Florida to Utah
A- Orlando
B- Crystal River – Kayak with Manatees
Crystal River, Florida, is a prime location to see manatees, especially from November to March, as hundreds gather in the warm, 72-degree springs, offering unique opportunities for guided tours where you can ethically swim and snorkel with these gentle giants in their natural habitat.
C – Tarpons Springs
There is so much to do in Tarpon Springs. It’s known as the ‘Sponge Capital of the World’ and also as ‘Greektown’. It has the highest percentage of Greek Americans in the US. This means lots of authentic Greek Restaurants, Greek Orthodox Churches and shrines, and of course Greek art and culture.
Dali Museum – St Petersburg FL https://thedali.org/
Waypoint Bar + Grill Harvest Host – https://www.harvesthosts.com/hosts/florida/MtA57CydmTNKOrCa0KBJ?source=map
Sunshine State Fishing Bridge – https://ioverlander.com/places/52d490b3-f9da-4c3e-a52a-ae1efbf509ec
D – Ringling Museum – Sarasota John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art?? –https://www.ringling.org/
E -Route 41 see see Smallest Post office in USA – https://facts.usps.com/smallest-post-office/
Midway Campground, or John Penn State Park
F – Everglades Nat Park – Shark Valley Visitors Center – Ride Bikes to observation tower.
G – Robert is here Fruit stand, with a variety of animals out back. Excellent milkshakes
H – Curry Hammock State Park – Kayak around the key,
Drive to Key west and back, whlte at Curry Hammock
Blue Hole, Key Deer Refuge – https://www.fws.gov/refuge/national-key-deer
Pigeon Key – Take Train Ride $20 – https://pigeonkey.net/
I – Key West
J – 2A – Traveling North stop at US 75 rest area see the Gator Statue and observation deck.
Pegasus/Dragon statue – Hallandale beach Florida, at Gulfstream Park/Casino
2B – Summer Crush Winery – Harvest host. Spend night if there is an interesting concert.
2C – Orlando – Stop at home base, Pack-Repack and prepare for the Epic Journey!
North towards Panama City Beach/Pensacola
Travel along the Florida panhandle coast? — Mexico Beach, Panama City
https://gis.myfwc.com/RecreationMap/ ⇐FREE Camping at Apalachicola River Wildlife and Environmental Area
Alabama
2D – Fort Morgan https://ahc.alabama.gov/properties/ftmorgan/ftmorgan.aspx
USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park https://www.ussalabama.com/plan-your-visit/admissions/
Leaving Fort Morgan stop by and see BamaHenge https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bamahenge
2E – Desoto National Forest
The shed BBQ https://www.theshedbbq.com/ on way to Biloxi
2F – New Orleans –
The Singing Oak – Near museum of Art https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-singing-oak-new-orleans-louisiana
2G – Myrtles Plantation=Visit one of the most haunted houses in the country. https://themyrtles.com/pages/tours Night Haunted Tours $25 Recognized as America’s most haunted house both by parapsychologists and the media, The Myrtles is a twenty-eight-room Louisiana bed-and-breakfast
Rayne Frog Festival 30.2349, -92.2685 Stop in town to see Frog decor…. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/rayne-frog-festival
Houston
Buffalo Cistern Houston – https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/buffalo-bayou-park-cistern
A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.
2H Houston Farmers Market https://thehoustonfarmersmarket.com/
2I Houston Cockrell Butterfly Center $25+$15 https://www.hmns.org/visit/hours-admission/
Visit Beer Can House (free) – 222 Malone Street Houston, TX 77007 https://www.full.orangeshow.org/beer-can-house
Eclectric Menagerie Park Houston – https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/eclectic-menagerie-park
San Antonio
2J–3A San Antonio – The alamo – https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/alamo-line-in-the-sand
San Antonio River Walk (elec bikes) – https://www.thesanantonioriverwalk.com/
San Antonio – Fort Sam Houston- 29.4445, -98.4614 – https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-quadrangle-san-antonio-texas
San Antonio – Mission San Jose – 29.3614, -98.4783 – https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mission-san-jose
Hot wells Hotel – 29.3650, -98.4702 – https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hot-wells-hotel-and-spa
Wooden Nickel Company – 29.4565, -98.4563 – https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/old-time-wooden-nickel-company
Large Cowboy boots – 29.5180, -98.4975 – https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/worlds-largest-cowboy-boots
DALLAS/Fort Worth
3B– Traveling Man – 32.7733, -96.7929 – https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bowler-hat-sculpture
Fort Worth Stockyards – https://www.fortworthstockyards.org/
Oklahoma
3C Choctaw Casino Durant OK, then onto Crater of Diamonds State Park https://www.arkansasstateparks.com/parks/crater-diamonds-state-park
3D Hot Springs National Park – https://www.nps.gov/hosp/index.htm
3E Tulsa Oklahoma – Center of the Universe – https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-center-of-the-universe-tulsa-oklahoma
3F WoolArc Wild life Reserve https://woolaroc.org/ 1925 Woolaroc Ranch Rd, Barnsdall, OK 74002
Playtower Sooner Park Bartlesville, Oklahoma 400 Madison Blvd., Bartlesville, OK 74006
3G Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve https://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.7647
3H Pops-Arcadia, Oklahoma 660 W Highway 66, Arcadia, OK 73007 https://pops66.com/
STAY at Pops Arcadia? – https://ioverlander.com/places/4100d085-5242-4886-9b1c-bb29b34926a4
Oklahoma City
3I Land Run Monument – https://www.visitokc.com/listing/oklahoma-land-run-monument/467/
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Oklahoma City
Secret Underground https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/oklahoma-city-underground
Note: We will happen to drive on Route 66- Oklahoma City to Amirillo, to Santa Rosa, to Sante Fe, to Albuquerque, https://www.route66roadtrip.com/route-66-maps.htm
3J, 4A 1 Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge – https://www.fws.gov/refuge/wichita-mountains
TEXAS
Amarillo Texas-visit the Cadillac Ranch – https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2220
New Mexico
4B Santa Rosa Blue Hole 1085 Blue Hole Rd, Santa Rosa, NM 88435
4C -Sante Fe – Pecos National Historical Park https://www.nps.gov/peco/index.htm
Large Whale Santa Fe – https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ethyl-the-whale
Whale is 1 hour away from Bandelier Nat Monument
Bandelier Nat Monument, (near Santa Fe) https://www.nps.gov/band/index.htm Camping $20 per night Casino – not open 24hr, but overnight OK https://ioverlander.com/places/2a1c7bad-a7c9-4b60-8983-254b1ae7691e
Albuquerque
4D – 2 Sandia Peak Tramway https://sandiapeak.com/
Visit Walter White grave – 35.1606, -106.6377 https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grave-of-walter-white
Visit start of Microsoft – 35.0775, -106.5755 https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/historic-microsoft-plaque-albuquerque
Space Ship House – https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bart-prince-residence-studio
4E 2 Petroglyph National Monument https://www.nps.gov/petr/index.htm Near Alburqurque, TWO hours from Bandelier Nat Monument.
Arizona
4F Petrified forest NP – Near New mexico (east) – On way to Flagstaff
4G Chapel of the Holy Cross – https://chapeloftheholycross.com/ –
4H Vermillion Cliffs National Monument (west of Page)
4J Antelope Canyon in Page AZ, Monument Valley north (east) near Utah, 3 Hours from Sedona, Holy Cross