Jerome, I am sure you have thought this out and did your homework, but may I suggest altering your route. You could skip Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois and instead trek through the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Upper Michigan and then head to lower Michigan to hook up to your original route. Perhaps you have already been to some of these other places already?
One of the most underrated parts of this great land of ours has to be Upper Michigan. With it's array of small waterfalls, many rivers as well as its long coast, including the Pictured Rocks, along Lake Superior and the Mackinaw area, it is truly a photographer's paradise! I just got back from a two week vacation in Washington State and have to admit that it is quite beautiful over there. Mt Rainer is a definite must see. The Columbia River Gorge was also worth while as was Mt. St. Helens. I only wish we could have made it to Hell's Canyon in Idaho. Maybe next time. On a side note, we shortened our stay in Seattle to extend our time in the San Juan Islands. We ended up doing Seattle in a day which worked out for us just fine. Best of luck. It sounds like a great time! Pat Wunsch ----- Original Message ----- From: "jerome" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 8:40 AM Subject: OT: Sleeping in Seattle > Well, it's official: I'll be starting my trek to Seattle on August 31. Gosh, > planning this trip (during which I'll be tent camping most of the way back) is > *way* more work than I anticipated... but it's finally coming together. My > route has changed several times, but it's beginning to firm up a bit. The trip > back has also stretched from 10-15 days to 20-25 <yikes!>. Sounds good now... > but we'll see what I think about that once I'm on the road. Camping just a > couple of nights in West Virginia last week (before I headed to GFM) wore me > out!... but I think that was mostly all the moving I did the 5 days before. > > Anyhow, Here's my current dilemma: I'd like to stay in Seattle for a bit > longer. However, being an urban area, I may not be able to do so due to cost > (even the hostels run about $25-$30 per night since it's metro). Does anyone > have a place I could stay for about 2 nights? (a 2nd cousin's uncle's > girlfriends sister's place?) If I can't find anyplace cheap to close my eyes > for a few hours a night, then I'll have to start heading for the national parks > sooner than I'd like... which is not a terrible thing, I suppose... but more > time in the city (at the zoo, in particular) before I scurry into the woods > would be nice. > > Thanks in advance... > > By the way... so far the trip back east is looking like Washington --> (thru > Idaho... no potatoes, thanks) ---> Montana --> Wyoming --> Colorado --> > Nebraska --> Iowa --> Illinios --> Michigan --> Toronto --> NY --> back to PA. > > The longer (4+ days) stops will be MT,WY and CO... unless, of course, the > members of TOPDML decide to show me some love <g>. > > Gotta run. Thanks again, > jerome > >
