What roadtrips do you have planned for 2011? Please share...
For me, besides the usual trips around New York State as well as neighboring states, I am planning a trip out to Oregon and possibly northern California during the summer of 2011, a trip to eastern Ontario and southern Quebec, a long weekend trip into northern new England, and hopefully a trip towards the Southeast.
I have several. In May, I am going to Ohio for a traffic signal collectors meet. In the summer, I'm doing my annual trek to New Hampshire, Maine, and Lake George, NY but also may go up to Montreal. Not sure if there is much of anything more, but if there are any road meets close to me, I can go to those.
There's a possibility for Buffalo in March, and Rimouski, QC somewhere in the summer. And the occasional trip to New England for skiing.
I also plan to finish clinching the Québec autoroute system by 2012 (well, 98% thereof).
my San Felipe road trip will start today and end in 2011.
I am also considering a trip to St. Louis to clinch the last counties I need in the lower 48.
and a trip to Chile and Argentina to cross some 15000 foot passes across the Andes.
and a weeklong trip down to Cabo San Lucas.
and maybe Alaska in March for the northern lights.
and MLK day I might do the Big Bend area.
and that's not counting the trips I have not yet thought about!
I'm going to see if I can drive every mile of state highway in Arizona in one year- the majority of my roadgeeking budget will go to that.
Beyond that just some small trips to check out some of the parts of the continent I haven't spent much time in- so Southern California/New Mexico/West Texas/Southern Utah/Sonora
I'll almost certainly drive from Tucson back to Idaho and back at some point, and maybe the same with Wyoming.
If my finances take a turn for the better (I'm in poor graduate student mode now), I'm going to try to take some sort of US-90 -> US-43 -> US-412 trip
Sorry to say this, but it is likely that I won't have plans to travel (even to local areas) - I took a great hit from replacing my dead desktop late 2010 and need to recover - and though it will happen, it won't happen soon enough.
I've penciled in 2011 road trips to Labrador (now that the Trans-Labrador Highway is complete), and to Colorado and perhaps beyond (trying to clinch the rest of US 50, with all my unclinched segments in CO, KS, and MO). Timing TBA, probably late spring/summer.
The North Cascades Highway is in my summer plan.
Two major trips: Southwest (Phoenix-San Diego-Oklahoma City-Texarkana meet-El Paso-Albuquerque-Phoenix) in March-April and West Canada (Thunder Bay-Fairbanks, or some such) in August-September. corco, meet me in Arizona?
Minor trips: Leaning toward the Ann Arbor meet (assuming it happens), which will be this weekend. Assorted trips to finish clinching Massachusetts state highways and start on Maryland. Montreal meet planned for Memorial Day weekend (stay tuned!). Believe I have a wedding to go to in Lynchburg, VA. You tell me where else to go!
Quotecorco, meet me in Arizona?
You know I'm up for that- let me know
I'd like to get some Savannah area footage: Truman Parkway; U.S. 80 (Savannah to Tybee Island); I-516; Veterans Parkway; U.S. 17 (I-16 across the Savannah River and into South Carolina); and other local roadways.
Be well,
Bryant
Quote from: corco on December 30, 2010, 08:25:08 PM
Quotecorco, meet me in Arizona?
You know I'm up for that- let me know
It'll be a few days after the Texarkana meet - I think the Tuesday after. So once that's nailed down (hoping it'll be definite this time)...
QuoteIt'll be a few days after the Texarkana meet - I think the Tuesday after. So once that's nailed down (hoping it'll be definite this time)...
Sounds good- just let me know, and if you need a place to stay I have a decent couch
The only trip I have planned so far is a day trip to Louisiana. My girlfriend-to-be and I are planning to take her kids to a parade during the Carnival season. Most likely either New Orleans or Baton Rouge. She's from Milwaukee but she hasn't said anything about planning a trip there. If she does and invites me, then I'll likely go.
Also, I'm going back to school at night starting in January, so my school schedule will dictate when I can take a trip.
My first roadtrip of the year will be towing the final U-Haul trailer full of stuff from the Nashville area to the Columbia, SC area. This time I'm going through Atlanta! I don't wanna even THINK about I-40 through Western NC until at least April!
Then on Monday, I will commute from Columbia to Augusta for work. Around 70 miles, maybe less. Considering what I've handled in the past, I think I can handle this. SC traffic volumes aren't nearly as bad as TN traffic volumes.
But as far as true roadtrips, nothing really planned out at the moment. Maybe another trip down to FL. One thing I'd really like to do is plan a road meet in Charleston.
