Help me map out a Midwest road trip in the dead of winter

Awwww. *blushing*

As an added bonus.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/articles/1121_blueshighway.html

And after Clarksdale, maybe a jaunt across Highway 6 to The University. En route to Tupelo, of course.

 

Didn't they all get washed away?

 

Windsor

 

Lord, that 61 Highway
It the longest road I know
Lord, that 61 Highway
It the longest road I know
She run from New York City
Run right by my baby's do'

Well, there some folks said them
Greyhound buses don't run
Lordy, some folks said them
Greyhound buses don't run
Lord, just go to West Memphis, baby
Look down Highway 61

I said, please
I said, please see somebody for me


I said ple-eee-eee-ase
Please see somebody for me
If you see my baby
Tell her she's alright with me

(guitar)

Lord, if I should hap'n a-die, baby
Before you think my time have come
Lord, if I should hap'n a-die, baby
'Fore you think my time have come
I want you bury my body
Down on Highway 61.

 

Ottawa is actually very nice with the Canadian parliament buildings, but I haven't been in 20 yeas. They do cool things on the river in the winter... if you're headed that way, gotta do the Rock n' Roll hall of fame in Cleveland.
You could cut through Detroit and do the casinos. They're nice. Or drive to Florida.

 

Here's what I would do. I would sign up for the weekly e-mail sale fairs for American and United. When you get the e-mails for when you want to go, find the coolest spot. Maybe you have a backup drive plan in case there isn't anything good.

 

No Tunica, though.
That place is, as the dead Doc would say, decadent and depraved.

 

Nope. Just the lake.

In the spirit of Todd Palin, you drive to Upper Michigan and hit the snow machine snowmobile trails through the Hiawatha National Forest. Nice little towns like Munising have places where you drive up and park your snowmobile while you get some grub and some heat. Or you could hit the cross-country ski trails instead, if combustion engines aren't your thing.