numbers:

Friday: Oak Park to Lincoln City, NE: 517miles/ 832km
Sat: to Fort Collins, CO: 489 miles/786 km
Tuesday: to Boise, ID: 751 miles/1208 km
Wed.: to Florence, OR: 510 miles/820km
Monday: to Seattle, WA: 345 miles/555km
Tuesday: to Penticton, BC: 329 miles/529 km
Tueday: to Seattle/Portland: 329/529 km and  172 miles/276 km
Thursday: to Salt Lake City: 766 miles/1232 km
Friday: to Fort Collins, CO: 456 miles/732 km
Saturday: to Iowa City, IA: 786 miles/ 1264km
Sunday: to Oak Park, IL 216 miles/347 km

One might wonder why the shortest day of all is the very last....in fact, is it possible, that as I plan this itinerary, that I'm Not anxious to return home? On the contrary, i think I owe it to Iowa City to check it out.  I've heard that they have a mean co-op and who knows, maybe I'll add it to my ever growing list of midwestern cities that rock?

and in the name of ironman, itself, let's look at the numbers:
2.4 miles /3.86 km
112 miles/180km
26,2 miles/42.16km

who would take their kids on a 6000 mile car trip in 2010?

Well, it's time to start planning routes...i mean, stopping points.  Here's my first stab at mapquesting the thing.complete route start to finish.
Drew was asking the other night, are we going to camp and enjoy the scenery....what?  Oh well, at least some of our prime destinations are full of beautiful scenery, family and friends. The in between will be strictly super 8.