What is the longest drive you have ever made ?

[bearfan454]

For me it is from Austin Tx to NW Ontario. I 35 goes from here all the way to Duluth Minnesota. 42 hours driving time over 3 days with me and my son. It was worth it. We had a hell of a good time getting our limits on walleye and pike. And there is no limit on panfish. One year we brought back over 200 smallmouth.

[BiggJawn]

1. Amarillo, TX to Indianapolis in 21 hours.

Stopped only for pee and gasoline.

I didn't even LOOK at that Electra-Glide for 3 days after I got back...

[Bertha Venation]

10. BiggJawn...

I dig your tag line. :evilgrin:

[hussar]

2. Texas to Portland, Oregon

bought a truck in Dallas, left at 3.30pm Texas time, got back to Portland 09.30 the next morning 1250 miles! and yes I was hammering it

[bearfan454]

4. Damn you must have been

On one of my trips to Canda with my son we got behind this guy from Minnesota in OK and this guy was going 95 with a radar detector and was pulling away from me the whole time. I followed him for about 500 miles.

[LTR]

61. Sounds like Nebraska

If you're not burying the needle, you're getting honked at!

The only state patrol on the roads is in either Lincoln or Omaha.

[VelmaD]

3. Depends on whether you mean...

longest total trip or longest drive in 1 day.

For longest trip my family went from Greenville, TX (an hour northeast of Dallas) up to Mount Rushmore and back. We went straight up through Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. Then across South Dakota. Then back south to home through Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. We saw some amazing scenery and lots of hilarious and educational roadside attractions.

The longest drive in one day was from Greenville to Bessemer, Alabama on xmas eve. We were on our way to Atlanta to see relatives and just couldn't go any further and had to stop.

[bearfan454]

My wife is from Mount Pleasant Tx

That is very near Greenville I believe.

[VelmaD]

22. Yes it is...

kewl. Howdy neighbor. :hi:

One of the funniest comments I ever heard on tv involved Mt. Pleasant. Don Meredith is from there as well. On one of his early games broadcasting on Monday Night Football one of the great QBs (don't remember which one) was going over 30 miles worth of passing yardage. And Meredith said "gosh, that's all the way from Mt. Pleasant to Sulphur Springs". :-)

[jumptheshadow]

5. The college drive

Used to do the Columbia, Mo. to Buffalo drive several times a year.

Once I even hitchhiked it. I was all alone, too, from Ithaca to Buffalo.

I shudder when I think about it.

[Bertha Venation]

6. 2,600 miles

From Southern California to Northern Virginia, in a '95 Tercel, with my baby beside me and two cats in the back seat. We took ten days, driving only 10-12 hours a day.

Stopped in No. Arizona to see the Grand Canyon one day and the Painted Desert/Petrified Forest the next.

Spent one night in Tucumcari, NM, driving into town under a huge rising full moon.

Two days in OKC to visit a friend who'd been nearly killed across the street from the federal building and who is now a docent at the Memorial. We saw it both at nighttime and during the day; the feel is different with the darkened atmosphere. (I encourage everyone to visit it.)

Was pulled over in OK by a trooper named Curtis who stuck his doughy, benign cop face in my window and drawled, "You's makin' eighty-three mahl an air." He gave me a warning.

Spent one night in West Memphis, AR, in a motel w/ a parking lot full of feral cats, and mosquitoes big as backhoes.

Two days near Knoxville, TN, to be w/ my mate's family, then on to Northern VA.

It was a fabulous road trip! But now we have to tranquilize the cats to get them to the vet . . . .

[bearfan454]

7. Welcome to DU.

Now you can get the real news.

[Bertha Venation]

12. thanks

It is a different froum than what I'm used to.

[UrbScotty]

8. 230 yards on a par-4.

Oh, in a car?

I went up to Mackinac Island this past May.

[imax2268]

9. Washington D.C. To Phoenix AZ...

In 3 1/2 days...moving right along...!

[radwriter0555]

11. DREAM ROAD TRIP: Africa to Antarcica! Think about it.... from the tip

of that cape horn, I believe? through africa, europe, the mediterranean, asia, russia, barge across the Bering Strait, Alaska, Canada, USA, Mexico, Central America, South America, to the very end of the land...

Great ad for Land Rover, eh? Now THAT'S a road trip.... that's what I'm tawkin.

[bearfan454]

14. damn. You kicked some ass on that trip !

[radwriter0555]

21. NO NO NO! I WANT to do that trip!!! said it wrong, I'm sorry!

anyone game?

[BeatleBoot]

13. 303 yards

and I bogied the hole...

Driving? Portland to Bar Harbor and back in one day. Not too long.

[ET Awful]

15. Woodland Hills, CA (near L.A.) to Boston a little over 3000 miles

In four days, with frequent breaks and early stops for the night.

