I am about to drive from Norfolk, VA to Seattle, WA. I was curious to what the best route is. i know i can possibly do it in 5 days, but im taking 9 days to do it.

I ask because all the suggested routes are northern routes, and with the weather the way it is...i dont think that is a good idea. So im looking for a good southern route. Any Suggestions?

Thanks,
Steven

1/21/2011 1:46:34 PM

4,244 mi

go the southern route through new orleans, dallas, las vegas then up the california coast

thats probably too southern of a route but if you havent, drive ca-1 at some point, its beautiful

1/21/2011 1:55:55 PM

9 days? jesus christ i drove to california in 2 days.

1/21/2011 2:10:14 PM

holy crap, greater than 4k?

most the routes i saw were less than 3500 and that was using mapquest to San Antonio and up to WA

yea, im not trying to rush over there, might as well stop and take pictures!

[Edited on January 21, 2011 at 2:21 PM. Reason : ha]

1/21/2011 2:21:28 PM

mapquest?

shit,

Google maps is the best, true that

1/21/2011 2:39:50 PM

you said 9 days!

i made the route go through fun places on a southern less likely to have snow route

you can drag the route around on google maps to get it where you want it

1/21/2011 3:02:01 PM

I-80 -> I-82 -> I-84 -> I-90

1/21/2011 3:09:23 PM

^^oh good call...hmmm....that would be a sweet trip

[Edited on January 21, 2011 at 3:42 PM. Reason : s]

1/21/2011 3:41:26 PM

http://maps.google.com

You can move the purple line around to see how it effects miles and drive time.

1/25/2011 9:48:37 AM

9 days? Pussy

I made it to Vegas in 36 hrs from DC last year

1/25/2011 11:06:48 AM

don't take 26 pounds of grass through Oklahoma

1/25/2011 11:12:50 AM

don't take 26 pounds of grass drive through Oklahoma

1/25/2011 11:22:57 AM

awesome, the one time i have to drive across country the weather decides its going to be historical in the snow dept.

1/31/2011 5:04:36 PM

i made it across...left weds at 1000am EST and arrived in Silverdale, WA at 1400 PCT today...

~3.5 days...roads werent bad at all, northern track was deff the way to go!

i will never drive this alone again...EVER

2/5/2011 8:17:47 PM

so what did you do for the other 5.5 days?

2/5/2011 8:37:19 PM

your home -> rdu -> sea -> your new destination.

2/5/2011 8:38:21 PM

according to google maps it'd take right around 38 days to walk from raleigh to seattle

[Edited on February 6, 2011 at 5:00 AM. Reason : maybe this summer i'll walk to seattle, eat a gyro, and walk home to catch the fall semester]

2/6/2011 4:59:49 AM

^^^got tired of sitting around in Norfolk, VA so i just left. they are letting me move into my apt earlier than planned, so i dont care...too bad my furniture wont be here till the 10th haha

2/6/2011 5:48:47 AM

I may be moving across country soon. How much did they charge you to ship your furniture. I don't have enough stuff to warrant a full moving truck. The only thing I'd really like to take is my Cal King Bed and frame. Then I just have some small kitchen things and personal items like clothes and bathroom things.

2/6/2011 10:30:37 AM

Im military, it was free.

2/8/2011 9:51:11 AM

Made the drive from Raleigh to Seattle back in 2003. Took I-90 end to end and a week after we arrived they shut it down through SD due to too much snow on the roads...in October. I think we ended up taking 5 days but spent the better part of a day sightseeing in Chicago, visited the Badlands, Mt Rushmore, etc.

2/8/2011 10:51:16 AM

if you only have a bed, it's going to probably be cheaper to just buy a new one when you get there

2/8/2011 11:06:25 AM

^ This I know. I was just curious.

2/8/2011 11:36:33 AM

^Get a uhaul trailer - $25 to take your stuff cross country. If your car doesn't have a hitch, they'll install one for roughly $200. Any car bigger than a civic can haul a small trailer.

2/8/2011 12:38:15 PM

Or you can contact a moving company, and they'll throw your stuff on a truck with someone else's things. Your partition of things will take longer to get to you, so you need to plan way in advance, but you won't have to pay the full fee because you're sharing space with someone else.

2/8/2011 12:45:00 PM