My Road Trip Itinerary - 2009

I'm moving my Road Trip Itinerary from the left hand navigation bar to here since it is now in the past but folks may still enjoy reading about it. In fact, I'm going back to Moab over Labor Day Weekend. The original plan was to go sky-diving but I don't have health insurance so it seems smarter to just do some hiking, camping, swimming, and relaxing.

Next year I hope there will be a cool new road trip itinerary for 2010! This last one certainly changed my life in many profound ways.


July 23 - leave Tennessee

arrive home in Maryland

total miles driven: 6612

July 22 - leave Oklahoma

spend night in Tennessee

July 21 - leave New Mexico

spend night in Oklahoma

July 20 - leave Utah

spend night in New Mexico

July 19 - leave Arizona & return to Moab

cool off at the Mill Creek Canyon swim hole

hike to see petroglyphs

July 18 - hike Grand Canyon National Park

July 17 - leave Utah

spend night in Arizona

July 16 - whitewater rafting down Colorado River

visit Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument

have a few pints and play pool at The Moab Brewery

July 15 - visit Arches National Park

see dinosaur footprints at Copper Ridge, part of the "Dinosaur Diamond"

hike Dead Horse Point State Park

camp at Horsethief Campground

July 14 - fall in love with the town of Grand Lake, CO

buy two Maruca handbags at The Grand Lady

visit Dinosaur National Monument

taste Merlot ice cream at Bedrock Depot

leave Colorado

spend night in Utah

July 13 - wake up in a tent on top of a mountain!

drive Trail Ridge Road through Rocky Mountain National Park

see "Pirates of Penzance" at Rocky Mountain Reportory Theatre

July 8 through July 12 -

attend storytelling & puppetry workshop with Suzanne Down

while in Boulder CO:


shop Shuttles, Spindles & Skeins

walk at Wonderland Lake

shop Elfriede's Fine Fabrics

have tea at The Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse

walk Boulder Creek Path

shop Boulder Farmers' Market

visit Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

hike Flagstaff Mountain

July 7 - leave Kansas

arrive in Colorado
Boulder Waldorf Kindergarten

July 6 - leave Missouri

visit The Oz Museum

visit Oz Winery

spend night in Kansas

July 5 - leave Ohio

visit Lincoln Log Cabin

spend night in Missouri

July 4 - leave Maryland

spend night in Ohio