cabinet in the Excalibur hotel... And following that, a great big loop north of the Grand Canyon, through the desert canyons of Southern Utah.
Along the way we'll be seeking the answers to age-old questions about America:
- What exactly is a Twinkie?
- What's the difference between Ketchup and Catsup?
- Do barbeques in Texas actually taste the way Texas Barbeque flavour Doritos 3D do?
- Just how cheap is the petrol?
- Um, and other things.