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Road Trip!

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Quick Dates

Deb: Leave CA Sep 21 am
Deb: Arrive NC Sep 24 evening
Chrissy: Arrive NC Sep 26 10 pm
Deb & Chrissy: Leave NC Oct 1 after breakfast w/mom
Deb & Chrissy: Arrive Hudson Valley Oct 2 noon-ish
Chrissy: Leave NYC Oct 6 8:45 am
Deb: Lake of the Ozarks Oct 10 noon-ish
Deb: Leave Trout Lodge Oct 12 late am
Deb: Arrive Las Vegas Oct 14 noon-ish
Deb: Leave Las Vegas Oct 16 late am
Deb: Arrive home Oct 16 evening
Outbound Trip
Leave: Sep 22 am
Overnight: Flagstaff, AZ
Overnight: Shamrock, TX
Overnight: Nashville, TN (airport)
Arrive NC: Sep 25 evening
Things we want to do
in Greensboro
Lunch w/Mom: Sep 26 (O'Charley's closed)
Chrissy arrives: Sep 26 10:02 pm:
      American Airline #1316 from Dallas
Take Mom to WalMart
Olive Garden
Logan's Roadhouse
Mexico Restaurant
Lunch w/Kathleen: Sep 29th: Mexican?
Mom's Birthday: Sep 30th

Weather:

  • Highs: 75-83°F (cooling throughout the month)

  • Lows: 62°F

  • Humidity: 75% average

  • 23% chance of rain on an average day

Heading North
Leave Greensboro: Oct 1 after breakfast
Overnight: Harrisburg, PA
Arrive Hudson Valley: Oct 2 noon (ish)
Things We Want to See
in the Hudson Valley
Bennett Music Conservatory (Croton-on-Hudson, NY)
          See Cousin Charlie?

Eugene's Grave Marker (Croton-on-Hudson, NY)
        Call Chamber of Commerce

Cannonball Factory (Hudson,  NY)
Dominion House (Blooming Grove, NY)

Storm King Mountain (Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY)
See if We Can Find
Douglas & Jacinth's brick ranch home
Troy's farmhouse
The West Side Inn
  •      Dominion House (Blooming Grove, NY)
Country Vet Clinic

Weather:

  • Highs: 66-68°F

  • Lows: 50-52°F

  • Humidity: Comfortable, non-muggy conditions

  • 27% chance of rain on an average day

Daytrip!
New York City
Train Peekskill to Grand Central Station: 1 hr, $20
     Peekskill train station has no free parking; I suggest we Uber to/from the hotel
Bus Tour of NYC
     about $60-90 per person
Carriage Ride in Central Park
     about $200 per carriage
Chrissy's friend Maryam
On My Own
Chrissy to La Guardia: Oct 6th 9:45 am
     Southwest Airlines #3526
Leave: Oct 9th
Overnight: Cincinnati, OH
Oct 10: Breakfast w/ Quintain
Arrive St. Louis Oct 10th afternoon
Lake of the Ozarks
Writing Retreat
Arrive Trout Lodge: Oct 10th afternoon
Leave Trout Lodge: Oct 12th noon

Weather:

  • Highs: 70-72°F

  • Lows: 49-51°F

  • Humidity: 69% average

  • 24% chance of rain on an average day

Homeward Bound (via Denver & Las Vegas)
Leave Lake of the Ozarks: Oct 12th noon
Overnight: Burlington, CO
Overnight: Elsinore, UT
Arrive Las Vegas: Oct 14th noon or Buellton evening
LaS Vegas
Motel 6 $50/night
October 14 3 pm to October 17 11 am

 

Weather:

  • Highs: 82°F

  • Lows: 56°F

  • Humidity: 22% average

  • 0% chance of rain on an average day

Things to Do:

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  • Drag Review*

  • Strip club with pole dancing*

  • Venetian: Gondola ride

  • Learn Blackjack*

  • Tour: Pink Jeep Evening Tour 6:30 pm

  • Tour​: Late-Night Bus Tour from 10:15 pm

  • Tour: Strip Club Bus & Limo (Friday night)

  • Show: All Motown $45 (reserved Oct 15 8 pm)

  • FlyOver Las Vegas

  • Ethel M. Chocolate Factory & Tasting

  • Bellagio Fountain

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*ask concierge for advice

Places to Eat:

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  • Venetian: Beignets

  • Venetian: Bazaar Meats by Jose Andre

  • Pink Box Donuts

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Homeward Bound (final lap)
Leave Las Vegas: noon(ish)
Dinner: Black Angus Steak House in Bakersfield
Arrive home: evening
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