Driving Across the U.S.

It seems to me I heard somewhere that MikeyMike wrote in article
:

I am preparing to drive across the United States, starting in a couple
of weeks. I'm driving from Los Angeles and will eventually end up in
New York, and then I'm coming back.

I was thinking about shooting up I-15 up to Salt Lake City, and then
taking I-80 east out to Chicago or so. However, I heard that it might
not be a good idea at this time of year due to weather (snow).

After that, I'd wander through the South for awhile.

Any thoughts on weather conditions preventing travel at this time of
year?

We made a similar trip in February one year long ago; we followed Rte.
66 (tells you how many years ago) and though most of the drive was good
weather it still got pretty cold through the southern Rockies and the
southwestern deserts (car heaters weren't that hot in those days). We
got to Chicago in a snow storm, the first we'd seen on the trip. From
Chicago we went across to New York along the Indiana-Ohio-Pennsylvania
route, dropping down to D.C. then through New Jersey to our destination
north of NYC. If you hit similar weather in November you should have no
problems on the current Interstates. We've only done the middle and
northern routes like I80 and its predecessors in summer, so nothing to
suggest.
--
Don

It seems to me I heard somewhere that MikeyMike wrote in article
:

I am preparing to drive across the United States, starting in a couple
of weeks. I'm driving from Los Angeles and will eventually end up in
New York, and then I'm coming back.

I was thinking about shooting up I-15 up to Salt Lake City, and then
taking I-80 east out to Chicago or so. However, I heard that it might
not be a good idea at this time of year due to weather (snow).

After that, I'd wander through the South for awhile.

Any thoughts on weather conditions preventing travel at this time of
year?

We made a similar trip in February one year long ago; we followed Rte.
66 (tells you how many years ago) and though most of the drive was good
weather it still got pretty cold through the southern Rockies and the
southwestern deserts (car heaters weren't that hot in those days). We
got to Chicago in a snow storm, the first we'd seen on the trip. From
Chicago we went across to New York along the Indiana-Ohio-Pennsylvania
route, dropping down to D.C. then through New Jersey to our destination
north of NYC. If you hit similar weather in November you should have no
problems on the current Interstates. We've only done the middle and
northern routes like I80 and its predecessors in summer, so nothing to
suggest.
--
Don

Everyone - thank you so much for the feedback! This is super helpful.
I think I am going to travel out using Route 66 mostly, and then
swing through the South on the way back.

Take care,
mdj


(eric h) wrote in message ...
In article ,
MikeyMike wrote:

I was thinking about shooting up I-15 up to Salt Lake City, and then
taking I-80 east out to Chicago or so. However, I heard that it might
not be a good idea at this time of year due to weather (snow).

Let the music be your guide. From the coast to the midwest, get your
kicks on Route 66. Even if you don't follow the original 2 lane
alignments, you can check out pieces of it as you travel the parallel
interstates. It's the original connection from Chicago to LA, and still
the only highway where the journey is the destination. Besides, you'll
cross the mountains relatively far south, so you're less likely to have
snow problems.

From Chicago south, there are two routes to consider. One is U.S. Highway
41, mentioned in the Allman Bros. hit "Ramblin' Man," which links Chicago
with Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. The other is more of a train route,
really--it's the route of The City of New Orleans, the Illinois Central
route from New Orleans to Chicago via Memphis, the route of the great
northern migration of African Americans. By car, you'll have to piece
together the route, which will likely include stretches of Hwy 41
mentioned above. You'll also hit Highway 51, which runs through Memphis,
where part of it was later renamed Elvis Presley Boulevard, and Highway
61, the route of the blues that gave its name to a Bob Dylan album.

Everyone - thank you so much for the feedback! This is super helpful.
I think I am going to travel out using Route 66 mostly, and then
swing through the South on the way back.

Take care,
mdj


(eric h) wrote in message ...
In article ,
MikeyMike wrote:

I was thinking about shooting up I-15 up to Salt Lake City, and then
taking I-80 east out to Chicago or so. However, I heard that it might
not be a good idea at this time of year due to weather (snow).

Let the music be your guide. From the coast to the midwest, get your
kicks on Route 66. Even if you don't follow the original 2 lane
alignments, you can check out pieces of it as you travel the parallel
interstates. It's the original connection from Chicago to LA, and still
the only highway where the journey is the destination. Besides, you'll
cross the mountains relatively far south, so you're less likely to have
snow problems.

From Chicago south, there are two routes to consider. One is U.S. Highway
41, mentioned in the Allman Bros. hit "Ramblin' Man," which links Chicago
with Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. The other is more of a train route,
really--it's the route of The City of New Orleans, the Illinois Central
route from New Orleans to Chicago via Memphis, the route of the great
northern migration of African Americans. By car, you'll have to piece
together the route, which will likely include stretches of Hwy 41
mentioned above. You'll also hit Highway 51, which runs through Memphis,
where part of it was later renamed Elvis Presley Boulevard, and Highway
61, the route of the blues that gave its name to a Bob Dylan album.

Everyone - thank you so much for the feedback! This is super helpful.
I think I am going to travel out using Route 66 mostly, and then
swing through the South on the way back.

Take care,
mdj


(eric h) wrote in message ...
In article ,
MikeyMike wrote:

I was thinking about shooting up I-15 up to Salt Lake City, and then
taking I-80 east out to Chicago or so. However, I heard that it might
not be a good idea at this time of year due to weather (snow).

Let the music be your guide. From the coast to the midwest, get your
kicks on Route 66. Even if you don't follow the original 2 lane
alignments, you can check out pieces of it as you travel the parallel
interstates. It's the original connection from Chicago to LA, and still
the only highway where the journey is the destination. Besides, you'll
cross the mountains relatively far south, so you're less likely to have
snow problems.

From Chicago south, there are two routes to consider. One is U.S. Highway
41, mentioned in the Allman Bros. hit "Ramblin' Man," which links Chicago
with Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. The other is more of a train route,
really--it's the route of The City of New Orleans, the Illinois Central
route from New Orleans to Chicago via Memphis, the route of the great
northern migration of African Americans. By car, you'll have to piece
together the route, which will likely include stretches of Hwy 41
mentioned above. You'll also hit Highway 51, which runs through Memphis,
where part of it was later renamed Elvis Presley Boulevard, and Highway
61, the route of the blues that gave its name to a Bob Dylan album.

(MikeyMike) wrote in message . com...
Everyone - thank you so much for the feedback! This is super helpful.
I think I am going to travel out using Route 66 mostly, and then
swing through the South on the way back.

Take care,
mdj



Again, check for local weather, but on your Southern route from NYC to
LA, consider going along Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway
through Virginia and North Carolina. If the weather is lousy, or you
need to move a little quicker, you can still drive parallel to much of
this on I-81 while in Virginia. I don't know what sort of time you're
alotting for this, so I'm posting this under the assumption that time
is not an issue. If you then drive through the Smokies to Knoxville,
then down towards Chattanooga, and then head west a little ways you
can set yourself up for another nice drive along the Natchez Trace,
which you can drive from southern Tennessee to Vicksburg or Natchez
(Mississippi). Leaves change colors a bit later in Mississippi, so
you might luck out with some nice fall colors. Anyhow, from Vicksburg
or Natchez you can follow the River Road south to Baton Rouge, where
you meet up with I-10. Then you can backtrack to New Orleans (it's
only 70 miles) or keep heading west towards Houston and beyond.
Again, the faster routes sort of parallel this would be I-81 to I-75
to I-59 to I-10 (or get on I-12 if you want to bypass New Orleans).