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3/2/2010 7:53:39 PM

glad it was kept alive

3/18/2010 3:03:47 PM

This year's road trip:

based around a wedding in des moines.
We considered raleigh --> des moines--> san antonio --> s padre island --> home, in a week and a half

Then des moines --> follow the great lakes --> DC --> home
Then Des moines --> shenandoah --> drive the entire skyline drive/BR pkwy --> home

Now it's des moines --> denver area NP/NFs --> home

We leave 4/15; return no later than 4/25

[Edited on March 22, 2010 at 4:45 PM. Reason : sd]

3/22/2010 4:43:02 PM

or...we don't leave until 4/25. Z figured out a way to get two more days there without having to take time off. I'm driving home from denver on my own

http://www.nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit/moraine.htm
this is one of the campsites we'll be staying at. Elevation: 8160ft

http://www.nps.gov/romo/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm

4/1/2010 10:54:55 AM

I love Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park

4/1/2010 12:03:49 PM

road trips!!!

4/1/2010 12:08:37 PM

i've been driving home from Denver:

I left DIA @ 540 MDT on 4/24, and made it to ~russell, KS last night. I totally slept in the back of the car. I'll just say that I'm glad I'm young, not arthritic, and flexible

I drove for 13 hrs today...I would have killed someone in that time if I'd spent 13hrs as a passenger.

I ended up hitting st louis during rush hour. This is noteworthy because until today, Raleigh was the biggest city I've ever driven in/around.

I had allowed myself to get home by ~noon on Thursday. I'll be home by tomorrow night (I miss my kitty)

4/26/2010 11:55:01 PM

two LOLs from the trip:
http://hayshasjobs.com/
And then about the signs I LOLed at yesterday: http://actionallen.blogspot.com/2010/01/certified-business-location.html

Also, free land: http://www.flaglercolorado.com/FreeLandIncentive.aspx

[Edited on April 28, 2010 at 1:28 PM. Reason : sd]

4/28/2010 1:27:23 PM

This itinerary is laughable.
http://jeffreyandangelina.wordpress.com/our-trip/

5/20/2010 5:37:29 PM

Hrmm.

Me and the fiance are bouncing ideas around. We're thinking about driving down the Ohio and Lower Mississippi (she's from near Pittsburgh), giving about 8-9 days. Is that too busy?

5/20/2010 8:35:43 PM

From Pittsburg to New Orleans and back? Thats ~ 2500 miles. Around 315 miles a day... thats a lot of driving, but if you aren't destination hopping but just enjoying the drive, that seems ok.

5/20/2010 10:22:08 PM

Driving from Phoenix to raleigh or charleston end of june/beginning of july. driving pretty hardcore but wouldnt mind a few short stops to break up the day. Probably coming along I20 instead of I40 so we can stop in cross plains TX and see the place Robert E. Howard lived. Any other suggestions for stops?

5/20/2010 10:55:09 PM

more like "chode trips" amirite?

5/20/2010 10:59:40 PM

Quote :

"From Pittsburg to New Orleans and back? Thats ~ 2500 miles. Around 315 miles a day... thats a lot of driving, but if you aren't destination hopping but just enjoying the drive, that seems ok."

No, it's one way. And from NO back to Florida afterwards.

5/21/2010 5:20:44 AM

I still have ~3hrs to drive tomorrow.
I only need these plates to FINALLY get all 50 on a trip (I'll count one excursion into RMNP as part of this trip; it's not really fair to get to use 4-6months to "get" these plates)

HI
VT
NH
DE
UT (I actually dreamed about this plate last night In my dream, it was somehow an NC App Trail specialized plate, but with the Utah background design. Through this, I knew they were heading out to hike the Continental Divide trail, but called it the Pacific Coast Trail )
RI

I saw SD and ND together today. I also got some good ones before I even left NC, like OR, WA, MT.

6/2/2010 11:36:36 PM

will be uploading honeymoon road trip pics soon.

9/13/2010 5:01:50 PM

DC this year

next week maybe NYC

where you been/going?

4/5/2011 10:46:47 AM

*sigh*



I've been driving from RDU to DC a bunch lately... drove from Raleigh to Wilmington to DC this past weekend. I need a new destination

4/12/2011 1:05:03 AM

Best trip I've done recently was Raleigh -> Indianapolis -> Milwaukee -> Chicago. Overall a hell of a time. I feel like Chicago is my kind of town, in that it's huge but not so anti-social that people think you're a retard/pervert for opening doors for people.

4/12/2011 1:13:55 AM

Detroit -> Chicago -> Dubuque, Iowa -> Detroit

this weekend

5/13/2011 9:30:29 AM

^ is there more than one dubuque?

