Easily the most common question we get is this: "where are you going?" We've intentionally planned our trip with a freedom of movement that will allow us to spend time as we see fit. In other words, we have no time lines of having to be somewhere on a certain date, or for a certain number of days. We're going to go, and experience, and serve as the Spirit leads us! That being said, we do have a general iitinerary.
Here it is:
-from Massachusetts we'll head west and head up the beautiful west coast of Michigan and up and over the Mackinac Bridge into the UP.
-after a couple days of visiting friends on Hagerman Lake, we begin our voyage in earnest
-across South Dakota to Bad Lands NP, Custer State Park (with its amazing buffalo herd) and the Black Hills
-into Wyoming to Devil's Tower NM, Big Horn Canyon NF, Yellowstone NP and Grand Teton NP
-north into Montana to Glacier NP
-westward ho into Washington to Mount Ranier NP
-southward into Oregon to the Pacific Coast Highway with maybe a side trip to Crater Lake NP
-further south down the Pacific Coast Highway into California to Redwood NP, Yosemite NP, Kings Canyon NP, Sequoia NP, Death Valley NP and Joshua Tree NP
-east into Arizona to visit family in Phoenix, then onto Sedona and Grand Canyon NP
-north to Utah to Zion NP, Bryce Canyon NP, Canyonlands NP, Arches NP and Monument Valley
-east across New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas...and if there's any time maybe down to Mississippi and Lousiana...before heading northward through Great Smokey Mountains NP, Shenandoah NP...and homeward
Of course, on the way we'll stop at all sorts of historic sites, tourist traps and anything that catches our fancy. We plan on serving in as many of the National Parks areas as we can through local churches, non-profits and agencies. It should be quite a trip!
What are we missing that we just have to see? Any suggestions for us?
Well, duh! I finally figured out that NP means National Park not North Park. :-)
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