After hanging out with Cole and Josh (from Berkeley) a bit a few days ago – they were in for Christmas – I’ve decided to pay them a bit of a visit in the spring.

I’ve changed the routing through California to shoot up CA Route 1 (it’s beautiful!) and spend two nights in Berkeley.

It adds only one day and a couple hundred miles to my trip, so no huge big deal. Everything else is unchanged.

Here’s the update:

DAY		       START			     END				MILES	

Route 66			
Day One		     Home			   Harrison Lake, OH		   250    R
Day Two		     Harrison Lake, OH	       Joliet, IL			     200
Day Three	     Joliet, IL		            Springfield, IL			165
Day Four	      Springfield, IL		   St. Louis, MO	 	       90
Day Five	      St. Louis, MO		  Lebanon, MO			  170
Day Six		       Lebanon, MO		 Springfield, MO		   60     L
Day Seven            Springfield, MO	        Tulsa, OK			    200     R
Day Eight	      Tulsa, OK		           Oklahoma City, OK		  130     R
Day Nine	      Oklahoma City, OK	       Elk City, OK			  100
Day Ten		      Elk City, OK		   Amarillo, TX			     155
Day Eleven	     Amarillo, TX		  Tucumcari, NM			 125
Day Twelve	    Tucumcari, NM	      Santa Rosa, NM		       80   L R
Day Thirteen	     Santa Rosa, NM	      Santa Fe, NM		      120
Day Fourteen	    Santa Fe, NM	      Albuquerque, NM		     100    R
Day Fifteen           DAY OFF FOR MAINTENANCE (side trip to Moriarty & Madrid)    R
Day Sixteen	      Albuquerque, NM	      Gallup, NM			 160
Day Seventeen	   Gallup, NM		         Holbrook, AZ			  110    R
Day Eighteen        Holbrook, AZ		 Flagstaff, AZ		       100       L
Day Nineteen        DAY OFF IN FLAGSTAFF
Day Twenty	     Flagstaff, AZ		Kingman, AZ			165
Day Twentyone	     Kingman, AZ	       Needles, CA			 75
Day Twentytwo	   Needles, CA		       Barstow, CA		       175    XG
Day Twentythree      Barstow, CA	  Los Angeles, CA		     120    R

Total 3050

The Return Trip
Day Twentyfour     Los Angeles, CA	        San Luis Obispo, CA	   270
Day Twentyfiver	     San Luis Obispo, CA	Berkeley, CA	              261
Day Twentysix	     DAY OFF IN BERKELEY!                                                     L
Day Twentyseven   DAY OFF IN BERKELEY AGAIN!!
Day Twentyeight        Berkeley, CA                Donner Pass, CA	      253
Day Twentynine	     Donner Pass, CA	      Austin, NV			220    XG
Day Thirty      	   Austin, NV		          Delta, UT			  300    XG
Day Thirtyone	      Delta, UT		           Salt Lake City, UT		  109
Day Thirtytwo           DAY OFF FOR MAINTENANCE	                                        L
Day Thirtythree	    Salt Lake City, UT	       Logan, UT (Spiral Jetty)	   172
Day Thirtyfour	    Logan, UT		      Jackson, WY		         195
Day Thirtyfive      Jackson, WY               Bozeman, MT                     211
Day Thirtysix	    Bozeman, MT		      Forsyth, MT		      304    XG
Day Thirtyseven        Forsyth, MT	       Bowman, ND		   177    XG
Day Thirtyeight	   Bowman, ND		    Aberdeen, SD		  263
Day Thirtynine	   Aberdeen, SD		     Pipestone, MN		   237
Day Forty          Pipestone, MN             West Bend, IA		     177    L
Day Fortyone	   West Bend, IA	      Mt. Zion			        244
Day Fortytwo	  Mt. Zion, WI		       Kenosha, WI		       175
Day Fortythree         DAY OFF TO VISIT?
Day Fortyfour	  Kenosha, WI		     Plymouth, IN		      161
Day Fortyfive    Plymouth,IN		     Home!!				343

Total 4072
L = laundry days, lol
XG = Need extra gas can
R = make reservations

GRAND TOTAL  7122

I wish I were familiar with Krishna consciousness in Latin America. Especially after hearing this one.

The only thing I really know about it is from a Prabhupada Memories DVD (#8), as told by Chitsukhananda:

I sat with him [Srila Prabhupada], and I felt happy and peaceful. I had a guitar with me, and he asked me if I would sing, so I chanted Hare Krishna. Throughout the years, even when we opened a temple in Mexico, we would play guitars in kirtan in Prabhupada’s presence. He would say, “Yes, yes, more. This is what’s making people dance and chant. Use it for Krishna.” It’s nice to hear the sitar and tambura, but it’s also nice for people to play the instruments of their own nation to worship God, and Srila Prabhupada was open minded about that. There are no hard and fast rules for chanting. He tried to accommodate everyone.

Now, the idea of guitar kirtans, especially Mexican guitar kirtans really thrills me. This tape, sadly, has very little guitar in it, which is a shame. I don’t know if the guitar kirtans were ever recorded.

KT-11 Caracas Temple Kirtans

But this is definitely a strong and steady tape. Well worth having. It’s pretty mellow. Not sad and droney or anything like that. But sober. The first half is with a bunch of devotees. The second sounds like it’s just two. It’s pretty cool.

1) Jaya Radha Madhava
2) Kirtan
3) Hare Krishna Kirtan
4) Sri Guruastakam
5) Gaya Goura Madhu Svare
6) Jai Jagganath
7) Sudha Bakata
8) Radha Krishna Bol Bol
9) Jasomati Nandana

Click here to download.