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The Moving Tour 2005/12/26->2006/1/2

 

Dec 26:

1.      The last glance of Chapel Hill in the morning

2.      Leave off about 1 pm to <= st1:City w:st=3D"on">Atlanta

3.      After about 5 hours drivi= ng, one might pass Chattahoochee River National Recreational= Area for sightseeing or boating (if the weather is allowable)

4.      Arrive Atlanta and Stay for our first night in Georgia (About 9’o clock)

 

Dec 27:

1.&n= bsp;     Atlanta Area sightseeing = in the morning. Two locations are easy to go: (1) Martin Luther King= Jr. Birthplace (2) Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield. The former one is the memorial site for the lea= der of movement of Black Men. The latter is more natural to see battlefields in civil war. Both may take about 30 minutes driving from our hotel.

2.&n= bsp;     One can take I-85 then I-= 65 to New Orleans (This= road can pass = Tuskegee Institute and Tuskegee Airmen for African American education and pilot training in World War II). (469 mi (abou= t 9 hours 40 mins))

3.&n= bsp;     If it is already late, I-= 20 then I-59 to New Orleans. (About 9 hours)

4.&n= bsp;     Stay in New Orleans

 

Dec 28:

1. Sightseeing and Eating in New Orleans (French Quart= er) (http://www.nps.gov/jazz/inde= x.htm)

2. Driving to Houston and stay there for one night (A= bout 7 hours driving)

 

Dec 29:

1.      Visit Johnson Space Center (About 4 hours tour – Level Nine Tour to see where the astronaut h= ang out) (http://www.spacecenter.org/)

2.      Drive to San Antonio and doing the city sightsee= ing at night (About 3 hours Driving). If possible, one can check out the NBA game = for San Antonio Spears for tonight.

3.      Stay in San Antonio

 

Dec 30:

1.      Go to San Antonio Missions for the morning

2.      Drive to Carlsbad, NM for one night. (About 8 hours)

 

Dec 31:

1.      Go to Carlsbad Caverns for a day

2.      Stay in Alamogordo, NM for the New Year Eve. (About 4 hours driving)

 

Jan 1:

1.      Go to White Sands and White Sand Missil= e range in the morning.

2.      Leave for Tucson. (About 6 hours driving)<= /p>

3.      Stay in Tucson

 

Jan 2:

1.      Visit Saguaro National Park= to see cactus.

2.      Another optional place: C= asa Grande Ruins: http://www.nps.gov/cagr/=

3.      Leave for San Diego (About 7 hours driving)

4.      Arrive San Diego.

 

Appendix:

Georgia:

Ch= attahoochee River : http://www.nps.gov/chat/ (A beautiful river for boating, canoeing)

Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield: http://www.nps.gov/kemo/<= /a> (Auto Touring to two main civil war battlefields)

Martin Luther King Jr. site: http://www.nps.gov/malu/

Tuskegee Airmen: http://www.nps.g= ov/tuai/ (First Pilot Training for African American during World War II)

Tuskegee Institute: http://www.nps.gov/tuin/ (The First C= ampus for African American)

 

Jazz: http://www.nps.gov/jazz/index.ht= m

French Quarter

 

San Antonio Missions: http://www.nps.gov/saan/index.ht= m

 

Carlsbad Cav= erns: http://www.nps= .gov/cave/index.htm (CHECK THIS OUT!! We have to decide the tours first)

 

White sands: http://www.nps.gov/whs= a/index.htm

White sands missile range: http://www.wsmr.army.mil/

The New Mexico Space History Museum: http://www.spacefame.org/<= /p>

 

Dec 31: (Live in Tuscon, AZ)

Saguaro National Park: http://www.nps.gov/sagu/index.ht= m

Casa Grande Ruins: http://www.nps.gov/cagr/