| Enjoy filling your Road Trip Planner with a road trip and | | | | restaurants and music! |
| discover the places between the dry desert climate | | | | The fourth state to add to your road trip planner is |
| surrounding Salt Lake City, Utah and the salty sea air | | | | Iowa as you'll be stopping at your second state capital, |
| found in Bar Harbor, Maine. | | | | Des Moines before continuing on for an overnight at |
| This great road trip covers more than 2600 miles and | | | | Iowa City, where you'll find a number of very |
| 13 states so pencil in at least two weeks in your road | | | | affordable hotels. |
| trip planner. Three weeks would be ideal if you're | | | | Cut north a bit past Joliet, Illinois so you can enjoy the |
| making it a Round Trip Road Trip. | | | | Chicago nightlife. Chicago has lots of things to do so |
| So, with thirteen states to cover, how does one | | | | you might want to stay a second night there and drive |
| choose among the 1000s of things to do? Narrow the | | | | the following morning through Indiana (about 250 miles) |
| field by sticking as close as possible to the direct route. | | | | to Toledo, Ohio. Be sure to check out the Maumee |
| With the price of gas these days, concentrate on the | | | | Antique Mall, which has over 120,000 square feet for |
| free and affordable activities along the route. | | | | you to wander through (there's also a smaller Antique |
| I recommend filling your road trip planner with the | | | | Mall in downtown Toledo). |
| following cities, where you'll drive about 200 miles per | | | | Hit the road again, passing through Cleveland, Ohio, and |
| day. | | | | enjoy the view along Lake Erie, spending night in Erie, |
| With Salt Lake City sitting on the edge of the | | | | Pennsylvania (you should be able to find a room with a |
| Wasatch Mountains, spend a few hours hiking along | | | | view). The next morning, enjoy the waterfront area in |
| the paths or have a picnic at the Wasatch Mountain | | | | Buffalo, New York before continuing east to spend the |
| State Park. Enjoy the Rock Springs Historic Museum | | | | night at Syracuse. You'll want to add your 3rd state |
| once you cross over into Wyoming, spending your first | | | | capital in Albany to your road trip planner before |
| night at the Rock Springs Days Inn. | | | | heading towards Boston. Here you might also want to |
| The next day, remain in Wyoming while still traveling | | | | stay two nights for a rich, historical experience. |
| about 250 miles to the state capital, Cheyenne for | | | | You can actually travel through 3 states in one day in |
| your second night. Consider adding Colorado to your | | | | less than 250 miles as you leave Boston, with stops in |
| road trip planner by taking a short side-trip into Fort | | | | Salem, then Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and passing |
| Collins, Colorado and spend the night in Lexington, | | | | through Portland, Maine and staying at a cozy lodge in |
| Nebraska, where you can enjoy antique shopping and | | | | Bangor, Maine. |
| fishing while staying at a Victorian house, converted | | | | At this point, you're near your final destination of Bar |
| into a B & B. About 220 miles down the road from | | | | Harbor, Maine. Reward yourself by adding the Acadia |
| Lexington, you'll find Omaha, the spot for your 4th night | | | | National Park to your Road Trip Planner and revel in |
| stay. Be sure to shop & stroll through the Old Market, | | | | the Fall colors, a perfect ending to a remarkable road |
| where you'll find a bit of everything; art, shops, cafes, | | | | trip. |