Any road trip warriors this year?

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Sat, 23 Sep 2023 20:22:05 +0000

We did cross-country and back last summer. Saw my sister in KY. niece in KS, Grand Canyon, SLC (went back to the neighborhood where I lived in 1966-68), saw S1 in SV and other friends in northern Central Valley. On the return trip, we went through small towns in Iowa (more quilt murals) en route to the towns where my dad’s family settled and we’re buried. We always book rooms in advance, though we sometimes change our route along the way. On this trip, once H discovered Culver’s, our routes were based on their locations. Most of our trip back from CA was along non-Interstate roads. 6700 miles.

Shenandoah and Rehoboth don’t qualify as road trips – only three hours each way.

If we have the dog, we do Red Roof Inn. Free pets.

I did a solo quilt road trip in late March – went to southern VA, through TN, hit a couple shops in southern KY, visited my sister south of Louisville, up through Indiana, where I took side roads and found small towns with beautiful murals. My destination was Shipshewana, an Amish town beloved by quilters, but it paled in comparison to the murals. From Shipshewana, I visited a friend in Toledo, was going to see a CC friend in PGH but she had a family emergency, so instead went through eastern Ohio for a couple more quilt shops. Total trip was about 2200 miles.

We did a decent chunk of the Blue Ridge Parkway in June.

Am heading to my aunt’s memorial in two weeks in eastern Kansas, so will road trip to Missouri Star Quilt Co.