Do you already have plans for roadtrips in 2009?
I'm a little short on cash the next 1.5 years so no big overseas roadtrips, so it's gonna be somewhere in Europe.
I've travelled to Spain last summer (2,200 miles in 5 days) but I wanna see some mountains, so it's gonna be Switzerland and then head to France for some cross-country travel.
Just after the summer season, I am gonna do a roadtrip with a friend of mine to central Europe, like Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary. The roads are great there now, they have all been renovated years ago.
What are your plans?
This is a list for every month of our trips that we will take:
(Just so you know, we live in Thunder Bay, Ontario)
January - No planned trips.
February - South Padre Island, Texas
March - No planned trips.
April - Winnipeg, Manitoba
May - Duluth, Minnesota
June - Toronto, Ontario
July - Still in Toronto.
August - Fargo, North Dakota
September - No planned trips.
October - No planned trips.
November - No planned trips.
December - Toronto, Ontario
So most of them are short but the one to Texas will take us three days o get there, and the ones to Toronto take us 17 hours, and we drive.
-un1
July 2009 - Washington, D.C. (2,000 miles of fun) :D
I don't have enough money this year... We usually drove somewhere about 10-13 hours away every summer. We've been to Salem, MA; Old Saybrook, CT; Charleston, SC; Savannah, GA; and St. Augustine, FL in recent years.
March - Detroit to DC
Summer - Cross Country possibly
That's it for me probably
Maybe a few Portland - Seattles
Quote from: rawr apples on January 19, 2009, 01:23:58 PM
March - Detroit to DC
Summer - Cross Country possibly
That's it for me probably
Maybe a few Portland - Seattles
If you come here, visit I-5 Exit 189...one hell of an interchange...I-5, Broadway, SR 99, SR 527, SR 526...
Trip ideas floating thus far include Dallas, Midland-Odessa, Lubbock, Amarillo, perhaps later this winter.
Driving up Interstate 75 to Kentucky and Michigan and all over the lower peninsula.
Lake Tahoe for a wedding.
Maybe Death Valley with Mike?
February: To Winnfield, LA by way of Natchez, MS
No others planned... I do most of my roadtrips as spur-of-the-moment things.
It's not an interstate roadtrip (it might turn out to be one, but I'm not sure I actually want to do that part of it)
In late June/early July (basically around the week before July 4th), I hope to be taking a lighthouse hopping trip to the Outer Banks, and, possibly, to the Hampton Roads area. At least get 5-7 of NC's lighthouses in pictures for my upcoming book Landmarks with Light
Boring? Perhaps, but after two years of going to New Jersey (2007) and Florida (2008), I'm ready to take a shorter trip.
I might be unlazy enough to leave the county at some point. Maybe.
:poke:
OracleUsr: If you come here to Hampton Roads looking for lighthouses, be sure to visit Cape Henry Light. The really old original stone tower (1700s) is open for climbing, and quite a climb it is! :nod: I highly recommend the OBX lights though... seen all of them except the southernmost two major ones many times.
Quote from: OracleUsr on January 20, 2009, 11:03:52 PM
It's not an interstate roadtrip (it might turn out to be one, but I'm not sure I actually want to do that part of it)
In late June/early July (basically around the week before July 4th), I hope to be taking a lighthouse hopping trip to the Outer Banks, and, possibly, to the Hampton Roads area. At least get 5-7 of NC's lighthouses in pictures for my upcoming book Landmarks with Light
Boring? Perhaps, but after two years of going to New Jersey (2007) and Florida (2008), I'm ready to take a shorter trip.
I used to live in Kitty Hawk and always enjoyed seeing Bodie Island and Corolla Lighthouses.
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If you go to Bodie you have to stop at the beach across the street (Coquina). ;-) There's some cool stuff there, including a 1730s (if my memory is correct) shipwreck in the dunes.
aaroads: Oh, I hate you :-P You got to LIVE there!
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on January 20, 2009, 11:09:13 PM
OracleUsr: If you come here to Hampton Roads looking for lighthouses, be sure to visit Cape Henry Light. The really old original stone tower (1700s) is open for climbing, and quite a climb it is! :nod: I highly recommend the OBX lights though... seen all of them except the southernmost two major ones many times.
Actually, on my NJ trip, I did stop at Cape Henry and climbed the old tower. Great side trip, except for having my car extensively searched, en route to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel and the Delmarva Peninsula. The daymark on the newer tower is really cool, IMHO.
As for Coquina Beach, been there. One of the access roads is actually opposite the crossroads for the lighthouse road off NC 12, if I'm not mistaken.
I have pics of the 5 OBX lighthouses, and pics of the insides of two of them, but they're from an older camera that I found took unscalable pictures, so I'm going back at least to the 5 (Ocracoke, Cape Hatteras, Bodie Island, Currituck Beach/Corolla, and Cape Lookout) and maybe the two southern ones you mention (Oak Island and Baldhead Island, if I'm not mistaken) for more and better pictures. I want to make my book as clean as possible.
AARoads: Good shot of the Bodie Island Lighthouse.
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on January 20, 2009, 11:12:27 PM
If you go to Bodie you have to stop at the beach across the street (Coquina). ;-) There's some cool stuff there, including a 1730s (if my memory is correct) shipwreck in the dunes.
aaroads: Oh, I hate you :-P You got to LIVE there!
Hence all of my experiences in Hampton Roads (and my early OBX Roads project).
It was not bad living there, but the winter was pretty cold and as the weather warms, the traffic goes up exponentially. Driving across the Wright Brothers Memorial Bridge gets old too...
For anyone that considers visiting, be sure to check out Jockey's Ridge State Park, the largest natural sand dune on the east coast.
Quote from: OracleUsr on January 20, 2009, 11:23:41 PM
Actually, on my NJ trip, I did stop at Cape Henry and climbed the old tower. Great side trip, except for having my car extensively searched, en route to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel and the Delmarva Peninsula. The daymark on the newer tower is really cool, IMHO.
Hmm... last time I drove on Fort Story was pre-9/11, so they didn't search us then, in fact there was hardly any security. You went after then, right?
