Road Head is not on the Menu: SPT with bonus CAMWHORE (279 hits)
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Submitted by EatMeCompletely (View user info) at 2007-03-08 11:36:46 EST
I'm finally doing it. It's something that I have wanted to accomplish since I turned 18 and in 20 days, I'm heading out to drive across America.
When the brilliant Albert Einstein invented the interstate, he had in mind the travels of every other of his fellow Americans. Of course, his idea implemented hover cars. We're a few years away from hover cars which leads me to this conclusion: hover cars are totally sweet.
Stupidity aside, I leave on March 28th and I'm taking my sweet-ass time (2 weeks) to get to my destination - Fallon, NV. One of my good friends has received his orders from the Navy to become an air Traffic controller for what I believe to be the Top Gun school at the Fallon Naval Air Station. I'm not sure if he will be hanging out with Mav and Goose, but it sounds cool nonetheless. I never bothered to ask. Some friend I am...
We're going to be plotting out our trip on March 24 - 25th. Next weekend is St. Patrick's Day and most of my brain cells will be placed in front of a firing squad, so there's nothing like waiting until the last minute.
Which brings me to my point: Are there any places that you fine folks would recommend seeing? I'm truly interested in seeing the countryside but I'm also making it a point to stop in certain cities. St. Louis is a definite as i would like to revisit the Anheuser-Busch brewery to steal Clydesdale poop for my famous poop scrap bag. Other than that, I'm wide open because I'm a whore.
I just want some ideas, suggestions and such. I'm either making a picture or video scrapbook of the excursion, so your suggestions could impact the level of fun that I have. Even if I don't take your suggestions, I'm still blaming ubersite if I have a bad time.
Hell, I blame uber when I prematurely ejaculate...
On an unrelated note, here's a picture of me from last spring. The guy holding me looks like he's on Lithium or something.
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-03-08 12:04:04 EST (#)
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so you're not hitting the west coast at all?
i woulda suggested the pacific coast highway.
or take 80 through the rockies.
or one of the passes in colorado, but i guess you're not going out that far. you're missing a lot if you skip the rockies until you get to nv.
hmmm... route 66 is badass too but you're not goin that way.
skip nebraska, oklahoma, and most of texas. it's beige.
recommendations that you will probably ignore:
olympic mountain range in washington and the entirety of route 101. taking the ferry across the puget sound at dawn. it's damn cold but worth the view. straight of juan de fuca too. deception pass near whidbey island. mt rainier and mt baker
seeing the dawn on the eastern side of the rockies, seeing the sunset from the appalachians in georgia. also, pacific coast sunset anywhere. kentucky and west virginia in the early morning. as well as vermont. the sunrise through the morning haze is amazing. north/south carolina coast line.
some of pennsylvania, mostly the drive through hill country. the amish will stare at you and show up in large groups at the more franchised truckstops. i have no idea why. i know a couple nice truckstops there.
the ozarks.
go find a good large swamp in lousiana and get a small tour of it. although this time of year was probably a really shitty pic as far as timing goes as most of the country looks best in mid-late spring and early-mid fall.
ignore new jersey if you don't have to drive through it. it sucks and it's ugly on the highway.
the virginia turnpike stretch is pretty interesting as far as car accidents go.
if you can hit dc when the dogwoods are blooming you're doing good.
the desert in nevada is BEAUTIFUL at sunrise. even in winter since that was the only time i could find out.
go to death valley. go to new mexico. painted desert and stuff.
avoid utah if you can. the people are really fucking weird there and you never know what might be illegal.
wyoming is actually amazing too as far as the view of the mountains from the plains. if you're luck you may even get to watch a thunderstorm swallow the sky.
grand canyon from any vantage point you can get it amazing, including just flying over it.
see the run rise from capecod if you can. or maine. maine has beautiful hay fields.
upstate new york. think last of the mohicans views even though that's not where all of it was.
good luck, stop for gas in daylight, lock your car, cover your stuff or bring it in with you. keep at least two warm blankets in your car since you're doing this when it's still damn cold, and a bunch of canned food, beef jerky and water. also, matches, canned heat, a quart of oil, some radiator fluid, windshield fluid, a copy of a 2007 road atlas, a roll or two of tp just in case. a flashlight, extra batteries and bulbs.
tank up whenever you can. you never know when all of a sudden it's 200 miles to the next rest stop let alone fuel stop.
stop at all welcome centers you can usually get free maps and tourist stuff you might actually want to check out. also, buy maps whenever you intend to stay in a town especially for more than a day.
be nice to the locals, tip your waitresses and don't be an asshole in small towns or on back roads. cops can be a little iffy in the wrong spots.
that's all i have right now.
Submitted by Director (user info) at 2007-03-08 11:43:49 EST (#)
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Submitted by Director (user info) at 2007-03-08 11:42:40 EST (#)
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You like fishin'. If you make it to Texas there are great catfish and bass fishing lakes, and of course, Corpus Christi and Gavelston are excellent fishing spots as well. Rockport, Port Aransas, Padre Island...all offer great ocean fishing.
But I'm partial to Texas because I'm from there, and it's sunny and warm most of the time, unlike this godforsaken state called Michigan.
:-(
Anyway have fun on your trip.
Watch out for serial killers.
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The photograph was fine on my screen on the first post, dumbass.
Submitted by Director (user info) at 2007-03-08 11:42:40 EST (#)
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You like fishin'. If you make it to Texas there are great catfish and bass fishing lakes, and of course, Corpus Christi and Gavelston are excellent fishing spots as well. Rockport, Port Aransas, Padre Island...all offer great ocean fishing.
But I'm partial to Texas because I'm from there, and it's sunny and warm most of the time, unlike this godforsaken state called Michigan.
:-(
Anyway have fun on your trip.
Watch out for serial killers.
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2007-03-08 11:39:58 EST (#)
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Get your fingers outof my slimy moneymaker!
Submitted by EatMeCompletely (user info) at 2007-03-08 11:37:20 EST (#)
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fuck