A Thread for Travel: Trips/Advice/Ideas

[goldy_331]

Re: A Thread for Travel: Trips/Advice/Ideas

My suggestion (in addition to jmh's idea): Drive out to LI for the fishing, anywhere out towards the tip and montauk, on either shore, should have fishing charters and the like. Orient, Southhold, Montauk (probably expensive though), etc. From there, drive back towards NYC, but take the Port Jefferson ferry up to, I believe, New Haven, CT.

Since tArrogance may have forgotten what the NCAA trophy looks like, you could then swing by Yale and check it out

Nah, I get to see five of the trophies every year at Skate with the Gophers and when I walk around the rink, don't need to see Ylae's. But thanks for the fishing suggestions.

[bigblue_dl]

Re: A Thread for Travel: Trips/Advice/Ideas

You missed Delaware and Virginia. BTW, I-29 never actually goes into Nebraska. It goes from SD straight into IA.

I got them on the map, just forgot them in the list. And I caught Nebraska later, so no biggie.

edit: working on recreating it, so I can post a link

[bigblue_dl]

Re: A Thread for Travel: Trips/Advice/Ideas

This one is pretty close to what I had:

http://goo.gl/maps/AqUmF

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: A Thread for Travel: Trips/Advice/Ideas

This one is pretty close to what I had:

http://goo.gl/maps/AqUmF

Not bad. I think I can cut some time off this trip...

First off, go to WRJ VT; it's faster than taking NH 9 to Brattleboro. Also, go through Boston and Providence, as that is faster as well.

[Shirtless Guy]

Re: A Thread for Travel: Trips/Advice/Ideas

This one is pretty close to what I had:

http://goo.gl/maps/AqUmF

If you pull off this trip averaging ~72 mph, you could pull off the 48in96

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: A Thread for Travel: Trips/Advice/Ideas

If you pull off this trip averaging ~72 mph, you could pull off the 48in96

I believe one of the Guinness rules is that you must follow all speed limits. Most interstates outside the Northeast are 70 or higher, though.

[jmh]

Re: A Thread for Travel: Trips/Advice/Ideas

My suggestion (in addition to jmh's idea): Drive out to LI for the fishing, anywhere out towards the tip and montauk, on either shore, should have fishing charters and the like. Orient, Southhold, Montauk (probably expensive though), etc. From there, drive back towards NYC, but take the Port Jefferson ferry up to, I believe, New Haven, CT.

Since tArrogance may have forgotten what the NCAA trophy looks like, you could then swing by Yale and check it out

Agree with the suggestion to take a ferry across the Sound. Saves you from having to go through NYC traffic.

[FlagDUDE08]

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Agree with the suggestion to take a ferry across the Sound. Saves you from having to go through NYC traffic.

Oh come now, the LI Expressway, Bronx-Whitestone, and Hutchinson to 684 isn't THAT bad! I quite enjoyed it.

[goldy_331]

Re: A Thread for Travel: Trips/Advice/Ideas

Agree with the suggestion to take a ferry across the Sound. Saves you from having to go through NYC traffic.

Thanks, great tip. I have also found some party boat trips on LI. Much cheaper than charters and they have tackle to lend on the boats. Seems like the way for us to go.

[bigblue_dl]

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http://goo.gl/maps/JyJD1

A few improvements, some mentioned here, some others that I found. Is driving on "Texas State Line Road" counting as driving in Texas?

[jmh]

Re: A Thread for Travel: Trips/Advice/Ideas

This one is pretty close to what I had:

http://goo.gl/maps/AqUmF

Could this be improved by catching the northeast corner of Iowa between Chicago and Minneapolis and then taking a more direct route from North Dakota down to New Mexico/Oklahoma/Texas without going east to get the western edge of Iowa? I guess I don't really know whether there are roads that would make it worthwhile.

Oh come now, the LI Expressway, Bronx-Whitestone, and Hutchinson to 684 isn't THAT bad! I quite enjoyed it.

It's not terrible but the time cost could be significant depending on when they're traveling.

Edit to add: Seems like it's a shorter route geographically, but winds up being significantly slower because you wind up on smaller highways through Wisconsin and Minnesota.

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: A Thread for Travel: Trips/Advice/Ideas

Could this be improved by catching the northeast corner of Iowa between Chicago and Minneapolis and then taking a more direct route from North Dakota down to New Mexico/Oklahoma/Texas without going east to get the western edge of Iowa? I guess I don't really know whether there are roads that would make it worthwhile.

It's not terrible but the time cost could be significant depending on when they're traveling.

Edit to add: Seems like it's a shorter route geographically, but winds up being significantly slower because you wind up on smaller highways through Wisconsin and Minnesota.

The direct route from North Dakota down to NM/OK/TX goes through Iowa (I-29). You have to go over around Council Bluffs in order to get NE.

[bigblue_dl]

Re: A Thread for Travel: Trips/Advice/Ideas

The direct route from North Dakota down to NM/OK/TX goes through Iowa (I-29). You have to go over around Council Bluffs in order to get NE.

Yeah, I had tried what jmh suggested, it doesn't work too well, as you guys seemed to find out. There are areas in there that would be nice to figure out how to stay on more direct interstates.

[jmh]

Re: A Thread for Travel: Trips/Advice/Ideas

The direct route from North Dakota down to NM/OK/TX goes through Iowa (I-29). You have to go over around Council Bluffs in order to get NE.

Not sure what you mean. If you remove the waypoint in Iowa just north of Omaha, the route (the Google default route anyway) diverges from I-29 before it crosses into Iowa and cuts over to US-81 South. It's more direct, though not a whole lot faster since you're off the interstates. Taking I-29 down to Omaha is still way better than the alternate way I suggested for getting Iowa, though.

The other thought I had earlier was that from Memphis you could go via Terre Haute and Indianapolis, cutting off I-57 at Effingham and going via I-70, I-69 (hee), and US-20, to catch the northwest corner of Ohio and then across I-90 to Chicago, rather than going straight up I-57 all the way to Chicago. It's maybe a little less of a diversion than catching Ohio across the West Virginia border and then you could do a more direct route to Mobile.

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: A Thread for Travel: Trips/Advice/Ideas

Yeah, I had tried what jmh suggested, it doesn't work too well, as you guys seemed to find out. There are areas in there that would be nice to figure out how to stay on more direct interstates.

The biggest issue are those huge rocks on the left. I'm still wondering how they started at the border or Idaho and Montana. Their blog doesn't give any specifics.