QuoteAs for Coquina Beach, been there. One of the access roads is actually opposite the crossroads for the lighthouse road off NC 12, if I'm not mistaken.
It is! That's what I meant by across the street. ;-)
QuoteI have pics of the 5 OBX lighthouses, and pics of the insides of two of them, but they're from an older camera that I found took unscalable pictures, so I'm going back at least to the 5 (Ocracoke, Cape Hatteras, Bodie Island, Currituck Beach/Corolla, and Cape Lookout) and maybe the two southern ones you mention (Oak Island and Baldhead Island, if I'm not mistaken) for more and better pictures. I want to make my book as clean as possible
Ahh, you're in luck if you wish to take pictures then. This past summer they finally finished restoring the bottom of the inside of Bodie, and you can go inside it and take pictures now. ;-)
As for the southern two, I believe those are them, though for some reason the name Cape Fear keeps poking into my mind...
I've got a lot of friends in Springfield, Illinois. I might make that a roadtrip destination this summer rather than fly out there.
Roadtrips for this year. Since I recently moved from Albany, NY to Binghamton, NY, I figure to make more local trips around Central New York, the Finger Lakes and Pennsylvania as opposed to the Hudson Valley and New England. I make an annual trip to Maine, and that won't be changing. I may visit Oregon for a week over the summer to visit family. Perhaps a trip to Washington, D.C. is in order. I am also looking to go to Ontario, Detroit, West Virginia, and I'd like to finish off Ohio's counties (I have 17 to go).
Maybe some miscellaneous stuff over Spring Break
I might chronicle the Jersey Shore's roads this summer
At least one to Ohio, Mass, and Virginia over the spring/summer/fall
Where at in Virginia, njroadhorse?
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on January 20, 2009, 11:51:55 PM
Quote from: OracleUsr on January 20, 2009, 11:23:41 PM
Actually, on my NJ trip, I did stop at Cape Henry and climbed the old tower. Great side trip, except for having my car extensively searched, en route to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel and the Delmarva Peninsula. The daymark on the newer tower is really cool, IMHO.
Hmm... last time I drove on Fort Story was pre-9/11, so they didn't search us then, in fact there was hardly any security. You went after then, right?
QuoteAs for Coquina Beach, been there. One of the access roads is actually opposite the crossroads for the lighthouse road off NC 12, if I'm not mistaken.
It is! That's what I meant by across the street. ;-)
QuoteI have pics of the 5 OBX lighthouses, and pics of the insides of two of them, but they're from an older camera that I found took unscalable pictures, so I'm going back at least to the 5 (Ocracoke, Cape Hatteras, Bodie Island, Currituck Beach/Corolla, and Cape Lookout) and maybe the two southern ones you mention (Oak Island and Baldhead Island, if I'm not mistaken) for more and better pictures. I want to make my book as clean as possible
Ahh, you're in luck if you wish to take pictures then. This past summer they finally finished restoring the bottom of the inside of Bodie, and you can go inside it and take pictures now. ;-)
As for the southern two, I believe those are them, though for some reason the name Cape Fear keeps poking into my mind...
Sorry to post so late in replying.
First, yes, I went back in '07 to Fort Story, so it was well after 9/11 (interestingly, though, it was the first year that the anniversary fell on the same day of the week, Tuesday, as the actual event). I could tell they were really nervous about tourist traffic into the military base, which explained their aversion to my camera.
Yeah, I remember seeing the crossroads on NC 12 that had the Coquina turnoff opposite the lighthouse road. Only one crossroads sign in that part of Dare County, IIRC.
The name Cape Fear wasn't far off, as Caswell Beach (Oak Island) and Baldhead Island are both in the Cape Fear River area.
I read about the Bodie Island opening. Definitely want to visit that before closing time one day, and maybe "nightspot" the lighthouse as well, taking pictures at dusk. I would love to do that with the Bodie Island and Currituck Beach lighthouses, as these are the only two of the seven that still have first-order Fresnel lenses (Ocracoke has a fourth-order Fresnel lens, but the idea of a white painted lighthouse that is hard as h--- to find showing a fixed white light doesn't really excite me as a night destination)
Oh, I've seen Bodie Island at night before... what a sight to behold. And postcards, photos, etc. just don't do it justice... Can't recall ever having been at Currituck at night though. And I suppose Ocracoke is hard to get to, but that was part of the appeal of it to me.
Quote from: algorerhythms on January 20, 2009, 11:07:40 PM
I might be unlazy enough to leave the county at some point. Maybe.
Oh, come now, you know you want to experience the verdant fields of McClain County! :nod:
My plans are for making it to Kansas City twice this year as normal (possibly hitting Springfield MO just afterward on one trip.) Beyond that I'm planning to be in Waukesha, WI for catofdar's wedding and hopefully Dan Garnell's Indianapolis meet. That's about all I can do without my workplace getting all apoplectic about it.
In June/July I may head up to NH to visit family, I did not get up there in 2008 so I'm hoping to do it this year. Depending on business & such I may take another trip somewhere in August and there's always the possibility of a day trip some weekend this spring (either Knoxville, Nashville or Birmingham/Montgomery)
There is also a good chance of a trip to Charleston, SC to visit my In-Laws. I love my wife, she does not make me sit there & visit, I can go off and do all the road-geeking I can handle as well as a trip to the USS Yorktown where the gift shop has a ton of Ravenel Bridge items :)
Outside of standard trips toward Milwaukee and up north in WI, I hope to make the Youngstown meet or a SW PA meet. Money isn't really a luxury atm so I'm limited. :ded:
I'll be moving this summer to Central California from the LA area, not a true roadtrip, but a 3-4 hour drive anyway. Also, I am in Iraq with the National Guard (Army) right now. Will try to get some Iraqi road pics for the site if aa is interested.
Dave
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on January 27, 2009, 01:56:01 AM
Oh, I've seen Bodie Island at night before... what a sight to behold. And postcards, photos, etc. just don't do it justice... Can't recall ever having been at Currituck at night though. And I suppose Ocracoke is hard to get to, but that was part of the appeal of it to me.
