Definition of a roadtrip?
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Bugfatty300
Buddha Squirrel
I've never ridden a train but I have done the bus thing several times and it was miserable. My car is my preferred method of travel.
In my car I don't worry about schedules, keeping up with my luggage or having it stolen or rifled through by bag handlers, change overs, etc. And with my car I can stop where ever I want to for as long as I want to and see the things I want to see.
In my car I don't worry about schedules, keeping up with my luggage or having it stolen or rifled through by bag handlers, change overs, etc. And with my car I can stop where ever I want to for as long as I want to and see the things I want to see.
Driving is one of the best activities of all time.
CaptainF
The Professional Poster
Doubly so if you do it with good company and good music. The last good roadtrip I took in September 09 was through some very beautiful country in The Northwest (OR,WA,ID,MT,WY,CO,UT). I just love the feeling of driving through rugged Eastern Oregon while a sunset blankets the landscape.
I wish it weren't so enviro-harmful, however. I think trains are definitely better in that sense.
Yeah, that too! My vacations are solo activities to see natural landmarks. Trekking from south of Kansas City to the Rockies, or to the Black Hills/Rushmore/Crazy Horse, or to the border water areas of Minnesota are road trips too, regardless of whether or not I have a companion.
Do you guys not get lonely seeing this stuff by yourself?
There are a few things I'd quite like to see which I don't know if many people are interested but wouldn't really like it as much (I dont think) if i saw them alone.
There are a few things I'd quite like to see which I don't know if many people are interested but wouldn't really like it as much (I dont think) if i saw them alone.
Narz
keeping it real
That I can understand. I like biking for the same reason.
However, in a car I feel somewhat out of control much of the time. Especially in heavy traffic & on long, long trips. I feel trapped in the car & I have an inflated fear of accidents.
It's not a road trip if you haven't brought snacks.
I don't think I can overstate my love of driving. I often dream of roadtrips. Right now I have 3 trips that I will take in my life planed out in my head.
Ottawa (or where ever I'm living) to Juneau, Alaska (via Alaska Maritime Highway) to visit my uncle.
The Trans-Taiga road in northern Quebec, with a stop at James Bay so I can say I swam in the arctic Ocean. Just getting to the start of the Trans-Taiga road is a journey in itself along the James Bay road!
A tour of Iceland's Ring Road with plenty of expendable cash to take detours whenever possible. My only fear is that upon finishing this, I'll want to devote the rest of my life to trying to find a way to move to Iceland.
If anyone knows of long roads that are not highly trafficked, like the Eyre Highway in Australia, please let me know. I have a life time of long drives I want to get done. Also, Eyre Highway (crossing from Perth to Adelaide, with a 140+ km strip of straight road, sounds amazing... with air conditioning)
Ottawa (or where ever I'm living) to Juneau, Alaska (via Alaska Maritime Highway) to visit my uncle.
The Trans-Taiga road in northern Quebec, with a stop at James Bay so I can say I swam in the arctic Ocean. Just getting to the start of the Trans-Taiga road is a journey in itself along the James Bay road!
A tour of Iceland's Ring Road with plenty of expendable cash to take detours whenever possible. My only fear is that upon finishing this, I'll want to devote the rest of my life to trying to find a way to move to Iceland.
If anyone knows of long roads that are not highly trafficked, like the Eyre Highway in Australia, please let me know. I have a life time of long drives I want to get done. Also, Eyre Highway (crossing from Perth to Adelaide, with a 140+ km strip of straight road, sounds amazing... with air conditioning)
Perfection
The Great Head.
WHAT IF YOU BUY THEM ALONG THE WAY? OR EAT AT RESTAURANTS?
Perfection
The Great Head.
Too sweetI just take a bag of Oreos and a cooler of Pepsi
Where's the saltiness? The Funyuns the Munchos, the Bugles?
Too sweet
Where's the saltiness? The Funyuns the Munchos, the Bugles?
I bring caviar.
Narz
keeping it real
I brought sauerkraut in the car once. I never heard the end of it from my GF.
