Wife's at it again...
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From: Drummonds, TN USA
I've done San Diego to Washington DC in 3 days flat, but it was a grinder, and in my middle age I have decided that speed limits are good things...
Take a camera, whatever else you do.
You can team drive for most of the way if either of you can sleep well in a car.
Also keep in mind that an end destination can change if you have no reservations to meat a deadline for. I'd rather wander on old route 66 taking pictures than high-tail just to get to a well documented tourist trap anyway.
Consider some of the small towns in Nevada that also have casinos and related junk (such as cheap buffets, where for a minimal price you can eat all you want and be happy!).
The lights are just as bright in Laughton/Bullfrog...
A big town, is just another big town. Go see America!!!
Ask yourself "What else besides gambling and Disneyland is along the route?"
Take a camera, whatever else you do.
You can team drive for most of the way if either of you can sleep well in a car.
Also keep in mind that an end destination can change if you have no reservations to meat a deadline for. I'd rather wander on old route 66 taking pictures than high-tail just to get to a well documented tourist trap anyway.
Consider some of the small towns in Nevada that also have casinos and related junk (such as cheap buffets, where for a minimal price you can eat all you want and be happy!).
The lights are just as bright in Laughton/Bullfrog...
A big town, is just another big town. Go see America!!!
Ask yourself "What else besides gambling and Disneyland is along the route?"
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From: Cathedral City
I agree with Greywolf. 
That's what I was trying to say in my first post. But he said it so much better. When I was a "touring" motorcycle rider, I once did a trip from Memphis to L.A. to Pendleton Oregon to Sioux City Iowa and back to Memphis. About 8000 miles but I did most of it on 2 lane roads. It took me just over 6 weeks and about 30 rolls of film to complete. GREAT trip and years later I still have the memories because of all the photos. Don't forget to label the photos also. Date, location, etc.
That's what I was trying to say in my first post. But he said it so much better. When I was a "touring" motorcycle rider, I once did a trip from Memphis to L.A. to Pendleton Oregon to Sioux City Iowa and back to Memphis. About 8000 miles but I did most of it on 2 lane roads. It took me just over 6 weeks and about 30 rolls of film to complete. GREAT trip and years later I still have the memories because of all the photos. Don't forget to label the photos also. Date, location, etc.
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From: Maple Ridge B.C. Canada
bigrigfixer,i live in mapleridge ,you know 20 minutes from you in surrey.i just went to vegas in may this year with my wife we had never bin there before.we flew,it gave us more time to be there,rather than spend all our time on the road.with that time ,we took a helicopter tour to the grand canyon,and went to the richard petty driving experience school at las vegas motor speed way.my wife loved it,even the nascar ride she took. i would try to convince your wife to fly,it is faster,and i think safer,and the price of fuel right now is crazy. hope you enjoy your trip,no matter how you get there.-billy
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The Pacifier
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Okay, this is starting to tick me off.
We settled on a route. But now, she's finally realizing that "Hey, we're driving through mountains, there might be snow." So now, I have to find another route.
Here's what I came up with: I 5 to just south of Sacramento, take 99 to Bakersfield, 58 to Barstow, then I 15 up to Vegas. Is there lots of snow that way? Or do I stay on I 5 to just south of Bakersfield, come up 99 to Bakersfield, 58, then I 15?
And how long would this new route take us?
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For the way back, from San Diego, uh, where's wine country, and how do we get there?
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What's wrong with mapquest? It won't let me pick an alternate route.
We settled on a route. But now, she's finally realizing that "Hey, we're driving through mountains, there might be snow." So now, I have to find another route.
Here's what I came up with: I 5 to just south of Sacramento, take 99 to Bakersfield, 58 to Barstow, then I 15 up to Vegas. Is there lots of snow that way? Or do I stay on I 5 to just south of Bakersfield, come up 99 to Bakersfield, 58, then I 15?
And how long would this new route take us?
