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Road Trip 2012

Road Trip 2012. The Ahlquists Take America. Day 1. Tuesday, July 3. Cary, NC to Charleston, WV. Drive time: 4 hrs Activities: Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine Address: 513 Ewart Ave, Beckley, WV City Of Charleston’s Freedom and Independence Celebration

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Road Trip 2012

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  1. Road Trip 2012 The Ahlquists Take America

  2. Day 1 Tuesday, July 3 Cary, NC to Charleston, WV • Drive time: 4 hrs • Activities: • Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine • Address: 513 Ewart Ave, Beckley, WV • City Of Charleston’s Freedom and Independence Celebration • Haddad Riverfront Park 8:00p – 9:45p • 700 Kanawha Blvd, Charleston, WV • Meals: • Lunch: Sandwiches • Dinner: Sam’s Club pizza • Stay: (1 hr drive) • Walmart • Address: 2700 Mountaineer Blvd, South Charleston, WV (next to Sam’s Club) • Address: 2500 Cherokee Ave, Charleston, WV

  3. Day 2 Wednesday, July 4 Charleston, WV to Louisville, KY • Drive time: 4 hrs • Activities: • Kentucky Derby Museum • Address: 704 Central Ave, Louisville, KY • Hours: 8a – 5p (Allow 2 hrs min) • Waterfront Independence Festival • Jimmy Cliff, Midnight Star, Mojoflo • Fireworks • 301 River Road, Louisville, KY • Meals: • Lunch: Sandwiches • Dinner: Campsite • Dessert: • Stay: • Louisville Metro KOA • Address: 900 Marriott Drive, Clarksville, IN • Phone: 800-562-4771

  4. Day 3 Thursday, July 5 Louisville, KY • Drive time: none • Activities: • Falls of the Ohio State Park • Address: 201 W. Riverside Drive, Clarksville, IN • Hours: 7a – 11p (Interpretive Center 9a-5p) • Schrimpff’s Confectionary • Address: 347 Spring St., Jeffersonville, IN • Hours: 10a – 5p (Closed July 4) – Allow 1/2hr min • Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory • Address: 800 W. Main St, Louisville, KY • Hours: 9a – 5p (Factory closed holidays) – Allow 1.5hr min • Meals: • Lunch: Packed sandwiches • Dinner: Kentucky Hot Browns • The Brown Hotel – 335 West Broadway, Louisville, KY • Captain’s Quarters Riverside Grill – 5700 Captain’s Quarters Road, Prospect, KY • Lynn’s Paradise Café – 984 Barret Ave, Louisville, KY • Derby Café – 704 Central Ave, Louisville, KY • Dessert: Homemade Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen (www.piekitchen.com) • Stay: • Louisville Metro KOA • Address: 900 Marriott Drive, Clarksville, IN • Phone: 800-562-4771

  5. Homemade Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen Spring/Summer Hours (May 4 through Labor Day) • M-Th: 10a-10p, F-Sa: 10a-11p, Su: 12n-10p (PK8 opens at 11a) • The original Pie Kitchen at 2525 Bardstown Rd opens 7a M-Sa Locations: (All Pie Kitchens have free WIFI) • Upper Highlands (Includes a Deli) (PK1) • 2525 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY 40205 (502) 459-8184 • Lower Highlands (Includes a Deli) (PK8) • 1041 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY 40204 (502) 618-3380 • St. Matthews (Includes a Deli) (PK2) • 3737 Lexington Road, Louisville, KY 40207 (502) 893-3303 • Clifton (PK3) • 2232 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206 (502) 409-6100 • Springhurst (PK5) • 3521 Springhurst Commons Drive, Louisville, KY 40241 (502) 326-8990 • Fern Creek (PK6) • 5606 Bardstown Road Louisville, KY 40291 (502) 239-3880 • Middletown (Includes a Deli) (PK9) • 12531 Shelbyville Road Louisville, KY 40243 (502) 245-7031 • Indiana (Clarksville) (PK4) • 1370 Veteran's Parkway Suite 100 Clarksville, IN 47129 (812) 288-6000 • Shelbyville, KY (Includes a Deli) (PK7) • 1732 Midland Trail / Main Street (502) 633-6330

