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36-day TARDIS TRANSCONTINENTAL ROADTRIP part 2: The Way East
10 years ago
Day 1 is exactly six weeks from today. Day 19 is the last in San Francisco.
Day 20 Tuesday June 16
Pacific Coast Highway south through Santa Cruz and Big Sur, California. Overnight at Montaña de Oro State Park, Islay Creek Campground.
Day 21 Wednesday June 17
PCH to Santa Barbara, and east to visit Vasquez Rocks. Visit friends. Overnight motel in Sylmar CA.
Day 22 Thursday June 18
Another break from driving all day. Visit Malibu Creek State Park and play at the M*A*S*H location. Afterward, beach camping at Point Mugu State Park CA.
Day 23 Friday June 19
Santa Monica, Venice, Lunch at Not A Burger Stand in Burbank. Meet another TARDIS at Clockwork Couture. Griffith Observatory, downtown LA, Long Beach. Visit friends. Overnight motel in Corona CA.
Day 24 Saturday June 20
Route 74 east to Palm Desert and Salton Sea Beach ghost town. Overnight motel in Yuma Arizona.
Day 25 Sunday June 21
East to Tucson. Overnight with friends in Tucson AZ.
Day 26 Monday June 22
Break from driving all day. Spend day in Tucson, visit friends, TARDIS service and prep for rest of trip east.
Day 27 Tuesday June 23
Northeast to Gila National Forest, New Mexico. Overnight at free campground in vicinity of Glenwood NM.
Day 28 Wednesday June 24
Side trip to Mogollon ghost town, through Datil NM to the Very Large Array. Overnight at motel in Socorro NM.
Day 29 Thursday June 25
East across Valley of Fires lava flow to Roswell NM. Overnight at Bottomless Lakes campground.
Day 30 Friday June 26
We leave the West behind and pick up the daily pace. Northeast to pick up I-40/Historic Hwy 66 east through Amarillo, Texas to free camping at Elk City Lake Park, Oklahoma.
Day 31 Saturday June 27
I-40/Historic Hwy 66 east through Tulsa OK; continue east to Springdale, Akansas. Overnight stay with friends.
Day 32 Sunday June 28
This would be a good time to take a break from the past 5 days driving and stay in Springdale for one more day before resuming the trip home.
Day 33 Monday June 29
East through Paducah Kentucky to camp in the Land Between the Lakes.
Day 34 Tuesday June 30
East through Lexington KY to motel in the vicinity of Charleston, West Virginia.
Day 35 Wednesday July 1
East across Virgina into Washington, D.C. and stay overnight with friends.
Day 36 Thursday July 2
North to New York!
Day 20 Tuesday June 16
Pacific Coast Highway south through Santa Cruz and Big Sur, California. Overnight at Montaña de Oro State Park, Islay Creek Campground.
Day 21 Wednesday June 17
PCH to Santa Barbara, and east to visit Vasquez Rocks. Visit friends. Overnight motel in Sylmar CA.
Day 22 Thursday June 18
Another break from driving all day. Visit Malibu Creek State Park and play at the M*A*S*H location. Afterward, beach camping at Point Mugu State Park CA.
Day 23 Friday June 19
Santa Monica, Venice, Lunch at Not A Burger Stand in Burbank. Meet another TARDIS at Clockwork Couture. Griffith Observatory, downtown LA, Long Beach. Visit friends. Overnight motel in Corona CA.
Day 24 Saturday June 20
Route 74 east to Palm Desert and Salton Sea Beach ghost town. Overnight motel in Yuma Arizona.
Day 25 Sunday June 21
East to Tucson. Overnight with friends in Tucson AZ.
Day 26 Monday June 22
Break from driving all day. Spend day in Tucson, visit friends, TARDIS service and prep for rest of trip east.
Day 27 Tuesday June 23
Northeast to Gila National Forest, New Mexico. Overnight at free campground in vicinity of Glenwood NM.
Day 28 Wednesday June 24
Side trip to Mogollon ghost town, through Datil NM to the Very Large Array. Overnight at motel in Socorro NM.
Day 29 Thursday June 25
East across Valley of Fires lava flow to Roswell NM. Overnight at Bottomless Lakes campground.
Day 30 Friday June 26
We leave the West behind and pick up the daily pace. Northeast to pick up I-40/Historic Hwy 66 east through Amarillo, Texas to free camping at Elk City Lake Park, Oklahoma.
Day 31 Saturday June 27
I-40/Historic Hwy 66 east through Tulsa OK; continue east to Springdale, Akansas. Overnight stay with friends.
Day 32 Sunday June 28
This would be a good time to take a break from the past 5 days driving and stay in Springdale for one more day before resuming the trip home.
Day 33 Monday June 29
East through Paducah Kentucky to camp in the Land Between the Lakes.
Day 34 Tuesday June 30
East through Lexington KY to motel in the vicinity of Charleston, West Virginia.
Day 35 Wednesday July 1
East across Virgina into Washington, D.C. and stay overnight with friends.
Day 36 Thursday July 2
North to New York!
I'm bringing a golf club, a helicopter, and martinis.
The M-24 as seen in the first part of that episode http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M24_Chaffee
The Sherman that came out of the tent http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4_Sherman
Huge difference.