Post #31149 by Humuhumu on Tue, Apr 22, 2003 3:59 PM

Well, it's probably about time for me to get more serious about planning my Great American Road Trip. Here's what I'm thinking so far:

Leaving after work Friday the 3rd, in time for the PDX Polka/Tiki Crawl event in Portland.

Meeting up with my mom somewhere in Oregon on Saturday.

Driving to the Bay Area on Sunday -- planning on visiting my Cousin Bill for sure, but I've got plenty of time to visit with the local tikiphiles -- anyone wanna take me to Vic's? I missed it at the Crawl. I'd also like to see some of the stops from the Crawl in less of a, well, drunken stupor than last time.

I want to hit some of the touristy places between the Bay Area & LA, like the Hearst Mansion and that wierd house that the crazy woman kept building & building -- open for suggestions here. traderfranks, thanks for the, um, compelling invitation to Fresno, but it looks like it's a ways out of the way. Maybe another time?

I'd like to be in OC by Thursday -- Bong & the rest of the Hoiti Toitis -- what you've suggested so far sounds fantastic! Maybe Sam's & Ben's and other places Thursday night, and then OA & Bahooka Friday before heading to Palm Springs? I don't know the layout down there, so I'm happy to leave the planning to you guys. Is the Tiki Ti convenient to these places at all?

So then, Friday, it's off to Palm Springs for Tiki Oasis. Ahhh... a nice solid day of not driving will be nice.

Sabu, I was thinking that Monday would be nice for Disneyland. I was thinking I'd drive from Palm Springs to Anaheim on Sunday, and then do a full day on Monday (I haven't been to DL in gulp 2.5 years!). It's possible I'll even do DCA for a few hours on Tuesday, but we'll see how much time I feel like wasting. Would you and the others be able to play hooky with me on Monday?

Then, Tuesday or Wednesday, I'll start my drive back to Seattle. My aunt coincidentally planned a road trip on her motorcycle through CA one week off of mine, so we're probably going to cross paths on Wednesday somewhere in the middle of CA. After that, I don't have any particular plans, I'll just be moseying north & sleeping if I need to -- if the dates don't work out for folks the first week, maybe I can meet with them the second week.

I'd like to be back in Seattle by Friday night to see my buddy's band, but I'm flexible. I don't really need to be anywhere until the morning of Monday the 19th.

So, there it is! Who's on board? I'll post an update when I've got more details nailed down, and I'll have my cell phone on hand during the trip in case there are changes.

Yeeehaw!

The best tiki bar is the one that's within stumbling distance of your bed
The Humuhumu Room

[ Edited by: Humuhumu on 2003-04-22 16:01 ]