Bodie Island is cool at night, indeed. My parents and I used to go fishing on the north shore of Oregon Inlet and could see the lighthouse at night when we went there.
I don't have a problem with Ocracoke's lighthouse location, but it seems to me driving more than an hour and a half, including the ferry ride, to a lighthouse at night that merely lights up without flashing, doesn't strike me as a great nightspot. Then again, the same could be said about the Tybee Island lighthouse, and I got dusk pictures of that, too.
Currituck Beach, another tower I've nightspotted, has a first-order Fresnel lens, like Bodie Island, and is pretty neat lit up.
Quote from: tankerdave on January 28, 2009, 06:40:00 PM
I'll be moving this summer to Central California from the LA area, not a true roadtrip, but a 3-4 hour drive anyway. Also, I am in Iraq with the National Guard (Army) right now. Will try to get some Iraqi road pics for the site if aa is interested.
Dave
yes, please do! I especially am interested in highway markers
I'll be going to Biloxi and New Orleans next Monday, returning Wednesday, so I'll try and get some footage while I'm out. I particuarly want to get video of the new Biloxi Bay Bridge (US 90).
Be well,
Bryant
I'm planning on heading out Multi State Route 92 sometime in late August for a really in-depth look at the routes and towns along it, and then coming back by either clinching MSR 200, US 36, or US 54 and then making my way back up to Wyoming with the route depending on how much money I can save up for it.
I'd kind of most rather clinch US-36 since I'd get to spend some time in my homeland part of Ohio, but US-54 would be solid too. MSR 200 is the cheapest but for me will be the most boring since the "extra" area is in Montana/Idaho which I already know really well
It should be a ton of fun and I'm really excited to do it.
Going from Portland to Southern California next month, to see some of my wife's family and take my daughter to Disneyland. We're going I-5 to US 199 in Grants Pass, 199 to 101 in Crescent City, CA, cutting over to CA 1 south of San Fran, and then cutting back over to 101 at San Luis Obispo. From there, it's 101 to the...shudders...405.
By the way how do rental car companies react when you return their cars with 5,000 miles extra on the odometer? This assumes you have unlimited mileage.
Also, all the majors (Hertz/Enterprise/Avis) allow for you to take the car to any state, right?
I've seen fine print for dollar restrict to neighboring states.
When I rented a car (which ended up being an SUV) in Montana, they said ID, WA, OR and WY only. (it was Missoula I rented from)
I've racked up miles on rentals on 3 of the trips I used them for. (two were work related with me staying over a weekend - the boss said go for a sightsee - so I did :-P)
It looks like National, Budget, and Avis CLEARLY state that you can go to any state, but the other ones don't mention or restrict states.
I think I'll be using National since I'll be in the 21-24 age range and that's a different price bracket and they look cheapest by far.
It's been changed- they almost all allow you to rent now with an extra fee for $20 to $30 per day if you're between 21 and 24. Under 21 is a no- go
I've found that Alamo and Hertz are the best companies with regards to unlimited mileage and no out of state restrictions. Agentsteel53 one time returned a car with some 11,000 miles on it, and they didn't say anything to him. I've returned a car with 3,500 miles on it, and also got no reaction.
With that stated, my next roadtrip will likely be toward Dallas, and I'll rent a car rather than take my own.
I think roadtrips are quite popular among non U.S. citizens, so I expect rental companies to be used to the fact cars being returned with a significant higher mileage on them.
I am planning to do one more 'sign-shopping' trip this year....hope to hit new England one last time, then head south and try my luck in the Mid-Atlantic states.....
Here's some video from my road trip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONgkW3-WNic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONgkW3-WNic)
Be well,
Bryant
Here's some things I've done this year:
US-69 in Kansas (they're almost finished)
US 60, US 54, US 36, and Avenue of the Saints in Missouri
US 65 bypass of Ottumwa, Iowa that was just built.
IL-336 (newly built from near Macomb to Quincy/I-172)
US 35 E (Cumberland Gap Tunnel)
TX-35 (from south of Houston to Corpus Christi, like this area)
US 50 in Colorado (saw the Royal Gorge Bridge)
Cherokee Turnpike, Chickasaw Turnpike, I-44 (all of it), Muskogee and Cimmaron Turnpikes. Just need Indian Nation. Already have been on the bypasses around Tulsa and Oklahoma.
Western Kentucky Parkway
US 60/US 62 double bridge over the Missouri and the Ohio Rivers through three states
US 93 in Nevada & tail end of Extraterrestrial Highway
Sykotyk
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on January 26, 2009, 10:34:24 PM
Where at in Virginia, njroadhorse?
Either to Harrisonburg or Blacksburg. College visits!
My Fort Kent, ME trip:
I-80 from NJ, I-95, Hutchinson River Pkwy., CT 15, CT 8, CT 243, CT 63, CT 69, CT 42, CT 10, CT 70, I-84, CT 10, CT 177, US 202, CT 185, CT 178, CT 159, I-291, CT 30, CT 74, CT 195, CT 14, CT 14A (to clinch and U-turn), CT 14 into RI, Rockland Rd. and Elmdale Rd., Snake Hill Rd. to US 44, into Providence for lunch.
I-195 (all EB traffic is on the bridge, WB is still on the old road), MA 136 into RI, RI 103 into MA, US 6, MA 79, I-195, MA 240 (to clinch and U-turn), I-195, I-495, MA 9, MA 12 into NH, NH 9, NH 9A, NH-VT 9-NY 7 to Albany. While on I-495, detoured at Exit 21B for an old I-shield, and also got the old button-copy square on 12 in Leominster.
So day 1 of NJ to Fort Kent took me in a giant V-shape that only got me about 2.5-3 hours north. Day 2 was a lazy day, where John K. (sometimes known as "Smilin'" or "OI!") and I headed out to VT to see Bennington and inadvertently Moosefest. Then it was down the 7A corridor, looking at old alignments and covered bridges, and back down US 7 to VT-NY 313, NY 372, NY 29, NY 40, NY 142.
