What's your longest road trip?

[Rain Man]

How long was it, where did you start and end, and what did you do on the journey? Were you working on a deadline to reach your destination, or was this merely a journey? Was there a purpose behind it (e.g., moving) or was it purely a pleasure trip?

You may offer different answers for different conveyances. Car, bike, motorcycle, bus, train, freighter, plane, and so on.

[jjchieffan]

Hard to say for sure. I've had some dang long trips. Springfield to Seattle was a long one. But Farmington, NM to Orlando, FL was probably the longest one.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by SAUTO

What's your longest with a dead body in the vehicle?


Mine was 640 miles.

Is your dad Chevy Chase?

[Coach]

From Kansas City to Orlando. Twice.

Kansas City to Phoenix.

Both were driven in a car.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by mlyonsd

My favorite long trip was leaf peeping in early October. Flew into Albany, rented a car and drove all over the NE up into Maine where we spent our 30th anniversary. Took a different route back. No idea how far we went in the 6 days.

The wife and I drive all over looking at scenery. I never heard it called that before.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Is your dad Chevy Chase?

I can't remember who he had dead in the car.

[CoMoChief]

Drove from Mesa AZ to KC straight through nonstop except for drive thru and bathroom/gas.

Won't ever do that again either...first time ever I've been "too tired to sleep". Had the jitters from being cracked out on energy drinks.

That last hr was probably the longest hr of my life. You're 99% home but that last 1% takes longer than the entire trip combined, and every little minute thing, noise, driver etc you wanna kill.

[mlyonsd]

Originally Posted by SAUTO

The wife and I drive all over looking at scenery. I never heard it called that before.

If you especially make an effort go find the colors in the fall you're a leaf peeper too.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Great Falls ****ing blows but Montana is pretty neat.

I was only 8-10, but got to experience real mountain life up there... abandoned old mining camps, bear and cougar tracks all around the cabin

Hiking around up there like a master woodsman with his Crossman pellet gun... it’s baked in, formative material

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by mlyonsd

If you especially make an effort go find the colors in the fall you're a leaf peeper too.

Oh yeah. And we like to watch the progression to green in the spring too.

[Nickhead]

the 12 plus hour drive from kc to denver and back about ten times.

and the 8,881 mile trip to where i am now

[mlyonsd]

Originally Posted by SAUTO

Oh yeah. And we like to watch the progression to green in the spring too.

If you've never seen the colors in upper NE I'd recommend it. We didn't have an itinerary and just picked our way on the map. Stopped at all kinds of little stores and antique markets. We'll do it again when we're retired but it will be for more like 2 weeks.

[stevieray]

Phoenix to Denver on a motorcycle.

Left @ 4 am..arrived 8 pm.

....last 100 miles were brutal.

[alanm]

Originally Posted by SAUTO

I can't remember who he had dead in the car.

I would think that would be something you would seem to be able to recall.

[DenverChief]

KC to OKC to Dallas to Shreveport to Mobile to Tampa to Atlanta to Nashville to St Louis to KC


Two week road trip.

[PunkinDrublic]

One summer when I was 13, my Dad drove me from Overland Park to all the way up the east coast into Maine. Stopped off at the three big HOF museums football, basketball and baseball. Did a lot of camping and fishing along the way and made short visits to NYC and Boston. By far the best summer of my childhood. Most impressive of all, the trip was made in a 10 year old VW rabbit.