Planning an epic road trip.. comments welcome
 

here is a trip I'm planning...

https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=S...,22,23&t=m&z=5

anyone have any special places to visit sorta on the way? :)
edit: updated route to hit Vegas on the way out... (can't put too many destinations on google map)

https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=S...,20,23&t=m&z=5


one more fiddling to get me through sedona...
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=S...7,18,20,23&z=5

Came back "results not found" on my ipud.

Atlanta - World of Coca Cola :tup: **Edit: It would be about an hour out of the way from Atl, but if you can fit it in (so to speak) the Stone Mountain Laser Show is definitely worth it.

Arizona - Arizona Meteor Crater, Flagstaff/Sedona (GREAT driving roads, and scenery) **Edit x2: When driving from Vegas to Grand Canyon/Flagstaff, most likely will be driving down 93. Straight, flat 2 lane state highway, very minimally patrolled outside of towns. Good spot to "open her up" a little. :tup:

i like the looks of the routes between Flagstaff and Sedona..

i'm a bit worried about the long flat stretches back into Oklahoma...

You will be amazed at the fact of how flat it is and how you can see for MILES in 360*. But after 30 mins or so of it, it gets old. It will be much better in all seriousness if there is a storm... I drove through a really good one while driving through OK city, and had the lightning flashing everywhere lighting up the windmills... Was pretty epic, I have a video of it on my other comp. Pretty awesome. Other then that, the roads don't have reflectors and they don't use reflective paint for the stripes, so do that bit in the daytime.

Holy crap. Bring a sweet girl

also, i go right by tail of the dragon.. should definitely swing over there

Epic? That's Lewis and Clark territory there. ;)

Take a detour and go through Big Sur unless you've driven on it before

Love your route Randy, mostly back roads. While you are on I10, why not drive for another 1.5 hr from I15 so you can visit LA too? US101 is beautiful also.:tup:

Are you serious, bro?? :facepalm::facepalm:

6100 miles...:bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl: Have fun, I'll be sitting this one out...:roflpuke2::roflpuke2:

Cruise? I'm in. :p

yea thats going to suck i hated in on my 10k road trip i would drive thought colorado if it was warm but it probably isnt

Wooooowwwwwww thats a long drive!

Thats my feedback

1.) Take pics
2.) Bring 100 hours of music, we will all chip in a make you a mix tape (8 volumes)
2a.) Or dont bring music and just listen to the aam short tails
3.) Long flat straights?

i know - 61 miles and you're out.
but you DID go on the 6.1 mile excursion that one time.. so it's a start...

i lived in Monterey for awhile - and also in SoCal - San Diego...
i thought of taking the coast trip - but then it begins to feel a little long :) lol

Heck yeah man, 61 miles...way too long for a cruise.:icon17:

are we renting an rv?

lol. maybe on some other trip - this will be Z all the way.

That does indeed sound epic!

Dude, this looks awesome. I eventually want to do something like this. I want to take 2-3 weeks off of work and drive from Ocean City, MD, to Sacramento, CA, all along Rte. 50, "The Loneliest Road in America".

Im gonna have to pass on that... I'd much rather fly. lol..

Looks so fun!

If time isn't a problem: Consider the Blue Ridge Parkway, then cut over from Bryson City to 28 and then 129 to pass by Fontana Lake. Come through Chattanooga, see the Lookout Mountain battlefield and other sights there. Then come south through Alabama.

If you must go through Mobile, consider cutting over to go to the Pensacola Naval Air Museum. Can get a bit of beach time while you are there. The Mississippi Gulf Coast as seen from I-10 is not interesting and the beach there is far inferior to that in Pensacola or even Gulf Shores, Alabama but there are casinos. If you are a Forest Gump fan you might want to spin down through Bayou LaBatre south of Mobile. Lots of good food in Baton Rouge!

You should consider driving further north on your return and hit up the bad lands. When are you planning on going on this trip Randy?

Randy will drive on EVERY road in the United States...:roflpuke2::roflpuke2:

EW, you won't even entertain the idea even if it iwas in an RV? party bus lol

hahahahaha... not true.:bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl:

Im down for a road trip every now and then, but this particular one is just crazy.

Are you planning a stop in Kentucky or West Virginia on the return trip? If not I'd be tempted to make your return trip through 129, tail of the dragon, and back up Blue-ridge,

I'd have to travel at least a few miles on the old Route 66.

Too bad they closed "Wally World" (or "America's Favorite Family Fun Park") after the Griswolds had their little "incident" otherwise that would be a good place to unwind.

Seriously, it sounds like it will be an "epic" road trip. I'd be up for a drive like that; but the wife, not so much :eekdance:. She prefers the luxury of getting there in a few hours; not weeks. I'd be like :driving: and would have the time of my life.

Good luck with your plans and keep us posted...

I totally love the videos..thanks for posting.

I see NONE of the PCH on your trip, Randy...

check out route 33 on the way to snowshoe~ sick sick road, just kept thinking to myself how bad *** it would be in my z. Dope road trip though

I chose southern because this will be a winter trip - i'm thinking late Feb.

Randy, you're crazy:roflpuke2:... where do you get all this time on your hands?

probably a wise decision