We prepare to launch...

This blog is meant to chronicle our progress during the 2-month trip around 
the USA in the Autumn/Fall of 2015.
This trip is a large part of Peter's Bucket List, to be done before age 
condemns him to gentle decrepitude, slippers and nice cups of tea.
My companion on this trip will be our old friend Kath, whom we have known 
for nearly thirty years. She is much more enthusiastic about spending a lot 
of time behind the wheel than my wife Linda.
To date, we have agreed an outline of the itinerary and the places we would 
like to visit, although these are subject to revision in the light of 
realities during the trip. It all seems to add up to 13777 (US) miles - 
cruise control will be used extensively. And hopefully sanity will be 
preserved...
Much useful information was gleaned from people on the CouchSurfing 
website's 50+ and Virtual Tourist's USA forums - for which many thanks. 
Trivago was also found to be helpful with m/hotels.
Flights are booked: 3 flights both ways - out towards the East, then West 
to the US and then  a short internal flight to get us to Philip's town of 
Knoxville, Tennessee, our starting point. Vice-versa on the way home.
We will be traveling around the LowerStates from the 1st of September 
to the 29th of October and hope still to cover the West and New England. 
With a bit of driving to get from one to the other...
A car has been booked. Motel chains have been investigated and the cost 
of living - food, drink, laundry, etc - continually re-estimated. 
Looks good at present.

More as we get nearer to the 1st of September!