Final Route

East Coast to Minneapolis (July 30 - August 5)

Minneapolis to Yellowstone (August 5 - August 10)

So the route for the first two parts of our road trip is pretty much set in stone now. Looks great, not too much driving and lots of great places along the way.

For the final part of our trip I've made two alternatives: the first one is more straightforward as it is 549 miles shorter. But I think at some point we might become a bit exhausted of mountains and hikes and maybe after Badlands, Black Hills, Mount Rushmore, Devil's Tower, Yellowstone, Utah and so on, we might want to skip Idaho and do something entirely different for that final week.

The alternative route would give us the chance to see the Grand Canyon, Zion, and spend some time in Vegas and/or Reno. The only downside is the final stage from Reno to Portland, which would be almost entirely driving for a day, watching Dancing Groot doing his thing on the dashboard. But we could also avoid this by adding another stop inbetween and arriving in Portland on Saturday noon/early afternoon instead of Friday night, staying the night somewhere on the Pacific coast. Then it should be more fun.

Yellowstone to Portland (August 10 - August 14)

ALTERNATIVE ROUTE (August 10 - August 14/15)

Share Your Ideas With Us

Looking for great places to see / cool things to do in Minneapolis, South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho and especially Utah!

I'd love to hear your ideas for places not to be missed on our extensive road trip. Can be anything from natural monuments, arts & culture, music, pubs, crazy stuff, weird things, we're open to most things that are not too time consuming. We deleted the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley from our route because it's not really worth driving there for half a day and then having just about 2-3 hours to stay.

Let us know if you have been to some cool places in these states and think we will like it there.

Cheers

Travel Route

Friday, 31 July 2015
Start:	Sharon, MA
Destination:	Eaton, NY	282 miles
To Do:	visiting Karen in her cottage
Night:	staying at Karen's place
Saturday, 1 August 2015
Start:	Eaton, NY
Destination:	Sandusky, OH	435 miles
To Do:	Cedar Point, Jet Express, Kelleys Island
Night:	hotel
Sunday, 2 August 2015
Location:	Sandusky, OH
To Do:	Cedar Point, Jet Express, Kelleys Island
Night:	hotel
Monday, 3 August 2015
Start:	Sandusky, OH
Destination:	Chicago, IL	289 miles
To Do:	Visiting Chicago, drinking beer
Night:	hotel
Tuesday, 4 August 2015
Start:	Chicago, IL
Destination:	Lake Pepin, WS	359 miles
To Do:	Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum
Night:	hotel
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
Start:	Lake Pepin, WS
Destination:	Minneapolis, MN	77 miles
To Do:	Visiting Minneapolis, drinking beer
Night:	hotel
Thursday, 6 August 2015
Start:	Minneapolis, MN
Destination:	Walnut Grove, MN	146 miles
Destination:	De Smet, SD	118 miles
To Do:	Little House On The Prairie Stuff
Night:	hotel
Friday, 7 August 2015
Start:	De Smet, SD
Destination:	Rapid City, SD	329 miles
To Do:	Mount Rushmore
To Do:	Wind Cave National Park Visitor Center, 26611 U.S. 385, Hot Springs, SD 57747
Night:	hotel
Saturday, 8 August 2015
Start:	Rapid City, SD
Destination:	Devils Tower National Monument	110 miles
To Do:	Yellowstone, hicks
Night:	hotel
Sunday, 9 August 2015
Start:	unknown
Destination:	Moran, WY	511 miles (from Rapid City)
To Do:	Yellowstone Park
Night:	hotel
Monday, 10 August 2015
Start:	Moran, WY
Destination:	Idaho Falls, ID	119 miles
To Do:	Yellowstone Park
Night:	hotel
Tuesday, 11 August 2015
Start:	Idaho Falls, ID
Destination:	Salt Lake City, UT	214 miles
To Do:	watching Mormons, mountains
Night:	hotel
Thursday, 13 August 2015
Start:	Salt Lake City, UT
Destination:	Boise, ID	345 miles
To Do:	Rocky Mountains
Night:	hotel
Friday, 14 August 2015
Start:	Boise, ID
Destination:	Portland, OR	430 miles

There is a ONE DAY BUFFER in case something comes up and we want or have to deviate from the route or stay one day longer at a certain location etc.