I'm facing impending return to a perilous workplace of questionable effectiveness. Expect to see more pie in the sky posts on TMD as I find ways to escape from a terminal re-entry into another year of politics and frustration at work.
The ride to watch the Artemis moon launch set for Monday, August 29th (at the earliest) at Cape Canaveral in Florida.
What I'd do if I didn't have to go back to work in the coming weeks and was looking for a way to be busy and gone while the education machine groans back into life again.
Leave Monday, Aug 22nd, take an extra day either around the Dragon's Tail or in the Appalachians (or in Savannah! ...so many choices!).
THE RIDE DOWN (to Florida Aug 22-29):
Day 1: Elora to Philpsburg PA: https://goo.gl/maps/iRjHDdWnTBmzbAzD9 569kms
We Are Inn: https://theweareinn.com/
Day 2: We Are Inn PA to Lydia Mtn Lodge VA: https://goo.gl/maps/Lcpj7DG9ZD1o4gnCA 254mi
Lydian Mountain Lodge: https://lydiamountainlodge.com/ Nice place for a two night stay!
Day 3: Lydia Mtn Lodge VA to Quality Inn Bristol: https://goo.gl/maps/gE8YTZgtah3gwDnn8 300mi
Blue Ridge Parkway: https://www.nps.gov/blri/planyourvisit/maps.htm
Day 4: Bristol VA to Dragon City & Tail of the Dragon: https://goo.gl/maps/J3abTNzNRbvYV8VL9 246mi
Dragon City: https://dragoncityresort.com/
Day 5: Dragon City to Savannah GA: https://goo.gl/maps/HFmeunyXjyEBV4sr5 397mi
Day 6: Savannah GA to Daytona Beach (1 hr north of Cape Canaveral): https://goo.gl/maps/PkdWNezM1f6eRQML7
Day 7: Daytona Beach to Cape Canaveral to Boca Raton: 246mi (70mi/1hr to Cape Canaveral): https://goo.gl/maps/CUMKUyFTFvKtUzTM6 Watch the launch (!!!) then head on down to Miami.
August 22-29th for Aug 29th launch.
POST LAUNCH (Aug 29-last week of September):
Miami & Key West: Boca Raton to Key West: https://goo.gl/maps/7kkU1jXwXmWQ8xf79 207mi
Spend some days in Key West and then work my way up around the Gulf Coast to New Orleans: https://goo.gl/maps/1KsFe1qwuqpFEpCC7 ~1000mi
After some days in and around New Orleans, it'd be a slow ride up the Mississippi River Delta with a swing over to The Ozarks before returning to Ontario end of September: https://goo.gl/maps/MD75Q3DvWWDwmMmBA ~2500mi over a couple of weeks.
On the road for approximately 4 weeks (August 22 to September 22ish). One week down, 3 weeks after launch covering Florida, New Orleans, the Mississippi and the Ozarks back home: https://goo.gl/maps/x5TP3usybdxU3gSh9
I have just the machine to make this trip on:
