A friend from my time in the UN sent me some photos of her family trip along Route 66. They did this is a large camperwagon rather than a Chevy Corvette (apparently the kids jacked up about being offered a trip in the trunk). It seems to have been a very good trip for them and most interesting to see their photos. It was also educational for me, as I found out the German for rocking chair (schaukelstuhl, since you ask). They did 7200 miles in 30 days - a pretty serious bit of distance. This made me think of the trips we did in 1981 when living in Denver. Frances initiated that idea by getting a book about the National Parks of the West and marking interesting places. I then worked out a route on a Rand-McNally Road Atlas (GPS was unknown then - as were iPhones, personal computers and the internet). From memory, taking nearly the whole Summer school holidays we covered about 10,000 miles in 70 days. Here, approximately, are our routes: That map comes from Google Maps (G
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