Day 3 was the assault on Maine. US 20 to MA 9 via NY 9J-150, MA-VT 8A, VT 112, MA 2/2A to US 202 to Maine. After lunch in Bangor (pronounced Bang-or, not Bang-er), ME 9 out to Calais (pronounced Callous) and US 1 up to its end in Fort Kent. Looks simple, but took nearly 16 hours.
Day 4 was the return all the way back to NJ: ME 11, ME 212, US 2 east to the end (old customs booth still stands!), I-95, I-395 (to clinch and U-turn), I-95, VT 11 at Exit 109, US 201, US 1 and 1A through Portland, NH 1B, NH 1A (U-turning to clinch), NH-MA 286, US 1, I-95 and home (US 20, I-495, I-290, US 20, I-84, CT 15/I-91, etc.). Stopped to get old CT 15 Lake Ave. shields and old signs on NY 127 (switched to I-95 at that point).
Overall results: Clinched US 1 north of Raleigh, NC. Clinched US 202. Clinched I-495 and entire MA Interstate system. Bunch of other routes thrown in as well. Very scenic drive - I recommend what I saw in Days 3-4 very strongly.
I'm considering this roadtrip for the weekend:
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Just a little over 1000 miles, in three days.
I'm taking a roadtrip from Oklahoma City to New England and back July 10-22:
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This route does not include side trips I am planning to take in the area. I am hoping to get pictures from the highways listed below.
Maine:
I-95 to Houlton
U.S. 1 Houlton-Fort Kent
ME 11 Fort Kent - I-95
Massachusetts:
I-93
I-195
I-290
I-395
I-495
MA 24
MA 146
New Hampshire:
I-89
I-93
I-293
U.S. 3
Rhode Island:
I-95
I-195
U.S. 1
RI 24
RI 78
RI 138
Vermont:
I-89
I-93
U.S. 2
As usual, all these pics will be posted on my Flickr during the trip. Maine & Rhode Island are the only 2 states east of the Mississippi River I have never been to.
Where do you guys spend the night on roadtrips? Hotels are too expensive in Europe for me, I usually stay at campsites for $ 15 per night. I carry a three-seconds tent with me.
Quote from: Chris on June 10, 2009, 02:03:51 PM
Where do you guys spend the night on roadtrips? Hotels are too expensive in Europe for me, I usually stay at campsites for $ 15 per night. I carry a three-seconds tent with me.
Well, if I'm not staying with friends or family, I usually stay in a motel. Outside of the really big cities (NY, Chicago, LA, SF, etc.) you can usually find a decent room for $40-60, sometimes less. However, other than the room being clean and the bed soft, I don't really care much as I usually arrive too late to use the pool, etc. anyway.
This is how I spend the night:
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I usually try and find some little B&B for around $100 a night... (for 3 people).
Anyways, I have two upcoming road trips:
In July, I'm driving to my gramdmother in Norman, OK VIA St. Louis:
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And then in August to Boston to move my sister into her dorm at Boston U.
The true roadtripper doesn't take the same road back :)
Quote from: Chris on June 10, 2009, 02:03:51 PM
Where do you guys spend the night on roadtrips? Hotels are too expensive in Europe for me, I usually stay at campsites for $ 15 per night. I carry a three-seconds tent with me.
When I stay in a motel, I usually avoid anything above $70/night. For the most part, all I really need is a comfortable bed and a working shower, although network connectivity (either RJ-45 or WiFi) when it's included is a plus when I have my laptop.
For July 4 weekend, I'll get to camp with my dad at a KOA just outside Union, IL, in order to attend a family gathering somewhere in Chicagoland. Camping definitely is a fun experience in itself, and is something I would probably do by myself if I had the equipment. Roadtrips and camping seem to go hand-in-hand, and hopefully your trip is a pleasant one.
Quote from: Chris on June 10, 2009, 02:03:51 PM
Where do you guys spend the night on roadtrips? Hotels are too expensive in Europe for me, I usually stay at campsites for $ 15 per night. I carry a three-seconds tent with me.
I arrange trips to head to places where I either have friends or know other road people that are willing to host me. All I really need is a couch or a slice of the floor to sleep on and a shower for the next morning, and I'm good.
Hotels tend to be the last option and I try not to go over $50/night. I usually get one of those if I am going somewhere where I know no one (like ID, Sierra Nevada, Las Cruces, etc.)
Quote from: Chris on June 10, 2009, 02:03:51 PM
Where do you guys spend the night on roadtrips?
I try to keep deleterious behaviors like eating, sleeping, and going to the bathroom to a minimum. I can do all of those back at work on Monday.
I've spoiled myself over the years, so I tend to stay at one of the major chain hotels where I can get wi-fi. I can usually get in at the government rate somewhere in the $75-90 range, depending on location (sometimes higher...rarely lower these days). Being active duty helps considerably in this regard...
Lately, when I've been doing my Vermont runs, I've been nighting-over at West Point, where I can get a really nice room in the $54-66 range.
Quote from: Chris on June 10, 2009, 02:03:51 PM
Where do you guys spend the night on roadtrips? Hotels are too expensive in Europe for me, I usually stay at campsites for $ 15 per night. I carry a three-seconds tent with me.
personally, there is a coupon book for hotels that can be found in most any rest stop in New England...they have a website as well...
http://www.roomsaver.com/ (http://www.roomsaver.com/)
They have saved me a small bundle on my trips...even got some nice hotels with free internet access so i can keep up with you guys while travelling!
as for the how my last roadtrip went...lessee....
Ohio I-70 to state Line
W Va: US 250 s and back to 70
PA I-70, I-79, I-76, US 15/US 11, I-83, I-76, US 202, I-95, I-676, I-80, PA 209, US 22, I-78, I-81
DEL: US 202, I-95, Del 4, US 13
NJ: NJTPKE, GSPKWY, I-80, US 46
NY I-87/287, Hutchinson Pkwy
CT: Conn 15, I-91, I-395, US 6, US 44, CT 169, CT 97, CT 138, I-95, US 1, CT 161, CT 156, CT 9, CT 154, US 5, CT 66, CT 82, CT 85, CT 83, I-691, I-84, CT 74, CT 195,
Mass: I-91, US 5, US 20, US 202, I-90, I-83, MA 2, MA 12,
US 202/MA 10, I-290, I-495, I-395
Man all that in just 4 1/2 days! :wow:
Hey ctsignguy,
you went not too far from where I live :sombrero:!
