Road Trip 2003: Boston to Austin and back.

Frazer Rhodes, Arshad Hussian, Nick Spicer and George Tear

28^thSeptember (Sunday) – Arrive in Boston (MA)

Pick up Car from Dollar at Logan International Airport

Drive to Providence (RI) via I 93 and I 95 50 Miles (1 Hour)

From Providence stay on the I 95 via Bridgeport (CT)

to New York (NY) 180 Miles (3 Hours)

I 95 – I 278 (Bruckner Express Way) Toll Bridge –

Manhattan, Then FDR Drive (South)

Hotel: Inter- Continental ‘The Barclay’

111 East, 48^th Street, NYC

1-212-7555900

29^th/30^thSeptember (Monday & Tuesday) 2 Full Days in New York:

- Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island

- Broadway

- Chinatown/Little Italy

- Guggenheim Museum

- South St. Seaport

- Empire State

- Central Park

- Rockefeller Centre

- Times Square

1^st October (Wednesday) Check out – Drive to Atlantic City (NJ) 127 Miles (2.5 Hours)

Lincoln Tunnel onto I 95 South then New Jersey Turnpike

Exit Number 11 – Garden State Parkway South – Merge into

Atlantic City Express Way East.

Stop in Atlantic City: Ballys Atlantic City on Boardwalk

2^nd October (Thursday) Check out – Drive To Washington D.C 189 Miles (3.5 Hours)

Passing through Delaware (DE) & Maryland (MD)

Take Atlantic City Express Way North – Take Exit 38

Williamstown Exit. Follow 322 till New Jersey Turnpike South

Merge onto the I 95 South toward Baltimore –

Take the Baltimore – Washington Parkway Exit 22B towards

Washington – merge onto the MD – 295 South.

Spend Day in Washington

- Visit Washington Monument (Mall’s West End)

- White House

- Capitol Hill

3^rd October (Friday) Spend Morning in Washington D.C

Drive to Roanoke (VA) via Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway 260 Miles (5 Hours)

Take I 66 West then the 522 South (Front Royal) then 340

South onto Skyline Drive. Marge onto Blue Ridge Parkway

at Waynesboro.

Stop overnight in Roanoke

4^th October (Saturday) Drive to Bowling Green (KT) through West Virginia (WV) 500 Miles 9 Hours

Take I 81 South from Roanoke then, 311 North or East to the I 64 East

Merge into the 77 North (64 East) to Lexington. Take I 75 South then 60

Through the city to pick up the Blue Grass Parkway. Take the I 65 South

and stop between Mammoth Cave N.P. and Bowling Green.

5^th October (Sunday)

Visit Mammoth Cave N.P. then Drive to Nashville (TN) 65 Miles 1 Hour

Take I 65 South to Nashville

Spend Afternoon in Nashville – Stop in Nashville overnight

- Music Row (Demonbreun St. off I-40)

- Music Hall of Fame

- Opry Mills ‘shoppertainment centre’

6^th October (Monday) Visit Jack Daniels Distillery – Nr Lynchburg

Take the I 24 South, then the 55 West to Lynchburg 80 Miles 1.5 Hours

Drive to Memphis (TN) through Alabama (AL) and

Mississippi (MS)

Take 50 South, then 231 South to Huntsville, Alabama (AL).

Then take I 565 West then take 20/ALT 72 265 Miles 6 Hours

Night in Memphis

- Days Inn – Elvis Pres. Bld.

- Memphis Rock & Roll Museum 145 Lieutenant George W Lee Av.

- Beale Street

- Graceland 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard

- Gibson Guitar Factory – Beale St.

7^th October (Tuesday) Drive to New Orleans (LA) through Mississippi (MS) 400 Miles (6.5 Hours)

Take I 240 South, then I 55 South, then I 10 East towards New Orleans.

