Summer 393 WE Itinerary: Great Plains/Rocky Mountains, 2008

Colorado Option

SOME VERY IMPORTANT TRAVEL NOTES!

1. ROAD hours mean moving time; these DO NOT include the meals or potty stops. The longer we take dallying with meals or other diversions, the later we arrive. Simple and sad 4th grade geography: "Time = Rate * Distance". Rate, and so time and distance accomplished, is 0 in stop.

2. The schedule below is TENTATIVE. If the weather is inclement, we will adjust schedules and routes to visit during better conditions.

DATE	FEATURED ATTRACTION	ROAD hr/mile	LODGING TYPE	DESTINATION AT NIGHT
Fri. 02MAY	Driver Meeting	N/A	N/A	meet at 1 PM; B347
Fri. 09MAY	Pre-departure Meeting 1	N/A	N/A	meet at 1 PM; B347
Fri. 16MAY	Pre-departure Meeting 2	N/A	N/A	meet TBD; B347
Mon. 19MAY	in transit	12/674	Cedar Pass CG	Badlands Nat. Park
Tue. 20MAY	fossil exhibits	2/34	camp	Sage Creek Wilderness*
Wed. 21MAY	WRVC Lakota; Palmer Creek	2/108	Stirk Table CG	Badlands Nat. Park
Thur. 22MAY	Deadwood; stream piracy	4/194	Belle Fourche CG	Deadwood Historic District
Fri. 23MAY	Devil's Tower; reprovision	0/0	Belle Fourche CG	Devil's Tower Nat. Monument
Sat. 24MAY	Jewel Cave; Mount Rushmore	3/156	Game Lodge CG	Custer State Park
Sun. 25MAY	Wind Cave (underground)	1/20	Elk Mountain CG**	Wind Cave Nat. Park
Mon. 26MAY	Wind Cave (aboveground)	0/0	Elk Mountain CG**	Wind Cave Nat. Park
Tue. 27MAY	Mammoth Museum; Fossil Cycad	2/96	Fort Robinson CG**	Fort Robinson State Park
Wed. 28MAY	Agate Fossil Beds; Fort Laramie NHP; reprovision	4/248	Evans Creek CG	Medicine Bow Nat. Forest
Thur. 29MAY	North Park; Trail Ridge Road	4/137	Aspenglen CG**	Rocky Mountain Nat. Park
Fri. 30MAY	Moraine Park; Estes Park	1/38	Brainard Lake CG	Roosevelt Nat. Forest
Sat. 31MAY	Isabelle Glacier	1/11	Peaceful Valley CG	Roosevelt Nat. Forest
Sun. 01JUN	Big Thompson Canyon; Sand Hills	7/381	Bessey CG	Nebraska Nat. Forest
Mon. 02JUN	Valentine NWR; in transit	12/729	home!	Stevens Point, WI

* will stay at another site if road is impassable

** showers, convenience stores, and phones available

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N C Heywood [email] maintains this page, last updated 19MAR08. We monitor our cell phone from 6 to 8 PM CDT each day when in range. That number is (715) 459-8181.