I'll probably center my trips on meets. I plan to do Adam Moss' north Jersey meet in March, will probably choose from either Texarkana or Kansas this spring, and expect to do Watertown, NY this fall. I'm also going to plan to go to any South Carolina meet that Billy Riddle hosts in his new home state and will try to clinch all of North Carolina's counties on that jaunt. I will probably also do Brian Powell's proposed Morgantown/Fairmont, WV meet trip since it's a short drive, and whatever Ohio meet destination that Dan Garnell determines for this spring. I'm also interested in another trip to Pennsylvania if Jeff Kitsko hosts a meet (he's mentioned possibly doing one in Williamsport). Anything else is up in the air at this point. In recent years I've tended to tie my trips to meets instead of just road tripping for road tripping's sake.
For those of you pondering trips, I'm probably going to host a meet sometime this spring but I haven't decided where yet. I had been thinking about either Bowling Green or Hopkinsville, Ky., but now am considering the Ohio/Kentucky/West Virginia region in Ashland or Huntington. Not a lot of active construction in that area, if any, but plenty of stub goodness to see.
Quote from: hbelkins on December 31, 2010, 03:04:50 AM
I'll probably center my trips on meets. I plan to do Adam Moss' north Jersey meet in March, will probably choose from either Texarkana or Kansas this spring, and expect to do Watertown, NY this fall. I'm also going to plan to go to any South Carolina meet that Billy Riddle hosts in his new home state and will try to clinch all of North Carolina's counties on that jaunt. I will probably also do Brian Powell's proposed Morgantown/Fairmont, WV meet trip since it's a short drive, and whatever Ohio meet destination that Dan Garnell determines for this spring. I'm also interested in another trip to Pennsylvania if Jeff Kitsko hosts a meet (he's mentioned possibly doing one in Williamsport). Anything else is up in the air at this point. In recent years I've tended to tie my trips to meets instead of just road tripping for road tripping's sake.
For those of you pondering trips, I'm probably going to host a meet sometime this spring but I haven't decided where yet. I had been thinking about either Bowling Green or Hopkinsville, Ky., but now am considering the Ohio/Kentucky/West Virginia region in Ashland or Huntington. Not a lot of active construction in that area, if any, but plenty of stub goodness to see.
I'll probably be going to the New Jersey meets this year. Williamsport would also be a possibility for me, since it's not too far from me and would give me a chance to explore more in the area. I'll use that knowledge to remind people that there's a good number of Keystone signs to be found near Williamsport.
Quote from: AlpsROADS on December 30, 2010, 07:43:56 PM
Two major trips: Southwest (Phoenix-San Diego-Oklahoma City-Texarkana meet-El Paso-Albuquerque-Phoenix) in March-April and West Canada (Thunder Bay-Fairbanks, or some such) in August-September. corco, meet me in Arizona?
Minor trips: Leaning toward the Ann Arbor meet (assuming it happens), which will be this weekend. Assorted trips to finish clinching Massachusetts state highways and start on Maryland. Montreal meet planned for Memorial Day weekend (stay tuned!). Believe I have a wedding to go to in Lynchburg, VA. You tell me where else to go!
How about some more northern New England trips?
Aside from my normal Vermont trips and probably the annual (or semi-annual?) sojurn to Newcastle, ME, and perhaps getting down to South Carolina to see the Riddle fam (since Columbia is a lot easier for me to escape to than Nashville), I don't really have anything planned this year. Still in debate about where to go for (or if we'll even have) summer vacation.
Trips to Ottawa and/or Rhode Island are also distinct possibilities, but those would be work-related.
I have no idea except for coming home and then heading back to Blacksburg every so often.
I'll certainly make my standard DC-to-Atlanta run at least twice, probably more like 4-6 times, with at least one of those proceeding on to Florida. At this point, I have about ten different ways to get to Georgia, so I think the roadgeeking aspect of that may be pretty well exhausted. Nothing else long-range currently planned (by car anyway).
I have an idea bouncing around in my head of spending a long weekend wandering around northern New England, possibly spilling over into Canada (I have a passport now, so why not). But I'm not acting on this until CMap gets Vermont's state highway system at least in visible development. I have too many dummy lines in my list file for those as it is.
There will at the very least be a few Saturdays spent on the road (two key goals: finish clinching Massachusetts' interstates and Connecticut's US highways), plus a couple meets attended.
Also, my father and I are planning a trip to Cincinnati sometime this summer. That's the next baseball stadium to cross off our list.
QuoteBut I'm not acting on this until CMap gets Vermont's state highway system at least in visible development.
I've started it, but real life priorities took precedence for awhile. It's still on my to-do list.
