{"id":161,"date":"2003-07-30T02:00:53","date_gmt":"2003-07-30T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/?p=161"},"modified":"2012-08-17T10:47:09","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T16:47:09","slug":"west-coast-roadtrip-june-30-july-18-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/west-coast-roadtrip-june-30-july-18-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"West Coast Roadtrip: 6,000 Miles in 19 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I drove, by myself, a total of almost 6,000 miles in 19 days. I saw most of the western U.S. for the first time, including the Pacific Ocean. Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?f=d&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=12678806239784742027,48.742790,-113.429140%3B16362294691203833711,41.778260,-124.182180&amp;saddr=6309+knox+ave+s,+richfield+mn&amp;daddr=glasgow,+mt+to:US-89+%4048.742790,+-113.429140+to:kalispell,+mt+to:seattle,+wa+to:vancouver,+bc+to:seattle,+wa+to:Roseburg,+Douglas,+Oregon,+United+States+to:US-101+S+%4041.778260,+-124.182180+to:manchester,+ca+to:san+francisco,+ca+to:95389+(Yosemite+National+Park)+to:San+Francisco,+CA+to:los+angeles,+ca+to:san+diego,+ca+to:tijuana,+mx+to:San+Diego,+CA+to:las+vegas,+nv+to:sterling,+co+to:6309+Knox+Ave+S,+Minneapolis,+MN+55423&amp;mra=pi&amp;mrcr=16&amp;via=2,8&amp;sll=40.346544,-101.645508&amp;sspn=23.357866,41.132813&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=42.90816,-108.28125&amp;spn=22.471055,41.132813&amp;z=5\">the map for the entire route<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read from the beginning below, or jump to each day:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6\/30: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/mon-6302003-minneapolis-glasgow-mt\/\">Minneapolis to Glasgow, Montana<\/a><\/li>\n<li>7\/1: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/tue-712003-glasgow-mt-kalispell-mt\/\">Glasgow to Kalispell, Montana<\/a> (Glacier National Park)<\/li>\n<li>7\/2: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/wed-722003-kalispell-mt-seattle\/\">Kalispell, Montana to Seattle, Washington<\/a><\/li>\n<li>7\/3: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/thu-732003-seattle\/\">Seattle<\/a> (Mount Rainier)<\/li>\n<li>7\/4: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/fri-742003-seattlevancouver\/\">Vancouver, British Columbia<\/a><\/li>\n<li>7\/5: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/sat-752003-seattle-roseburg-or\/\">Seattle, Washington to Roseburg, Oregon<\/a><\/li>\n<li>7\/6: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/sun-762003-roseburg-or-manchester-ca\/\">Roseburg, Oregon to Manchester, California<\/a><\/li>\n<li>7\/7: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/mon-772003-manchester-ca-san-francisco\/\">Manchester, California to San Francisco<\/a><\/li>\n<li>7\/8: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/tue-782003-san-francisco\/\">San Francisco<\/a><\/li>\n<li>7\/9: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/wed-792003-san-francisco\/\">San Francisco<\/a><\/li>\n<li>7\/10: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/thu-7102003-san-francisco\/\">San Francisco<\/a><\/li>\n<li>7\/11: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/fri-7112003-san-franciscoyosemite\/\">Yosemite National Park<\/a><\/li>\n<li>7\/12: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/sat-7122003-san-francisco-los-angeles\/\">San Francisco to Los Angeles<\/a><\/li>\n<li>7\/13: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/sun-7132003-los-angeles\/\">Los Angeles<\/a><\/li>\n<li>7\/14: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/mon-7142003-los-angeles-san-diegotijuana\/\">Lose Angeles to San Diego<\/a> (Tijuana, Mexico)<\/li>\n<li>7\/15: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/tue-7152003-san-diego-las-vegas\/\">San Diego to Las Vegas<\/a><\/li>\n<li>7\/16: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/wed-7162003-las-vegas\/\">Las Vegas<\/a><\/li>\n<li>7\/17: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/thu-7172003-las-vegas-sterling-co\/\">Las Vegas to Sterling, Colorado<\/a><\/li>\n<li>7\/18: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/fri-7182003-sterling-co-minneapolis\/\">Sterling, Colorado to Minneapolis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I drove, by myself, a total of almost 6,000 miles in 19 days. I saw most of the western U.S. for the first time, including the Pacific Ocean. Here&#8217;s the map for the entire route. Read from the beginning below, or jump to each day: 6\/30: Minneapolis to Glasgow, Montana 7\/1: Glasgow to Kalispell, Montana [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"geo":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Z5R-2B","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36,"url":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/fri-7182003-sterling-co-minneapolis\/","url_meta":{"origin":161,"position":0},"title":"Denver &#8211; > Minneapolis (The Longest Drive Ever)","author":"Jenni","date":"07.30.2003","format":false,"excerpt":"I crossed into Nebraska, drank a Red Bull, ate a banana, and felt mostly awake. I got ahead of the huge storm, and make it to Kearney, where I stopped for breakfast. Perkins! I knew they would have oatmeal for me, and I was not disappointed. I found my way\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;West Coast Roadtrip&quot;","block_context":{"text":"West Coast Roadtrip","link":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/category\/west-coast-roadtrip\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":162,"url":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/deep-south-roadtrip\/deep-south-roadtrip-march-28-april-6-2003\/","url_meta":{"origin":161,"position":1},"title":"Deep South Roadtrip","author":"Jenni","date":"04.16.2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Jay, Heather, and I decided to see what the deal was with the deep south, anyway. We definitely learned. Here's the the map for the entire route. 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When I got back, Jay was home,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;West Coast Roadtrip&quot;","block_context":{"text":"West Coast Roadtrip","link":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/category\/west-coast-roadtrip\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30,"url":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/west-coast-roadtrip\/sat-7122003-san-francisco-los-angeles\/","url_meta":{"origin":161,"position":4},"title":"San Francisco to LA","author":"Jenni","date":"07.30.2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Saturday morning, I got up at 6:30. Leaving the blinds open was a natural alarm clock that I was getting to like. I had been having a dream that I was making out with Dave Matthews, and that he had some kind of weird kink I couldn't remember afterwards. 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