First off, YES I am bored and YES I should be doing my paper but I got all weekend right ;D
Anyways
Here is the “route” we would take for this soon to be famous Rubicon/Moab 2 week crazyness. This is not the set in stone trip, still just 1 of the possibilites but man I like this one a lot.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Smyrna,+GA&daddr=Placerville,+CA+to:CA-89%2FEmerald+Bay+Rd+to:40.655639,-116.411133+to:Moab,+UT+to:Smyrna,+GA&hl=en&geocode=%3B%3BFUIUUgIdtC_Y-A%3B%3B%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=1&mrsp=3&sz=7&via=2,3&dirflg=t&sll=38.771216,-115.477295&sspn=4.975713,11.601562&ie=UTF8&z=7OK so using the website I posted earlier for Rest Area (RA) websites this is what I can figure thus far:
-First night will be somewhere around Kansas City, MO. We have RA West Bound exit 104 outside of Booneville, MO. Looks like this one is a full rest stop: 693 miles.
-Second night, looks like exit 189 is another RA in Wyoming: 913 miles.
-Third night we spend in Placerville as I plan to have a shower and bed to sleep in that night: 920 miles.
Ok so now on the way to Moab:
-Figure we leave the Rubicon Mid day so we need to split the 800 miles distance between the Rubicon and Moab. EB on I-80 outside of Wells, NV exit 354 is another rest area: 396 miles.
-Second night is in Moab: 408 miles.
Moab to Home:
-First Night we got a RA right before Junction City, KS exit 224 on I-70: 824 miles.
-Second night for those who can make a long haul home: 931 miles.
I know the miles seem nuts but either we hoof the drives or spend a whole lot more time driving and less time wheeling. Other thing is I don’t know which RA are the full service bathroom, water, food or just the “pull off and park” joints. Same to me, I can bring water/food and pee in the woods.