Timeline - Events, happenings, and fun
Michigan East Lansing -- Jan - Sep 2, 2006 Sep 1 - Drive to Detroit to Competition Graphics with Laura to pick up a brand new decked out 2007 Jeep Compass, drive around East Lansing with The Puds to spend one last night with them, visit a few friends, pack the Jeep, and get a good night of sleep on the couch. Sep 2 - Say farewell to friends and MSU, drive eight hours home to Baraga. Baraga -- Sep 2-8Wisconsin Milwaukee -- Sep 8-13 Madison -- Sep 13-14 Illinois Fox Lake -- Sep 14-15 & Sep 18-19 Chicago -- Sep 15-18 Iowa Winterset -- Sep 18-22 St. Charles -- Sep 22-23 Minnesota White Bear Lake -- Sep 23-30 South Dakota Bruce -- Sep 30 - Oct 1 Sioux Falls -- Oct 1-5 Black Hills -- Oct 5-7 North Dakota Minot -- Oct 7-12 Montana Hammond -- Oct 12-16 Wyoming Casper -- Oct 16-22 Cody -- Oct 22-23 Montana Helena -- Oct 23-26 Idaho Boise -- Oct 26 - Nov 2 Washington Spokane -- Nov 2-6 Seattle -- Nov 6-11 Nov 6 - Leave Spokane, drive along I-90 to Seattle, see nothing but rain, get stopped for an hour on the pass where the interstate was flooded in several spots and blocked from a small landslide, drive through downtown Seattl, arrive at Nicole's, meet Nicole's friend Laura, take a walk around fremont and call it a day. Nov 7 - Take care of business, stress out about plans, hop the bus to downtown, meet Anthony, meet the Seattle Ad Club, hang out with Gabe and Nicole, and call it a night. Nov 8 - Take care of business, go to a coffee shop and leave my cell phone behind to get away from it, take a nap, eat dinner with Nicole, meet Chris and family, watch Lost for the first time with Angela and friends, have a drink at The Duchess, have an omelette at Beth's Cafe, which is rated one of the top 10 pig out places in the country. Nov 9 - Tour Seattle by car with Chris, go to the top of the Space Needle, explore Pike Place Market, have an eggnog chai tea at the original Starbucks, see the University of Washington, take a 3 mile walk around Green Lake. Nov 10 - Leave Green Lake and head to Ballard to see my mom's cousin Andy and his family, have lunch with andy, greet Melissa and Simon, head to West Seattle (hit the 7,000 mile mark on 80th St. since leaving East Lansing) to meet Anne and Rod, dinner at the Homestead, photos of the skyline, pie and tea with Anne and Rod's friends. Nov 11 - Get a late start heading out of Seattle, skip visiting Mount Rainer because it was closed off for the first time in 26 years after 18 inches of rain in one week, take Interstate 5, Highway 6, then Highway 101, reach the ocean at Long Beach, arrive in Oregon, visit Cannon Beach, grab a motel in Manzanita to split up the long drive. Oregon Roseburg -- Nov 12-16 Nov 12 - Drive down Highway 101 along the Oregon coast, cut over on Highway 38 and 138, arrive in Roseburg, have a great dinner with Randy and friends. California Redwoods -- Nov 16-17 Milpitas -- Nov 17-20 Santa Cruz -- Nov 20-22 San Luis Obispo -- Nov 22-28 El Segundo -- Nov 28-29 New York New York City -- Nov 29 - Dec 2 California El Segundo -- Dec 2-4 Hawaii 'Ewa Beach -- Dec 4-13 California El Segundo -- Dec 14-15 Orange -- Dec 15-16 San Diego -- Dec 16-18 Arizona Phoenix -- Dec 18-22 Glendale -- Dec 22-28 Nevada Henderson -- Dec 28 - Jan 4 Utah Payson -- Jan 4-5 Ogden -- Jan 5-10 Colorado Durango -- Jan 10-12 New Mexico Albuquerque -- Jan 12-15 Santa Fe -- Jan 15-18 Colorado Colorado Springs -- Jan 18-22 Breckenridge -- Jan 22-25 Aspen -- Jan 25-30 Denver -- Jan 30-31 Nebraska North Platte -- Jan 31 - Feb 2 Loup City -- Feb 2-6 Nebraska City -- Feb 6-10 Missouri Kansas City -- Feb 10-15 Kansas Topeka -- Feb 15-20 Arkansas Dover -- Feb 20-24 Oklahoma Stillwater -- Feb 24 - Mar 1 Oklahoma City -- Mar 1-5 Texas Plano -- Mar 5-10 Lago Vista -- Mar 10-16 Austin -- Mar 16-17 Louisiana Baton Rouge -- Mar 17-18 Ponchatoula -- Mar 18-23 Mississippi Gulfport -- Mar 23-26 Tennessee Gatlinburg -- Mar 26-30 Knoxville -- Mar 30 - Apr 3 Mississippi Oxford -- Apr 3-7 Illinois O'Fallon -- Apr 7-8 Missouri St. Louis -- Apr 8-9 Kentucky Wilmore -- Apr 9-14 Georgia Carrollton -- Apr 14-16 Alabama Vestavia Hills -- Apr 16-21 Clanton -- Apr 21-22 Forida Panama City -- Apr 22-24 Tampa -- Apr 24-30 Key West -- Apr 30 - May 5 Miami Beach -- May 5-8 Celebration -- May 8-11 Georgia Savannah -- May 11-15 Atlanta -- May 15-17 Peachtree City -- May 17-18 North Carolina Asheville -- May 18-21 South Carolina Charleston -- May 21-26 North Carolina Cary -- May 26-29 Concord -- May 29-30 Virginia Alexandria -- May 30 - Jun 1 McLean -- Jun 1-4 Maryland Potomac -- Jun 4-9 Delaware Milton -- Jun 9-14 New Jersey West Orange -- Jun 14-15 New York New York -- Jun 15-18 New Jersey West Orange -- Jun 18-22 Connecticut Stamford -- Jun 22-27 Rhode Island Cranston -- Jun 27 - Jul 1 Bristol -- Jul 1-2 Massachusetts Salem -- Jul 2-4 Boston -- Jul 4-6 Maine Portland -- Jul 6-11 New Hampshire Seabrook -- Jul 11-13 Massachusetts Boston -- Jul 13-14 New Hampshire Seabrook -- Jul 14-15 Berlin -- Jul 15-17 Vermont Burlington -- Jul 17-23 New York Erieville -- Jul 23-27 Pennsylvania State College -- Jul 27-30 Bellevue -- Jul 30 - Aug 3 West Virginia Morgantown -- Aug 3-9 Ohio Columbus -- Aug 9-11 Bellbrook -- Aug 11-15 Indiana Columbus -- Aug 15-17 Bloomington -- Aug 17-21 Illinois Lake Villa -- Aug 21-23 Wisconsin Madison -- Aug 23-27 Illinois Chicago -- Aug 27-28 Alaska Seward -- Aug 28 - Sep 5 Illinois Chicago -- Sep 6-8 Michigan East Lansing -- Sep 8-16 St. Ignace -- Sep 16-17 Baraga Sep 17 FIN!