Saint Louis road trip ONE
Plan for someone who wants to take a two week road trip from St. Louis to see some of the Southwest.
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Where one spends the night |
Hours of driving that day |
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St. Louis |
|
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Nashville |
6 |
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Chattanooga |
3 |
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Birmingham |
3 |
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Memphis |
5 |
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Texarkana |
5 |
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Dallas |
3 |
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Castroville, TX |
6 |
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Van Horn, TX |
7 |
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Las Cruces |
4 |
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Tucson |
4 |
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Flagstaff |
8 |
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Albuquerque |
7 |
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Clinton, OK |
9 |
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St. Louis |
10 |
Day One
9:00 am to 3:00 pm Drive to Nashville
3-5 visit museum
Evening see music show
Day Two:
Drive to Chattanooga from 9:00 to 12:00
1:00 visit Aquarium
3:30 visit Rock City
Day Three
Drive to Anniston, then Birmingham, AL
Morning: Visit tourist cave near Fort Payne
Noon: Visit Noccalula Falls park north of Gadsen
Afternoon: Visit Anniston Museum of Natural History in Anniston
Evening: Get to Birmingham for the night
Day Four
Drive to Memphis, TN
Morning: Visit Vulcan statue in Birmingham
Afternoon: Visit Tupelo Nat. Battlefield
Evening: arrive in Memphis
Day Five
Drive to Texarkana
Morning: on Mud Island in Memphis
Afternoon and evening: Drive five hours to Texarkana
Day Six:
Morning: Drive to Dallas
Afternoon: See stuff in Dallas
Day Seven
Drive 5 hours to San Antonio
Afternoon: See sites in San Antonio
Evening: Drive west to Castroville
CALL Landmark Inn State Historical Site to make reservations and mail your check. Phone (512) 538-2133.
OR call Bullis House Inn in San Antonio (512) 223-9426 to stay there.
Day Eight
See historic stuff in Castroville or San Antonio in morning
Afternoon and evening drive as far west as possible on I-10 (at least to Van Horn, TX)
Day Nine
Morning: Drive four or five hours to White Sands National Monument
Afternoon: See White Sands
Evening: Night in Las Cruces
Day Ten:
Drive through Silver City, NM and Safford, AZ on way to Tucson to enjoy mountain drive. Get out and walk at parks or scenic areas along the way. In Tucson visit the Arizona-Sonoma Desert museum.
Day Eleven:
It’s a five hour drive from Tucson to the Grand Canyon. Enjoy afternoon and sunset at Grand Canyon. Spend night in Grand Canyon or drive to Gray Mountain or Flagstaff for the night.
Day Twelve:
Drive from Grand Canyon/Flagstaff east on I-40, stopping at Petrified Forest/Painted Desert and La ventana Natural Arch on way to Albuquerque.
Day Thirteen: A Long Day’s Drive. Take State Road 14 to Santa Fe in the early morning and spend the morning in Santa Fe looking around the town. All afternoon and late at night keep driving as far east as you can go. Try to get to Shamrock, TX or even Clinton or Weatherford, OK where you can stay in a cheap hotel for the night.
Day Fourteen: A long day driving back to St. Louis.