2018 Summer Road Trip
Post date: Jan 16, 2018 4:50:58 PM
Quick Facts
June 16th-24th
Austin-> Roswell, NM -> Coconino National Forest, AZ -> White Sands, NM -> Austin
Headcount
If your name has a question mark by it, please respond to this email and let me know whether or not you can come
Andrew
Lynna
Rana
Elyes
Jill
Grant
Anna
Sabrina
Audrie?
Responsibilities
Paperwork: Grant
Reservations: Anna
Food: Rana
Backpacking: ??
Gear Shakedown: Lynna
Permits: Andrew
Transportation: Andrew
Cars and Drivers
Jill and the Black Beast (Honda Pilot) - seats 8
Elyes and Lady Urbanina - seats 7
Map
Map link: https://goo.gl/maps/ivxFrzbJMP32
Itinerary
Day 1 (06/16):
Mileage: 0 -> 510 Miles
Depart: 6:30 am MUD Annex, Austin 78728
Arrive: 4:00 pm, Bottomless Lake State Park, Roswell, NM 88201
Meals
Breakfast: come fed
Lunch: Fruit, cheese, and deli meat kabobs - ate at park along the way
Dinner: chicken, bean, and cheese burritos - ate at Bottomless Lake State Park
Activities
Swimming
Telescope
Short Hikes
Synchronized swimming
Comments
Very windy, some rain during the night
Saw Venus and Jupiter and moon
Loud partying neighbors
Last night with running water (e.g. shower)
Day 2 (06/17):
Mileage: 510 -> 928 Miles
Depart: 8:30 am Bottomless Lake State Park
Arrive 9 am UFO Museum Roswell
Arrive 5 pm Petrified Forest National Park
Meals
Dinner: Yibin Chinese Stir Fry with fried Tofu
Breakfast: Fiest Omelet and fruit
Lunch: Chicken Salad, Egg Salad, pickles, fruit
Activities
Camped in the Painted Desert
Cooked food at the headquarters after hours
Stargazed
Day 3 (06/18):
Petrified Forest National Park to Coconino National Forest
We’ll visit…
Meteor Crater
Painted Desert?
To-do
Camping area near Kachina Peaks Wilderness or hotel/motel?
Do we want to visit the Painted Desert and go 1 hour out of our way?
Day 4 (06/19):
Check out the Flagstaff area of Coconino
Kachina Peaks Wilderness
Humphrey’s Peak
Weatherford trail (8.7 miles one-way)
Humphrey’s trail (5-5.5 miles one-way)
Day 5 (06/20):
Check out the Flagstaff area of Coconino
Lava River Cave (1 mile)
Sycamore Wilderness
Parson’s Trail #144
To-do
Camping area at Sycamore Wilderness
Day 6 (06/21):
Check out the Red Rock area of Coconino
AB young trail (2.4 miles w/ 33 switchbacks one-way)
Devil’s Bridge (1.6 miles round-trip)
Lots of really good trails to check out
To-do
Camping area in the Red Rock area
Day 7 (06/22):
Check out the Mogollon Rim area of Coconino
There’s different trails throughout the Cabin Loop system
To-do
Camping area at Mogollon Rim
Food Plan
Day 8 (06/23):
Mogollon rim to Alamogordo KOA
We’ll visit…
Saguaro National Park (lunch stop)
White Sands National Monument
To-do
Make reservations at the Alamogordo KOA
Figure out if there’s a fee to enter Saguaro National Park
Day 9 (06/24):
Alamogordo KOA to Austin
Food
Packing List
Below is the link for a 3 Day Backpacking List. I think it's a good list for the trip because:
it includes all the important stuff
it's compact (we only have so much room to store stuff in the cars)
it will allow us to go backpacking should we choose to do so.
Additional items I would add:
bathing suit
camp chair
Fees
National Park Pass: Each pass covers entrance fees at national parks and national wildlife refuges as well as standard amenity fees (day use fees) at national forests and grasslands, and at lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A pass covers entrance, standard amenity fees and day use fees for a driver and all passengers in a personal vehicle at per vehicle fee areas (or up to four adults at sites that charge per person). Children age 15 or under are admitted free.
Road Trip Movies
The Straight Story
Fandango
Badlands
College Road Trip
The Muppet Movie
Are We There Yet
Brother Where Art Thou?
Sure Thing
Smokey and Bandit
Cannonball Run
Wild Hogs