…the more they stay the same.

Road trip, 1971.

I am in the midst of planning Road Trip 2024, fifty-three years after our first one.  This photo was taken up on the Tetons (we’d taken the tram to the top of one of the mountains outside of Jackson, Wyoming).

We’ll be leaving Rhode Island in about thirty-five days, so of course I am deep into Google maps online and our trusty Rand McNally atlas, the 2024 version we bought on the way home last fall.

Gas stations and truck stops don’t carry paper maps anymore.  Or post cards.  We ended up in a Staples in Cheyenne to buy the atlas and a magnifying glass.

I have planned no less than seven variations for Day One of our trip. Not the route–we’re returning to our usual I-84/I-90/I-80 path– but how many miles we’ll drive and where we will stay (towns and hotels) and how that will impact days two, three and four across the Midwest.

Our recent “we’ll stop when we’re tired” road trip method worked beautifully last year, except for that blizzard glitch in Montana.  But I like knowing the hotels in towns along the way.

Can you tell how excited I am? Winter is over and it’s time to head west!