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

Summer Road Trip Meal Plan

Non-Perishable Grocery List

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

Basic Packing List

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.