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Default Itinerary Part II (was cross-country road trip - local cuisine?)

Andy wrote:
> Kate Connally said...
>
>> Hi,
>> I'm driving from Pittsburgh to Hamilton, MT in a
>> few weeks. Just wondering if there are any local
>> foods I might want to try in the different states
>> that I don't already know about. (For instance, pasties
>> in Michigan and Montana, pork chop sandwiches in Montana,
>> runzas in Nebraska, Cincinnati chili.)
>>
>> I'll be travelling through the following states:
>> Michigan
>> Wisconsin
>> Minnesota
>> North Dakota
>> Montana
>> Washington (eastern)
>> Oregon (eastern)
>> Idaho
>> Wyoming
>> Nebraska
>> Iowa
>> Illinois
>> Indiana
>> Ohio
>> Kentucky
>> West Virginia
>>
>> Have at it.
>>
>> Kate

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>
> Kate,
>
> Can that route actually be mapped out?
>
> Don't make me drag out my map software!
>
> Andy


Day 16 - Leave sister's house, taking sister with me and
heading north and west to Spokane, then south to Walla Walla
and into northeastern OR. Camp somewhere in Hell's Canyon
area.

Day 17 - See Hell's Canyon and then head south and east
into ID past Boise and down to Shoshone. Meet up with
sister's husband and camp in Craters of the Moon National
Monument.

Day 18 - Tour COTMNM and take leave of sister and husband
and head to Pocatello to see Potato Museum and then on to
Kemmerer, WY and then north toward Labarge. Camp overnight
in Bridger-Teton National Forest at Ham's Fork Campground.

Day 19 - Head into Labarge for breakfast at the Moondance
Diner (formerly of New York City) then head back south and
east to Laramie and Cheyenne, visiting the Red Desert on the
way. On into Nebraska and then north to Alliance to see
Carhenge. Camp overnight in the Alliance area.

Day 20 - Tour Carhenge and head east to South Sioux City,
then into Iowa and north to Spencer to visit Dewey Readmore
Books grave at the Spencer library. Camp overnight in the
Spencer area.

Day 21 - Continue east to Mason City to see the Music Man
Square and then east and south to Davenport and over the
border into IL. South to Springfield to see Abraham Lincoln's
tomb and then south to Collinsville. Camp overnight in the
Collinsville area.

Day 22 - See giant Brooks Catsup bottle in Collinsville and
then head east to Moonshine, IL to have lunch at the Moonshine
General Store. Then east to Indianapolis and south east to
Cincinnati and some Cincinnati-style chili for dinner. Then
south to Lexingtion, KY. Camp overnight in Lexington area.

Day 23 - Head east to Huntington, WV and then north to Le Sage
to Hillbilly Hotdogs for lunch. From there north to Pittsburgh.

Kate


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Kate Connally
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