This years summer vacation
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wrote on 26 Jul 2024, 12:44 last edited by
@bachophile Interesting regarding safety. Certainly there are places (cities at night, random truck stops) that you'll want to be on your guard, but you answered my question well. It's funny the misconceptions one has (or that I have) regarding places like Israel based on the news coverage.
Beautiful pic of the Appalachian hills. Now you know why they're called the "Blue Ridge Mountains" in some places. You're getting a nice full view of the states (more than I've had) by driving coast to coast. Deserts, mountains, cornfields, Amish country, Appalachian mountains (some of the oldest mountains in the world).
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wrote on 26 Jul 2024, 12:46 last edited by
Here's a pic from about 10 years ago. I always wanted to get a better one... so many views in the blue ridge.
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wrote on 26 Jul 2024, 13:13 last edited by
Not to get too personal, but has the wife enjoyed the long drive?
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wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 00:02 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 00:04 last edited by
Right now at a bed and breakfast in upstate NY for the weekend. Sunday we fly back.
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wrote on 27 Jul 2024, 00:06 last edited by 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.
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wrote on 28 Jul 2024, 22:21 last edited by 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.
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wrote on 28 Jul 2024, 22:24 last edited by
That’s a lot of miles in a short time. Nice trip!
Safe journeys home.
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wrote on 28 Jul 2024, 22:32 last edited by
Very nice.
I would enjoy that.
Average about 350 miles a day, right? I imagine the "interstate" days were higher milage.
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wrote on 28 Jul 2024, 22:39 last edited by
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.
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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.
wrote on 29 Jul 2024, 01:21 last edited by@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.
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wrote on 29 Jul 2024, 01:43 last edited by
Glad you completed the trip safely.
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wrote on 29 Jul 2024, 12:32 last edited by
Nice ending to the trip. Thanks!
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wrote on 29 Jul 2024, 13:24 last edited by
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?
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wrote on 29 Jul 2024, 17:25 last edited by
@Axtremus nope. Chevy Malibu. Got it basically brand new with 2000 miles on it. Put it only 87 regular the whole trip.
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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?
wrote on 29 Jul 2024, 17:27 last edited by@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.
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@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.
wrote on 29 Jul 2024, 17:43 last edited by 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.
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@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.
wrote on 29 Jul 2024, 18:08 last edited by@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.
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@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.
wrote on 29 Jul 2024, 18:31 last edited by@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.
