First Summer Trip

I’ve been hunkering down in my office this evening, planning out my first summer trip. It’s fun being a computer programmer with the summer off because you can create tools that allow you to analyze and structure an adventure, and then live it:

For this first trip (as soon as school is out around here) I’m going to return to familiar territory with a first stop at the great $27 room in Mesquite, NV, followed by a day in Lake Havasu, AZ. Then I’m off to the unknown hot-springs of Truth or Consequences, NM, up to the eclectic Taus, NM, a layover in Fort Collins, CO where my niece lost her life, on to good old Evanston, WY and then home.

• Driggs, ID to Mesquite, NV
  • 623 miles
  • 8 hours 41 mins
• Mesquite, NV to Lake Havasu, AZ
  • 234 miles
  • 3 hours 32 mins
• Lake Havasu, AZ to Truth Or Consequences, NM
  • 607 miles
  • 8 hrs 55 mins
• Truth Or Consequences, NM to Taos, NM
  • 280 miles
  • 4 hrs 19 mins
• Taos, NM to Fort Collins,CO
  • 350 mi
  • 5 hrs 33 mins
• Fort Collins, CO to Evanston, WY
  • 373 miles
  • 5 hrs 32 mins
• Evanston, WY to Driggs, ID
  • 212 miles
  • 3 hrs 48 mins

That’s 2,700 miles and 40 hours of driving. I’m ready…