As for me for roadtrips, I don't have much comin up but we are taking vacations to...
-Lake Winnepesaukee, NH (lake house)
-Acadia National Park, ME
-Bath, Freeport, Brunswick, ME
-Lake George, NY
-going accross Vermont
-Albany, NY
-Goin through Connecticut (CT-15, I-91, I-84, may be I-95)
-May be some trips to Long Beach Island, NJ and Cape May, NJ
-not there yet, but I may take a trip to the Outer Banks, NC.
Ian
I'm definitely driving from NYC to Washington, DC this summer once, possibly twice. And there is some Canada potential for late August.
My family is also big on day trips, so there will certainly be a few impromptu day road trips/mini-vacations sprinkled throughout the summer.
Quote from: Sykotyk on May 30, 2009, 12:14:48 AM
Cherokee Turnpike, Chickasaw Turnpike, I-44 (all of it), Muskogee and Cimmaron Turnpikes. Just need Indian Nation. Already have been on the bypasses around Tulsa and Oklahoma.
The Chickasaw is tons of fun, isn't it? When I clinched it a coyote crossed the road in front of me. He didn't appear to be in any major hurry.
Although I want to know about this mysterious Oklahoma bypass! I was unaware you could manage to avoid the whole state now! ;)
Quote from: Chris on June 10, 2009, 02:37:17 PM
The true roadtripper doesn't take the same road back :)
Amen.
Looks like I might be going to Pittsburgh in August, so looking chronicle either PA 28 or US 22 going there and back.
Riding the rails here. Got two tickets for a round trip to Newark, NJ, from Greensboro, NC. Renting a car then and heading up north. Hope to get to Block Island, RI, and Cape Cod, MA, and a few points otherwise, too.
I just finalized and made necessary arrangements to take this roadtrip in September
http://tinyurl.com/nxkgzp (http://tinyurl.com/nxkgzp)
Don't have enough money for a roadtrip... :-(
Quote from: corco on June 23, 2009, 10:06:54 PM
I just finalized and made necessary arrangements to take this roadtrip in September
http://tinyurl.com/nxkgzp (http://tinyurl.com/nxkgzp)
looks like if you were headed to Dubuque - I won't be there after all
I'll be in California - visiting family.
Gives me a chance to clinch some Sacramento (and hopefully more San Fransisco) freeways - though the clinching will be 'limited' :no: and incognito.
Yeah I ended up cutting Dubuque out because I've been to Dubuque, but I've never been to Louisiana, Texas (outside of Houston), or Arkansas
I see you also skipped El Paso?
That was a tough call- I really wanted to check out El Paso, but I really want to drive US 84 clear across Texas.
This calls for another road trip though maybe in the spring, where I'll clinch US-84 in Colorado and New Mexico (leaving me with just the section from Natchez to Georgia) and also finish up I-25 (taking a detour down to El Paso)
The decision was a tricky call- the drive I originally outlined would have allowed me to clinch US 54 in its entirety and also hit up Dubuque and El Paso. The new one doesn't let me clinch any major US routes in their entirety (I will clinch US-425), but allows me to spend more time in parts of the country I know nothing about. Going to Dubuque would have been a trip back to my past as we would vacation there when I was a little kid, but I've never even been to Louisiana or Arkansas, and have barely seen any of Texas. The drive I'm taking is more of a perfect square, too, as opposed to the one I had before where I end up driving clear east to Illinois, and then spending most of my time in New Mexico
The tiebreaker, strangely, was that I pick up 82 new counties with the drive I'm taking and 78 new counties with the El Paso drive.
Looks like this combo roadtrip/sightseeing vacation is going to happen next month.
http://tinyurl.com/l76oqd (http://tinyurl.com/l76oqd)
It's not exactly accurate (for example, Google Maps doesn't seem to allow you to select the Beartooth Highway) but you get the gist of it. Lots of stops along the way too.
Any suggestions of interesting things to see or do (whether roadgeek-related or not) are appreciated.
Quote from: mefailenglish on July 13, 2009, 09:48:59 AM
Looks like this combo roadtrip/sightseeing vacation is going to happen next month.
http://tinyurl.com/l76oqd (http://tinyurl.com/l76oqd)
It's not exactly accurate (for example, Google Maps doesn't seem to allow you to select the Beartooth Highway) but you get the gist of it. Lots of stops along the way too.
Any suggestions of interesting things to see or do (whether roadgeek-related or not) are appreciated.
I'd suggest cutting up the future PA-43 instead of I-79. You can see Nemacolin Castle in Brownsville, PA. Or, take US-40 as it diverges to Uniontown, take the bypass, follow PA-43 along the toll section to I-70 (and therefore, Brownsville).
Get off after the Wheeling Tunnel and go south on WV-2 to the Wheeling Suspension Bridge (oldest operating suspension bridge in the world). In Zanesville, follow US-40 through town and cross over the famed "Y-Bridge".
If you want to go slightly out of route in Colorado, take US-40 west from Colby, KS through Kit Carson, Colorado where it meets US-287 and follow that back to Limon, where you return to I-70. Or, just after Kit Karson, take CO-94 west to Colorado Springs and get to see Pikes Peak on approach. Taking US-40 to CO-94 has exactly one stop sign/signal the entire way until the east side of Colorado Springs.
Cutting southwest from Colorado Springs to Canyon City, and the Royal Gorge Bridge (World's Tallest Bridge, 1053 feet above the river). If you're looking to go through Eisenhower Tunnel, you can either go US-50 west to US-285 north (nice drive) or just return to I-25 north to I-70 west.
