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Driving from Chicago to Kansas City
Hi,
I am tinkering with the idea of driving from Chicago to Kansas City. According to Google maps it's about eight and a half hours, So I guess splitting the drive into two days would be best for me. I am looking for: route suggestions Things to do on the way Suggestions on where to spend the night. I will be driving alone using a rental car. Currently, the trip would be in November. Could there be a weather issue? Thanks Gadi |
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Driving from Chicago to Kansas City
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:31:11 +0300 "Gadi Ben-Avi"
wrote: :I am tinkering with the idea of driving from Chicago to Kansas City. :According to Google maps it's about eight and a half hours, So I guess :splitting the drive into two days would be best for me. It is an easy one day drive - all interstate. :I am looking for: :route suggestions :Things to do on the way :Suggestions on where to spend the night. But if you will split it up - consider heading south first. Springfield, IL and St. Louis are on the way. :I will be driving alone using a rental car. :Currently, the trip would be in November. Could there be a weather issue? Should not be at that time of year. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. |
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Driving from Chicago to Kansas City
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:31:11 +0300, Gadi Ben-Avi wrote:
Hi, I am tinkering with the idea of driving from Chicago to Kansas City. According to Google maps it's about eight and a half hours, So I guess splitting the drive into two days would be best for me. I am looking for: route suggestions Things to do on the way Suggestions on where to spend the night. I see it's about 500 miles. At 75mph on the Interstates that would be about seven hours of actual road time. Add in maybe an hour for refueling the car and yourself, that's eight hours. Leave about 08:00, arrive about 16:00. in America this is not a particularly long drive, and few of us would break the trip into two parts unless we had some particular reason for making the overnight stop, such as some local attraction. The fastest route being west in I-64 into Iowa, then south on I-35 to KC, not much to stop for on that route (forgive me for that, Iowans). I will be driving alone using a rental car. Currently, the trip would be in November. Could there be a weather issue? Midwestern weather in November is highly variable, and a lot depends on just when in November. Early November may have some midwestern storms, which can be pretty rough, and there could be light snow. Or there could be what we all "Indian Summer", a period of several days of unseasonably warm weather. Later November can have heavy winter weather, or might not. It's not unknown to have blizzards over our Thanksgiving holiday which can be bad enough to literally close down the Interstate highways and strand motorists. Be sure to watch the weather reports before departing. As the old joke in the Midwest goes, if you don't like the weather, hang around for a few hours and you'll get something else. -- Dave Hatunen, Tucson, Baja Arizona, out where the cacti grow |
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Driving from Chicago to Kansas City
Are you traveling with family or just road trip?
-- http://www.moviesitearchive.com On Jun 14, 3:31*am, "Gadi Ben-Avi" wrote: Hi, I am tinkering with the idea of driving from Chicago to Kansas City. According to Google maps it's about eight and a half hours, So I guess splitting the drive into two days would be best for me. I am looking for: route suggestions Things to do on the way Suggestions on where to spend the night. I will be driving alone using a rental car. Currently, the trip would be in November. Could there be a weather issue? Thanks Gadi |
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Driving from Chicago to Kansas City
Hi Jessica,
I will be driving alone, but this will be a vacation, so the goal is not just to get from point A to point B, but to actually see some interesting things along the way. Gadi "jessica_smith_nyc" wrote in message ... Are you traveling with family or just road trip? -- http://www.moviesitearchive.com On Jun 14, 3:31 am, "Gadi Ben-Avi" wrote: Hi, I am tinkering with the idea of driving from Chicago to Kansas City. According to Google maps it's about eight and a half hours, So I guess splitting the drive into two days would be best for me. I am looking for: route suggestions Things to do on the way Suggestions on where to spend the night. I will be driving alone using a rental car. Currently, the trip would be in November. Could there be a weather issue? Thanks Gadi |
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Driving from Chicago to Kansas City
On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:50:05 +0300, "Gadi Ben-Avi"
wrote: I will be driving alone, but this will be a vacation, so the goal is not just to get from point A to point B, but to actually see some interesting things along the way. Good luck with that. Driving south or west from Chicago to either St. Louis or Kansas City is among the most boring trips I've ever taken. -- Larry |
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Driving from Chicago to Kansas City
On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 01:51:23 -0400, pltrgyst wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:50:05 +0300, "Gadi Ben-Avi" wrote: I will be driving alone, but this will be a vacation, so the goal is not just to get from point A to point B, but to actually see some interesting things along the way. Good luck with that. Driving south or west from Chicago to either St. Louis or Kansas City is among the most boring trips I've ever taken. Never driven from El Paso to Fort Worth? -- Dave Hatunen, Tucson, Baja Arizona, out where the cacti grow |
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Driving from Chicago to Kansas City
If indeed a vacation go a ways south and do Branson, MO. |
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Driving from Chicago to Kansas City
On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:18:00 +0000 (UTC), David Hatunen
wrote: Never driven from El Paso to Fort Worth? No, but I've driven from Plano through Fort Worth to El Paso. 8 That was pretty bad as well. Actually, all of Plano to San Diego was pretty dull until you hit the Granite Hills. At least the TSA checkpoints raise your blood pressure... -- Larry |
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