sunday may 11th, 2014 - drive from maine to boston. this flight goes to nevada, but has a layover in texas. we'll get to nevada around 9 pm (local time). sunday night we may stay in las vegas, no official plans yet for that, we'll see what happens. total driving miles to airport in boston is 233 miles. total straight-line distance from boston-texas is 1525 miles, and from texas to nevada is 1000 miles.
monday may 12th, 2014 - pick up our rental car in the morning (a mustang convertable btw *eyebrow wiggle*). this day we drive from nevada to our next hotel, in flagstaff, arizona. along the way we will be visiting the ghost town of oatman and the grand canyon. total driving miles for the day (including the canyon): 363 miles. staying monday night in flagstaff.
tuesday may 13th, 2014 - leaving flagstaff and heading towards albuquerque, new mexico. will be stopping along the way at the jackrabbit trading post, the petrified forest, red rock park in gallup, and the pueblo of laguna. staying the night in albuquerque. total driving miles: 324 miles.
wednesday may 14th, 2014 - leaving albuquerque and driving to roswell, new mexico. stopping in santa fe and santa rosa. total milage 291 miles. staying the night in roswell.
thursday may 15th, 2014 - leaving roswell and starting towards amarillo, texas. stopping along the way in the ghost town glenrio, the midpoint cafe, and the cadillac ranch. total drive of 294 miles. staying the night in amarillo.
friday may 16th, 2014 - leaving amarillo and heading for tulsa, oklahoma. stopping in oklahoma city and pops in arcadia. driving 366 miles. staying the night in tulsa, beginning hanson day activities friday night
saturday may 17th, 2014 - continuing hanson day, staying in tulsa again this night.
sunday may 18th, 2014 - possibly continuing hanson day (no events yet announced for sunday). exploration of tulsa and maybe surrounding areas.
monday may 19th, 2014 - leaving tulsa, heading for wichita, kansas. 176 miles. returning rental car, our flight back to boston (via dallas) leaves at 2:45 pm. 700 miles straight-line from wichita to dallas, and another 1525 miles straight-line to boston. arriving back in boston shortly after midnight. driving back to central maine, another 233 miles.
tuesday may 20th, 2014 - home. sleep. total approximate miles travelled: 7030 miles.
for the most part, this itinerary will not be changing, but there may be a few last minute adjustments here or there. here's a driving route map, courtesy of google:
if anyone who might be reading this has any suggestions at all for places to stop/things to see/places to eat/etc etc, please let us know in the comments!
--ashley
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