Also, in Colorado Springs is the Garden of the Gods, pretty nice area. Nice hiking trails through the park.
Arches NP and the San Rafael Swell are both well worth seeing as you've routed yourself there. Have a clean windshield when you drive through Glenwood Canyon, it's quite amazing. If you want to bypass I-70, take US-50 west to Montrose from Colorado Springs, see the Black Canyon of the Gunnison (haven't been there yet, but it's at the top of my list once I clinch Utah and Colorado counties). You also get to drive on the Million Dollar Highway if you go south towards Silverton, another at my list of places.
I-15 north in Utah isn't that impressive. Dry landscape with the Wasatch to your east. Be sure to drive west on I-80 to see the Salt Lake (follow the smell :colorful: ) You can then take the Legacy Parkway north off the I-215. Or, take I-80 east through Parleys Canyon to Park City, past Echo resevoir, to I-84, and take that through another set of winding canyons. You'll also get to see Devils Slide on the south side of I-84 in the second canyon heading west.
Now, I-84 to I-86 to I-15, if only to clinch I-86 has some merit. But, it's a rather mundane drive. I've driven both before several times. I-15 north to Pocatello is much more scenic. Since you're not entering Yellowstone from the south, detour east of Idaho Falls to see the Grand Tetons (well worth the detour, take ID-30 east to ID-32 north. You also clinch Teton County that way if you're so inclined).
US-20 north to West Yellowstone is a great route, beautiful, but there is heavy truck traffic, it's a major shortcut to I-90 east. Haven't taken the Beartooth Highway yet, but will the next time Im in Yellowstone.
The stretch from US-212 to Billings to I-94, to me, isn't worth the mileage. Cut across 308 to MT-72 south. Take that to Wyoming. It turns into WY-120, follow to Thermopolis, and see the world's largest mineral hot spring (turn northward on US 20 aka west). You can then also go south through the Wind River Canyon towards Shoshoni.
Along I-90 in Wyoming, there's Devils Tower, before you reach SD and Rapid City. In Mitchell, SD you can see the Corn Palace. Haven't ever been there, but may stop on one of my future trips through. Instead of i-29, you can go east to Albert Lea, MN and take I-35 south. follow the signs for Avenue of the Saints and IA-27. It overlaps onto US-18 east, and US-218 south. You can either diverge onto US-20 east to Rockford to I-39 south to I-55/I-74 in Bloomington, or continue on IA-27 as it overlaps I-380 to Cedar Rapids to I-80 to I-74 east.
If Indianapolis isn't important two times, take US-41 south past Vincennes to Evansville. You can either proceed east on I-64 (a less heavily trafficed interstate through southern Indiana compared to I-65), or go out of route south on US-41 or south of I-164 to the Breathitt Parkway in Kentucky. Take the Audubon Parkway west to the Owensboro bypass, take the Natcher Parkway south to the Bluegrass Parkway and follow to the Western Kentucky Parkway. You get to take the New Circle Road around Lexington, and then follow I-64 east. As a detour from Natcher, you could take that to I-65 and see Mammoth Cave, and then either east on the Cumberland Parkway or back north on I-65 to the Western KY.
There's either the Hal Rogers Parkway (east of London, if you bypass to Mammoth Cave) or take I-64 east to the Mountain Parkway. You can cut east to US-119 and see one of the Appalachian Highways to Charleston. There you can get on the WV Turnpike south to I-64. Make sure you stop and see the New River Gorge bridge northeast of Beckley, WV on US-19. You also cross the New River Gorge on I-64, but its not as impressive (still beautiful).
You can also take I-77 south to Bluefield, take US-460 east to I-81. I-81north to Roanoke. Cut east on US-460 to Lynchburg, get to drive some of their convoluted freeway system, and then follow US-29 north all the way towards DC. Less traveled than I-81, more scenic. More relaxed, etc.
Sykotyk
- 8.5 miles from the I-90/MN 23 interchange is the Minnesota/Iowa/South Dakota triple-point, which is marked by a USGS marker in the middle of a paved county road T-intersection.
- If you continue east of Albert Lea on I-90, there's the infamous SPAM Museum in Austin, off Exit 178B (also can get to it from 178A).
- Unless you have a pressing need to take I-35 and US 20, using the Avenue of the Saints along US 18 and US 218 between Cedar Lake and Waterloo is shorter and faster.
- Both Covington and Staunton, VA have a lot of cutout shields.
- Lexington, VA is a neat town, which besides being the home of VMI (Virginia Military Insititue...lots of neat architecture) also has the Stonewall Jackson cemetery (not a big deal unless you're a Civil War buff).
I'm doing a Portland - Lake Wallowa in a couple weeks. See if I can hit up US 30 in Hood River and The Dalles, but I doubt I'll be driving.
Hopefully I'll be able to do a Portland - Minneapolis/St Paul later in the year. Probably be on Greyhound...
Quote from: Sykotyk on July 13, 2009, 12:40:47 PM
Now, I-84 to I-86 to I-15, if only to clinch I-86 has some merit. But, it's a rather mundane drive.
Yeah, the business with Idaho is strictly to visit family. Not that clinching another 2DI isn't a good thing too. Ditto the stop in Billings--to visit folks there.
The trip started with the idea of driving I-70 from one end to the other at once. Then a few other things to keep the wifely person entertained (Salt Lake, Yellowstone, Rushmore, Minuteman Missile, Badlands, etc.) on the way back.
I'm not wedded to the return trip at all (basically anything from Sioux Falls east/south), other than hoping to stop in Louisville to visit some folks there, and maybe finally clinching that piece of I-64 between 77 and 81 (the only piece I'm missing).
Thanks to Sykotyk and froggie for the suggestions; I'll certainly incorporate many of them.
end of september, Portland,Ore to Omaha, NE via US26, US20, I-86, I-15, I-80
sometime in october, Portland,Ore to Lake County, CA
Halloween Weekend, Portland, Ore to Seattle WA
having just moved to New Mexico, and done a southwest trip that included Antelope Canyon, it looks like I'm returning to California for Fred Stoke's transportation collectible show. I have not yet decided on the route out or back.
