zippyphil
May 04, 2014Explorer
the great road trip
So I am thinking about taking year or two to explore the western US (AZ,NM,ID,CO,UT,MT) I am working on compiling a list of sites to stop at along the way. I will be leaving from GA, with the adventure beginning at least past MO area.
This is my partial list:
I want to make an effort to stop at attractions that are usually featured on "top ten" lists (travel channel,etc) I am interested in touring factories,gold mine,silver mines ghost towns, locations that were used to film movies (Hornick, Iowa 1984, Children of the corn) I would like to try and get to Banif and maybe Alaska before the southern southwest.
Let me know what you think. I am pretty open. I believe I would be starting my trek right after X-Mas.
I would eventually like to stay at the grand canyon (south rim) for an extended period of time also.
I did a trip like this back in the 80's
Carhenge, Alliance, Nebraska
Enchanted Highway, Regent, North Dakota
Hole n' the Rock, Moab, Utah
Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, Texas
San Luis Valley, Colorado
Rocky Mountains of Wyoming
The Wild West, Kansas
The Southwest's Four Corners
Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park
Colorado's Cripple Creek Gold Rush
Glacier National Park, through the Cascades, Selkirk
Terra Studios
Durham, AR
Blue Bell Creameries (Broken Arrow, OK)
Broken Arrow, OK
Willis Granite Products
Granite, OK
Braum Family Farm
Tuttle, OK
Kansas Underground Salt Museum
Hutchinson, KS
Union Pacific Railroad?s Bailey Yard
North Platte, NE
Broken Boot Gold Mine
Deadwood, SD
Spirit Mound Station
Vermillion, SD
Mt. Rushmore Gold
Rapid City, SD
Dakota Gasification Company
Beulah, ND
Antelope Valley Station
Beulah, ND
Smokejumper Center
Missoula, MT
Teton Homes
Casper, WY
Aviat Aircraft Inc.
Afton, WY
Laramie River Station
Wheatland, WY
Phoenix Gold Mine
Idaho Springs, CO
Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey
Denver, CO
US Mint (Denver, CO)
Denver, CO
Very Large Array
Socorro, NM
Shidoni Foundry
Santa Fe, NM
Eagle Ranch (Pistachio Nuts )
Alamogordo, NM
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation
Magna, UT
MotoSat
Salt Lake City, UT
Sweet Candy Company
Salt Lake City, UT
Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
Monument Valley, Utah
Davis-Monthan's Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center Facility
Tucson, AZ
Good Enough Mine Tour
Tombstone, AZ
Morenci Copper Mine
Morenci, AZ
Queen Mine Tours
Bisbee, AZ
The Mineral Discovery Center
Sahuarita, AZ
This is my partial list:
I want to make an effort to stop at attractions that are usually featured on "top ten" lists (travel channel,etc) I am interested in touring factories,gold mine,silver mines ghost towns, locations that were used to film movies (Hornick, Iowa 1984, Children of the corn) I would like to try and get to Banif and maybe Alaska before the southern southwest.
Let me know what you think. I am pretty open. I believe I would be starting my trek right after X-Mas.
I would eventually like to stay at the grand canyon (south rim) for an extended period of time also.
I did a trip like this back in the 80's
Carhenge, Alliance, Nebraska
Enchanted Highway, Regent, North Dakota
Hole n' the Rock, Moab, Utah
Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, Texas
San Luis Valley, Colorado
Rocky Mountains of Wyoming
The Wild West, Kansas
The Southwest's Four Corners
Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park
Colorado's Cripple Creek Gold Rush
Glacier National Park, through the Cascades, Selkirk
Terra Studios
Durham, AR
Blue Bell Creameries (Broken Arrow, OK)
Broken Arrow, OK
Willis Granite Products
Granite, OK
Braum Family Farm
Tuttle, OK
Kansas Underground Salt Museum
Hutchinson, KS
Union Pacific Railroad?s Bailey Yard
North Platte, NE
Broken Boot Gold Mine
Deadwood, SD
Spirit Mound Station
Vermillion, SD
Mt. Rushmore Gold
Rapid City, SD
Dakota Gasification Company
Beulah, ND
Antelope Valley Station
Beulah, ND
Smokejumper Center
Missoula, MT
Teton Homes
Casper, WY
Aviat Aircraft Inc.
Afton, WY
Laramie River Station
Wheatland, WY
Phoenix Gold Mine
Idaho Springs, CO
Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey
Denver, CO
US Mint (Denver, CO)
Denver, CO
Very Large Array
Socorro, NM
Shidoni Foundry
Santa Fe, NM
Eagle Ranch (Pistachio Nuts )
Alamogordo, NM
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation
Magna, UT
MotoSat
Salt Lake City, UT
Sweet Candy Company
Salt Lake City, UT
Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
Monument Valley, Utah
Davis-Monthan's Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center Facility
Tucson, AZ
Good Enough Mine Tour
Tombstone, AZ
Morenci Copper Mine
Morenci, AZ
Queen Mine Tours
Bisbee, AZ
The Mineral Discovery Center
Sahuarita, AZ