This years summer vacation

[89th]

Here's a pic from about 10 years ago. I always wanted to get a better one... so many views in the blue ridge.

[Jolly]

Not to get too personal, but has the wife enjoyed the long drive?

[bachophile]

Hahaha yea she was great with it. It was actually nice having time together for hours at a stretch. We talk, we listen to podcasts, she warns me about my driving…and she was always in charge of finding the right place to spend the night. We drove max 6-7 hours a day, divided up for rest stops every two hours or so. Really it was a pleasure.

[bachophile]

Right now at a bed and breakfast in upstate NY for the weekend. Sunday we fly back.

[Jolly]

Glad it's been a good trip and you both enjoyed it.

As much as I love my wife, if we were in a car together for a week or more it would be on Cops.

[bachophile]

Last update of this trip

View from an outlook into the Catskills.

New York City

Car return. I set the tripometer in San Francisco Airport. This is the return.

4651.8 miles.

The end.

[Mik]

That’s a lot of miles in a short time. Nice trip!

Safe journeys home.

[George K]

Very nice.

I would enjoy that.

Average about 350 miles a day, right? I imagine the "interstate" days were higher milage.

[bachophile]

Yes it was varied per day and plan. Longest day was 7 hours behind the wheel. Easiest was just 2 or 3. All depended on the plan for the day.

[taiwan_girl]

@bachophile said in This years summer vacation:

Yes it was varied per day and plan. Longest day was 7 hours behind the wheel. Easiest was just 2 or 3. All depended on the plan for the day.

Cool vacation. Thanks again for the pictures and descriptions.

(I actually like driving distances. Maybe I was a truck driver in a previous life!)

Have a good trip back to your home.

[Axtremus]

Glad you completed the trip safely.
34.2 mpg ... was it a hybrid?

[89th]

Nice ending to the trip. Thanks!

[Jolly]

That's seeing a lot of the country.

If you had to move to some place you visited during your trip, where would it be?

[bachophile]

@Axtremus nope. Chevy Malibu. Got it basically brand new with 2000 miles on it. Put it only 87 regular the whole trip.

[bachophile]

@Jolly that’s a hard one. Saw a lot of beauty.

For me the big surprise was Iowa. Really gorgeous. Not drama. Just endless rolling fields.

But I still like the north east. New England.

[Doctor Phibes]

@bachophile said in This years summer vacation:

For me the big surprise was Iowa. Really gorgeous. Not drama. Just endless rolling fields.

But I still like the north east. New England.

Clearly a man of rare taste. Rhode Island: Gateway to America.

Incidentally, Mrs. Phibes has a friend she likes to visit in Iowa. She loves going there, both for the environment and the pace of life. Apparently, they're even friendlier than people from Massachusetts if such a thing is possible.

[Jolly]

@bachophile said in This years summer vacation:

@Jolly that’s a hard one. Saw a lot of beauty.

For me the big surprise was Iowa. Really gorgeous. Not drama. Just endless rolling fields.

But I still like the north east. New England.

Probably a little more to do in New England than Iowa.

[Mik]

@Doctor-Phibes said in This years summer vacation:

@bachophile said in This years summer vacation:

For me the big surprise was Iowa. Really gorgeous. Not drama. Just endless rolling fields.

But I still like the north east. New England.

Clearly a man of rare taste. Rhode Island: Gateway to America.

Incidentally, Mrs. Phibes has a friend she likes to visit in Iowa. She loves going there, both for the environment and the pace of life. Apparently, they're even friendlier than people from Massachusetts if such a thing is possible.

It’s the Pluto of states.

[89th]

I'd hate to know what the Uranus of states is

[jon-nyc]

Alabama.