2 Night stop in New Orleans.

Hotel: Chateau Motor Hotel (504-524-9636)

1001 Chartres Street.

8^th October (Wednesday)

Day in New Orleans (LA)

- French Quarter

- Bourbon Street

- Mississippi Trip

- Preservation Hall (726 St. Peter Street 8p.m. onwards)

9^th October (Thursday)

Day in New Orleans – Drive to Houston (TX) 350 Miles (5.5 Hours)

Take I 10 West (Take Houston Tollway & I 45 for NASA)

Return on I 45 North for City Centre.

- Visit NASA Johnson Space Centre I 45 South NASA Road 1

- Bayou Place ‘Entertainment Complex’

Stop Overnight in Houston

10^th October (Friday) Drive from Houston (TX) to Austin (TX)

Take the I 10 West to Columbus then Merge onto the TX-71 W 165 Miles 3.5 Hours

Spend afternoon in Austin (TX) then drive to Oklahoma (OK)

Take I 35 North then I 35 West – then back to I35 North 390 Miles 6.5 Hours

Merge onto the I 40 West, then take Robinson Av. Exit

Towards Downtown.

11^th October (Saturday) Drive from Oklahoma (OK) to Chicago (IL)

through Missouri (MO).

Take the I 35 North, Merge onto the I-44 East for 480 Miles. 800 Miles 13 Hours

Take the I 55 North / I 70 East/Illinois. I 55 North to Chicago.

Take Martin Luther King Rd then Michigan Avenue – Take Ontario Av

Then onto La Salle Street – Head North.

Hotels: Howard Johnson Inn (312-664-8100)

720N LaSalle Street

Best Western Inn of Chicago (312-787-3100)

162 E Ohio Street

12^th October (Sunday)

Spend Day in Chicago (IL)

- Sears Tower 233, S Wacker Drive (The Loop)

- Bars: N. Lincoln Avenue

- River/Lake Boat Trip: 435 E. Illinois

- Magnificent Mile (Chicago River – Oak St.)

- Navy Pier (600E Grand Av)

13^th October (Monday)

Spend Day in 2^nd Day in Chicago – Drive to Detroit (MI) 290 Miles (4.5 Hours)

Through Indiana (IN)

Take I 90 East, merge onto the I 94 East towards Detroit.

Stop overnight in Detroit (MI) – Super 8 ?

14^th October (Tuesday) Drive to Toronto, Canada.

Take the (3) to the 401 from the Border to Toronto 240 Miles (4 Hours)

Stop overnight in Toronto

Hotel: Comfort Inn Downtown

15 Charles St. East(416) –924-1222

15^th October (Wednesday) Day in Toronto

- Visit Downtown & Yorkdale Shopping Centre

- CN Tower

- Eaton Shopping Centre

- Lake Front

Afternoon drive to Niagara Falls (Canadian Side) 50 Miles (1 Hour)

Stop overnight at Niagara Falls

Hotel: Super 8 (5706 Ferry St.)

(905) 356-0052

16^th October (Thursday) Niagara Falls – Waterbury (VT)

450 Miles (8.5 Hours)

Take the I –190 South – Merger onto the I-290 South then the I-90 East.

Towards Tonawanda/Rochester. Take the 30A towards Johnstown

(before Albany). – turn onto NY-29. Then Take the US 4 North

– onto US-7. Then take VT-100 onto VT-107 – then I-89 N.

Stop in Montpelier – or on I- 89/Waterburry.

17^th October (Friday) Ben & Jerrys Ice Cream Factory (Waterbury, VT)

Drive to Boston (MA) through New Hampshire (NH) 190 Miles (3 Hours)

I-89 South – onto the I-93 South – Boston.

18^th October (Saturday) – Day in Boston (MA)

- Boston Red Sox (Fenway Park, 4 Yawkey Way 617-267-1700)

- Bars: Grand Canal (57 Canal Street at Causeway Street)

- Irish Embassy, 234 Friend Street at Causeway Street.

- Boston Harbour

- Boston City Tour

19^th October (Sunday) – Morning in Boston – Drive to the Airport via the

Ted Williams Tunnel Car to be returned at 14:30

Total: 4876 Miles