Edit:
For the way back, from San Diego, uh, where's wine country, and how do we get there?
Another Edit:
What's wrong with mapquest? It won't let me pick an alternate route.
Last edited by bigrigfixer; Nov 28, 2005 at 06:22 PM.
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From: Damascus-Boring, Ore
58 goes over the Tehachapis- tons of snow up there. If it's really snowy, keep on 99 south (will turn back into I-5), go over the grapevine and jog over on the Antelope Valley Freeway.
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The Pacifier
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Would it be better to go the other way then? As in the I 5, I 90, I 82, I 84, I 15?
All I've got to work with here is a cheap Wal Mart road atlas, and I can't find the Antelope Valley Freeway. You got highway numbers?
All I've got to work with here is a cheap Wal Mart road atlas, and I can't find the Antelope Valley Freeway. You got highway numbers?
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From: Damascus-Boring, Ore
Sorry- Hwy 14 East to Palmdale (it's freeway, really). Then get on 138 to Victorville, then north on I-10 to Las Vegas. 138 is mostly 2-lane, but it's through the desert and moves along pretty rapidly.
Ask DOHCMarauder what hotels he'd recommmend in LV- we've got a couple of FTE'ers there as I recall.
Ask DOHCMarauder what hotels he'd recommmend in LV- we've got a couple of FTE'ers there as I recall.
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The Pacifier
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I'm about to punt this stupid road atlas. Can't find your route numbers. And Damascus-Boring isn't on the map either. (I know it's just Damascus)
I'm gonna go get my wife's cd player and one speaker replaced under warranty tomorrow, get some tire cables (or chains), and go to a map store. One place I called said they got detailed maps of the whole world. Road maps, relief maps, you name it, they got it.
Gonna get Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and California. Maybe even Hawaii for a novelty thing.
But I'll probably keep the road atlas so I can write notes in it, for quick reference or something.
I see myself being the navigator for this trip, with my wife driving the whole time.
I'm gonna go get my wife's cd player and one speaker replaced under warranty tomorrow, get some tire cables (or chains), and go to a map store. One place I called said they got detailed maps of the whole world. Road maps, relief maps, you name it, they got it.
Gonna get Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and California. Maybe even Hawaii for a novelty thing.
But I'll probably keep the road atlas so I can write notes in it, for quick reference or something.
I see myself being the navigator for this trip, with my wife driving the whole time.
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Your wife driving???
Seriously, I don't think there's a sure route that will allow you to avoid snow, correct if I'm wrong guys. Although (now this is just me), I wouldn't mind snow. Sure, it might slow you down, but it makes the drive more exciting, and when the scenery is covered in a thick blanket, it just looks so different. Pack your chains, and lock the hubs, you're good to go!
Seriously, I don't think there's a sure route that will allow you to avoid snow, correct if I'm wrong guys. Although (now this is just me), I wouldn't mind snow. Sure, it might slow you down, but it makes the drive more exciting, and when the scenery is covered in a thick blanket, it just looks so different. Pack your chains, and lock the hubs, you're good to go!
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From: Damascus-Boring, Ore
The emergency snow route (trust me) is to cut over from Grants Pass to 101 and come down the coast. It's the slow boat to China, time wise, but beats battling chains.... and other idiots learning their snow-driving techniques.
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Originally Posted by polarbear
Sorry- Hwy 14 East to Palmdale (it's freeway, really). Then get on 138 to Victorville, then north on I-10 to Las Vegas. 138 is mostly 2-lane, but it's through the desert and moves along pretty rapidly.
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The worst section is Ashland to Dunsmuir, if you get through that you should be just fine. Grants Pass to 101 will keep you out of the snow but it will be a very slow and senic drive. Bakersfield to Barstow on hwy 58 can get snow but it is rare, kind of like the Grapevine, and if it does, don't worry about driving, they close the roads. The CHP is very quick to put up chain controls and close roads. Be carefull, it seems like nobody knows how to drive in the snow in California, especially So. Cal.
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