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TRAVELS WITH GOLDIE: Far Side of I-5 Tour

55 nights | 5,190 miles
17 May - 11 July 2002

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS:
Pac-10 Track & Field Championships | Salt Lake & Park City
Las Vegas & Jimmy Buffett | Sedona | Petrified Forest | Canyon de Chelly
Albuquerque | Santa Fe | Taos | Mesa Verde | Arches | Canyonlands
Natural Bridges | Capitol Reef | Escalante | Bryce Canyon | Zion
Great Basin | South Lake Tahoe | Merced | Bandon Dunes

PART ONE: The Road to the Far Side of I-5
May 17 | On the road again | Multnomah Falls
18 | Pac-10's at Wazoo Extra-Great Photos Today!
19 | Pack10's at Wazoo Extra-Great Photos Today!
20 | Heading towards Utah
21 | Salt Lake City
22 | Utah State House | Temple Square | Great Lake Lake | Cafe Molise Extra-Great Photos Today!
23 | Utah Olympic Park Extra-Great Photos Today!

PART TWO: Viva Las Vegas
24 | Las Vegas
25 | Las Vegas | Jimmy Buffett, Night One
26 | Las Vegas | Jimmy Buffett, Night Two
27 | Las Vegas
28 | Las Vegas
29 | Las Vegas

PART THREE: Hotter than Ghana
30 | Sedona
31 | Sedona | Oak Creek Canyon | Slide Rock State Park | Fried Pickles Extra-Great Photos Today!
June 1 | Coffee Pot Cafe | Holy Cross Chapel| Snoopy Rock | Dean & DiLuca Extra-Great Photos Today!
2 | Sedona Golf Resort | More Fried Pickles Extra-Great Photos Today!

PART FOUR:  Take It Easy
3 | Walnut Canyon | Meteor Crater | Standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona Extra-Great Photos Today!
4 | Petrified Forest | Hubbell Trading Post | Canyon de Chelly Extra-Great Photos Today!
5 | Albuquerque Extra-Great Photos Today!
6 | Albuquerque Biological Park | Duran Central Pharmacy Extra-Great Photos Today!
7 | Santa Fe | The Round House | Loretto Chapel Extra-Great Photos Today!
8 | Georgia O'Keeffe | San Miguel | Palace of the Governors | Anasazi Extra-Great Photos Today!
9 | Santa Fe Golf Links | Pasqual's
10 | Enchanted Circle | Rio Grande Gorge | Red River Hatchery | Orlando's Extra-Great Photos Today!
11 | Taos Pueblo | The Trading Post Extra-Great Photos Today!

PART FIVE: The Road Not Taken
12 | Aztec Ruins National Monument Extra-Great Photos Today!
13 | Mesa Verde National Park Extra-Great Photos Today!
14 | Drive to Moab, Utah
15 | Arches National Park Extra-Great Photos Today!
16 | Moab
17 | Canyonlands National Park Extra-Great Photos Today!
18 | Moab Golf Club | Arches National Park Extra-Great Photos Today!

PART SIX: Will the Circle be Unbroken?
19 | Natural Bridges | Lake Powell | Capitol Reef Extra-Great Photos Today!
20 | Escalante National Monument | Bryce Canyon Extra-Great Photos Today!
21 | Bryce Canyon National Park Extra-Great Photos Today!
22 | Bryce Canyon National Park Extra-Great Photos Today!
23 | Drive to Zion National Park
24 | Zion National Park Extra-Great Photos Today!
25 | Zion National Park Extra-Great Photos Today!

PART SEVEN: The Road to Somewhere
26 | Great Basin National Park
27 | Lahontan State Park | Driving to Carson City | Loneliest Road
28 | Virginia City | Nevada State House | Silvana's Extra-Great Photos Today!
29 | Carson City, Nevada
30 | South Lake Tahoe
July 1 | Lake Tahoe Cruise | GW Athletic Director Extra-Great Photos Today!
2 | Pope Beach State Park Extra-Great Photos Today!

PART EIGHT : All Roads (must eventually) Lead Home
3 | Merced
6 | Heading Home
7 | Bandon, Oregon
8 | Bandon Dunes
9 | Bandon Dunes Extra-Great Photos Today!
10 | Nearly There
11 | Home

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