Hampton Roads, VA to Philadelphia/Trenton area (don't recall the town) September 25-27, taking US-13 to US-113 to DE 1 to I-95 to I-295 to I-195.
Hampton Roads, VA to Boston, MA October 15-18. Click for route. (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=128+river+walk+ct+hampton+va&daddr=Snow+Hill+Berlin+Rd%2FUS-113+to:39.923824,-74.976711+to:I-195+E+to:CT-15+N+to:CT-15+N+to:1761+Beacon+St.+Brookline+Mass+to:Unknown+road+to:I-93+S+to:128+river+walk+ct+hampton+va&geocode=%3BFcBuRwIddNGC-w%3B%3BFSxyZQId3huN-w%3BFdk4dQIdC4ij-w%3BFSFZdwIdGoSn-w%3B%3BFdSLhgIdiZrD-w%3BFSofhAId2PfD-w%3B&hl=en&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=14&via=1,2,3,4,5,7,8&sll=39.917768,-74.969072&sspn=0.047463,0.077162&ie=UTF8&ll=39.876019,-73.937988&spn=6.077714,9.876709&t=h&z=7)
Hmmm, for the rest of 2009, I don't know. No big major road trips, but a trip up for one more road meet that's fairly close by.
As far as I know, no major trips for me for the rest of 2009. First off, I have to get my camera fixed because right now, its not working properly :-(.
For the rest of the 2009...
Thanksgiving weekend: Albany, NY to visit aunt, uncle, cousins, etc.
Christmas-New Years: Lake George, NY to visit the same family at their lake house. When I am not up there, possibly going skiing up in the Pocono's.
I do have some trips that might be happening next year in 2010...
March or April (whenever Spring break is for me): Going to Rocky Mount, NC to see my dad's cousin then down near Savannah to visit my mom's friend. Going to many places around or near these area's.
Sometime summer time: Possibly taking a trip to the west coast to pretty much tour the area.
Here is what I did:
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This is the Nobska Lighthouse on Cape Cod
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Also on Cape Cod. This is the Chatham Lighthouse
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Final one on Cape Cod as the fog settles. This is the Highlands Lighthouse
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Cape Neddick in Southhern Maine
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Cape Elizabeth, ME, near Portland
And finally:
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Portland Head, ME
These are from my lighthouse trip back in late June.
Quote from: Master son on June 26, 2009, 09:18:01 AM
Quote from: corco on June 23, 2009, 10:06:54 PM
I just finalized and made necessary arrangements to take this roadtrip in September
http://tinyurl.com/nxkgzp (http://tinyurl.com/nxkgzp)
looks like if you were headed to Dubuque - I won't be there after all
I'll be in California - visiting family.
Gives me a chance to clinch some Sacramento (and hopefully more San Fransisco) freeways - though the clinching will be 'limited' :no: and incognito.
Well, now that this trip is almost over - I didn't clinch some of either area's highways - I Clinched em all!!! :D
and got some great shots around SF to show for it :D :D
Probably my last major roadtrip of 2009 will be the one I'm taking for Columbus Day weekend (Oct 9-12). I plan to do another U.P. color tour, this time concentrating on areas I didn't see in 2008. The first day will be spent driving the northeast part of the L.P. and thereby getting the rest of those counties. Depending on how early I start driving up, I'll probably also drive across to Harbor Springs and the "Tunnel of Trees" before overnighting in Mackinaw City.
Saturday, I plan to drive across the U.P., finally seeing the Cut River Bridge in its autumn glory after not being able to last year. (It was supposed to open yesterday.) Then I'll work my way to Grand Marais and Munising along the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and stop in Marquette and explore its downtown. I'll check the map again, but I think I can wind my way closer to the Lake Superior shore north of Marquette, possibly explore Huron Mountain, and eventually wind up in L'anse. (And if not, checking the progress of the Michigamme Curves isn't all that bad.) I would then spend the night in Houghton, perhaps taking time to explore the town and maybe Hancock and Calumet should sufficent daylight be left.
Sunday will probably be quite a haul, as I plan to check out Ontonogan, Lake of the Clouds, work my way to Duluth (and thus pick up a new state), then work my way down to Wisconsin Dells, where I'll spend my last night of this trip. Then Monday I'll work my way home, stopping in Mount Horeb to finally visit the Mustard Museum, and then making my way to Illinois via either US 12 or US 14, and then whichever way I feel around Chicagoland back home.
Got two trips coming up on successive weekends, both to attend road meets.
For the Grand Rapids meet, I'm going north up US 27 to snag the counties I need along Indiana's eastern border, then heading west to grab a couple of loose counties and overnighting in South Bend. The next day I'm heading north to Grand Rapids and then beyond, hopefully heading up US 31 to at least Traverse City and hopefully Petoskey, then back down US 131 to GR, with slight detours to pick up nearby counties. After the meet I'm going to NW Indiana and taking I-65 south to clinch that route in Indiana and the counties in that region (will leave me with only three counties needed to complete the state) and overnight near Indy and then head on home the next day, either through Cincy or Louisville.
The following week I'm taking a big excursion to the northeast. Wednesday I have an optometrist's appointment in Morehead, Ky., then I'm heading east on I-64 to US 15, then US 15, US 522, US 211 and US 15 again to finish up all the counties in Virginia. i hope to make it to Gettysburg for the night. Next day I'm going to make a run east on US 30, US 222 and I-76 to the Philly area and pick up counties needed there, then north on the Turnpike Extension and east on I-78, clinching all of Pennsylvania, then heading north into New York to Poughkeepsie, east on US 44 and north on US 7 and I hope to make it as far as Pittsfield to spend the night. Friday I'll head north on US 7 into Vermont, then east across VT/NH 9 to Concord, then pick up US 4 east and cross into Maine near Dover, then head over to I-95 and go south, using either I-95 or 495 to I-295, enter Rhode Island, then RI/MA 146 up to the Mass Pike and west to Kingston, NY for the night, hoping to make the Poughkeepsie bridge lighting.