Quote from: AlpsROADS on December 30, 2010, 07:43:56 PM
Believe I have a wedding to go to in Lynchburg, VA. You tell me where else to go!
Haha, I have a wedding to go to down in Lynchburg this year, too! (Unlikely it's the same wedding, but you never know - the wedding I'm attending is on 7-9-11.)
As far as roadtrips go...I'm honestly not sure where I'm going because half the places I went this calendar year were on-the-fly and planned at the last minute (Akron, OH and New England being the big ones I took.) I usually go to Lynchburg, VA and New York City a few times a year to visit friends, so I'm sure I'll be doing those again. There are plenty of meets going on that I'll probably center my travels around. I'm hoping to be able to go to Montreal for the meet there. I'd also like to do a trip out west (either to Phoenix, AZ or Missoula, MT to visit friends) if I can pull it off somehow.
Quote from: wriddle082 on December 31, 2010, 01:36:14 AM
My first roadtrip of the year will be towing the final U-Haul trailer full of stuff from the Nashville area to the Columbia, SC area. This time I'm going through Atlanta! I don't wanna even THINK about I-40 through Western NC until at least April!
I've driven that stretch of I-40 many times during the winter and this past week was the only time I've ever seen any snow on the ground, let alone on the road. My advice would be to watch the weather forecast but to do anything possible to avoid Atlanta.
As for road trips I have planned, I'm driving up to Columbia in a few weeks. I'm also going to a wedding in Albuquerque in May and am thinking about renting a car and driving to San Diego to see some of my wife's family. I've spent a good amount of time in the San Diego area for work but have never really had a chance to explore the SW by car. We may even throw in a night or two in Vegas depending on our budget and my available vacation time. And who knows - maybe we'll drive the whole way to Albuquerque to avoid having to rent a car!
I have a minor run down into North Carolina (Edenton - Elizabeth City area) scheduled for next weekened, followed by a road trip to Amherst, MA (and possibly as far as Burlington, VT) that just came up for the 15th-17th. Besides that, I will hopefully spend Spring Break visiting colleges, and will probably be in Boston a few more times this Spring (by plane, however, not car). Then from August on it will be regular road trips between Virginia and wherever I end up going to college - likely either Connecticut or Massachusetts.
I'm not planning any roadtrips outside of Ohio. I'll see what comes out with the roadmeets.
There's 5% chance that I'll be heading to Philadelphia around 4th of July (found out today that a cousin out that way is getting married the weekend leading up).
Planning on making a trip from Orlando to Chicago in March with the boyfriend. He's wanting to go to the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) conference there. Can you believe it, I haven't ever driven north of I-10! (Except for a super short trip up I-65 in Mobile, and a few miles north of I-12, but those don't really count).
As you may know, I'll be driving to Key West. In the summer I plan on driving all the way to Houlton, Maine.
I haven't been south of Virginia or west of Ohio since the '80s, while I've done the Northeast to death. I must remedy that. And I want to see some Civil War sites over the next few years (since we're in the 150th-anniversary period). And I said to myself a few days ago that - once I'm sure the reasonably-trusty '02 Lancer is up to it - I should just take a couple weeks' vacation, go as far from home as I can get in a week and come back by a different route.
So maybe, when I'm sick of winter, a week wandering around the deep south, then in the summer head west?
Also Montreal for a spate of book-buying (I like to keep up my French.) Or at least book-browsing and then ordering from Amazon France, which is actually cheaper even with shipping, or was the last time I went up. For that matter, I also really want to get to Europe. It's been too long. Don't know about driving in Europe, though - blowing $100 or more on each tank of gas puts me off. In my next life, I'd like to be independently wealthy. :-/
Currently planning a trip to Ohio tomorrow and may do my annual trek to Chicago in the spring and if I have enough money and free time to get a passport, maybe then I will make a side trip into Windsor, ON, not sure if I'll get there by the bridge or the tunnel. And if I have enough for gas, I may branch out to trips to places like Cleveland and perhaps upper Michigan.
Quote from: MDOTFanFB on January 01, 2011, 07:10:16 PM
Currently planning a trip to Ohio tomorrow and may do my annual trek to Chicago in the spring and if I have enough money and free time to get a passport, maybe then I will make a side trip into Windsor, ON, not sure if I'll get there by the bridge or the tunnel. And if I have enough for gas, I may branch out to trips to places like Cleveland and perhaps upper Michigan.
Oh, for the days when you didn't need a passport to go to Canada. (Note to self: where
is my passport anyway?)
