Road trip ideas (what's keeping me going)
leaving from here we would go south through des moines and down to kansas city (6.5 hrs)
down to oklahoma city on hwy 35 (5 hrs)
take hwy 40 old route 66 towards amarillo, tx (4 hrs) cadillac ranch
amarillo (drive the original route in amarillo) eat at big texan go towards albuquerque, new mexico (4.25 hrs)
midpoint cafe west of amarillo in adrian
glenrio ghost town old route 66 "ruins"
blue swallow motel in tucumcari
off the interstate through santa rosa
drive towards santa fe exit 256 to 84 and 1-25
turquoise trail senic highway 14 into albuquerque (50 miles)
head west after "the big I" the i25 and i40 interchange
albuquerque to flagstaff (5 hrs)
through petrified national forest and meteor crater
flagstaff to grand canyon (1.5 hrs)
grand canyon- home (24 hrs!)