Questions about driving across the US (almost)

DERS.

DERS.

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sometime next week I am driving from DC to Colorado and I was wondering if any others have driven a similar route. And if so which route they took. Right now we are trying to decide between taking

1) I-70 all the way going through Columbus, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Kansas City

OR

2) I-70 to I-80 passing by Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago, and Lincoln.

any advice from anyone who has taken this route on which is a more interesting drive as well as interesting places to check out that are relatively close to the highway

also post anything that you guys like to do when on road trips that help time go by faster besides starring out the window..

thanks in advance

as always +k for help.
 
I've taken I-80 from Omaha to Denver, its a really boring drive all the way through Nebraska, about 5 hours in NE and about 3 in eastern CO, which is also really boring, pretty much nothing interesting the entire stretch (possibly the museum of military vehicles, cant remember, but that is the only thing). The speed limit is 75 almost the entire way so you can drive pretty fast (Ive averaged about 85 without a radar, and 95 with). Hope this helps, overall the drive is boring as fuck and driving west into the sun gets annoying, but its necessary when driving from MN to CO.
 
damn thats such a shitty drive. i went from San Fran to CT which was beautiful but after denver it was fields and more fields. awful.
 
my buddy is doing that drive right now actually, although he headed down to tennessee and is then going up to chicago. If ya see a seriously busted, overloaded, rusted, full of kayaks old toyota then you just passed messy Jesse.
 
I'm driving with my friend in July from Maine to Colorado to go back to school. Not sure what way were gonna take either, possibly go through Chicago because one of out friends lives there so we have a place to stay for free for a night.
 
Couldn't agree more dude I do that drive 4x every year. Also the traffic in Chicago is absolutely terrible
 
yah you cant really win either way. i drove i80 and it was fine till NE and eastern CO. I got some chicks to show me their tits on the way out... that helped the time go by...so try that.
 
I think I80 is a bit more interesting cause Kansas is slightly more interesting than Nebraska... But Nebraska has Ogallala to drive through. Nothing like stopping at the truck stop in Ogallala, NE to make one's day.
 
I'm all about the DQ. They have chocolate at that one. Chocolate cone with cherry dip = heaven.
 
I drove from pa to denver in three days and took 80 until it became a toll and then dropped down to 70, i think you should take 70 you avoid going through chicago which will be horiable traffic depending on when you get there. i never stopped once because of traffic. kansas will be the most boring state to drive through there is absolutly nothing but some rolling hills, and make sure you have gas when driving through because some of the exits of 70 are to dirt roads with no gas stations in sight. i stopped in mays kansas, as is was the only city before wtih hotels before Colorado.
 
I've done Utah to New Jersey and back. We took 80 one way and 70 the other. 80 was faster and, in my opinion, slightly more interesting. Nebraska is awful to drive through, but then again so is Kansas (which 70 goes through). There's just literally nothing around but corn, and I remember praying for a tornado just to spice up the drive a bit. The rest of the drive was really not that bad, but I kinda like road trips.
 
I did that a while back but went on I-89 I think through w va and then I-64 to st louis and then back to I-70. It's really pretty through west virginia and Kentucky and you miss I-70 through pa which I think is all a toll road.
 
Either route sucks. I've driven from Boston to Colorado, NJ to California, and i also did a random ass trip that went up into North Dakota and that northern area. Anyways, the only cool part of the trip is stopping in Chicago and partying hard. I wish I had the money to drive down the east coast through the Carolinas, go to New Orleans, and then head west to Texas and up to Colorado. That would be pricey though in terms of gas and cost of fun.

Done rambling, but hopefully you get the idea.
 
i think i am leaning towards taking 70 all the way there. any places/towns that you guys have stopped at that you would recommend either semi-interesting stuff to see/eat or hotels y'all stayed at? thanks all of this has been super helpful.
 
you and your group should switch off driving so you can smoke/etc to make it go by faster
 
I have taken I-80 a couple of times. It is extremely long and boning to drive through Nebraska and there's really nothing to look at out the window so I would suggest just sleeping through it if you can. Driving through Chicago can get frustrating too because there are so many people and its super busy, but it is a cool and fun place to stop.
 
I did jersey to denver in 32 hours once. I used to drive for a dealership and had a nice fast car. There is a store in omaha off I80 that sells stuff supper cheap from trucks that flip. Some weird and cool shit in there.
 
well if you drive through saint louis and have a few hours, i cannot recommend the saint louis city museum enough.

the fucking funnest place i have ever been in my entire life!

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Does anybody have any ideas for other things to do when driving across the country? I am leaving for BC in a bit less than a week and I am going the southern route through kansas to denver, and then I think I am going to go up through Montana. I am basically going to be on I70 for a really long time.
 
i have driven both of those roots both from central NJ to Colorado, and from Colorado back to central NJ.
multiple times both ways. (i went to school at CU)

Anyway i would do 80, to 70. It just seems faster and driving through kansas and missouri sucks ass. especially kansas. it's awful. I've done the drive and stopped in st. louis to see the gateway arch (not worth it) and all that stuff.
Advice for passing time....ipod....ipod with movies to listen to is a good idea, and driving with a friend helps and is safer.
hit me up with other questions if you need.
 
yea like techno said take i80. i did 70 after i made this thread and it was pretty fucking boring. what i would do would be like i80 up to chicago then try and work your way north and go through like south dakota and northern wyoming and west.
 
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