Anyone driven across the USA?

[bousozoku]

welcome to Nebraska. both taken 30 minutes from my house.

expand you mind. don't believe everything you are told/read/hear. go see for yourself and enjoy the trip.

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peace.

Yeah yeah. That's close to South Dakota.

 

[adk]

The problem with dipping south to avoid weather is that you'd have to dip wayyy south to avoid a lot of it. The northern half of the US gets about as much snow as southern canada, and the areas around St. Louis and Kansas City get a bunch of freezing rain, which is much more dangerous that snow. I'm no expert on how well the trans-canada is kept clear of snow (my only experience on it is Calgary to banff during april) but if that's a concern I-94 through north dakota and montana is usually pretty well maintained.

 

[Mavimao]

I drove from Columbus Ohio to Sacramento in the summer of 04. Took a couple of weeks, but if we hadn't stopped for a wedding halfway through I'm sure we could have made it in like 5-6 days.

The Midwest is not completely flat. It really depends on where you live. Northeast Ohio is flat. Flater than Nebraska, but Southeast Ohio is Appalachian country.

Oh and I love Nebraska! I went to Lincoln in late winter when all the fields were sepia colored. It was very beautiful.

 

[sikkinixx]

I think what I am gonna do is plan out a few routes to take and when the time comes, just kind of go with the flow and pick the most hassle free route. Make an adventure out of it (my gf will hate me for it but whatever! )

 

[Skeeball236]

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[quigleybc]

Anyone ever driven across in the winter? or at any other time? any places that should be avoided?

I drove from Antigonish, Nova Scotia to Philly, to Memphis, to Vegas, to San Fran, to Portland, to Seattle, and then stopped in Vancouver, and that's where I live now. Total trip time=3 months....(we stopped at friends' all along the way)

It was bad ass, do it....go down to the desert and come back up the other side, just cuz it's soo fun.

And make sure you stop in Vegas.....

 

[LethalWolfe]

i was just wondering if anyone here had drived across the US before? My girlfriend lives out on Ottawa, Ontario and I live in Vancouver, BC. But in Janurary she is moving here but we have to drive as she needs her car. I would prefer to wait till spring but the job starts in January for her so...

I don't wanna drive across Canada in the winter as the praries are a little insane what with the snow and all, so I figure a longer trip thru by dipping down midway through the US then back up near the west coast is the way to go.

Problem is, I don't know anyone who has done this so I'm not really sure how far south to go to avoid the crazy weather (well, as much of it as possible)

Anyone ever driven across in the winter? or at any other time? any places that should be avoided?

As a couple of other posters have stated dipping into the US to avoid the snow isn't that good of a plan. You'd have to stay very far south (like the southern parts of the southern most states in the US) to avoid the threat of snow.

I've driven between Indiana and Los Angeles 3 times (twice in the summer and once in the winter). I never had any problems, but I was always worried about a snow storm/blizzard during the winter trip but it was all smooth sailing. I just kept my eye on the weather channel and had extra food and blankets in my car incase something happened. And I always took the "low road" thru the Southwest as opposed to the "high road" thru the Rockies.


Lethal