On the Delmarva trip did you ride the coastline or the slightly inland roads? I've never even gotten down to the VA part of the peninsula despite going to the DE or MD shore almost every year. Chincoteague is somewhere I've always wanted to visit.
Most of my roadtrips are lame since I prefer flying, but driving through little towns across the plains of Nebraska and Kansas is always an experience. Did the OR and WA coast once as well; nothing like that scenery.
I did both. I stayed in Chincoteague one night and Ocean City the next so I did a loop along Chesapeake Bay and crossed over to Dover to visit the state house and then down through Rehoboth and Dewey beaches to Ocean City.
I returned to Delmarva this November following the Penn State game. I stayed one night in Rehoboth Beach and then took the ferry across the bay to Cape May where I stayed a night before heading back to Baltimore.
I could do a full blown TLDR on this so I'll try to keep it brief
Biggest trip in terms of time/distance was a month long golf road trip in 2016 that started in Seattle, went South to Las Vegas, east into DFW/Houston for a wedding, continued east through Tuscaloosa and Muscle Shoals, Alabama, then north up through Nashville, Indy, and into Michigan, then looped around the Upper Peninsula of Michigan down into Wisconsin through Iowa and then back west through Omaha, Wyoming, Montana and I-90 home.
I've done all the types of routes that you can do from here to Texas (Montana to Billings down through Denver into northern New Mexico before hitting Amarillo and into DFW; through Salt Lake City towards Denver and the rest of the way). Usually those are 3 day drives but I did it in 2 days in 2020 due to COVID and did more of the back road route through Colorado … won't do that again.
I've gone up through Idaho into Canada and driven up through Banff on the way to Calgary … incredibly beautiful. Next time I'm in that area I'll go the other way to get up through Jasper. Going up to Whistler or even east to Kamloops or Kelowna is nice but isn't close to the drive to Banff.
Did a trip this year from Dallas to Eastern Tennessee (about 45 minutes east of Knoxville) that was better than one would think … went through Starkville and Birmingham on the way up to a golf resort called McLemore (fantastic) before getting to Tennessee. The way back went through the length of Tennessee through Memphis, etc. … not much of a looker
I've driven through much of North Carolina whether it's the stretch from Charlotte/Raleigh to Myrtle Beach or from Charlotte over the mountains to Eastern Tennessee (Johnson City).
I've done the drive to Bend more than a few times and a few times have carried on on that route down to Reno … fun drive when you're going through the back roads of California.
You don't realize how truly big Texas is until you've driven Dallas to El Paso … it's stupid long and the most boring drive you can think of that isn't heading East from Denver into Kansas.
By far the most beautiful drive I've ever been on is heading from Monterey/Pebble Beach and going down to Big Sur … best section I've ever driven. Close 2nd if going up the 101 in California on the way into Oregon and driving through all the redwoods as it literally feels like you're driving in a real-life video game.
The drive that consistently puts me in awe though is going through the red rocks in Utah (whether coming up through Nevada or heading from SLC to Colorado) and then when you're in western Colorado going through the mountains and eventually driving through the Vail and Breckenridge areas. I'm lucky that I have a friend that lives there and go there every few years … it's truly spectacular.
My longest drive was I-90 from Philadelphia back to Seattle.
Drove from Seattle to Phoenix, down through Idaho and Nevada. Stopped overnight in Boise and Vegas, and also drove the Hoover Dam. That was for the infamous Sark plunger in the desert game at ASU. Flew back, thankfully.
Have also done the drive from Phoenix back to Seattle through California with stops at Six Flags in SoCal and a day in SF on the way back. Also drove down to San Diego and back with a couple buddies, within the span of about 3.5 days, for a friend's wedding.
Did the road to Hana with my wife, and kept going all the way around the island in our rental Sonata. Handled the off-road stuff like a champ. If you stopped at Hana and turned back around you missed out on the best parts of the drive. Truly spectacular, and Charles Lindbergh is buried at a church out there overlooking the Pacific.
Have not driven much on the coast in WA/OR because the weather usually sucks. Probably should find time to take the family down 101.
I drove from the San Gabriel valley to EWa on 395. I had to stop in Burns to buy wiper fluid, a squeegee and a roll of paper towels due to large, plentiful bugs attracted to my windshield…at one point I was stopping every mile they were so thick.
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395 through Central Oregon is a great one.
I know… every time I hear Winnemucca
Don’t sleep on Little Feat. They are as essential as Skynyrd IMHO. But I’m crunchier than you Skagit County fellars.
