Four Wheels on my wagon?

But what's it gonna be?

Cath's dislike of riding pillion, meant this was never going to be another Harley trip, though I did briefly toy with the idea of a trike. However, there were two things wrong with that; one, the luggage space, even with a trunk (UK=boot), is barely enough to hold Cath's make-up bag and two, a trike would cost something approaching 4 times that of a car!

No, this would have to be four wheels. But what? On 2 wheels, you ride a Harley, obviously. On 4, then surely it has to be a Mustang convertible. One thing wrong with that! Again it boils down to the size of the trunk. Nelly the elephant could get more in hers than Ford has provided, the Mustang only having twice the cubic footage of the trike! Doesn't sound then, that that is going to leave any room for my clothes, once Cath has got all her footwear in. Now I can hear you all saying, " you can use the back seat, as there's only two of you". A fair suggestion, IF, we were going from airport to hotel and unloading. But we ain't. As we shall be moving on each day and stopping off en route, then that would leave our luggage on show, as temptation for ne'er do wells (I'm sure there are one or two in America) to break in the car. No, all our luggage needs to tucked away out of sight.

All might not be lost though, as I have found some interesting videos on you tube, which seem to suggest the Mustang trunk is bigger than one imagines. Might have to visit a local US car dealer and see for myself.

Failing the Mustang, we'll settle for something midsize or maybe even an SUV (Toyota Rav 4 or similar), as I am planning on running on some old unpaved Route 66!

Don't worry though, you guys will be the first to know, when a booking is made.

I've run through the list of sights to stop off with Cath and apart from one addition, she is in agreement. Now comes the task of guesstimating the amount of time we'll spend visiting. For the most part, I expect it'll be stopping, reading the information we have on the subject, taking a few pictures and then continuing on our way. 15 minutes tops. Others, may include some interaction with the natives (real natives, in some cases), so stopped time may be significantly more. It's not an exact science but will give us a good idea of what each day will hold. Do that for the entire 2448 miles and we'll know how many days it's going to take. Simples! Once we know that, we'll know how many days we have to top and tail the drive in Cjicago and LA.

Anyway, loads to do, so back to the planning.

P.S. I've added Cath as a contributor to the blog, so you may see the odd post from her, if not before, probably once we hit the road.