Hi Summer Sky Dawg,
I found your book while visiting the Groundspeak HQ while we did our GC USA tour. Your right about the journey, I like journeys too and had much fun reading though your stories. I took the book with me to The Netherlands and read it in the plane. It will now continue its travels in Europe.
Here is our trip report, in short, I used in my logs:
GC USA Road Trip 2014 - After months of planning, preparation, the fun started
Day 1 – San Francisco – Salt Lake City - Thursday, September 18
September 18th we landed at SFO and picked up our small rental to spend some hours in the city. Back to the airport for our next hop, SLC. We receive our mighty Ford Expedition. A great car to do a road trip. On our way to Potters Pond!
Day 2 – Potters Pond - Yellowstone - Friday, September 19
Next morning, great weather and we walk the way up to Potters Pond. Back in the car we find the right way and drive up to Yellowstone via the Grand Tetons.
Day 3 - Yellowstone - Saterday, September 20
One night in the NP and the next day we visit the great park, wow. There is so much to see! We leave the park via the west entrance and drive the same night to Pocatello.
Day 4 – En route to Portland - Sunday, September 21
Next day the long, long drive to Portland. Idaho makes it a long drive. We arrive late and luckily we can sleep in a state park.
Day 5 - Visiting the oldies, one day of fun! - Monday, September 22
What a day. Up early and driving and walking around Portland. Great hikes and even better views!
Day 6 - Hembre Ridge, Oregon Coast and Seattle - Tuesday, September 23
Mmmm, the easy day... not really. We drove to Hembre Ridge and followed the coast up to Seattle and did some really nice geocaches.
Day 7 - Canada and Everett - Wednesday, September 24
The car insurance was not for Canada, so we had to walk over. That is very odd in the land of cars. Took us much longer. But Canada is on the map, country 43!
Day 8 - Around Seattle and event - Thursday, September 25
An event in the evening and an great homestay afterwards.
Day 9 - Geotours, HQ visit - Friday, September 26
First some shopping then the fun of the Geo Tour. What a funny geocaches, next the visit of the HQ
Day 9 – Back to San Francisco - Saterday, September 27
A long drive. Luckily we already made a start yesterday. We started from Salem and ended in SF in traffic jams.
Day 10 – SF geocaches and back home - Sunday, September 28
Cleaning the car, and a drive around for some special ones. And back home.
What a trip, long, exhausting but very rewarding. Thanks to: Hopmaniak for the company! All CO's for their geocaches. People of Groundspeak for their hospitality. Everybody that we met and we had a chat with, it was fun to explain what we were doing. Family and friends for their support.