Drive, drive, drive...(no poll)

First the Oilers, and now they've got you, too?

This must stop!

As for driving, my mother is afraid to fly, but she loves to travel, so when I was growing up, we drove all over the place.

We went from Amarillo to Newport, Arkansas (which was roughly a 12 hour drive back then) and back again at least twice a year. When I got older, I went with my mother to Connecticut from Arkansas. That's a long drive.

I remember going from San Antonio to Orlando as a kid, as well as Arkansas to Alabama and all around that area. We drove to Colorado all the time (about 10 hours each way), as well as to New Mexico, but that's not far at all.

My longest solo trip has to be my trip from Arlington, TX to Chicago. I left at about 3pm one day and got to Chicago sometime the next morning. And I drove back kind of the long way through Arkansas (the thinking being I'd go see some relatives, but when I got there I didn't feel like stopping and just kept on to D/FW). All that just to hang out in a hotel lobby with Mike Ovitz, Eli Broad and a bunch of annoying sportswriters like T.J. Simers.

I also once drove from Amarillo to Decatur, Illinois and back. I don't remember how long that took me, either. But it was a long time (actually, I guess I only drove to Staunton, Illinois because that's where my car broke down and I had to have the Internet chick I was going to see come pick me up at a diner there and take me the rest of the way to Decatur. That was a fun trip.)

 

Houston to Altoona, PA with my parents - 27 hours straight through

Houston to Milwaukee, WI with a friend of mine - roughly 13-18 hours depending on breaks

 

Drove from H-town to Oakland, CA in the middle of July....

Day 1: Houston to El Paso - didnt even make it out of the friggin state.

Day 2. El Paso to Los Angeles - Thought we were going to melt, or my sisters car would overheat. Temp. in Phoenix, AZ read 110 degrees when we got out of the car. Dry heat is easier to deal with my ass!!

Day 3: Los Angeles to Oakland - By far the best part of the trip. We took the 1 all the way up - the most beautiful drive I have ever seen in my life. Well worth the naseau I experience around Big Sur.

 

Katy to Santa Cruz, CA

Day one: Katy to Deming, NM

Day two: Deming to Bakersfield

Day three: Bakersfield to Santa Cruz

My Dad and I were moving out there after he resigned from his longtime job in Houston while my Mom stayed behind to sell the house. Since I was such a prick to my Mom, I was forced to go. This was at the beginning of my junior year at Katy, the only place I'd ever lived. Trust me, driving 30 something hours while you're depressed that you're having to leave your lifelong friends is noooooo fun.

The most I've driven at one time is 24 hours from Waco to West Palm Beach, Fl. Ex-RM95's Girl and I were driving there to see her best friend and we were supposed to stop in Talahassee, but after making a wrong turn going into the hotel, we ended up missing the last room by one person. We couldn't find another room at a decent place, so we ended up driving the entire way. That was a fun trip...makes me miss her.

 

I made that Houston to Nashville drive in a single day a couple of years ago. Many years ago, I made the Denver-Houston run with a couple of friends. I did fine until we got near Houston. I gobbled down a pear and got nauseated.

 

lets see

houston-cincy...i think was 26 hours?

houston-seattle...36 hours once and 38 hours another time.

san fran-san antonio...17 hours

houston-vegas...13 hours?

 

I am about to embark on the longest drive of my life..

Tomorrow afternoon, I'm heading to Chicago by car..
but I wont be driving straight thru..first day will probably stop north of Baton Rouge, and then see how far I get from there..I would like to go all the way to Chicago on the second day...but I will have to see if the girls can handle the drive.

Has anyone ever driven from H-town to Chicago? and if so..did you go I-10 to Baton Rouge and then go up 55 thru Memphis ?
I know this is a log shot, but I'm wondering how many hours it would take from BR to Chicago..

 

I think when we drove from H-town to Chicago (actually South Bend, IN, then Chicago) we went up through Texarkana, through Arkansas, and then north if that makes sense. I don't have a map in front of me right now. Anyway, i think it took about 22 hours or so. IT was a long drive. I know on the way back, we went through St. Louis as well. Crappy weather. The midwest has like tornado warnings every night over the summer, it seems.

 

I hate air travel, the airplanes are no sweat, but I HATE airports so much. They make me so nervous. I love road travel though. Eisenhower was a good man

I'm about to go on my first road adventure where I get to drive.

Lompoc CA (where i live)- to Pelican Lake MN. its a little under 2000, its not bad when you have an ex truck driver who can drive 8 straight hours at any time. Going through West Utah has made me realize that there is a hell on earth. weirdest country I have ever seen.


The Biggest trip I was ever on was - Lompoc CA to Marshall TX, I remember we got to New Mexico the first day, and then it took a day and half to get all the way across Texas. Only time I've ever been to your fine state.

Drew - taking 1 is a nice tactic, its slower but it sure beats the hell of the boring 101. Lompoc is on Highway 1, but you probably didn't pass through it because its on a stretch where 1 goes way out of the way just to pass through here.

 

I travel by plane a lot more than i do by car. THe most I have driven is from FW to Houston. By plane I fly from Houston to Saudi Arabia 3 times a year (there and back).

 

I went that way last time I went to Memphis; I think its something like 59 to 20 to 30 and then 40 takes you into Memphis.

In two weeks I'm driving to a little town called Bushnell, Illinois, which is around an hour and a half west of Peoria. I've got two other people to switch out driving with, which isn't too bad, but it's going to be fun because we're driving a cargo van and hauling a trailer behind us. Fun.

I just looked up Baton Rouge to Chicago on mapquest.com, it says about fifteen hours.

 

R2K, at this point, I'd do the I-10 to I-55 to I-57 route. If you go up 59, you're gonna hit a bunch of small towns, plus, there's a lot of construction on both I-30 and I-40 in Arkansas.

I think no way on either of those, red.

 

Now you can hunt, shoot, gut, skin, tan, display, sell and eat squirrels without fear of persecution.

 

Houston to Los Angeles, 25 hours straight through.

 

Houston to Panama City Beach 14 hrs.

Going to Talahassee,Fl. next month for a concert (PT)

I dont know how loing this will take...12Hrs maybe

 

Funny, I posted this exact same topic about a month ago...if we had search, I'd rub it in your face...but...

 

Not so much me, but my Pops used to regularly drive non-stop from north of Toronto ( Canada ) to Clearwater, Florida. He'd make tapes for the trips, and he'd do it in about 2 days straight driving, with scheduled 5 minute breaks for the bathromm and to get coffee...He'd have food packed with him.

In case you guys don't know, that's through some of Ontario, around one of the Great Lakes, and then the length of the United State in one go...


....of course, he's insane.

 

I'd rather drive than fly if I have the time in most cases. The car is much more comfortable than the plane. You can stop any time you want. You can enjoy the scenary. You won't lose your luggage. You don't have to sit next to some obnoxious strangers. . . And you can yell at your kids without getting embarrassed. . . And, of course, it's cheaper if you go with the whole family.

 

12 hours from Houston, TX to Jonesboro, AR and vice versa.