My Adventure Across the U.S.A. - Seattle to Sanibel (3400 miles)

Maybe I'm a little optimistic, five days for a 3400 mile trip from Seattle, WA to Sanibel Island, FL.  If I mentioned my plans to anyone, most people thought I was daft from long isolation and Covid-imprisonment.  Perhaps so, but I'd rather die on an adventure than suffer another minute with the Seattle paranoiacs.  There are definitely far easier ways to transit the country in aid of my family.  

Yet, I strongly believe that I'd miss an opportunity to see the greatness of our country and its good people if I were to choose the easy path.  Today, I've laid out a course for Pocatello, Idaho, 751 miles through mountains to the Harkness Hotel.  

Two hours out of Seattle, I decided to fill the tank more often through the mountains and stopped at Cle Elum, WA (+86 miles).  I'm probably burning more fuel.  

One of the few pleasures ... Planning a trip!

 Planning the Seattle-Sanibel Run has been one of the few pleasures during the plague.  Naturally, there are other things that kept me busy, but I actually enjoyed the anticipation and preparation of the trip. 

During winter of 2010, I crossed the U.S. from Chicago and reaching Los Angeles on New Year's Day of 2011, but that was nothing in comparison to the absolute diagonal from the craziest northwest corner to the warmest southeast corner.  I've got it broken up into five days:

DAY 01  Seattle (06:00) - Hermiston, OR - Nampa, ID - McCammon, ID (22:30)
DAY 02  McCammon, ID (08:00) - Rock Spring, WY - Cheyenne, WY - Walsenberg, CO (23:00)
DAY 03  Walsenberg (07:00) - Vega, TX - Wichita Falls, TX - Paris, TX (21:00)
DAY 04  Paris (08:00) - Arcadia, LA - Hattiesburg, MS - Destin, FL (21:00)
DAY 05  Destin (08:00) - Tennille, FL - Sarasota, FL - Sanibel Island, FL (18:30)

I admit some of the days are harsh.  My car is not a highway driver (No Overdrive), so I'm going to need frequent stops.  I've packed some caffeine and Lucky Strike cigarettes.  Though I don't smoke, I'll set aside the long-term health issues from smoking for the short-term gain of remaining mentally active on the road.  Besides, five days of occasional nicotine does not an addiction make.