Trip Summary
Trip Start
Jul 05, 2012
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29
Trip End
Aug 01, 2012
Gerton, North Carolina
Monday, August 6, 2012
Total Miles Driven = 7207 (89368 to 96575)
Nights spent in Hotels = 31
National Parks Visited = 8
- Santa Monica Mountains NP (California)
- Yosemite NP (California)
- Grand Canyon NP (Arizona)
- Zion NP (Arizona)
- Grand Tetons NP (Wyoming)
- Yellowstone NP (Wyoming - Montana)
- Mount Rushmore Memorial NP (South Dakota)
- Badlands NP (South Dakota)
- Los Padres NF (California)
- Inyo NF (California, Nevada)
- Coconino NF (Arizona)
- Bighorn NF (Wyoming)
- Black Hills NF (South Dakota)
- Buffalo Gap Grasslands NG (South Dakota)
- California
- Nevada
- Arizona
- Utah
- Idaho
- Wyoming
- Montana
- South Dakota
- Minnesota
- Wisconsin
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Maryland
- West Virginia
- Virginia
- North Carolina
- Los Angeles, California
- Huntington Beach, California
- Encinitas, California (bought the car here!)
- Escondito, California
- San Diego, California
- La Jolla, California
- Coronado, California
- Woodland Hills, California
- Malibu, California
- Santa Barbara, California
- Monterey, California
- San Francisco, California
- San Mateo, California
- San Jose, California
- Fresno, California
- Mariposa Grove, California
- Mammoth Lakes, California
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Williams, Arizona
- Flagstaff, Arizona
- Hurricane, Arizona
- Fillmore, Arizona
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Pocatello, Idaho
- Idaho Falls, Idaho
- Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Cody, Wyoming
- Sturgis, South Dakota
- Spearfish, South Dakota
- Rapid City, South Dakota
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Rochester, Minnesota
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Chicago, Illinois
- Merrillville, Indiana
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Richmond, Virginia
- Kill Devil Hills, NC
- Manteo, NC
- Raleigh, NC
Major Attractions Visited:
- Raleigh Airport (RDU)
- Orlando Airport (MCO)
- Los Angeles Airport (LAX)
- Hollywood, CA
- Padres Baseball Stadium, San Diego, CA
- Mount Soledad, San Diego, CA
- Hotel Del Coronado - San Diego, CA (Marilyn Monroe filmed here)
- University of Santa Barbara, CA
- Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA
- Big Sur, CA
- Golden Gate Bridge, San Fransisco, CA
- Alcatraz, San Francisco, CA
- Pier 39, San Francisco, CA
- Mariposa Grove - Redwood Forest, CA
- Hoover Dam, Arizona
- Las Vegas Hotels and Casinos
- Staged Gun Fight (Drama) Williams, Arizona
- Route 66, Arizona
- Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona
- Lake Powell and Lake Powell Dam, Arizona
- Salt Lake, Utah
- John D Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway, Wyoming
- Old Faithful, Wyoming
- Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Stadium, Wisconsin
- Wind Farms, Minnesota
- Pittsburgh Steelers Football Stadium, Pennsylvania
- Notre Dame Campus and Stadium, Indiana
- Drove by Andy Griffith's house, Manteo, NC
- Grave Digger Monster Truck Shop, Kill Devil Hills
- Lost Colony Museum, North Carolina
Wildlife Seen:
- Antelope (multiple fields along the Interstate)
- Cinnamon Black Bear (Yosemite)
- Coyote (in Yosemite with deer leg in it's mouth - see picture)
- Buck Deer (multiple parks - largest one spotted across from Super Walmart in South Dakota)
- Mule Deer (multiple parks)
- White Tail Deer (multiple parks)
- Elk (multiple parks)
- Buffalo family (up close in Yellowstone)
- Marmot (Yellowstone - we couldn't avoid hitting this animal and we went back to move it from the road)
- Squirrel (multiple locations, different types)
- Raccoon (South Dakota - missed hitting he largest raccoon we have ever seen by an inch)
- Tiger Striped Salamander (Zion NP)
- Raven (Yellowstone)
- Pelican (Malibu)
- Sea Gulls (multiple locations)
