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A drive through the south (esp I-20 or I-40) can pretty much be summed up with two words.... Pine Trees
I personally think driving through the South would be complete lunacy. I would much much rather drive through Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana, and then hit Chicago and go up to Toronto on the trip east. If you like theme parks and roller-coasters it would also give you the opportunity to hit the nation's (world's?) best at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.If you have a few months you should be able to go from coast to coast. You could start at the Northwest (Seattle), trip down the coast, then through the South, then back up the East Coast. Of course, that'd be a bit expensive.
A drive through the south (esp I-20 or I-40) can pretty much be summed up with two words.... Pine Trees
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Sounds better than I-40 through New Mexico, where the two words would be... Highway Patrol.
I've done both. Each route has stretches that are fabulous and stretches that are mind-numbingly boring.
Proper road tripping involves a move away from interstates. They all suck. I-80 is probably the prettiest, but it's still a pain in the ass to drive.
Is driving from LA - San Fran a good drive if I can't afford to have a long road trip
lulz... Mom used to live in Santa Fe, and I've made the drive from the Okie Doke to Cali and back a couple times, so I know all about that... Drunk driving is a huge problem and I think that's why there's always so much heat along that route.
Now, if you drive north out of Albuquerque and continue through Santa Fe it gets incredibly beautiful.
yes, and make sure you include this route on your drive:
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com...ast-road-trip/
rent a convertible
Yes if you go up the coast and stick to Highway 101 and Highway 1. It's a beautiful drive.
I-5 and Highway 99 are quicker, but are unattractive and loaded with trucks. I had to be a passenger on that drive several times a year when I was a kid and it sucks ass. Nothing but truckstops and cow .
A great loop would be to go up the Eastern Sierra from LA on HWY 395, hit Tahoe, Yosemite, Sequoia, then go over to San Francisco, then come down the coast seeing places like Big Sur and Santa Barbara. San Diego should really be part of the trip too, since it's not that far (used to do day trips to San Diego all the time when I lived in LA). You could realistically work Las Vegas into the 395 trip also, though I don't think it's worth skipping time at the other destinations on this route.
staying in one city or withtin one metropolis would be the best for you if you don't wanna waste too much $ on transportation cost, US major cities are all roughly the same to some extent tbh
ehhh, not entirely. Cities like SF, NO, and NYC, Chicago, etc have their unique qualities. I agree that a lot of "big" cities are pretty much the same, if you're talking about Indianapolis, Columbus, Houston, Cleveland, Cincy, yada yada yada.
Don't go to Philly, though. That city sucks.
How come?
I'm a history guy, so I enjoyed it. Not a tourist town, though. And I'm not sure if there's an unfriendlier city anywhere in the US.
The people are assholes and it smells of semen and dirty diapers
If you go in the winter, you may get snowballs (with batteries inside) thrown at you
So it is exactly as it looks from I-95?
Pretty much. I'm not even joking though. You could knock me out, blind fold me, stick me in that city and I would know it by the smell. It has a very distinct sour smell to it.So it is exactly as it looks from I-95?
Add to the fact that the city is seemingly overrun with vagrants and it only gets worse
NY, LA, SF and Chicago are the only cities worth going to. And I'd cut out Chicago just to be more time efficient. The drive from LA to SF is horrible unless you like meth towns and smelling cow . Go to NYC then LA then SF and from SF drive up to the coastal redwoods.
Chicago is a must to see. I spent three days at the trump tower in front of the river, freaking awsome. I saw a pre season game of the bears, the soldier field is really awesome.
If you plan to go there pm me
I agree with a lot of the places suggested in the thread - I'm a big fan of the national parks system. Another one of my favorite vacations was northern Michigan in the fall - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore when the leaves are changing is beautiful.
Duck waffle and a ghetto mimosa at Elizabeth's FTW.
I can vouch for these two. They're incredible. So is the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway that runs out of Cody, WY and meets up with the Beartooth Highway. Also, Going-to-the-Sun Road is only open a few months a year - I went in 2009 and it didn't open all the way through the park until 4th of July weekend.
Manny and I have taken both 285 and 84 instead of I-25 to and from CO/Santa Fe a few times and it's beautiful. 84 especially, but holy cats the speed limits are low, and the cops in Rio Arriba County don't seem to have anything better to do than enforce them.
One of these days. I don't make it to the Bywater anywhere near as often as I'd like to.
I'd be happy grabbing a sandwich at stein's for lunch then getting tanked at Avenue Pub
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