Our Cross Country Route, originally uploaded by goodharbor.
Approximate map route ... using Google Maps, you can specify 20 way points between destinations. This was the best I could do to maintain a close approximation to our route. I opted for more accuracy west of the Mississippi River.
Start Date: June 10, 1979 George Washington Bridge, New York City
End Date: August 9, 1979 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
The biggest difference is that I couldn't route between Ludington, MI and Manitowoc, WI via the ferry across Lake Michigan (the Google route takes you through Chicago, which we did not do on our ride). A second big difference is that Google Maps takes us through Scranton, PA as we leave NYC towards Buffalo, NY ... we actually traveled north along the Hudson River (9W) , through the Catskills and Finger Lakes Region to Buffalo. I just ran out of way points to represent that.
Still, Google Maps provides a distance of 3907 miles ... our odometer read 3825.
See this link to recreate the Google Maps route.
maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=6552350701...