[newyawker99]

27. Congrats ET Awful!! 300 posts

:toast:

[ET Awful]

53. Wow, I hadn't even noticed :)

[rogerashton]

16. Port Ludlow, Wash to Philly, PA

PL is NW of Seattle. Stopped in Bend, Ore, Twin Falls Idaho, some little Utah town near Dinosaur, Dever (visitng with friends), Kansas City, Cincninnatti (visiting with friends). I'v driven cross-country several times but I think that's the longest. Hey, I wanta drive Rt. 6. No, not 66, 6. As it was in 1926, the longest of the US numbered highways, from Provincetown, Mass to Long Beach, Cal. Who's up for that??

[RebelOne]

17. Miami, Fla. to Los Angeles, Cal.

[Corgigal]

18. Tampa Florida

to Niagara Falls in Canada. We had 4 kids and it's still fondly remembered as the vacation from hell. We stopped on the way home in Wildwood New Jersey and hung out on the boardwalk for a few days.

[bleedingheart]

19. Pittsburgh to Florida (orlando area)

hubby has made the drive from Grand Rapids Michigan to Naples Florida...

[joeybee12]

20. East Hartford, Connecticut, to Los Angeles, California

I actually did it twice! Do I win anything?

[greatauntoftriplets]

23. Chicago east

through the Poconos and then to Cape Cod, Boston, the Maine Coast, then north through the woods to Quebec City and then back through Montreal, Toronto and Detroit. 9 days, nearly 3,000 miles. Much too fast. Since then, I have not liked long car rides. Planes, YES!

[KG]

24. across the US and back 7000+ miles.

from St Pete St Louis, St Joe, Coos Bay, OR, San Fran, Albaquerque, OKC, Big Easy, and home! 12 days. WOW!

[Swede]

25. Saskatoon to Nuevo Laredo

in 60 hours.

[Swede]

35. Had some great Mexican food in Nebraska

can't remember the name of the restaurant.

[Padraig18]

26. Chicago to Victoria, BC to visit my uncle and aunt

I thought we would NEVER get there, but the scenery en route WAS rather amazing. :)

[Briarius]

28. Chicago to LA

averaging about 35mph, it took about a week. We only did about 35 because it was a solar car race. I've also done family road trips from Indiana to Yellowstone and Colorado.

[NightTrain]

29. Hartford to Las Vegas

2,500 or so miles. But I wasn't a maniac about it; the trip took five days.

[underpants]

30. Snowshoe mountain with a rented Callaway Big Bertha

I crushed it over the road from a tee elevated about 150 feet above the fairway.

Sorry

Actually probably from Richmond to Clemson SC. I don't go on really long drives as I hate being in a car that long and there is enough to do with in a short drive around here to avoid it.

[greendog]

31. Six month road trip

Drove to New Mexico from Indiana. From there spent six months exploring the western U.S. and Canada.

Chihuahuan Desert, Sonoran Desert, Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, Sequoias, Redwoods, Oregon Coast, Northern Contenental Divide, North Dakota Badlands, Alaskan Highway, Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Alaska.

I put over 50,000 miles on my truck.

[populistmom]

32. Connecticut to Nebraska and vice versa

Many times since I was a kid. I lived in Nebraska until I was 15 but my dad lived in NYC, then Connecticut from the time I was 6. Now I live in Connecticut, but still visit relatives in Nebraska. I will not drive it again for many years though until my children are older. That kind of car trip with little kids is shear, absolute Hell! I did it 3 years ago and never again with the under 10 crowd.

Sarah

[HEyHEY]

33. Vancouver to Tiajuna

South of the border!!!!! ANd then south of that border.

[JohnKleeb]

34. about 1 min

:D I still dont have no permit.

[HEyHEY]

36. Double negative big John

WHICH means you have the permit. HA HA!

Dude, what gotta get your license. What are the rules like in Va?

[JohnKleeb]

39. I should have it

But my left eye is 20/400 and I need a waiver and I need to get that to the eye doctor. My :argh: left eye and I thought it was the good one. I need driving glasses and they cant fix the eye. So I could have my license by next fall. Lazyness is a big factor too.

[NaMeaHou]

37. Seattle to Las Cruces, New Mexico

nonstop. By myself. I wouldn't describe it as fun, but it was a hell of a challenge.

[SmileyBoy]

38. I've driven from Fargo to Minneapolis and vice-versa many times.

That's about 235 miles either way. I drove 75 miles from Fargo to Grand Forks yesterday in 45 minutes, going 90 the whole time (I know, I shouldn't have.:cry:) I overslept yesterday for the Bison/Sioux game. I took it easy on the way home, tho.

[binaryline]

40. Boston, MA to Portland, OR

I helped a friend move to the big PDX after she finished college. It took us almost 3 weeks due to a zillion out of the way stops. Had a fucking blast, though, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

[leftist_rebel1569]

41. About 35 miles.

I drove for about an hour with my dad once, longest i've ever driven. I still have my permit, though, so I can't drive without him :(

[JohnKleeb]

50. At least you have your permit

Look at me damnit I am nearly a year older than you and still. Well I am gonna go curse at my eye.

[patdem]

42. VA to California then from California to VA

I am glad this is not a golf question!

