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Part 1: July 31 to Aug 2
- Downingtown to Chicago (730 miles)
- Perhaps visit the Thomas Edison birthplace in Milan, Ohio.
- Notre Dame (and maybe play the Warren golf course).
- The Adler Planetarium in Chicago.
- Business meeting at ISC.
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Wednesday
July 31
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- Pack.
- If we are ready and we feel like it, go ahead
and leave some time today.
- Pa Turnpike to Ohio (Rt
76).
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Thursday
Aug 1
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- Up early and leave.
- Turnpike turns from Rt. 76 to Rt 80 near Youngstown, and picks up Rt. 90 outside of Cleveland.
- Visit the Thomas Edison birthplace in Milan, Ohio; tours on the half hour, 10 – 5; exit 118 then south on Rt 250 for 2 miles. Allow 1 hour.
- Stay at the Ramada Inn, exit 77, 1 mile north
on US 933; (574-272-5220); $59.50; includes a hot breakfast; conf
#P42370; see page 518.
- Tour Notre Dame campus;
play Warren?
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Friday
Aug 2
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- Leave in the morning after the free breakfast.
Dress decently?
- Drive to Chicago; Indiana Turnpike (Rt. 80 and 90 that becomes
just Rt. 90 near Gary).
- Morning at the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy
Museum (see page 56), open at 9:30, 1300 South Lake Shore Drive; exit Rt 90 near 26th Street onto Stevenson
Expressway heading East to Lake Shore Drive then North a little bit (?)
or maybe exit 90 at Roosevelt Road (?) … there will probably be signs.
- Meeting at ISC (1011 Lake Street) at 1 pm with Gabes and Michael. See Mapquest printout;
- After meeting continue West on Rt. 90, into Wisconsin if possible.
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Part 2: Aug 3 to Aug 7 -
Chicago to the Black Hills to Denver (1100 miles)
- The Mississippi River at LaCrosse, Wn, and the wide Missouri River in South Dakota
- The incomparable Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota
- The Badlands of South Dakota
- Free ice water at Wall Drug Store in Wall, SD
- The Black Hills of South Dakota for hiking,
trout fishing, gambling (?) and easy access to
- Mount Rushmore
- Deadwood
- National Museum of Woodcarving
- a Petrified Forest and a Mammoth Site
- the Sturgis motorcycle "rally"
("100's of thousands of cyclists")
- and possibly: Crazy Horse Memorial, Devil's
Tower, Spearfish Canyon, Needles Highway, Bear Country, Jewel Cave NM
and Wind Cave NP.
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Saturday
Aug 3
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- Up early and drive west. Use Rt. 90 all the way
to Rapid City.
- Visit the incomparable Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD!?
Open 8 to 9. Exit 330.
- Stay somewhere in South Dakota (as far west as possible).
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Sunday
Aug 4
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- Drive through The Badlands. Exit 131. End up at …
- … Wall Drug Store.
- Drive to the Black Hills area and start touring … Rushmore, Wood
Carving?
- Check into the Dakota Cowboy Inn (pg 577) in Custer, SD,
for two nights (at a hefty $120/night due to the Sturgis Rally), conf
#804202.
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Monday
Aug 5
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- Black Hills area [up early, Needles Highway, Petrified Forest,
Sturgis Rally?, Deadwood for dinner?]
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Tuesday
Aug 6
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- Leave the Dakota Inn
- Black Hills area [Rushmore, Woodcarving?, fishing?,
Mammoth Site]
- Head south out of motorcycle madness; stay
somewhere between BH and Denver … maybe hit Jewel Cave NM
on the way out.
- Stay in Lusk, Wyoming at the Trail Motel (inflated to $72), conf
#450, pg. 357.
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Wednesday
Aug 7
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- Golf in Lusk! Or somewhere else?
- Drive to Denver (230 miles) and check into the Red Lion (see
below) - I70, exit 278, just south, 4040 Quebec St.
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Part 3: Aug 8 to Aug 13
- Denver with the Girls
- Golden (Coors Brewery, Lookout Mountain, Mother Cabrini shrine)
- Coors field
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Colorado Springs (Air Force Academy, Cave of the Winds, Pike's Peak)
- Plus maybe: Six Flags, Museum of Miniature Dolls and Toys, Aviation and Space Center, Nature and Science Museum
- Stay at the Red Lion Hotel, Denver Central;
(303-321-6666); Conf # 85074114; page 283; $71/room weekdays, $55/room
Fri/Sat;
The timing of activities
below is just a suggestion.
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Thursday
Aug 8
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- Girls catch 11:46 a.m. flight to Denver. Arrive at 1:42 p.m. (4 hour flight). United Airlines Flight 1191,
Snack, Terminal D.
- Guys unpack and settle in. Maybe visit the
brewery? Rest? An Internet Café? The Aviation Museum?
- We all meet at the Red Lion Hotel, Denver
Central. (303-321-6666) Conf # 85074114; Girls take a courtesy car from
the airport; or meet at airport?
- Pop over to Golden (Coors Brewery [till 4], Lookout Mountain, Mother Cabrini shrine) which is about 20
miles west on Rt. 70/58.
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Friday
Aug 9
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- Drive through Rocky Mountain
National Park (full day)
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Saturday
Aug 10
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- White Water Rafting?
- Or maybe the 6 pm Rockies game?
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Sunday
Aug 11
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- Sunday afternoon game at Coors field vs. Cubs
at 1
p.m.?
- Or ????
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Monday
Aug 12
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- To Colorado Springs (1 hr south of Denver): Air Force Academy; Cave of the Winds; train
ride to Pike's Peak
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Tuesday
Aug 13
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- A museum?
- Guys leave late afternoon, early evening. Head
east on Rt. 70. Get to Kansas (200 miles)?
- Girls hang out and pack and do whatever they
like! (Zoo?, Nat History Museum?)
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Part 4: Aug 14 to Aug 17
- Denver to Downingtown (1700 miles)
- Sternburg Museum of Natural History in Hayes, Kansas.
- KC Royals Stadium
- St. Louis Arch
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Wednesday
Aug 14
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- Girls catch 10:15 a.m. flight to Philadelphia. Arrive 3:45 p.m. (3.5 hour flight). United Airlines Flight
1146.
- Guys continue east on Rt. 70 first thing in the
morning.
- Visit Sternburg
Museum of Natural History in Hayes, Kansas?
- Stay at the Holiday Inn across from the stadium
in Kansas
City;
conf #67626684; page 418/428; $89
- Walk up tix for the
KC/NYY game at ? p.m., maybe with Terry (# ?)
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Thursday
Aug 15
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- Continue east on Rt. 70. Its 250 miles to St. Louis.
- Visit the St. Louis Arch.
- Continue east into Indiana.
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Friday
Aug 16
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- Continue east on Rt. 70.
- Golf?
- Maybe make it home, but at least into PA.
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Saturday
Aug 17
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- Home today sometime, probably
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Sunday
Aug 18
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