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Choose your starting point –

The state capital ofWashington, Oregon, or California.

Your ending point is Raleigh, NC.

Travel between the dates of July 01- July 14

Find your Vehicle

List the states you plan on traveling through to get to Raleigh, NC.

States and CapitalsUS State5 State Capital US State State Capital

Alabama Montgomery Montana Helena

Alaska Juneau Nebraska Lincoln

Arizona Phoenix Nevada Carson City

Arkansas Little Rock New Hampshire Concord

California Sacramento New Jersey Trenton

Colorado Denver New Mexico Santa Fe

Connecticut Hartford New York Albany

Delaware Dover North Carolina Raleigh

Florida Tallahassee North Dakota Bismarck

Georgia Atlanta Ohio Columbus

Hawaii Honolulu Oklahoma Oklahoma City

Idaho Boise Oregon Salem

Illinois Springfield Pennsylvania Harrisburg

Indiana Indianapolis Rhode Island Providence

Iowa Des Moines South Carolina Columbia

Kansas Topeka South Dakota Pierre

Kentucky Frankfort Tennessee Nashville

Louisiana Baton Rouge Texas Austin

Maine Augusta Utah Salt Lake City

Maryland Annapolis Vermont Montpelier

Massachusetts Boston Virginia Richmond

Michigan Lansing Washington Olympia

Minnesota St. Paul West Virginia Charleston

Mississippi Jackson Wisconsin Madison

Missouri Jefferson City Wyoming Cheyenne

http://www.mapquest.com/https://maps.google.com/

To begin your journey, enter your beginning

city and state and your destination city and

state to gather mileage information.

Choose your 5 fun places to stop along the path you have chosen to drive.

You can use these to help you.

http://www.tripadvisor.com ORhttp://www.officialusa.com/imaps/usa-travel-map.html

Online Travel Agencies

• Use one of the travel sites below to find out how much it will cost to stay at a hotel per night in each city you sleep in.

• www.hotels.com www.orbitz.com• www.choicehotels.com www.expedia.com• www.travelocity.com/hotels/ www.kayak.com• www.priceline.com/hotels/

****IMPORTANT***

You can only drive 9 ½ hours per day or 600 miles per day.

If you drive 600 miles, it cannot take more than 9 ½ hours to

travel that distance.

MORE RULES

• As you drive through a state, you must go through the state capital. You do not have to stop in the capital, but it must be on your route.

• You will be stopping at 5 (five) point of interest along the way. Get prices and information about your destination.

CALCULATIONS• You may stay at any hotel or resort. You must

document the cost. See if they offer a free breakfast with your stay.

• You have to pay for food. Document the money you spend for food. 3 meals per day, plus any snacks.

• Document how much each of your fun destinations cost and also a total of all of them.

• Find out the average highway gas mileage of the vehicle you choose to drive. Estimate $4.36 per gallon of fuel to get your cost total.

• Total your expenses of lodging, food, fun destinations, and gas.

Final Product

• An Excel spreadsheet with all your calculations and totals for your trip.

• A presentation showing all the places traveled• A graphic organizer with mapped out traveled

places that were visited and states• A brochure or ad using Publisher to sell a

customer on the trip.• A bibliography page