Originally Posted by Sweet Willie

painful, simply painful to think about.

Going between one of the city pairs perhaps two is very admirable using public transportation, the itin you've put out is too much, the quality of the trip will severely be affected by defaulting to public transporation.

If traveling with someone else, is there anyway you guys can pony up for a car rental? Seeing as you'll visit the cities you mentioned in a much quicker/efficient time, a car rental may not be as cost prohibiting as you may think.

I'm all for public transportation but the Midwest is not the region to try an itin like you've mentioned.