The Great Eating Road Trip Adventure of Awesomeness

Less than 48 hours before I leave, I have finally completed detailing the voyage.


The Great Eating Road Trip Adventure of Awesomeness

Part 1: To Tijuana!

Wednesday, August 15th

• Leave Tracy - 8am
• Arrive in Irvine, Pick up Allison, Leave to San Diego - 3pm
• Arrive in San Diego, dinner w/ grandparents - 5pm
• Crash at Allison's house for the night

Total Mileage: 447.3

Thursday, August 16th

• Explore San Diego/Tijuana
• Leave San Diego - 1pm
• Arrive in Irvine - 3pm
• Allison goes to Camp dinner, I bum around Irvine.
• Crash at Allison's/Dylans/Jaime's Apt or Josh/Brandon/Kipp's Apt

Total Mileage: 83.8

Part 2: The Ghosts of Route 66

Friday, August 17th

• Leave Irvine - 8am
• Cabazon Dinosaurs - 10am
• Start on the Route 66 trail
• Barstow - noon
• London Bridge, Lake Havasu, AZ - 3pm
• Oatman - 4pm
• Grand Canyon Caverns - 5:30pm
• Flagstaff - 8pm - Timezone change (but no daylight saving, thus no
  actual time change)
• Stay at Motel 6, Flagstaff - $70

Total Mileage:664.4

Saturday, August 18th

• Leave Flagstaff - 8am
• Continue Route 66 trail
• Holbrook - 10am
• Gallup - noon
• Albuquerque - 3pm - Timezone change w/ daylight saving, so time change
• Check into Motel 6
• Drive to Santa Fe - 4pm
• Meet up with Uncle Mike for dinner, explore Indian Arts Festival
• Back to Albuquerque - 9pm
• Motel 6 -Coors Rd - $45

Total Mileage: 450.3

Part 3: Aliens and BBQ, a winning combination

Sunday, August 19th

• Leave Albuquerque - 6am
• Explore Roswell, UFO museum - 9am - 11am
• Lubbock - 3pm - Timezone change
• Arrive in Fort Worth - 8pm
• Motel 6 Fort Worth, 117 - $42

Total Mileage: 670.9

Monday, August 20th

• Leave Fort Worth - 9am
• BBQ at Sonny Bryan at 10 am
• Little Rock AK - 4pm - possible traffic
• Arrive in Memphis - 7pm
• Drive by Graceland, Dinner at Corky's BBQ
• Motel 6 - Memphis - $51

Total Mileage:526.3

Part 4: Race to a Billion pictures or Who Will Collapse First from Sleep Deprivation?

Tuesday, August 21th

• Leave Memphis - 4am
• Nashvile - 8am - traffic - Timezone change
• Knoxville - 10am
• Drive by Dollywood - 11am
• Arrive in Asheville - 1pm
• Travel up the Blue Ridge Parkway
• Roanoke - 10pm
• Econo Lodge - $50

Total Mileage: 755.2

Wednesday, August 22th

• Leave Roanoke - 6:30am
• Explore Dinosaur Land - 9:30am-11am
• Explore Washington DC - noon-2:30pm
• Catch the ferry at Lewes, DE - 4:15pm - $30
• Cross the Delaware
• Arrive in Atlantic City - 6pm
• Explore the Boardwalk
• Tropicana Casino and Resort - Boardwalk - $170

Total Mileage: 420.4

Part 5: A whole new adventure begins

Thursday, August 23rd

• Leave Atlantic City - 10am
• Arrive Philadelphia - 11am
• Pat's Philly cheesesteaks
• University of Bridgeport - 1pm
• Move-in, explore Bridgeport
• Allison guests at the dorm

Total Mileage: 303.7

Main Trip Mileage: 4322.4

Part 6: Canuck Power to the MAX

Friday, August 24th

• Explore Bridgeport
• Leave - 10am
• Albany - 1pm
• Syracuse - 4pm
• Rochester - 6pm
• Niagara Falls - 8pm
• Toronto - 9pm
• Motel 6, Toronto - $130

Total Mileage : 542.6

Saturday - 25

• Explore Toronto

Sunday - 26

• Leave Toronto - 10am
• Niagara Falls - 11am
• Rochester - 1pm
• Syracuse - 3pm
• Albany - 6pm
• Bridgeport - 8pm - Allison guests

Total Mileage: 542.6

Part 7: You mean there's a 3:00 in the morning too?
Monday - 27th

• Leave to JFK - 3:30 am
• Drop Allison off at JFK - 4:30
• Back to Bridgeport - 5:30am
• Allison flies home - 6:30 am

Total Mileage: 122.6

By the Numbers
13 Days
5698.1 Miles
3 countries
95 hours of Driving
$578 for hotel
16 tanks of gas - $632
$250 for food
$100 suveniers
Billions of pictures
Hundreds of short movies
No less than 3 medical emergencies
At least 2 car breakdowns
Estimated Weight gain: 10 lbs
Mental exhaustion recovery time - 1 week
3 timezone changes
Losses from gambling/conmen - $100



Its so close I can taste it....