5/13/2011 9:53:32 AM

not sure about that but dubuque is a very small town at the border of illinios, iowa and wisconsin and i wasnt sure how many people ever heard of it.

5/13/2011 9:57:37 AM

Jax, FL -> Dahlgren, VA -> ?

Navy sure loves to complicate my road trips.

5/13/2011 11:43:01 AM

where to go this long weekend????

5/19/2011 12:26:35 PM

My road trip last summer. Best part: Glacier NP. Really wish I had spent more time there.

[Edited on May 19, 2011 at 1:30 PM. Reason : .]

5/19/2011 1:28:55 PM

thats pretty sweet!

5/19/2011 1:50:11 PM

so looks like Jax, FL -> Dahlgren, VA -> Bath, ME -> San Diego, CA via car. Then fly to Bath, ME. Sail to San Diego.

5/21/2011 8:01:41 AM

Officially over 1000 counties visited!



Went to visit my family, and on the return, I decided to visit Monument Valley and the surrounding desert. Pictures to come.

6/4/2011 1:04:34 PM

^that is really cool, chembob. How long did it take for you to create that?

6/4/2011 6:08:40 PM

^^that is really cool, chembob. How long did it take for you to create that?

6/4/2011 6:44:56 PM

Actually, a long while ago I registered for this website:

http://mob-rule.com/counties/

They break down every state into its counties, parishes, and boroughs and overlay with US Highways and Interstates. I also have done some highlighting on my extensive state highway map collection. In the East, I'm starting to get to the point where I say: 'Should I take this road to get this county?'

6/4/2011 10:35:35 PM

Friday, I start my journey to California!

7/25/2011 8:23:27 PM

Can I ride?
I mean, we are both in the same FTW group.

[Edited on July 25, 2011 at 8:24 PM. Reason : l]

7/25/2011 8:24:08 PM

^^ That trip is going to rock! I bet it was planned out perfectly!

7/25/2011 8:33:36 PM

Not really, the wife is making me do the Interstate most of the way.

[Edited on July 25, 2011 at 8:38 PM. Reason : Alas, both cars will be filled with belongings.]

7/25/2011 8:37:19 PM

^ The secret to a healthy, happy marriage is remembering that your wife knows best.

7/25/2011 8:39:59 PM

Not when it comes to roads. You might have the masters in engineering, but I am a Roads Scholar.

7/25/2011 8:42:50 PM

7/25/2011 8:44:45 PM

Quote :

"Not really, the wife is making me do the Interstate most of the way. Alas, both cars will be filled with belongings."

It's ok. I have one of those job things I have to take care of 5 days a week and wouldn't have really gone.

chembob FTW

[Edited on July 25, 2011 at 8:55 PM. Reason : s]

7/25/2011 8:55:07 PM

This move is for my job

7/25/2011 10:52:55 PM

posts updates and pics

7/26/2011 8:57:11 AM

Well itenirary:

Dahlgren, VA to Harrisonburg, VA - A short day after I finish my school. Gets me to the mountains.
Harrisonburg, VA to Youngstown, OH via BFE, WV, Uniontown, PA, Pittsburgh
Y-town to Louisville via I-76, I-71
Louisville to Little Rock via I-65, I-40
Little Rock to San Antonio via I-30, I-35
San Antonio to Las Cruces via US 90 (to Van Horn), I-10
Las Cruces to Yuma via I-10, I-8
Yuma to San Diego via Old US 80.

7/27/2011 6:59:20 PM

Nearly 700 pictures to go through. God, what a week.

[Edited on August 7, 2011 at 12:15 AM. Reason : Stay classy, San Diego.]

8/7/2011 12:14:24 AM

^^ NICE


Made a impromptu road trip today...

Direct route there: Garner to Danville VA, I-40 to NC 86 to VA 86, 2 hours.
Scenic route back: Danville VA to Clarksville VA to Sanford to Lillington to Garner, US 58 to US 15 to US 421 to US 401, 5 hours.

8/14/2011 1:26:29 AM

^^^and that's how we get to llama school?

8/14/2011 7:21:21 PM

I've driven coast to coast twice--it's something that I think everyone absolutely ought to do at least once.

Now I want to do it on a motorcycle and in a light airplane.

8/14/2011 8:17:36 PM

^ Absolutely agree. It opens your eyes to see how big/vast/different this country is, and yet we have the ability to get from one side to the other in just over a few days.

I've done the I-40 route, I want to do a Seattle/Boston and Miami/LA route next. Also a few North/South routes (entire length of US-1, US-101, etc).

8/14/2011 11:34:27 PM

i road trip twice a week to and from Herndon VA

8/15/2011 2:36:28 PM

get to explore LA soon.

11/18/2011 10:24:15 PM

let's get off of this extra-wide page.

11/18/2011 10:35:07 PM