| Trip Schedule - 8/06 Edition | Original | David's | ||||||
| Forecast | Actual | |||||||
| Day | Date | Day | Route | Mileage | Mileage | Lodging | Notes | |
| Starting Drivers: Sandy Howerton, Glenda Downs | ||||||||
| Sun | 25-Jun | 1 | Vancouver, BC to Marblemount, WA | 109 | 111 | Totem Pole Inn | US/Canada Border, Chuckanut Drive | |
| Mon | 26-Jun | 2 | Marblemount, WA to Twisp, WA | 98 | 101 | Idle-a-while Motel | Cross North Cascades highway, Rainy Pass, Washington Pass | |
| Tue | 27-Jun | 3 | Twisp, WA to Grand Coulee, WA | 87 | 84 | Coulee House | Grand Coulee Dam, Carl is 10 miles longer, David portaged due to extreme heat | |
| Wed | 28-Jun | 4 | Grand Coulee, WA to Spokane, WA | 85 | 94 | Appletree Inn | ||
| Thu | 29-Jun | 5 | Spokane, WA to Sandpoint, ID | 77 | 70 | Appletree Inn (Spokane, still) | ||
| Fri | 30-Jun | 6 | Off Day - Spokane, WA | New Driver: Sonja Zwemer | ||||
| Sat | 1-Jul | 7 | Sandpoint, ID to Libby, MT | 85 | 85 | Sandman Motel | ||
| Sun | 2-Jul | 8 | Libby, MT to Columbia Falls, MT | 108 | 107 | Meadow Lake Resort | ||
| Mon | 3-Jul | 9 | Columbia Falls, MT to Browning, MT | 97 | 102 | Western Browning Motel | Glacier National Park, Continental Divide. Forced off road by park rangers ~600 vertical feet from pass crest | |
| Tue | 4-Jul | 10 | Browning, MT to Augusta, MT | 97 | 99 | The Bunk House Inn | new driver: Toni Sturm. Great fireworks in Augusta | |
| Wed | 5-Jul | 11 | Augusta, MT to Townsend, MT | 108 | 96 | Mustang Motel | Carl is 12 miles longer | |
| Thu | 6-Jul | 12 | Townsend, MT to Big Sky, MT | 95 | 98 | Comfort Inn | Three Forks - headwaters of Missouri River. Now at 6,000' altitude | |
| Fri | 7-Jul | 13 | Off Day - Big Sky MT | New Drivers: Billy Ormsby & Christa Strickland | ||||
| Sat | 8-Jul | 14 | Big Sky, MT to Fishing Bridge, WY | 107 | 123 | Lake Yellowstone Hotel | Enter Yellowstone, Old Faithful, Continental Divide x2 | |
| Sun | 9-Jul | 15 | Fishing Bridge, WY to Cody, WY | 110 | 74 | Holiday Inn | exit Yellowstone | |
| Mon | 10-Jul | 16 | Emblem, WY to Buffalo, WY | 138 | 112 | Comfort Inn | highpoint of ride (9,666'), portage to hotel | |
| Tue | 11-Jul | 17 | Buffalo, WY to Gillette, WY | 65 | 98 | Hampton Inn | Cross Crazy Woman Creek | |
| Wed | 12-Jul | 18 | Gillette, WY to Spearfish, SD | 110 | 65 | Motel 6 - Belle Fourche, SD | Devil's Tower, KBFS-AM & KYDT-FM, Post & Bee interviews. High of 111 | |
| Thu | 13-Jul | 19 | Spearfish, SD to Custer, SD | 102 | 84 | Best Western | Sturgis, Deadwood, High > 100 | |
| Fri | 14-Jul | 20 | Off Day - Custer, SD | New Drivers: Cindy Fields, John S. Castle | Mt. Rushmore visit | |||
| Sat | 15-Jul | 21 | Custer, SD to Batesland, SD | 122 | 114 | Wakpamni B&B | Too Hot! High of around 110 | |
| Sun | 16-Jul | 22 | Batesland, SD to Mission, SD | 79 | 79 | Holiday Inn Express - Winner, SD | Temp of 112 stopped us about 8 miles short of Mission. | |
| Mon | 17-Jul | 23 | Winner, SD to Pickstown, SD | 126 | 82 | Dakota Inn | Prior night in Winner avoided 70 mile detour, shortened ride by ~40 miles | |
| Tue | 18-Jul | 24 | Pickstown, SD to Newcastle, NE | 102 | 104 | Holiday Inn Express - Vermillion, SD | Carl felled by flu bug | |
| Wed | 19-Jul | 25 | Newcastle, NE to Denison, IA | 101 | 85 | Super 8 | ride shortened to get Cindy and John to airport for their flight | |
| Thu | 20-Jul | 26 | Off Day - Denison, IA | New Drivers: John Bowie, Lydia Castle | ||||
| Fri | 21-Jul | 27 | Denison, IA to Ames, IA | 95 | 97 | Hampton Inn | ||
| Sat | 22-Jul | 28 | Ames, IA to Cedar Rapids, IA | 99 | 108 | Holiday Inn Express | Castle/Hedges gravesites | |
| Sun | 23-Jul | 29 | Cedar Rapids, IA to Rock Falls, IL | 116 | 115 | Holiday Inn | Cross Mississippi River | |
| Mon | 24-Jul | 30 | Rock Falls, IL to Joliet, IL | 95 | 98 | Holiday Inn Express | ||
| Tue | 25-Jul | 31 | Joliet, IL to Nappanee, IN | 114 | 99 | Amish Acres | Portage to get past dangerous roads & traffic. Entered Eastern time zone | |
| Wed | 26-Jul | 32 | Nappanee, IN to Napoleon, OH | 99 | 102 | Holiday Inn Express | ||
| Thu | 27-Jul | 33 | Napoleon, OH to Westlake, OH | 111 | 136 | Hampton Inn | longest riding day | |
| Fri | 28-Jul | 34 | Off Day - Cleveland OH | New Drivers: Lydia Castle, Sandy Howerton | ||||
| Sat | 29-Jul | 35 | Westlake, OH to Conneaut, OH | 85 | 100 | Days Inn | Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, USS Cod | |
| Sun | 30-Jul | 36 | Conneaut, OH to Dunkirk, NY | 90 | 82 | Clarion Inn | Road trip to Niagara Falls | |
| Mon | 31-Jul | 37 | Dunkirk, NY to Avon, NY | 103 | 101 | Holiday Inn - Rochester | ||
| Tue | 1-Aug | 38 | Rush, NY to Auburn, NY | 78 | 68 | Holiday Inn | ||
| Wed | 2-Aug | 39 | Auburn to Richfield Springs, NY | 84 | 88 | Fairfield Inn - East Greenbush | portage due to extreme heat | |
| Thu | 3-Aug | 40 | East Greenbush, NY to West Stockbridge, MA | 103 | 41 | Bruce Cohen's | ||
| Fri | 4-Aug | 41 | West Stockbridge, MA to Sturbridge, MA | 100 | 90 | Sturbridge Host Hotel | ||
| Sat | 5-Aug | 42 | Sturbridge, MA to Bourne, MA | 112 | 112 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | ||
| Sun | 6-Aug | 43 | Bourne, MA to Provincetown, MA | 80 | 77 | Howerton's | Ormsby gravesites | |
| Total Mileage | 3772 | 3580 | ||||||