Dan and Karen's September-October 2010 Road Trip

This trip took us 6,000 miles through 13 states. Starting northward from St. Louis up to Fargo, across the top of the U.S. to Seattle, down central California to below Yosemite, over Tioga Pass, and then up through Carson City to Reno and back home mostly along I-80.
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Select a date and subject from the list below to begin reading and/or perusing the pictures from our trip

09/23/2010: Getting ready. Getting set. Getting gone.
(Preparing)

09/24/2010: Day 1: StL to Cedar Rapids
(Home, Iowa, Wakonda, Cedar Rapids)

09/25/2010: Day 2: Cedar Rapids up to Minneapolis
(Iowa, Minnesota, Cedar Rapids, Minneapolis, contra dance)

09/26/2010: Day 3: Not so far to Fargo
(Minneapolis, Moorhead, Minnesota, Fargo, North Dakota)

09/27/2010: Day 4: Across North Dakota and into Montana
(Fargo, Bismarck, North Dakota, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Montana, Forsyth, Continental Divide)

09/28/2010: Day 5: West to Missoula
(Forsyth, Helena, Billings, Missoula, Montana, Continental Divide, Rt-69, I-90, I-94)

09/29/2010: Day 6: Montana, across Idaho, and into Washington
(Montana, Idaho, Washington, Grand Coulee Dam, Kellogg, Coeur d´Alene)

09/30/2010: Day 7: Over the Cascades into Seattle
(Grand Coulee Dam, Chief Joseph Dam, Okanogan Valley, Cascades, Columbia River, Washington, Seattle )

10/01/2010: Day 8: Friday in Seattle
(Seattle, Washington, Pikes Market, Space Needle, Columbia Tower)

10/02/2010: Day 9: Saturday in Seattle
(Seattle, Underground Tour, Seagulls, Gehry´s EMPSFMHoF)

10/03/2010: Day 10: Seattle to Vancouver, WA on a Rainier Day
(Mt Rainier, Fog, Rain)

10/04/2010: Day 11: Vancouver, WA to Eugene, OR by a scenic route
(Columbia River Highway, Mt Hood, Waterfalls, Bridge of the Gods)

10/05/2010: Day 12: A day in and near Eugene, Oregon
(Eugene, Springfield, Oregon, Mt Pisgah)

10/06/2010: Day 13: Eugene, Oregon to Weed, California
(Crater Lake, Mt Shasta)

10/07/2010: Day 14: Weed to Coarsegold, Califahneeah
(Sacramento, Capitol)

10/08/2010: Day 15: A drive into Yosemite and back out
(Yosemite National Park)

10/09/2010: Day 16: Across Yosemite and north to Nevada
(Yosemite National Park)

10/10/2010: Day 17: Halfway across Nevada on 10/10/10
(Lake Topaz, Carson City, Reno, Battle Mountain, Nevada)

10/11/2010: Day 18: Battle Mountain to Salt Lake City
(Battle Mountain, Wells, West Wendover, Nevada, Sierras, Salt Flats, Salt Lake City, Utah, LDS)

10/12/2010: Day 19: More Salt Lake City then on to Wyoming
(Salt Lake CIty, Utah, LDS, Beehive House, State Capitol, Beehive State, Windmills, Green River, Wyoming)

10/13/2010: Day 20: Across Wyoming and into Nebraska
(Wyoming, Lincoln Highway, Curt Gowdy State Park, Cheyenne, State Capitol, Windmills, Kimball, Nebraska)

10/14/2010: Day 21: Down from the Rockies and Across Nebraska
(Kimball, Fort Cody, Lincoln, Nebraska, State Capitol)

10/15/2010: Day 22: Lincoln, NE to Home, a long drive
(Arbor Day Farm)

10/17/2010: Trip in Review
(Home)