After discussing our plan for getting from Madison WI back to Ft Myers – a plan that featured stops in Asheville NC and Savannah GA – and looking at the prices for Biltmore ($79 each, or more), we decided to change the route to include a stop to see Ooma’s sister near Mobile AL. So the revised TS8-2 itinerary is as follows:
- Chicago IL (or a western suburb thereof): a 2-night stay which gives us one full day to visit the city (which Ooma has never visited). That day will be devoted to the Chicago Institute of Art. We also hope to catch some music at a blues club, but that will depend on Ooma’s health.
- St Louis MO: 2 nights where the main event will be a visit to the St Louis Zoo.
- Tupelo MS: 2 nights. We don’t have any firm plans yet, but this is where Elvis was born.
- Daphne AL: 2 nights. We will visit with Ooma’s sister.
- Lake City FL: one night. This is just an overnight stop but we might take a slight detour on our way home to visit the Florida Southern University which has many buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
- Fort Myers FL. Home at last. Collect Rusty (and see if he remembers me), put our feet up and rest.
1,676 miles in 6 hops. There will be some very long travel days.