Countdown

Less than a week until we set off! We have just about everything we need, and of what we lack, there's nothing we can't live without. There's one more Target trip in store for a few odds and ends, and that is IT. We've done our test/training hikes with weight, broken in our new shoes and socks, arranged dogsitting, and learned valuable lessons about bug spray and what fabrics work best. I have even picked a gallon of blueberries. Thursday night we pick up the rental car and leave ours at the airport, and start loading. Friday morning, we'll be gone.

After the trip, I'll do a gear review, but this trip right now is a learning experience.  

Honeymoon Itinerary
July 3: Charleston to Russell Springs, KY with a stop at Great Smoky Mountains National Park; explore potentiality of a fair with Aaron's parents that night
Overnight with Aaron's parents

July 4: Russell Springs, KY to St. Louis, MO; watch fireworks over the Arch
Overnight: St. Louis N.E. / I-270 / Granite City KOA

July 5: St. Louis, MO to Wichita, KS; frolic with Jessica and Thomas and enjoy one last real shower, probably
Overnight with Jessica and Thomas

July 6: Wichita, KS to Estes Park, CO
Overnight: Camp Dick

July 7: Rocky Mountain National Park
Overnight: Camp Dick

July 8: Estes Park, CO to Jackson, WY; stop in Laramie, detour through Snow Mountains Scenic Bypass, stop at Pioneer Trail intersection with more bad Oregon Trail jokes than you can handle
 Overnight: Gros Ventre Campground

July 9: Grand Teton National Park  
Overnight: Gros Ventre Campground

July 10: Jackson, WY to West Yellowstone, MT; taking the long way through all of Yellowstone National Park and meeting Park Ranger Friend  
Overnight: Rainbow Point Campground

July 11: Yellowstone National Park  
Overnight: Rainbow Point Campground

July 12: West Yellowstone, MT to City of Rocks, ID; stops and detours at Craters of the Moon National Monument, Boise, ID, Minitoka Internment Camp
Overnight: City of Rocks campground

July 13: City of Rocks, ID to Salt Lake City, UT; frolicking around SLC  
Overnight: fly back to Charleston

July 14: Arrive in Charleston and sleep forever.

There are a lot of places where we won't have phone reception or wireless access, but we'll try to check in as often as we can. With pictures. So, so many pictures.

HAPPY HONEYMOON TO US!