{"id":65,"date":"2019-04-10T00:20:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T16:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.50xchallenge.info\/cms\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2022-12-31T08:40:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T00:40:54","slug":"trip-planning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.50xchallenge.info\/cms\/about-50-state-paramotor-tour\/trip-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"50 x Challenge Trip Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As you would expect the planning for the trip is pretty extensive.  One of the biggest pieces of planning is the route across the states and having locations to launch and land the Paramotor.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately, with a little research, I found that there are recommended routes and for the Ultimate U.S. Road Trip.  Using this U.S. Road Trip map, I&#8217;m looking for Launch Sites (LZ) within 50-100 miles of the destinations (pins) listed on this website.  I will be adding pins of launch sites for this trip to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/edit?mid=1w8-Z79edwozjFgEP16WB5A29VdVI3m8F&amp;ll=37.05754119873947%2C-106.58862939486619&amp;z=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"travel map (opens in a new tab)\">travel map<\/a>.  If you have a location you would like to recommend, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.50xchallenge.info\/cms\/contact\/\">contact me<\/a> and include the Google Maps URL to the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here are the destinations:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Grand Canyon, AZ<br>2. Bryce Canyon National Park, UT<br>3. Craters of the Moon, ID<br>4. Yellowstone National Park, WY<br>5. Pikes Peak, CO<br>6. Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM<br>7. The Alamo, TX<br>8. The Platt Historic District, OK<br>9. Toltec Mounds, AR<br>10. Elvis Presley\u2019s Graceland, TN<br>11. Vicksburg National Military Park, MS<br>12. French Quarter, LA<br>13. USS&nbsp;<em>Alabama<\/em>, AL<br>14. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL<br>15. Okefenokee Swamp Park, GA<br>16. Fort Sumter National Monument, SC<br>17. Lost World Caverns, WV<br>18. Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center, NC<br>19. Mount Vernon, VA<br>20. White House, Washington, D.C.<br>21. Colonial Annapolis Historic District, MD<br>22. New Castle Historic District, DE<br>23. Cape May Historic District, NJ<br>24. Liberty Bell, PA<br>25. Statue of Liberty, NY<br>26. The Mark Twain House &amp; Museum, CT<br>27. The Breakers, RI<br>28. USS&nbsp;<em>Constitution<\/em>, MA<br>29. Acadia National Park, ME<br>30. Mount Washington Hotel, NH<br>31. Shelburne Farms, VT<br>32. Fox Theater, MI<br>33. Spring Grove Cemetery, OH<br>34. Mammoth Cave National Park, KY<br>35. West Baden Springs Hotel, IN<br>36. Abraham Lincoln\u2019s Home, IL<br>37. Gateway Arch, MO<br>38. C. W. Parker Carousel Museum, KS<br>39. Terrace Hill Governor\u2019s Mansion, IA<br>40. Taliesin, WI<br>41. Fort Snelling, MN<br>42. Ashfall Fossil Bed, NE<br>43. Mount Rushmore, SD<br>44. Fort Union Trading Post, ND<br>45. Glacier National Park, MT<br>46. Hanford Site, WA<br>47. Columbia River Highway, OR<br>48. San Francisco Cable Cars, CA<br>49. San Andreas Fault, CA<br>50. Hoover Dam, NV<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"739\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.50xchallenge.info\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/roadtripprimary-1.png?fit=640%2C430&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"U.S. Road Trip map\" class=\"wp-image-66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.50xchallenge.info\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/roadtripprimary-1.png?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.50xchallenge.info\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/roadtripprimary-1.png?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.50xchallenge.info\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/roadtripprimary-1.png?resize=768%2C516&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.50xchallenge.info\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/roadtripprimary-1.png?resize=1024%2C688&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Road Trip map (<a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/72030\/map-shows-ultimate-us-road-trip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Source (opens in a new tab)\">Source<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1w8-Z79edwozjFgEP16WB5A29VdVI3m8F&amp;z=4\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.50xchallenge.info\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8384.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"5000 Feet View from a Paramotor\" class=\"wp-image-101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.50xchallenge.info\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8384.jpg?w=4032&amp;ssl=1 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.50xchallenge.info\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8384.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.50xchallenge.info\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8384.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.50xchallenge.info\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8384.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.50xchallenge.info\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8384.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.50xchallenge.info\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8384.jpg?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">5000 Feet View from a Paramotor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you would expect the planning for the trip is pretty extensive. 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