Førte All American 23525 Posts user info edit post |
6 11/18/2011 10:36:42 PM |
egyeyes All American 6209 Posts user info edit post |
road trip to DC on Monday *dances* 11/19/2011 4:09:21 PM |
UJustWait84 All American 25821 Posts user info edit post |
How'd I miss this thread? I LOVE roadtrips!
I've done DC-San Diego (4 days) DC- Vegas (36 Hours) Mexico City- DC (5 days) SF-Seattle (2 days)
I do SF-SD pretty regularly 11/19/2011 5:36:56 PM |
icanread All American 2119 Posts user info edit post |
As far as times go:
Vancouver, BC>Greensboro, NC - 46 Hours (2 drivers, stopping only for fuel, restrooms, and food every 5 hours plus 1 30 minute break) North of Seattle, WA>San Jose, CA via Truckee/Tahoe, CA - 23 Hours (Solo)
Neither were fun but, sight seeing wasn't the goal.
I've also taken my time and seen the sights on other adventures.
[Edited on November 19, 2011 at 8:07 PM. Reason : ] 11/19/2011 8:02:47 PM |
Tarun almost 11687 Posts user info edit post |
Detroit -> Charlotte -> Gatlinburg -> Charlotte -> Raleigh (mayhaps) -> Detroit
for thanksgiving weekend 11/19/2011 8:11:32 PM |
chembob Yankee Cowboy 27011 Posts user info edit post |
Got to knock out a large chunk of California 66 on my return from Las Vegas this weekend. 4/29/2012 9:12:14 PM |
LivinProof78 All American 49373 Posts user info edit post |
i used to love road trips...
now i'm old...
if i can't get there by airplane then there is a good chance i'm not going 4/29/2012 9:32:52 PM |
chembob Yankee Cowboy 27011 Posts user info edit post |
Me and the wife will finally get some time off together! Going to drive to Seattle along the coast, and take a train back (sleeper car of course). Less than 4 weeks ! 5/27/2012 6:23:09 PM |
Hey_McFly All American 1116 Posts user info edit post |
I am in a transitional period with my job, so my wife and I decided to take the great American road trip out west we've always wanted to do. We're leaving August 17 and driving from Raleigh to San Diego. We are gonna take a week to get out there, then take two weeks to take a more leisurely trip back. Planning stops in LA, Vegas, Denver, Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert, Carlsbad Caverns, Dallas, and Nashville. We've never been west of Tennessee really so we are both pumped.
Anyone have any experience with renting a car for a 3 week trip? 8/2/2012 9:47:00 PM |
chembob Yankee Cowboy 27011 Posts user info edit post |
bttt 4/9/2013 11:58:24 PM |
Tarun almost 11687 Posts user info edit post |
heyo stranger
where you headed? 4/9/2013 11:59:29 PM |
chembob Yankee Cowboy 27011 Posts user info edit post |
well, this past weekend, i surprised my wife who's working in Salt Lake City. we live in Monterey, California. I-80 in Nevada is a lot of nothing to be driving through in the middle of the night, especially when your dinner didn't agree with you. but in the end, it was totally worth it.
[Edited on April 10, 2013 at 12:01 AM. Reason : and before anybody asks, it was more cost-effective to drive instead of last minute plane ticket] 4/10/2013 12:01:29 AM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
HOLY SHIT! HEY chembob!!! 4/10/2013 12:02:59 AM |
quagmire02 All American 44225 Posts user info edit post |
i remember chembob 4/10/2013 8:07:34 AM |
chembob Yankee Cowboy 27011 Posts user info edit post |
To Texas! 6/21/2013 3:33:27 PM |
ncsuapex SpaceForRent 37776 Posts user info edit post |
^^^^ that story sucks unless it ends with you walking in on her getting gangbanged. 6/21/2013 5:33:59 PM |
knowseauto Veteran 225 Posts user info edit post |
^ I was there for work, as usual. No gangbanging unless you count getting screwed, financially, by our clients. 6/24/2013 5:15:37 PM |
knowseauto Veteran 225 Posts user info edit post |
So I am in the midst of a nifty road trip--Monterey, CA to Salt Lake City, UT to Las Vegas, NV to Salt Lake City, UT to Irvine, CA to Monterey CA. Yup, I can't seem to stay away from SLC... 7/11/2013 7:27:52 PM |
chembob Yankee Cowboy 27011 Posts user info edit post |
between Salt Lake and Las Vegas,
you'll pass through the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_River_Gorge in NW Arizona on I-15
some of most beautiful Interstate highway miles ever paved. 7/11/2013 7:32:48 PM |
knowseauto Veteran 225 Posts user info edit post |
I have to admit that after having driven through that area 3 times in 2 weeks, that is some of the most beautiful scenery I have ever seen. Thanks, chembob! 7/29/2013 12:42:09 PM |
UJustWait84 All American 25821 Posts user info edit post |
That's a nice drive, but the drive north on I5 from just past Redding, CA to the Oregon border is the most impressive stretch of highway I've ever seen. Mount Shasta is fucking HUGE. 7/29/2013 4:26:32 PM |
chembob Yankee Cowboy 27011 Posts user info edit post |
of course, many of my favorite fews are off the Interstate, but the Western Interstates were definitely designed with more than just getting more lanes from point A to point B. 7/31/2013 7:52:10 PM |
UJustWait84 All American 25821 Posts user info edit post |
Nah, everything is just prettier out here. 7/31/2013 8:04:06 PM |
chembob Yankee Cowboy 27011 Posts user info edit post |
well, I'm biased, but I will put Maine, NH, Vermont, and WV up against the Western states any day. They're both beautiful in their own ways. 7/31/2013 8:09:59 PM |
UJustWait84 All American 25821 Posts user info edit post |
No way. NE is beautiful, but it can't compete with Yosemite, Crater Lake, Death Valley, the Grand Canyon, Glacier NP, Zion, the Olympic peninsula, Lake Tahoe, Big Sur, Mt Rainier, Yellowstone, etc
It just can't. Too small an area to compare to the Western states. 7/31/2013 8:18:43 PM |
BridgetSPK #1 Sir Purr Fan 31378 Posts user info edit post |
I have never driven out west, but it looked pretty cool on Thelma & Louise.
I still feel confident that the Blue Ridge Parkway is the best stretch of road ever.
Any claims to the contrary will be dismissed as envy and ignorance. 7/31/2013 8:27:11 PM |
UJustWait84 All American 25821 Posts user info edit post |
WRONG! 7/31/2013 8:28:01 PM |
BridgetSPK #1 Sir Purr Fan 31378 Posts user info edit post |
You're so stupid jelly. 7/31/2013 8:37:23 PM |