The Plan

Here is our current plan of action:

Part I: To Florida

We will start in Oregon/Washington and head for Coeur d' Alene, Idaho. Then cross into Montana turning north at Billings after visiting with Jim's cousin. We will go through Wolf Point, Glasgow, and on to Culbertson, Montana, where Jim's mother was born.

Then we will cross over into North Dakota and make a right turn at Bismarck after visiting with Jim's uncle. In South Dakota we will head forAberdeen, where Jim's great grandfather and great grandmother are buried.

Then south to Iowa, to visit our son in Chariton, just south of Des Moines. Then we will head to Kansas (Olathe and Chanute) to see some friends of my parents and visit Mee gravesites. Then across Missouri and the tip of Illinois into Tennessee.

We will explore the backroads of middle Tennesee near Cookville seeking out the Ned Cowan Homestead (on the national historic register) and William Trousdale town of Gallatin. (Jim's great x 4 relatives) Then we wil head south to Florida. We will go through Georgia and down to Naples, Florida on the Gulf coast near the Everglades. We will stay with Jim's uncle for a while and recoup.

Part II: Back to the Pacific Northwest

Assuming an absence of hurricanes, one of us hasn't decided to fly home, we will travel along the Gulf coast up to Pensacola where my dad trained as a Navy Pilot for WWII. Then over to New Orleans and Houston where my brother lives. I don't think we will be going to Galveston for the weekend as we originally planned.

Then we will get to know Texas very well as we travel over several days to Amarillo. On to Albuquerque, and Flagstaff. Then we plan to explore the Grand Canyon and Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks.

Finally we will travel North up through Salt Lake City and into Idaho. We hope to visit Jim's anut in Twin Falls, then move on to Boise and Pendelton. I'm sure we will be glad to see the Columbia River again and head for home.

That's all folks. About 9,000 miles and 21 states.