To and In Colorado
| Date and destination | Activities | Lodging, distances, and details |
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8/1 Sunday:
Daniel to Denver |
Activities: catch a plane, pick up car |
- Flight: American Airlines # 1349. Leave National @ 3:42, Chicago at 4:44.
#1761 leave Chicago at 7:26, arrive Denver 9:01
- Lodgding (Daniel): Adams Mark Hotel
303 893 3333
- Car rental: Hertz reservation # C55221384E8 --
Phone: 800 654 3080
Premium car (AAA discount)
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8/2 Monday:
Susan & boys on train |
Activities: catch a train, conferenceize |
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8/3 Tuesday:
| Conference and train riding .... |
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8/4 Wednesday:
Denver to Estes Park |
Goto Estes Park, meet up with Will |
Susan & boys arrive, then on to Estes Park.
| 8/5 Thursday:
Estes to Dino |
Visit Rocky Mntn National Park with Will et al,
drive to Dino,
see Dino if time permits |
Visit Dinosaur National Monument
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To and In Wyoming
8/6 Friday:
Dino to Jackson Hole |
Visit Dino if not done on Thursday,
drive to Jackson Hole |
Drive to Jackson hole, perhaps touristing on the way.
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8/7 Saturday:
Around Jackson Hole |
See Jackson Hole and the Tetons,
and take a raft trip |
Hang in Jackson and environs. Take a raft trip on class 2/3 waters (Snake River)
Raft trip
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8/8 Sunday:
Jackson Hole to
Yellowstone Lake |
Drive to Yellowstone,
perhaps side trip to Old Faithful |
Goto Yellowstone, touristing on the way
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8/9 Monday:
Around Yellowstone |
Hang around Yellowstone.
Maybe take hikes near lake,
or maybe head over to Geyser Basin |
Focus on the geo thermal area--- a hike in a geyser field?
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8/10 Tuesday:
Lake Hotel to Canyon Lodge
(in Yellowstone) |
More stuff in Yellowstone,
perhaps loop through Geyser Basin |
Loop through park?
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8/11 Wednesday:
Around Yellowstone |
More Yellowstone touring,
with hike of Mt. Washburn |
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To and In SD
8/12 Thursday:
Leave yellowstone,
head for Black Hills |
Drive towards the Black Hills,
stopping in Cody and other Wyoming spots.
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Make some time,
but also stop in Wyoming towns/museums/etc.
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8/13 Friday:
Through Black Hills area |
Tour Deadwood, Mt. Rushmore,
and other Black Hills attractions;
end up
in Wall SD
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Visit Mt. Rushmore and other such sites. Might also visit Deadwood, depending
on the crowds. Possibility of Upton WY?
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Heading back
8/14 Saturday:
on to chicago |
Drive toward Chicago,
possible jaunt through Badlands |
Note: distance between Wall SD and Chicago: 900
If not done on Friday, start the day with a side trip through the Badlands.
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8/15 Sunday:
Arrive in Chicago |
Drive to Chicago, hang with Laura & Debbie |
Try to do some sightseeing
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8/16 Monday:
Chicago to Cleveland |
Morning tourism in Chicago,
then drive to Cleveland |
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8/17 Tuesday:
Cleveland to DC,
or Niagara Falls |
Drive to Niagara Falls, or to DC |
Back home, or one last side trip to Niagara Falls
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8/18 Wednesday:
W/B to DC,
or awake in DC |
Wake up in DC, or drive there from PA |
Return car (perhaps in afternoon)
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