Thread: How much is enough?

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Originally Posted by jerry clayton

So I assume that your starting your trip in Chicago? (Rt 66) How many days are you planning on the road???
We spent 28 days in Sept 2010----but did add return trip from up north going to Yellostone,Grand Tetons and Mt Rushmore---Sept was a good month as the temps were nice (not too hot in Arizona and just at freezing overnite camping out at Yellowstone) traffic was't bad (kids all back in school,vacations for many were over)and all the sites still open---------

We fly in to Chicago 16th September and fly out of Los Angeles 6th October.
Three weeks essentially.
We're constrained time-wise by weddings either side of that period back here in New Zealand.

The daughter of a good mate is getting married just before our trip, and they've asked if they can use our car (the '47 Ford, ) as the bridal car.
How can I refuse?
He's a good mate; and I've known the daughter since she was a kid.

Our #2 son, Tony, is getting married just after our trip, his bride-to-be's Dad is late, and she (Gale,) has asked if I would stand-in for him at the church and give her away.
She too has asked for the '47 as her bridal car.
Under the circumstances I can't refuse there either . . . it would be churlish.

We're also constrained to Sept/Oct by the weather in the States; earlier than that is hurricane/tornado/flood season, and later than that it's going to be just too hot for this mountain man . . . the alcohol in my blood may boil and evaporate . . . and that would do me no good at all.

Originally Posted by johnboy

We're also constrained to Sept/Oct by the weather in the States; earlier than that is hurricane/tornado/flood season, and later than that it's going to be just too hot for this mountain man . . . the alcohol in my blood may boil and evaporate . . . and that would do me no good at all.

jb,
For the central states our tornado/flood season is generally towards Spring, the April, May, June time frame varying year to year - this year has been quite wet and extended some. That said, storms creating tornado's can crop up into the summer, too, but are less frequent as everything evens out in temperature. As for the temperatures, we are 180 degrees out of phase with your norm, so the weeks after October will be getting cooler, heading into Fall, then Winter. You've picked an ideal time to travel across middle America. The extreme heat of July & August should be gone, transitioning into cool nights and wonderfully warm days. I expect that we can keep the alcohol level moderated to an acceptable level.