A Rough Route Plan

Well, here is the planned route in its early stages. There is a lot more info to be put into the various waypoints - but I am slow and getting old

We want to get from Ohio to Oklahoma as quickly as possible, avoiding the major cities.

There is a lot of Route 66 stuff to see in Oklahoma and Texas. Then we have to cross New Mexico and at about half way across Arizona, we´ll head north to the Grand Canyon North Rim (we were at South Rim last time).

From there up into Utah and across to Nevada where we hope to ride `The Extraterrestrial Highway´- maybe we´ll meet some aliens who will give us the winning lottery numbers!

From Warm Springs, we´ll turn west to start at the beginning of Highway 50 - `The Loneliest Road in America´ (click here to watch a funny/cute video of this road) . I´ve already emailed the Nevada Tourist Board and they are sending us a `Loneliest Road´survival guide and some kind of paper that, if you get it stamped in various places along the 287-mile road and post it when (if?) you get to the other end, then you get a certificate (signed by the Governor of Nevada, by gum), a button and a bumper sticker. Kitsch, but I like that.

From there we will head down Highway 93 - The Great Basin Scenic Byway´.

Then it is back through Utah to Canyonlands, `Island In The Sky´ and Deadhorse State Park.

Hopefully, we will make it back to our favorite `cowboy town´ for the fourth time - Meeteetse in Wyoming. Then the long slog back: God willing.

If anyone has any suggestions of place `not to miss´near to our route, please let me know.


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