Route 66 Roadtrip
Feb. 26th, 2010 12:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
skyringIn April 2011 the BookCrossing anniversary convention will be held in Washington DC. I'll be there (naturally) and I'm pencilling in a roadtrip. Just sketchy at the moment, but it's something my co-driver and I have been kicking around for a bit.
We fly into New York, where one of my taxidriver contacts will have bought us a second-hand yellow cab, one of those big old Ford Crown Victorias. We then drive down to DC for the convention.
After the con, we drive to Chicago, where Route 66 begins. And follow it all the way down to Los Angeles. Side trips to Lamberts Cafe in Missouri, possibly Las Vegas. After dipping our toes in the Pacific at Santa Monica, we head north along Highway 1 to San Francisco. Where we leave the cab, auctioned off on eBay.
We two cabbies may do a bit of charity fund-raising along the way.
If we have enough interest, we could do a convoy of multiple vehicles.
As I said, just pencilled in, many of the details to be worked out, but we're thinking about it and thinking it sounds like a plan.
We fly into New York, where one of my taxidriver contacts will have bought us a second-hand yellow cab, one of those big old Ford Crown Victorias. We then drive down to DC for the convention.
After the con, we drive to Chicago, where Route 66 begins. And follow it all the way down to Los Angeles. Side trips to Lamberts Cafe in Missouri, possibly Las Vegas. After dipping our toes in the Pacific at Santa Monica, we head north along Highway 1 to San Francisco. Where we leave the cab, auctioned off on eBay.
We two cabbies may do a bit of charity fund-raising along the way.
If we have enough interest, we could do a convoy of multiple vehicles.
As I said, just pencilled in, many of the details to be worked out, but we're thinking about it and thinking it sounds like a plan.
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Date: 2010-02-27 09:22 am (UTC)Of course, not all of the trip would have to be done by everyone.
Let's see. NYC to DC is about 5 hours, according to Google Maps. That sounds like an easy day's travel. I'd be wanting to arrive in DC on the Thursday before the convention, following two nights in NYC to check out the car and have a quick look around.
DC to Chicago is ten plus hours, so I'd be looking to divide that into two days of travel. Possibly look through Gettysburg in the morning, stop somewhere in Ohio overnight, arrive Chicago second day. Alternatively, go through west Virginia and the Appalachians.
Chicago to LA Google Maps says 1 day 9 hours, which translates to about six days of driving. Eight hours a day is too much, and we'll want to do side trips. An obvious one is north from Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon.
Very rough, this. Possibly we'll skip the buy cab and sell it in California part, which would save time. Fly DC to Chicago would save time as well.
Tue 12 Apr 2011 Arrive JFK
Wed 13 Apr 2011 Check out cab, see NYC
Thu 14 Apr 2011 Drive to DC
Fri 15 Apr 2011 Convention begins
Sat 16 Apr 2011
Sun 17 Apr 2011 Convention ends
Mon 18 Apr 2011 Check out of hotels etc.
Tue 19 Apr 2011 Arrive Chicago
Wed 20 Apr 2011 Begin route 66 drive.
Tue 26 Apr 2011 End Route 66 in Santa Monica
Wed 27 Apr 2011 Drive north to SF
Thu 28 Apr 2011 vege out in SF