Bob Dole's Odyssey Suggestions

[Bob Dole]

So for the first time since 1978, Bob Dole is without a full time job. Feels kind of strange, but Bob Dole has normal blood pressure for the first time in over a decade. Along the way, Bob Dole has been really bad at taking vacations. Really bad. Just got a check for 42 days of accrued vacation bad. (Bastards wouldn't pay for the 403 hours of accrued sick leave.)

No real interest or need to go back to work immediately. Which leads to the question: What now? Despite a long list of productive things Bob Dole should probably do, Bob Dole feels like doing something relaxing, and is looking for suggestions.

Not interested in getting a passport, and there is a lot of the United States that Bob Dole has yet to see. Thinking about going and buying a cheap used car instead of piling miles on the Silverado at 15mpg. Trying to think of a theme, or something unusual. Also thinking it would be fun to document/blog the adventure. Given this place's propensity for the bizarre, Bob Dole figured he'd open up a thread for suggestions.

What ya got?

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

That river thing would take me a lifetime. I would walk half a dozen blocks to Cherry Creek in Denver and put the raft in the water. That would merge into the South Platte in downtown Denver, heading north and east. From there it would turn into the Platte and make it all the way to Omaha, and then the Missouri winding back south through KC and St. Louis. Then it would be the Mississippi for a straight shot to the delta.

It would take me far far longer. I have no moving water within 100 miles.

I'd have to wait for a big rain and hope. Meanwhile I would die of hunger/thirst/exposure/old age.

[Bob Dole]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Do you let a local pick your B city, or do you plan it? I would suggest Bovina, Texas as a next stop.

Thinking it would be better to plan the next town. Would like to cover some territory and not just do 100 mile hops.

[Buzz]

I thought being a mod was a full time job? CP let you go, that's not nice.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Bob Dole

Thinking it would be better to plan the next town. Would like to cover some territory and not just do 100 mile hops.

So is Bovina next, or maybe Brownfield?

[Bob Dole]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

So is Bovina next, or maybe Brownfield?

Not sure. Would like swing thru Denver for D. Never spent any time there outside of the airport.

[AustinChief]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

So is Bovina next, or maybe Brownfield?

Baton Rouge! Then Columbus, GA, Darlington, SC, Elizabeth City, NC and Fairfax, VA!

[SAUTO]

I'm in on the visit all planeteers... We have met before though. You might not remember it lol. You and Stevie helped my wife up when some drunk knocked her down the steps at a game

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Bob Dole

Not sure. Would like swing thru Denver for D. Never spent any time there outside of the airport.

Oh. You've got a bigger range than I was expecting.

It seems like Colorado Springs would be a logical stop along the way.


Amarillo
Boise City, Oklahoma
Colorado Springs
Denver

Hmm, maybe go west to Eagle, Colorado?

[Hydrae]

Originally Posted by Bob Dole

Not sure. Would like swing thru Denver for D. Never spent any time there outside of the airport.

Amarillo, Tx
Burlington, Co (http://www.burlingtoncolo.com/)
Cheyenne, Wy
Denver, Co

One possibility. Finding a "B" while staying close enough for Denver being the "D" is tough.

[Bob Dole]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Oh. You've got a bigger range than I was expecting.

?

There is a decent budget after the throwaway car. Have no problem with miles as long as it fits in the format. Have not been to CA for years, never seen Seattle, no Montana, no Yosemite, etc. would be nice to add some of that while doing this.

[Mrs. Loopner]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Oh. You've got a bigger range than I was expecting.

It seems like Colorado Springs would be a logical stop along the way.


Amarillo
Boise City, Oklahoma
Colorado Springs
Denver

Hmm, maybe go west to Eagle, Colorado?

Bob Dole mentioned blogging about his trip. If you visit an attraction that begins with the same letter as the city it forces you to see something you might not otherwise visit.

Amarillo TX, visit the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum and post the Brochure along with the write-up about it.

Bartlesville OK, take pictures of Buffalo Art and post them.

Colorado Springs CO, visit the Glen Eyrie Castle and tell us about it.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by Bob Dole

There is a decent budget after the throwaway car. Have no problem with miles as long as it fits in the format. Have not been to CA for years, never seen Seattle, no Montana, no Yosemite, etc. would be nice to add some of that while doing this.

Yosemite is well worth the visit. Stop by Crater Lake on your way through Oregon, too.

My family took a theme vacation when our youngest just finished the 4th grade. In Missouri, that's the year they learn about the Oregon Trail, so we kind of followed a conflation of the Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail, and the Pony Express route west from KC to Cheyenne to St. Lake City to Yosemite to San Francisco to Crater Lake to Yellowstone to Mt. Rushmore and then back to KC, stopping along the way to see a bunch of historical sites and natural beauty. It was a great trip.

[patteeu]

You're going to run into trouble finding reasonable cities to hit with some of the less common letters so if you're serious about doing the A-Z thing, you might want to plan around letters like X and Z.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Follow the Chiefs for a season . Go to all the away games.

[afchief]

I love sea food, American revolutionary and civil war history and always wanted to start up north on the east coast and head south, stopping at ma and pa restaurants along the way and seeing as many historical sites as I could handle.