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