  6. Day 4 Friday, July 6 Louisville, KY to Mammoth Cave NP, KY • Drive time: 1.5 hrs • Activities: • Mammoth Cave • Address: 1 Mammoth Cave Pkwy, Mammoth Cave NP, KY • Hours: TBD (1.5 – 6 hrs) • Bring lightweight jacket (54deg) • Meals: • Lunch: Packed sandwiches • Dinner: Campsite • Dessert: • Stay: • Mammoth Cave Campground • Site #51, Check In 12n, Checkout 11a • Confirmation 2-18073463

  7. Day 5 Saturday, July 7 Mammoth Cave NP, KY to St. Louis, MO • Drive time: 5hrs • Activities: • None • Meals: • Lunch: • Dinner: • City Diner (50’s theme) 3139 South Grand Blvd, St. Louis • Dessert: Ted Drewes Frozen Custard – 4224 S. Grand Blvd, St. Louis • Stay: • Cahokia RV Parque • Address: 4060 Mississippi Ave (Rt 3), Cahokia, IL

  8. Day 6 Sunday, July 8 St. Louis, MO • Drive time: none • Activities: • Gateway Arch • Address: Memorial Dr & Market St, St. Louis, MO • Hours: Ticket Center 8a – 10p (Arch 1hr, 3 45min movies) • City Museum • Address: 701 N. 15th St, St. Louis, MO • Hours: M-F 9a-5p, Sa 9a – 1a, Su 11a – 5p (2 hrs min) • Meals: • Lunch: Packed sandwiches • Dinner: • Imo’s (Famous St. Louis style pizza) – See next pg for locations • Stay: • Cahokia RV Parque • Address: 4060 Mississippi Ave (Rt 3), Cahokia, IL

  9. Imo’s Pizza

  10. Day 7 Monday, July 9 St. Louis, MO to Kansas City, KS • Drive time: 4 hrs – 6 hrs • Activities: • BigFoot Museum (Free) • Address: 6311 N. Lindbergh St, St. Louis, MO • Hours: M-F 9a-6p, Sa 9a-3p • Graham Cave State Park • Address: 217 Highway TT, Danville, MO • Hours: Daily 7a-Dusk • Meals: • Lunch: Sandwiches • Dinner: • Arthur Bryant’s (Famous KC Ribs) • 1727 Brooklyn Ave, Kansas City, MO • 1702 Village West Parkway, Kansas City, KS • Gates BBQ (Famous KS Ribs) • 4621 Paseo, Kansas City, MO • 1325 East Emanuel Cleaver Blvd, Kansas City, MO • 1221 Brooklyn Ave, Kansas City, MO • 10440 East 40 Highway, Independence, MO • 3205 Main. Kansas City, MO • 103rd & State Line. Leawood, KS • 1026 State Ave, Kansas City, KS • Stay: • Walmart • Address: 5150 Roe Blvd, Shawnee Mission, KS • Address: 7701 Frontage Rd, Overland Park, KS • Address: 1725 E Santa Fe St, Gardner, KS (1/2hr from AB’s) • Address: 2101 S. Princeton St, Ottawa, KS (3/4hr further) • Address: 1701 S. Kansas Rd, Newton, KS (1.5hr further)

  11. Day 8 Tuesday, July 10 Kansas City, KS to Hutchinson, KS • Drive time: 2-4 hrs • Activities: • Kansas Underground Salt Museum • Address: 3504 E Ave G, Hutchinson, KS • Hours: Tu-Sa 9a-6p, Su 1p-6p (1.5hrs min) • Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center • Address: 1100 N Plum St, Hutchinson, KS • Hours: M-Sa 9a-7p, Su 12n-7p (3hrs min) • Meals: • Lunch: Sandwiches • Dinner: • Stay: • Kansas State Fair RV Park ($20) • Address: 2000 N. Poplar St, Hutchinson, KS • Melody Acres Campground • Address: 1009 E Blanchard, Hutchinson, KS • Hitchin’ Post RV Park – Yoder, KS ($20) • Address: 3417 E Switzer Rd, Yoder, KS • Pine Haven Retreat • Address: 217 E US Highway 50, St. John, KS • Four Acres RV Park • Address: 1004 Massachusetts Ave, Kinsley, KS

