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Scenic routes Boston-San Francisco
Here's my challenge: I want to drive cross-country, Boston-San
Francisco, but I have to persuade my wife -- who thinks the nation has become one big strip mall, with golden arches and starbucks shops. I'm looking for suggestions for a northern and southern route that would take through the most interesting countryside. |
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On Apr 29, 11:36 am, JAlves wrote:
In article om, 7- 10 days each way wrote: Here's my challenge: I want to drive cross-country, Boston-San Francisco, but I have to persuade my wife -- who thinks the nation has become one big strip mall, with golden arches and starbucks shops. I'm looking for suggestions for a northern and southern route that would take through the most interesting countryside. How many days are you allocating for this trip. -- Please reply to the group, not by email. The email address in the header is not valid unless you remove the obvious. |
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On Apr 29, 8:59 am, wrote:
Here's my challenge: I want to drive cross-country, Boston-San Francisco, but I have to persuade my wife -- who thinks the nation has become one big strip mall, with golden arches and starbucks shops. I'm looking for suggestions for a northern and southern route that would take through the most interesting countryside. Drive the Atlantic Coast down to Charleston, S.C., then Savannah, Atlanta, Birmingham, Montgomery, the Mississippi Delta, New Orleans, through Texas, Santa Fe, the Grand Canyon, Sedona, and then to San Diego and then up the Pacific Coast to San Francisco. |
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wrote in message oups.com... On Apr 29, 11:36 am, JAlves wrote: In article om, 7- 10 days each way wrote: Here's my challenge: I want to drive cross-country, Boston-San Francisco, but I have to persuade my wife -- who thinks the nation has become one big strip mall, with golden arches and starbucks shops. I'm looking for suggestions for a northern and southern route that would take through the most interesting countryside. Round trip or one way ? I used to drive out to west coast across middle and return along bottom in two weeks ( one each way ). The TRIP itself was the drive. but from that I can tell you what I used to do: East bound - take PCH to either 40 or 10 to 20 all the way to Atlanta/ Jacksonville then up the coast - take Rt 1 and others , NOT Rt 95 unless pressed for time. LOTS of stops - even for say Barves game in Atlanta, then Charleston/ Wash DC / Boston / Bar Harbor / Nova Scotia ( far enough? ) This winter I drove Boston - Naples FL via 95 and then back along the ocean the entire way ( see trip report here for specifics) Then West-bound: Rt 90 to Rt 70 Boston - rt 90 to Niagra Falls nonstop. Sleep a few hours there ( use to be really dumpy area but the falls were impressive) . May be nicer now - maybe not ( local input ?? ) Then I'd head to Philadelphia - Rt 70 to Indianapolis (Speedway) / St Louis Arch/ Anheiser Busch brewey tour/Clydesdales/ on to KC then maybe further north - Rt 29 to 90 - Dakota Badlands http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badlands maybe Yellowstone - loved Denver - maybe train ride to Salt Lake City to see the mountains and back ( to get your car - or maybe can put car on train ?? not sure) http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/routeguidecazephyr.pdf http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/Conten...209 &ssid=133 from Denver to Vegas ( if you haven't been in a few years) - Yosemite ( via other nearby nat'l parks) to SF |
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Here's my challenge: I want to drive cross-country, Boston-San Francisco, but I have to persuade my wife -- who thinks the nation has become one big strip mall, with golden arches and starbucks shops. I'm looking for suggestions for a northern and southern route that would take through the most interesting countryside. How many days are you allocating for this trip? 7- 10 days each way I'm not being a wise-guy when I ask: Are you doing the drive to visit towns/cities ? ( and spend time in some of them? ) or to see the countryside from the car and then get a hotel for the night ? I ask only because obviously they are totally different trips. SO think it over - what do you want from the drive ? TO " see stuff" or to meet people/experiences ? From San Fran to Boston in a straight line is 3111 via maps.google.com ( BOS to SFO) so for 10 days you'd have to average 311 miles. That's 5-6-7 hours a day of driving ( less in rural areas more near cities with their rush hours etc). That doesn't leave much time for " stopping and seeing " stuff per day. So if it's drivng/seeing the countryside you want it can be done ( When I was 18/19/20, we used to drive to Vegas from Boston and back every year in 2 weeks). But THAT type of drive would be a totally different route than planning on seeing cities/sites each day. e.g: here's ONE entry in the westbound directions: Take the exit onto I-80 W toward Council Bluffs/Omaha - passing through Nebraska, Wyoming, Entering Utah for 1,052 mi - kinda boring if no stops planned. Have you considered picking parts of the country ( maybe the top / bottom/west/east ) and covering all of it. Dead head there and THEN start the "scenic / slow " part of the trip. That would allow time for stops. I did just that this winter - drove straight from Boston to Florida, turned around and then spent a month coming back ( rather than 2 weeks down and 2 weeks back). For ideas on what to do in certain parts of the country/world I like : http://www.hemispheresmagazine.com/3...ee/default.htm it gives me an idea of "what's to see " and how much time to allow per city. |
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Scenic routes Boston-San Francisco
On Apr 29, 5:59 am, wrote:
Here's my challenge: I want to drive cross-country, Boston-San Francisco, but I have to persuade my wife -- who thinks the nation has become one big strip mall, with golden arches and starbucks shops. I'm looking for suggestions for a northern and southern route that would take through the most interesting countryside. My husband and I are looking at doing the same thing, but SF to Boston. We don't want to spend more than 5-7 days driving, but we want to at least have some interesting dinners planned along the way. We're thinking of starting each day at 4am, drive for four hours and stop for a short breakfast, then drive pretty much nonstop until 8pm, when we will stop and have a good dinner and get a good sleep. So we're looking at the fast roads--not a sight seeing trip, but a relaxing way to spend time together and get the car across country. Let me know what you end up doing. |
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