Subtract a week.
If you take I40, the nothing between Oklahoma City and Flagstaff will make you want to kill yourself.
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Subtract a week.
If you take I40, the nothing between Oklahoma City and Flagstaff will make you want to kill yourself.
Only had a week to do it as we are relocating and I’ve been back and forth a few times. Stopped and saw a lot of Nashville, 4th of July festival in Fort Smith, the OKC bombing memorial and the Grand Canyon. 7-10 days would have been ideal but we got to see some fun stuff anyway.
Also dropped about 20 of these along the way…
Very true statement. Other than getting within an hour of a potential tornado, there was no excitement there
Did a couple of there and backs alone. Anything over 12 hours a day driving at high speed is sketch IMO. The toughest part is the straight stretches of road in the West. Before ipods and satellite radio, bordem was painful even with a decent cd music selection. 20 minute naps a couple of times a day helped tremendously.
Beating the GPS estimated arrival time provided at the start of the day was the speed game to play. GPS eta was amazingly accurate as it calculated the typical speed driven on the route, which was not hard to exceed. Add in the fuel breaks and it brought the ETA close.
Disliked putting miles on my personal car so I rented with points. Had to make sure the rental car company agreed to unlimited mileage on the luxury rental. Much preferred taking larger cars for the comfort with a bigger engine. Back then fuel costs were less of a concern.
Beating the GPS estimated arrival time provided at the start of the day was the speed game to play. GPS eta was amazingly accurate as it calculated the typical speed driven on the route, which was not hard to exceed. Add in the fuel breaks and it brought the ETA close.
Disliked putting miles on my personal car so I rented with points. Had to make sure the rental car company agreed to unlimited mileage on the luxury rental. Much preferred taking larger cars for the comfort with a bigger engine. Back then fuel costs were less of a concern.
Did it last year. Solo is better. I took five days.
As I recall (and tell the story) 700 miles to Indy to have dinner with my good friend from HS. Then averaged 525 a day after that. (2,800).
Everything looks like Pennsylvania until you get to the Ozarks.
Get a seat cushion and pick a book on tape.
My friend insisted I bring a portable urination bottle which seemed ridiculous until I hit Oklahoma! Then New Mexico. Then Arizona. There are no rest stops or towns.
I've found that Google Maps has acclimated to my driving and now has a tendency to set unreasonable goals.
Done this trip 6 or 7 times An 83 mph is easily attainable when you can easily run 90+ from Tex to the San Andreas fault. I've unfot wound up leaving in the afternoon every time, had I not, I could have easily made it to St Louis night one. I've wound up staying overnight in Indy most of the time, then an overnight in Amarillo.
If you take a southern route through TX, 83mph is a joke on I-10.
Couldnt disagree more. The ohio - Indiana - Ill stretch was by far the worst leg of that route.
If you take a southern route through TX, 83mph is a joke on I-10.
Couldnt disagree more. The ohio - Indiana - Ill stretch was by far the worst leg of that route.
I ironically first heard of that movie last year just days before flying to San Francisco to buy a car and drive it back. The first couple days of my trip was basically the reverse of Kowalski's journey from Denver to San Francisco.
The opening and closing scenes were filmed in Cisco, UT, which is now pretty much a ghost town. The Shell station from those scenes is still kinda standing though. Here's a picture from the movie and a picture I took of it a year ago.
"You can beat the police, you can beat the road, and you can even beat the clock, but you can't beat the desert. Nobody can. You just cannot."
Awesome pics. Would love to make that drive myself. Did you avg more than 83mphI ironically first heard of that movie last year just days before flying to San Francisco to buy a car and drive it back. The first couple days of my trip was basically the reverse of Kowalski's journey from Denver to San Francisco.
The opening and closing scenes were filmed in Cisco, UT, which is now pretty much a ghost town. The Shell station from those scenes is still kinda standing though. Here's a picture from the movie and a picture I took of it a year ago.
"You can beat the police, you can beat the road, and you can even beat the clock, but you can't beat the desert. Nobody can. You just cannot."
Definitely not lol this was my second time doing this, and my first time I had to get back in 6 days for a wedding and regretted not having more time to actually stop and enjoy the journey. This time I made some stops, visited a few friends, and still wish I gave myself more time.
I got off 80 very briefly to stop at an Arby's. As I parked, some guy walked out, hopped into his old pickup, and started backing out of his parking spot until an employee ran outside and said, "Sir! I think you forgot your son!" Glad I was able to get the full Nebraska Arby's experience.