2 days and 2000 miles

[tron]

i think my photographic memory has amazed me again, if not i have been fooled by it.

when you say upstate new york, were you in saratoga springs? I swear i saw the exact car in your avatar in the Price Chopper parking lot behind the high school in Saratoga a couple weeks back......am i correct?

EDIT: after looking at the picture of your car more, i think i am mistaken

[ninefourteener]

I'm driving from SLC to STL in exactly one week from today.... and then back again 1.5 weeks later.

Done the trip a few times, and you're corrct, Nebraska is the most boring state in the Union to drive through.

But... there's a decent little town out in the middle of nowhere, within 50 miles from the EXACT mid-point between the two cities...... North Platte.

It's a good stopping point.

[teflon_jones]

Originally Posted by idipskoalmint

Well, at least he was nice enough not to write you up - I believe it's a $75 ticket in NY (haven't had one)

He couldn't write me up because my car is registered in Mass. They can't write you up for the ticket unless your car is registered in the state where the law exists.

Originally Posted by Nat

So how did you car handle on the (one and only) turn in Nebraska (i.e., driving across NE on I-80 SUCKS!)?

Terribly. I almost lost control and crashed into a corn field.

Originally Posted by tron

i think my photographic memory has amazed me again, if not i have been fooled by it.

when you say upstate new york, were you in saratoga springs? I swear i saw the exact car in your avatar in the Price Chopper parking lot behind the high school in Saratoga a couple weeks back......am i correct?

EDIT: after looking at the picture of your car more, i think i am mistaken

Yes, you are mistaken.

[Nat]

Originally Posted by teflon_jones

Terribly. I almost lost control and crashed into a corn field.

The State Highway Dept. should erect a sign, "Warning: a curve ahead"

Either that or call FEMA or 9-1-1 or something.

In early June my family and I are making a week-long road trip: Bend - Lake Tahoe - Yosemite Nat'l Park - San Francisco - Eureka - Redwood Nat'l Park - Bend. I'm excited!

[tmann05]

Originally Posted by boostedj30

Let me apologize in advance for my state being the most boring the union to drive through......well, maybe second to Montana, but at least they don't have a speed limit.

Im moving to Montana! No Speed limit FTW!

[teflon_jones]

Originally Posted by tmann05

Im moving to Montana! No Speed limit FTW!

Eh? Montana experimented with no speed limits a while ago, but so many Europeans came over here to take advantage of it because of the crowding and increased areas with speed limits on the Autobahn that they put the speed limits back in place.

[GageP]

Originally Posted by teflon_jones

Eh? Montana experimented with no speed limits a while ago, but so many Europeans came over here to take advantage of it because of the crowding and increased areas with speed limits on the Autobahn that they put the speed limits back in place.

Me and my dad were driving back from Idaho thorugh Montana and 1/2 mile from the montana border my dad got a speeding ticket when there was no speed limit.

[teflon_jones]

Originally Posted by GageP

Me and my dad were driving back from Idaho thorugh Montana and 1/2 mile from the montana border my dad got a speeding ticket when there was no speed limit.

How did he get a speeding ticket if there was no speed limit then?

Here's two things I think a lot of people forget:
1. Cops can always give you a speeding ticket for driving too fast for conditions, even if you're driving below the speed limit.
2. In many rural areas, there is no speed limit posted because of the cost of putting up signs. The speed limit is usually 55 mph on 2 lane highways in this situation.

[GageP]

Originally Posted by teflon_jones

How did he get a speeding ticket if there was no speed limit then?

Here's two things I think a lot of people forget:
1. Cops can always give you a speeding ticket for driving too fast for conditions, even if you're driving below the speed limit.
2. In many rural areas, there is no speed limit posted because of the cost of putting up signs. The speed limit is usually 55 mph on 2 lane highways in this situation.

Well we were 1/2 from the border to get into montana. The Cop was waiting there for people because he knew people would be speeding.

[Mattcr2d2]

Originally Posted by Nat

I like the I-70 corridor from Denver to Glenwood Springs, but I start to lose interest from there to SLC. If you guys end up needing shuteye in western CO I'd try Glenwood Springs. There's a huge hot springs there. It's massive really.

I actually like the north route better, through Winter Park, Granby, and Steamboat Springs. It's less developed and more twisting state highway than I-70.

The Columbia River Gorge is cool too.

glenwood isnt very big for a hot springs nor is steamboat,

but when ever im traveling back home to denver and need to get some shut eye i always always stay in glenwood

[timber]

Originally Posted by Nat

The State Highway Dept. should erect a sign, "Warning: a curve ahead"

Either that or call FEMA or 9-1-1 or something.

In early June my family and I are making a week-long road trip: Bend - Lake Tahoe - Yosemite Nat'l Park - San Francisco - Eureka - Redwood Nat'l Park - Bend. I'm excited!

Did you get a chance to stop by Ferndale?

[Nat]

Originally Posted by timber

Did you get a chance to stop by Ferndale?

No. From San Francisco we headed straight up to Redwood Nat'l Park then spent the night in Crescent City.

Do you have a connection to Ferndale?

[Nat]

Originally Posted by Mattcr2d2

glenwood isnt very big for a hot springs nor is steamboat,

but when ever im traveling back home to denver and need to get some shut eye i always always stay in glenwood

Glenwood is not big??? You mean there are bigger pools?

Hot Springs Pool - Glenwood Springs, Colorado

[timber]

Originally Posted by Nat

No. From San Francisco we headed straight up to Redwood Nat'l Park then spent the night in Crescent City.

Do you have a connection to Ferndale?

No, but I made a trip similar to yours last year. Moonstone Beach and Ferndale were a couple of the highlights of that trip, as well as downtown Eureka.

[Nat]

Originally Posted by timber

No, but I made a trip similar to yours last year. Moonstone Beach and Ferndale were a couple of the highlights of that trip, as well as downtown Eureka.

Ahhh, I see. I think the highlight for me was Yosemite:




Seeing a bear within 30 minutes of our arrival was pretty exciting too. It was a juvenile, so I kind of wanted to go give it a hug: