I need your suggestions for Prius Drive Thru

Travel itinerary
July 13th Lancaster, Pennsylvania
July 14th Toledo, Ohio
July 15th Racine, Wisconsin
July 16th, 17th, 18th Madison,Wisconsin (Green Drive Expo)
July 19th Sioux Falls, South Dakota
July 20th Rapid City South Dakota (Mount Rushmore)
July 21st, 22nd Yellowstone National Park
July 23rd Burns, Oregon
July 24th Crater Lake National Monument
July 25th Fort Bragg, California
July 26th Napa, California
July 27th, 28th San Francisco, California
July 29th Yosemite National Park
July 30th Torrance, California (Toyota US headquarters)
July 31st, August 1st Rancho Bernardo, California
August 2nd, 3rd San Diego, California
August 4th Sedona, Arizona
August 5th Santa Fe, New Mexico
August 6th White Sands National Monument
August 7th Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
August 8th Little Rock, Arkansas
August 9th Nashville, Tennessee
August 10th Asheville, North Carolina
August 11th Staunton, Virginia (Blue Ridge National Forest)
August 12th Lancaster, Pennsylvania

So that's where we're stopping. And trust me on this, I've spent a considerable amount of time in the last six months going over the those stops and the route. But I'm one person. And what do I know?

So I ask all of you, suggest some good stops. Suggest a cool road. Tell me about your favorite roadside attraction that we might pass along the way. What about places to eat? Any great diners, fast food joints or restaurants along the way? And before you suggest rerouting the trip, it won't happen. I can make stops along the route but at this point, it's too late to do major rerouting.

I need your help. If you have a minute, please make a suggestion.

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Rick, yes! That is exactly the kind of suggestion I was hoping for (in fact all of these suggestions so far are great). I'd never find that out from surfing the web and it sounds very cool. Dinner at the airport, why not!

Hey Fred, thanks very much for the offer. I may take you up on it. And with that said, some of the day's we're traveling are scheduled pretty tight, some aren't. I'll have to look at the Nashville leg. If we can work it out I'd love to hook up.

LRKII, that's exactly what I was hoping for. I would love to see the badlands. Well, I'd love to stop and dig around for some fossils. I don't think I'll have time for that but driving through would be very cool. Is there a specific road I should look for?

DMVP, thanks! I'll check out Minerva's and the falls. I may only be able to check out the falls early in the morning as that leg is a long drive but I'll definitely give it a try. They sound cool.

G-T, I don't know if I'll be doing any fishing but I hope to do some really cool things in Yellowstone. It's a surprise for now but I hope to get a very unique view of the park while we are there. We're staying one night at the Lake Hotel and one night at the Old Faithful Inn. I'm really looking forward to seeing Yellowstone in person. I've never been there before.

Thank you all for your suggestions and I hope some other stop in and offer their insight. That said, good odds for winning the Power Jolt right now to those of you who have already posted. Thanks again.

 

Good point on the Crazy Horse Memorial. I may actually go to both if time allows.

Tony, I spent a good bit of my childhood in Racine and I'm doing a photo essay while I am there that ties in with that. I also hope to shoot some of the FLW architecture there. Don't bag on Racine dude.

And no entourage, just my wife and I.

If I drive your route I have drive through Kenosha (shudder). I'm just kidding, for those of you with affection for Kenosha.

I'll be passing through your territory either Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon. Let me know where a good place to meet you would be if you want to get together. That said, I'm going to be at GDE for the whole show, so I am certain we can spend some time commenting on each other's entourages there as well.

And not to beat this riff to death but I find it funny the guy who showed in Detroit in a group of like forty people worries about the size of my entourage.

Evan, thanks for reminding me about Doe's. Definitely have to stop in there. We've actually planned to spend an afternoon at the Clinton Library, it's about a block from out hotel.

LRKII, Cactus Flats eh? Sounds like something out of the pixar movie, "Cars". I'll definitely check that out. I would love to cruise the badlands.

And Dave, you're absolutely right. I was dying to spend at least a day on the Olympic peninsula the other times I've been to the area. But all those time I was there on business and I didn't have a chance. And yes, I still feel that pain. But as I said, you're right. I do wish I could have extended the trip in that direction. Over the last five months or so this trip has evolved considerably and the one thing I've learned is, no matter how much I change the trip, I'm missing something, somewhere. So I just tried to create one good path and do the best I could within that route. I would love to do a trip that focused on the northwest and the mountain states. Maybe someday.