After the Poughkeepsie meet on Saturday I'm heading south and staying in the Nyack area, but hope to use I-87, I-278 and I-95 to make a loop to enter all five counties (boroughs) of NYC and head back to my room for the night. Next day it's down the GSP and NJ Tpk and I-95 to DC, gonna drive all the way around the beltway, then west on I-66 to VA/WV 55 and follow that all the way to Elkins, then down I-79, probably overnighting in Charleston. That'll leave a short three-hour drive home on Monday and it's one I've done a zillion times.
That will probably be my last big trip of the year unless someone has a meet in December and I decide to go. I usually take a few standalone trips each year but this year all my trips have been for meets. Killing two birds with one stone, as it were.
I am thinking of visiting a sign shop in South Dakota in person, which means Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota exploration as well. About a 2200 mile trip, I'd estimate.
likely to be done the first week of November.
Well, I just returned from a trip to South Dakota. I almost came home the same way, but changed my mind (glad I did: I saw more coming home than I did going up). I usually wind up at a Motel 6 or some little independent that smells like curry :eyebrow: .
My trip up was US 71 to KC, I-435 West to I-29, I-29 to Vermillion, SD. Then 3 nights camping at Vermillion.
From Vermillion, it was SD 50 to Yankton, US 81 to I-90, then I-90 to Rapid City.
Coming home it was I-90 to Mitchell (with a trip through the Badlands on the way), SD 38 to near Sioux Falls, I-90 to Jackson, MN then down US 71... with numerous detours along the way.
Quote from: rawmustard on September 09, 2009, 09:23:22 AM
Probably my last major roadtrip of 2009 will be the one I'm taking for Columbus Day weekend (Oct 9-12). I plan to do another U.P. color tour, this time concentrating on areas I didn't see in 2008. The first day will be spent driving the northeast part of the L.P. and thereby getting the rest of those counties. Depending on how early I start driving up, I'll probably also drive across to Harbor Springs and the "Tunnel of Trees" before overnighting in Mackinaw City.
Saturday, I plan to drive across the U.P., finally seeing the Cut River Bridge in its autumn glory after not being able to last year. (It was supposed to open yesterday.) Then I'll work my way to Grand Marais and Munising along the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and stop in Marquette and explore its downtown. I'll check the map again, but I think I can wind my way closer to the Lake Superior shore north of Marquette, possibly explore Huron Mountain, and eventually wind up in L'anse. (And if not, checking the progress of the Michigamme Curves isn't all that bad.) I would then spend the night in Houghton, perhaps taking time to explore the town and maybe Hancock and Calumet should sufficent daylight be left.
Sunday will probably be quite a haul, as I plan to check out Ontonogan, Lake of the Clouds, work my way to Duluth (and thus pick up a new state), then work my way down to Wisconsin Dells, where I'll spend my last night of this trip. Then Monday I'll work my way home, stopping in Mount Horeb to finally visit the Mustard Museum, and then making my way to Illinois via either US 12 or US 14, and then whichever way I feel around Chicagoland back home.
I'm glad you went up there . My father managed Porcupine Mts State Park for pretty much of the 80s and I graduated at White Pine High School, down the road on M-64. I went for my 20 year high school reunion in July 2008, and many things were closed : like hotels, the old Symons store in Silver City, The Rainbow Motel which was also a dry cleaning place and White Pine almost looked deserted. I heard that my high school was going to get torn down. I'm just wondering if you saw the same thing on your trip up there and if there were many visitors in the Porcupine Mts State Park when you went to Lake of the Clouds.
I'm going to Des Moines this weekend. My tentative plan is I-80 to Big Springs NE, then I'll take US-30 all the way to I-35 in Ames, IA, take 35 South to Des Moines, then take US-6 all the way back to Sterling, Colorado, and then SH-71 up to Kimball NE, and then back to Laramie.
I'm pretty excited to clinch US-30 in Nebraska...anything cool to see along that or US-6?
Actually, which is more interesting from I-35 to Colorado, US-6 or US-34? I know they run concurrent for a long way, but I'd be open to either on the return trip... US-6 goes through Omaha/Council Bluffs, which is a plus, but is US-34 more interesting otherwise?
Quote from: corco on October 19, 2009, 10:15:43 PM
I'm going to Des Moines this weekend. My tentative plan is I-80 to Big Springs NE, then I'll take US-30 all the way to I-35 in Ames, IA, take 35 South to Des Moines, then take US-6 all the way back to Sterling, Colorado, and then SH-71 up to Kimball NE, and then back to Laramie.
I'm pretty excited to clinch US-30 in Nebraska...anything cool to see along that or US-6?
Actually, which is more interesting from I-35 to Colorado, US-6 or US-34? I know they run concurrent for a long way, but I'd be open to either on the return trip... US-6 goes through Omaha/Council Bluffs, which is a plus, but is US-34 more interesting otherwise?
U.S. 6 follows a freeway through much of west Omaha. As you approach Interstate 680 from the west, there are a series of impressive viaducts that carry the route over its original roadway. Probably worth seeing if you like modern freeways...
https://www.aaroads.com/blog/?p=72 (https://www.aaroads.com/blog/?p=72)
https://www.aaroads.com/blog/?p=82 (https://www.aaroads.com/blog/?p=82)
6 in general has a lot of history to it. check out the White Pole Road, an old 6 alignment near Adair, Iowa.
http://www.whitepoleroad.com/ (http://www.whitepoleroad.com/)
Nice- I like modern freeway alignments and huge viaducts.
I'll definitely do the White Pole Road...the one part I wasn't looking forward to so much was the I-80 stretch because I've done that before, and that'll be nice deviation. Very good call on that.
Are there any notable ancient signs to see in the Omaha area?
Quote from: corco on October 20, 2009, 12:15:46 AM
Are there any notable ancient signs to see in the Omaha area?
yes.
US-275 and state route 92 pair from between 1963 and 1967 (note state name on the US, and ... no state name on the 92)
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I-80 and I-480 interstate shields original to the freeways from the mid-1960s.
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