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SidheRa's brother is getting married, and all of the bride-to-be's family lives in CO. So we're taking the opportunity to make it a road trip!
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Here's [[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&oe=utf-8&ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=215905182951088110757.00049f053957540130867&z=5|the grand view]].

Some useful things for food prep (snacks, meals):
 . No-bake protein bars courtesy of KamiLaBerge: 4 scoops choc protein powder, 2/3 cup flax seed meal, 4tbsp peanut butter, 2tbsp honey, 3/4 cup h2o. Mix & harden in fridge :)
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Raleigh, NC to Longmont, CO (northeast of Boulder) in the shortest possible time. Raleigh, NC to Longmont, CO (northeast of Boulder) in the shortest possible time. Google Maps says 27 hours. Can we do it?
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[[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=FcDWIQId6hFQ-yn34FGfL1qsiTGt8BGKUraQZw%3BFSfnZAIdmEW8-SlJM8zVCPlrhzE1J6Pz7qF9wQ&q=Raleigh,+NC+to+Longmont,+CO&aq=0&sll=39.440435,-104.935913&sspn=2.84224,4.938354&ie=UTF8&z=5&saddr=Raleigh,+NC&daddr=Longmont,+CO|Google maps]] says 27 hours. Can we do it? Sights will include the Arch of St. Louis, the rolling plains of Kansas, and many gas station bathrooms.

Pit stops:
Higginsville, MO
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Boulder, NC to Raleigh, NC in the span of about a week. Lots of time for checking stuff out along the way. Longmont, CO to Raleigh, NC in the span of about a week. Lots of time for checking stuff out along the way. Via The Grand Canyon's north rim! It's a 24-hour detour but it puts us on Rt. 40 heading east and we can say we have been in six more states :-D
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Kansas:
 . Lake Scott SP [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Scott_State_Park|W'pedia link]]
Utah:
 . [[http://www.nps.gov/zion/index.htm|Zion National Park]]?
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Missouri:
 . The Arch of St. Louis
Arizona:
 . [[http://www.nps.gov/grca/index.htm|The North Rim of the Grand Canyon]]

New Mexico:
 . [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Corners_Monument|Four Corners Monument]] (AKA Rome, the 4-State Capital)
 . [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell,_New_Mexico|Roswell!]]

North Texas:

Oklahoma:
 . [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_National_Memorial|OKC memorial]]

Arkansas:
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 . Graceland
 . The Parthenon
 . [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenon_%28Nashville%29|The Parthenon (Nashville)]]
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   . Downtown Asheville is cute, walkable.
   . [[http://www.penland.com|Penland School of Crafts]] is pretty neat, surrounded by lots of local crafters. Lovely views, good (tiny) cafe.
   . [[http://www.biltmore.com|Biltmore Estate]] is cool, worth seeing once, but expensive & sometimes crowded.
   . [[http://www.tupelohoneycafe.com/|Tupelo Honey Cafe]] - tofu hot wings
 . Mount Mitchell? Or Grandfather Mountain?

SidheRa's brother is getting married, and all of the bride-to-be's family lives in CO. So we're taking the opportunity to make it a road trip!

Trip begins 22 June 2011. Rehearsal dinner is 24 June, and wedding is 25 June. After that, we're on our own until Independence Day!

Here's the grand view.

Some useful things for food prep (snacks, meals):

  • No-bake protein bars courtesy of KamiLaBerge: 4 scoops choc protein powder, 2/3 cup flax seed meal, 4tbsp peanut butter, 2tbsp honey, 3/4 cup h2o. Mix & harden in fridge :)

Side A

Raleigh, NC to Longmont, CO (northeast of Boulder) in the shortest possible time. Google Maps says 27 hours. Can we do it?

Sights will include the Arch of St. Louis, the rolling plains of Kansas, and many gas station bathrooms.

Pit stops: Higginsville, MO

Side B

Longmont, CO to Raleigh, NC in the span of about a week. Lots of time for checking stuff out along the way. Via The Grand Canyon's north rim! It's a 24-hour detour but it puts us on Rt. 40 heading east and we can say we have been in six more states :-D

Colorado:

Utah:

Arizona:

New Mexico:

North Texas:

Oklahoma:

Arkansas:

Tennessee:

North Carolina:

  • Asheville
  • Mount Mitchell? Or Grandfather Mountain?

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