The final plan

Well, it seems this is turning into "our summer vacation" rather than "Route 66". It is a long way down to LA and then back home from Gallup. We've made two significant changes since our last posting. First, Portland to Visalia is just too long for our first day (750+ miles). Since I'll be seeing my buddy Mike (who lives in Visalia) at a high school reunion later in the summer, we cut Visalia from the plan. Instead we will go down "The 5" as far as Lathrop the first night. It looks like Lathrop is the last real town on I5 before the drive through the middle of the valley.

The second change is that we will split the drive from Moab to Boise into 2 parts. Part 1 will be to Ogden; then from Ogden to Boise. Part of this is because of the distance, but just as important it gets us into Boise for the Wednesday "Alive After 5" bash at the Grove Hotel. That should be a good opportunity to hang with some old friends in the city of trees.

Day	Wk Day	Date	From	To	Route	App Miles	Attractions	Notes
1	Fri	29-Jun	Portland	Lathrop	I 5	600
2	Sat	30-Jun	Lathrop	Santa Monica	I 5	330	Dodger Game
3	Sun	1-Jul	Santa Monica	Santa Monica			Santa Monica: Pier Pallisades Park: Will Rogers Plaque
4	Mon	2-Jul	Santa Monica	Victorville	Pasadena Freeway Colorado Blvd Foothill Blvd	113	Cajon Summit Victorville: Route 66 Museum	Eat at Johnny Reb's in Victorville?
5	Tue	3-Jul	Victorville	Kingman	National Old Trails Highway National Trails Highway Goffs Road	240	Barstow: Santa Fe Depot Daggett Amboy Needles Kingman: Route 66 Museum Kingman: Sno Cap	May take I-40 from Topock to Kingman - closer to trains. 66 looks windy
6	Wed	4-Jul	Kingman	Winslow	Hackberry -> Grand Canyon Caverns -> Seligman -> Williams -> Flagstaff	204		Stop by Sedona
7	Thu	5-Jul	Winslow	Winslow			Hopi Mesa, Wigwam Hotel Painted Desert, Petrified Forest
8	Fri	6-Jul	Winslow	Winslow	Walnut Creek Canyon to Sedona		Birthday party for Jake/Lucinda
9	Sat	7-Jul	Winslow	Moab		371
10	Sun	8-Jul	Moab	Moab			Arches
11	Mon	9-Jul	Moab	Ogden		270
12	Tue	10-Jul	Ogden	Boise		311	Friends
13	Wed	11-Jul	Boise	Boise			Alive after 5
14	Thu	12-Jul	Boise	Portland		400	Home!
						2839