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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]]. |
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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. |
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| Longmont, CO 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: . [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Scott_State_Park|Lake Scott State Park]], site of pueblo ruins |
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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.
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.
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:
- Graceland
- The Parthenon
- friends in Nashville
North Carolina:
- Asheville
- Downtown Asheville is cute, walkable.
Penland School of Crafts is pretty neat, surrounded by lots of local crafters. Lovely views, good (tiny) cafe.
Biltmore Estate is cool, worth seeing once, but expensive & sometimes crowded.
- Mount Mitchell? Or Grandfather Mountain?
