Road Trips either accomplished or planning for?
I was talking to a friend of mine recently who is about 65 and retired three years ago. I randomly asked him if he ever thought about taking a road trip and driving Route 66 or something like that. He replied "Hell yeah! I think about it all the time. Here I am with lots of spare time but I don't feel like I am making any memories."
Has anyone here, including @RoadTrip himself, driving Route 66? Or driven "the loneliest highway in America" which I think is in Nevada? Has anyone driven the Pacific Coast Hwy 101? I seem to recall @iDawg years ago said he rode a motorcycle along 101 in California.
Route 66 has always been in the back of my mind.
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I've driven the 101 numerous times. Took the 99 to California as a kid with the family. Pre I 5
Been on most parts of Route 66 including time living in Tulsa
Wife and I did the Lewis and Clark trail drive kind of the return trip since we started in Seattle. Got down to Nebraska from South Dakota and saw the wagon ruts of the Oregon Trail
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I do a bunch of road trips each year. Planned so far for 2025 are Oregon Coast / California redwoods in May and Lake Tahoe / Death Valley / Las Vegas / Great Basin NP in June.
I am expecting Ichiro to be inducted into Cooperstown this July, so will probably do an eastern road trip along with the induction ceremony. I am leaning towards Adirondacks / Vermont / Maine. -
Travels with Stalin?
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Road to Hana on Maui
Been all over the Western US. Chief Joseph Scenic Highway is a must for REAL Americans.
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Did Road to Hana, and I think the Nevada one (at 100 plus, for hours). If Cali ever gets its reads down and they fix the bridge between Carmel and Big Sur, we’ve been talking about taking it all the way down.
After our wedding in OC, we took the 1 to Avila Beach, and later up to Carmel and back.
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I’ve done the entire west coast along Hwy 1 or 101 in its various stretches. Big Sur to San Simeon is still the most spectacular stretch of road in the US but it’s closed until later this year at least. We got at far as Bixby Creek bridge this Summer. I’ll sext you a pic.
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Great novel, probably one of Steinbeck's most underrated.
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This is definitely the right time of the year to daydream about hitting the road.
We're going to pound the continental divide, eastern Idaho and western Montana in 2025. I anticipate 2 trips minimum and a total of 3-4 weeks traveling, camping, and fishing. Two of us, 2 dumb dogs so the bears have something to eat, two inflatable kayaks and a scooter for river shuttles.
Oh...also my golf clubs.
I've driven all of 101 in Wa and Or, but never into California. That's on the list but down it a ways. There's too much good stuff inland that I haven't done. One thing about big sky country in the summer is the way golf courses look surrounded by all that brown. The green glow calls to you and is hard to resist.
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Drove down to Carrizo Plain to see the super bloom a couple years ago, very impressive. Took 101/1 back to WA… started at Pismo Beach, camped along the way up until Crescent City… it was super fun and I'm definitely glad I did it, but I got my t-shirt and don't think I'll do it again.
Monterey was incredible, I'd live there in a heartbeat if I could afford it. Speaking of Steinbeck, I bought a copy of 'The Log From the Sea of Cortez' from the Monterey Bay Aquarium (Highly recommend) and read it as I made my way north. Excellent novel.