  12. Day 9 Wednesday, July 11 Hutchinson, KS to Colby, KS • Drive time: 6 hrs • Activities: • Big Well Museum • Address: 315 S. Sycamore St, Greensburg, KS • Hours: Daily 10a-5p • Pallasite Meteorite • Address: 300 S. Main St, Greensburg, KS • Hours: Daily 10a-5p • Boot Hill Museum and Front Street • Address: 500 W. Wyatt Earp Blvd, Dodge City, KS • Hours: Daily 8a-8p (Gunfights at Noon and 7p) • Monument Rocks (Chalk Pyramids) • Address: 25 mi N or Scott City US 83 crosses Smoky Hill River. 2.5 mi further N is a sign directing visitors 4 miles E, then 2 miles S. • Prairie Dog Town • Address: 711 Wink Ave, Oakley, KS • Hours: Daily 9a-8p (1hr min) • Meals: • Lunch: Sandwiches • Dinner: • Stay: • Walmart • Address: 1915 S Range Ave, Colby, KS • Rest Stop • Rt 70 W of Colby • Walmart • Address: 2160 Commerce Rd, Goodland, KS

  13. Day 10 Thursday, July 12 Colby, KS to Aurora, CO • Drive time: 4 hrs • Activities: • Errands • Downtime • Meals: • Lunch: • Dinner: • Stay: • Cherry Creek State Park • Address: Aurora, CO

  14. Day 11 Friday, July 13 Aurora, CO • Drive time: None • Activities: • Errands • Downtime • Pickup Michelle and Kayleen at DIA • AA #1013 Arr8:25p • Meals: • Lunch: • Dinner: • Stay: • Cherry Creek State Park • Address: Aurora, CO

  15. Day 12 Saturday, July 14 Aurora, CO to Badlands NP, SD • Drive time: 8hrs • Activities: None • Meals: • Lunch: • Dinner: • Stay: • Cedar Pass Campground • Located near Ben Reifel Visitor Center • 96 sites, $28 for electrical, no reservations • Arrive before 6pm (sites fill up), the earlier the better

  16. Day 13 Sunday, July 15 Badlands NP, SD • Drive time: None • Activities: • Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, SD • 21280n Sr 240, Philip, SD • 605-433-5552 • Meals: • Lunch: • Dinner: • Stay: • Cedar Pass Campground

  17. Day 14 Monday, July 16 Badlands NP, SD to Mt. Rushmore, SD • Drive time: 2.5 hrs • Activities: • Wall Drug • Mt Rushmore / Evening Lights • Meals: • Lunch: • Dinner: • Stay:

  18. Day 15 Tuesday, July 17 Mt. Rushmore, SD to Devil’s Tower • Drive time: hrs • Activities: • Crazy Horse • Devil’s Tower • Meals: • Lunch: • Dinner: • Stay: • Devils Tower View RV Park • 476 Wyoming 24, Devils Tower, WY • 307-467-5737

  19. Day 16 Wednesday, July 18 Devil’s Tower, WY to Cody WY • Drive time: 5.5 hrs • Activities: • Drive into Ten Sleep, WY • Cody Gunfight • 6pm on 12th Street in front of the Irma Hotel • Cody Nite Rodeo • 8pm, grounds open 7pm $17/$8 • Meals: • Lunch: • Dinner: • Stay: • Parkway RV Campground • 132 Yellowstone Ave, Cody, WY • 307-527-5927

  20. Day 17 Thursday, July 19 Cody WY to Yellowstone • Drive time: 3 hrs • Activities: • Meals: • Lunch: • Dinner: • Stay:

  21. Day 18 Friday, July 20 Yellowstone • Drive time: 3 hrs • Activities: • Meals: • Lunch: • Dinner: • Stay:

  22. Day 19 Saturday, July 21 Yellowstone • Drive time: 3 hrs • Activities: • Meals: • Lunch: • Dinner: • Stay:

  23. Day 20 Sunday, July 22 Yellowstone to Bryce Canyon • Drive time: 9.5 hrs • Activities: • Meals: • Lunch: • Dinner: • Stay:

  24. Day 21 Monday, July 23 Bryce Canyon • Drive time: None • Activities: • Meals: • Lunch: • Dinner: • Stay:

  25. Day 22 Tuesday, July 24 Bryce Canyon to Grand Canyon • Drive time: 3.5 hrs • Activities: • Meals: • Lunch: • Dinner: • Stay:

  26. Day 23 Wednesday, July 25 Grand Canyon • Drive time: None • Activities: • Meals: • Lunch: • Dinner: • Stay:

  27. Day 24 Thursday, July 26 Grand Canyon • Drive time: None • Activities: • Meals: • Lunch: • Dinner: • Stay:

  28. Day 25 Friday, July 27 Grand Canyon • Drive time: None • Activities: • Meals: • Lunch: • Dinner: • Stay:

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