Basic Itinerary with stops NP- National Park site ( Park, Mon., Hist. Site, etc) SP- State Park
VC- Visitor Center
Day 1 Cornelius, NC > Blue Ridge Parkway, NC > MP 265 Rest Stop I-40 TN
Day 2 Stones River NP, TN >The Hermitage > Nashville, TN
Day 3 Natchez Trace Parkway, TN > AL > Corinth, MS Shiloh NP VC > Shiloh NP, TN > Memphis, TN
Day 4 West Memphis, AR > Fort Smith NP, AR > Pea Ridge NP, AR > Geo.W Carver NP, MO > KS > Elk City, OK
Day 5 Washita Battlefield NP, OK > Petroglyphs NP, NM > Albuquerque, NM
Day 6 Pecos NP, NM > Fort Union NP, NM > Capulin Volcano NP, NM > Alamosa, CO
Day 7 Great Sand Dunes NP, CO > Aztec Ruins NP, NM > Mesa Verde NP, CO > Cortez, CO
Day 8 Mesa Verde NP, CO > Anasazi Heritage Ctr., CO > Cortez, CO
Day 9 Natural Bridges NP, UT > Goosenecks SP, UT > Monument Valley, AZ > Grand Canyon NP, AZ
Day 10 Grand Canyon NP, AZ
Day 11 Wupatki NP, AZ > Sunset Crater NP, AZ > Walnut Canyon NP, AZ > Montezuma Castle NP, AZ > Tucson, AZ, Cousin Cindy Larson
Day 12 Saguaro NP, AZ > CA > Las Vegas, NV
Day 13 Lake Mead NP, NV > Valley of Fire SP, NV > Zion NP, UT > Hurricane, UT
Day 14 Zion NP, UT > Cedar City, UT
Day 15 Cedar Breaks NP, UT > Bryce Canyon NP, UT > Torrey, UT
Day 16 Capital Reef NP, UT > Goblin Valley SP, UT >Moab, UT
Day 17 Arches NP, UT > Canyonlands NP, UT> Moab, UT
Day 18 Moab > Great Salt Marina SP, UT > Salt Lake City, UT
Day 19 Dinosaur NP, UT > Steamboat Springs, CO
Day 20 Rocky Mountain NP, CO > Fort Collins, CO
Day 21 Cheyenne, WY DAY OFF: oil change, laundry, chiropractor, pool
Day 22 Scottsbluff NP, NE > Fort Laramie NP, WY > Oregon Trail Ruts/ Register Cliff SP, WY > National Trails VC Casper, WY > Thermopoplis, WY
Day 23 Hot Springs SP, WY > Grand Teton NP, WY > ID > Jackson,WY
Day 24 Grand Teton NP,WY > Yellowstone N P, WY > West Yellowstone, MT
Day 25 Yellowstone NP, WY > Cody, WY
Day 26 Cody,WY > Little Bighorn NP, MT > Hulett, WY
Day 27 Devils Tower NP, WY > Black Hills, SD > Needles HWY > Custer SP > Mt.Rushmore NP > Rapid City, SD
Day 28 Minuteman Missile NP > Badlands NP > Wall Drug > Black Hills
Day 29 Geo.Ctr.of US., SD > Enchanted Hwy. ND > Theodore Roosevelt NP, ND > Dickinson, ND
Day 30 Knife River Indian Villages NP,ND > Lewis & Clark VC/ Fort Mandan,ND > Minot AFB > Philip Rapp & family Minot,ND
Day 31 SK & MT Canada, Int'l. Peace Garden US/Canada > Geo.Ctr.of N.Amer. > Cousin Greg Ross &family Bloomington, MN
Day 32 Twin Cities > Mall of America > Fort Snelling Ross family
Day 33 Wisconsin Dells, WI > Melius Family/ Washington County Fair, Jackson, WI > Chicago, IL
Day 34 Chicago > Ind. Dunes NP, IN > Michigan City, IN
Day 35 Mich.City, IN > Niagara Falls NY/ONT > Erie, PA
Day 36 ; Punsutawney, PA > Allegheny Portage Railway NP > Horseshoe Curve/ Altoona, PA > Johnstown, PA
Day 37 Johnstown Flood NP, PA > Flight 93 NP > Poconos, PA - sister Nipper
Day 38 Shoemakersville , Shoey Fire Co. ; Berks Co. >Hopewell Village NP, PA > Reading,PA
Day 39 Valley Forge NP, PA > Independence NP, PA > Philadelphia > Ronnie Powell Avondale, Pa
Day 40 NJ TPK > "Point Marked West" White Clay Creek SP, DE > Fort McHenry NP, MD > Wheaton, MD John Jones family
Day 41 Fort Washington NP, MD > Thomas Stone NP, MD > Jones family Cobb Island,MD
Day 42 Washington, DC > Cobb Island, MD
Day 43 fishing, boating, biking, relaxing Cobb Island, MD
Day 44 Geo.Washington Birthplace NP,VA > Statford Hall, VA > Cold Harbor VC NP, VA > Glendale VC NP > Fort Harrison VC NP > Chimborazo VC NP > Tredgar VC NP > Maggie L.Walker NP > Petersburg NP, VA > Cornelius, NC