On the Delmarva trip did you ride the coastline or the slightly inland roads? I've never even gotten down to the VA part of the peninsula despite going to the DE or MD shore almost every year. Chincoteague is somewhere I've always wanted to visit.
Most of my roadtrips are lame since I prefer flying, but driving through little towns across the plains of Nebraska and Kansas is always an experience. Did the OR and WA coast once as well; nothing like that scenery.
I did both. I stayed in Chincoteague one night and Ocean City the next so I did a loop along Chesapeake Bay and crossed over to Dover to visit the state house and then down through Rehoboth and Dewey beaches to Ocean City.
I returned to Delmarva this November following the Penn State game. I stayed one night in Rehoboth Beach and then took the ferry across the bay to Cape May where I stayed a night before heading back to Baltimore.
I could do a full blown TLDR on this so I'll try to keep it brief
Biggest trip in terms of time/distance was a month long golf road trip in 2016 that started in Seattle, went South to Las Vegas, east into DFW/Houston for a wedding, continued east through Tuscaloosa and Muscle Shoals, Alabama, then north up through Nashville, Indy, and into Michigan, then looped around the Upper Peninsula of Michigan down into Wisconsin through Iowa and then back west through Omaha, Wyoming, Montana and I-90 home.
I've done all the types of routes that you can do from here to Texas (Montana to Billings down through Denver into northern New Mexico before hitting Amarillo and into DFW; through Salt Lake City towards Denver and the rest of the way). Usually those are 3 day drives but I did it in 2 days in 2020 due to COVID and did more of the back road route through Colorado … won't do that again.
I've gone up through Idaho into Canada and driven up through Banff on the way to Calgary … incredibly beautiful. Next time I'm in that area I'll go the other way to get up through Jasper. Going up to Whistler or even east to Kamloops or Kelowna is nice but isn't close to the drive to Banff.
Did a trip this year from Dallas to Eastern Tennessee (about 45 minutes east of Knoxville) that was better than one would think … went through Starkville and Birmingham on the way up to a golf resort called McLemore (fantastic) before getting to Tennessee. The way back went through the length of Tennessee through Memphis, etc. … not much of a looker
I've driven through much of North Carolina whether it's the stretch from Charlotte/Raleigh to Myrtle Beach or from Charlotte over the mountains to Eastern Tennessee (Johnson City).
I've done the drive to Bend more than a few times and a few times have carried on on that route down to Reno … fun drive when you're going through the back roads of California.
You don't realize how truly big Texas is until you've driven Dallas to El Paso … it's stupid long and the most boring drive you can think of that isn't heading East from Denver into Kansas.
By far the most beautiful drive I've ever been on is heading from Monterey/Pebble Beach and going down to Big Sur … best section I've ever driven. Close 2nd if going up the 101 in California on the way into Oregon and driving through all the redwoods as it literally feels like you're driving in a real-life video game.
The drive that consistently puts me in awe though is going through the red rocks in Utah (whether coming up through Nevada or heading from SLC to Colorado) and then when you're in western Colorado going through the mountains and eventually driving through the Vail and Breckenridge areas. I'm lucky that I have a friend that lives there and go there every few years … it's truly spectacular.
I could do a full blown TLDR on this so I'll try to keep it brief
My longest drive was I-90 from Philadelphia back to Seattle.
Drove from Seattle to Phoenix, down through Idaho and Nevada. Stopped overnight in Boise and Vegas, and also drove the Hoover Dam. That was for the infamous Sark plunger in the desert game at ASU. Flew back, thankfully.
Have also done the drive from Phoenix back to Seattle through California with stops at Six Flags in SoCal and a day in SF on the way back. Also drove down to San Diego and back with a couple buddies, within the span of about 3.5 days, for a friend's wedding.
Did the road to Hana with my wife, and kept going all the way around the island in our rental Sonata. Handled the off-road stuff like a champ. If you stopped at Hana and turned back around you missed out on the best parts of the drive. Truly spectacular, and Charles Lindbergh is buried at a church out there overlooking the Pacific.
Have not driven much on the coast in WA/OR because the weather usually sucks. Probably should find time to take the family down 101.
Burns, OR. Cool fucking town.
I drove from the San Gabriel valley to EWa on 395. I had to stop in Burns to buy wiper fluid, a squeegee and a roll of paper towels due to large, plentiful bugs attracted to my windshield…at one point I was stopping every mile they were so thick.