In the short term, next Saturday I'll be headed to South Lyon for a memorial service, but past that I've not made any firm decisions. I know I want to get back to southwest Indiana at some point and maybe explore more of Evansville proper. Since I'm down to less than a week's vacation until July, I likely won't make any trips that'll require me to burn more than one vacation day until then. I also will probably get back to the U.P. after skipping a trip there in 2010. I might also make a trip or two into Ontario and explore some more there. Maybe this will be the year I cross the Mississippi by land. Stay tuned.
Quote from: Michael in Philly on January 01, 2011, 06:52:33 PMDon't know about driving in Europe, though - blowing $100 or more on each tank of gas puts me off.
With the weak Euro (and Pound) against the dollar, higher octane fuel and smaller gas tanks, it's very hard to spend $100 on one tank of gas in Europe.
£40/€40 easily, but that's 'only' something like $60.
Quote from: english si on January 02, 2011, 07:58:38 AM
Quote from: Michael in Philly on January 01, 2011, 06:52:33 PMDon't know about driving in Europe, though - blowing $100 or more on each tank of gas puts me off.
With the weak Euro (and Pound) against the dollar, higher octane fuel and smaller gas tanks, it's very hard to spend $100 on one tank of gas in Europe.
£40/€40 easily, but that's 'only' something like $60.
Well, that's something anyway. I'll start saving up. :-)
Or more likely not.
Diesel is usually less expensive in Europe. In some countries the share of diesel passenger cars is over 80%. I drive diesel myself, it's around $ 6 per gallon and I can get some 47 - 48 miles per gallon, hence; $ 0.125 per mile. That's the same as having $ 3 per gallon gas and get 25 mpg.
Besides that, in some Euro countries LPG (Liquefied Propane Gas) is very popular as a substitute for $ 7 - 9 gasoline, especially in places like Turkey, Poland, Italy and France. LPG runs around $ 3.50 per gallon but you usually only get some 25 mpg.
I usually do not plan very far ahead with roadtrips. I'm inclined to visit Eastern Austria this year and make some trips to Slovakia and Hungary. Another big "plan" is to drive up north across the arctic circle in Scandinavia.
If all goes well, my sister-in-law is moving to Ohio from Alaska. I doubt I'll be able to make the whole trip, but I'm seriously considering a flight to Edmonton to at least drive halfway. That might fulfill a childhood dream of going to Moose Jaw :D
Obviously, I'll make all the New Jersey meets, as long as I have sufficient notice. And I would like to make the Watertown meet coming this fall, but I will be a freshman in college and my transportation situation is still very much unknown, not to mention the fact that I'd ideally spend the first semester of my freshman year actually at school getting acquainted with people. But it's on my radar.
In terms of other stuff, I am very very very hopeful that I will have the time and money to, mainly, just dart around my area a whole lot this summer. Not long trips, usually stuff that would have me back home in the evening. But I would like to visit southern Canada. And possibly get to know the Delmarva peninsula. Hell, maybe even finally really see south Jersey. I've been planning a trip for about two years to go really far down south in NJ. But it depends on time and money.
Here's what I have on tap:
One or more overland trips to Bloomsburg, PA. (As Williamsport is less than an hour away, the Williamsport meet might be possible.)
The spring race in Bristol, TN.
Possibly, the Texarkana meet, especially if it end of the weekend of the first Texas race.
Possibly, the first Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Motor Speedway in July.
The main variable is that my job situation is still unstable. If I end up out of work, then road trips are out unless it's to an interview. Otherwise, who knows?
Although this might not be in 2011, but next year, I have on tap a trip to Sandusky, OH. What might be possible, we may head further to either Cleveland, Erie, PA or Buffalo, NY or perhaps even venture further into NY State and drive on the NY State Thruway for the first time (time and money may change that).
At some point I'll drive up to Mammoth Mtn. to go snowboarding. For me, that requires driving on CA-27, CA-118, I-405, I-5, CA-14, US-395 and CA-203.
Quote from: MDOTFanFB on January 05, 2011, 06:54:16 PM
Although this might not be in 2011, but next year, I have on tap a trip to Sandusky, OH. What might be possible, we may head further to either Cleveland, Erie, PA or Buffalo, NY or perhaps even venture further into NY State and drive on the NY State Thruway for the first time (time and money may change that).
Going to Cedar Point? That place is one of the few things I miss about living in the midwest. Every summer back in high school and college, my friends and I would get passes and at least once a month make the 3-hour drive there and back from Fort Wayne. I probably still have every landmark and turn memorized on our usual route - US24 and US6!
I may be making a trip to NY State and driving to Massachusetts, possibly, for my annual lighthouse trip. It'll depend on if my father and I decide to take a trip instead.