[maxanne]

43. North Conway, NH to Tahoe City, CA

Close to 4,000 miles - I took a rather circuitous northern route, to see many things I'd always wanted to see. I loved every minute of it.

I made the drive back, two years later. From Tahoe to Derry,NH in about 4 days.

[SmileyBoy]

44. It's possible to drive a car from Tierra Del Fuego to Prudhoe Bay, AK.

I wish I could try that one day.

[proud patriot]

45. California to Wyoming

:hi:

[Breezy du Nord]

46. Minneapolis to Washington DC

I really wish my dad didn't hate planes.

[SmileyBoy]

48. OMG, that's the EXACT longest continuous drive my father ever made!!!

He did it back in the late-70s, a little bit before I was born. All in one 24-hour loop.

[Breezy du Nord]

49. Wow. That's pretty good

We took three days, but that's becuz I wanted to swim in the pools at the hotels.

[laura888]

47. Washington DC to L.A.

I made this trip with my sweetie 15 years ago and still have such fond memories. We vowed to save money and ate nothing but baloney sandwiches and grapefruit juice for the first 2 days - but then broke down and started eating the usual Stuckey's fare.

We didn't have a radio, but had a cassette player and one cassette tape - a story about Mozart. We listened to it over and over.

I have the sweetest memories of that trip

[paradisiac]

51. crosscountry on a little motorcycle

I had a 1980 Yamaha XS650. I rode from Washington DC to Seattle (going first to Texas then up the west coast), it took about 2 weeks. Then I rode back to Washington DC from Seattle in 7 days.

I've made the trip from Washington DC to Seattle in a car in only 4 days.

I used to do crazy trips like that when I was younger just for the fun of it. I don't know if I have that sort of endurance now.

[WillyBrandt]

52. 22 Hours straight, alone -- went crazy

From Miami to Jersey, stopping only for gas, restrooms, and coffee. Terrible traffic encountered.

I was seriously delusional the last 30 mins or so.

[GOPisEvil]

54. San Antonio to El Paso in one day.

Ugh - talk about your boring drives. :boring:

[Bridget Burke]

59. San Antonio to Las Cruces, NM

Someone raised on the Gulf Coastal plain has stricter standards about "boring" drives--hey, there's actually some land that isn't 100% flat.

The next day, Las Cruces to beautiful Blythe, California. Especially on this leg, I wished we could have gone a bit slower & gotten OFF I10.

[Braden]

55. Tempe, Arizona to Portsmouth, New Hampshire

three or so days. stops in Oklahoma City, Knoxville TN, NYC, direct to Portsmouth.

and back again, with stops in Memphis, Dallas and Albuquerque.

[Wolfman 11]

56. Phoenix to Houston nonstop

made it in just under 20 hours I think. There were three of us taking turns driving.
Highlight of the drive was when we had to stop at the Border patrol station outside El Paso and I went to kick a sixpack of beer under the seat that had been sitting in the car all week (it was August) and it exploded causing the car to reek of beer and one of my friends had to swallow the last joint. They waved us through without even a compulsory glance so it was all for naught. I miss college.

[pmbryant]

57. Chicago to Los Angeles

When I moved from college to grad school back in 1990. Spread the driving over 4 days and spent one extra day visiting a friend of mine in Boulder, Colorado on the way.

My car's water pump broke down in western Iowa at the end of the first day. Glad it was there and then and not in the middle of nowhere in Utah a couple days later.

:scared:

--Peter

[bif]

58. Detroit to L.A.

Drove straight through. What a killer drive.

[LTR]

60. California to Minnesota - 43 hours

Drove by myself about 11 years ago, when I was 24.

Started from Santa Barbara Sunday morning. Through LA, on to Vegas. Hung out in Vegas for a few hours to cool my heels and bum around. Left in the early evening with the sun still out.

I was driving through Utah until I pulled off the road around midnight. Decided to crash out in the car with a sleeping bag until I woke around 6 to one of the most beautiful sunrises I have ever seen (I was in a valley surrounded by mountains). Utah is one of the most beautiful states in the US!

Drove onward through Colorado, hooked up with I-76 in Denver, then I-80 in Nebraska. Stopped only for bathroom breaks, the occasional walking barefoot in grass, and to eat. By this time, I was VERY lonely (after driving solo for a day and a half). I must have talked the ears off the gas station attendant, the girl at McDonalds, and the visitor information site people. Nonetheless, onward to home!

Original idea was to stop over in Omaha, then continue the last 6 hrs. home the next day. Midnight rolled around and I decided to continue to Des Moines. Still wide awake at 2AM, and turned on I-35 north to Minny. By this time I was very tired, and should have pulled off the road, but I kept on, with a couple stops for soda, etc. Saw imaginary deer, then rabbits crossing the road. MY GOD! I'm hallucinating!

By the time I hit Minnesota, the sun was rising and this groggy guy finally arrived home safe and sound at 6:30AM Tuesday morning. It was an interesting trip, but next time I'll bring someone along for the ride. Or better yet, fly.

[ArkDem]

62. 280 yards on a 400 yard par 4

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