Road Trip (1.Viewing)

just returned from a big road trip in the US, went through Montana, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado. Highlights were Rushmore, Deadwood area, MLK civil rights museum, Graceland, Little Rock, Yellowstone.

When you watch the news you often see a crazy world, but it's great to be driving out there on the open road, most of these states are flat with endless farm fields and grasslands. And you get to meet a lot of people and they are usually super friendly and welcoming. Almost nowhere we went was crazy busy, hardly got stuck in traffic or had to wait in a long line, even at Graceland. Yellowstone was busy but not crazy busy. Felt more like traveling in September than summer at times.

Usually when I travel I get a domain inquiry or sale, but not this time. Maybe in September when summer's over, lol.

Welcome back. How many KM was that in total?

About 7100 km

Sounds like you had an incredible road trip. Did you take videos? Could've created your own YouTube channel with all the content.

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just returned from a big road trip in the US, went through Montana, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado. Highlights were Rushmore, Deadwood area, MLK civil rights museum, Graceland, Little Rock, Yellowstone.

When you watch the news you often see a crazy world, but it's great to be driving out there on the open road, most of these states are flat with endless farm fields and grasslands. And you get to meet a lot of people and they are usually super friendly and welcoming. Almost nowhere we went was crazy busy, hardly got stuck in traffic or had to wait in a long line, even at Graceland. Yellowstone was busy but not crazy busy. Felt more like traveling in September than summer at times.

Usually when I travel I get a domain inquiry or sale, but not this time. Maybe in September when summer's over, lol.

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Nice! We did 9396 kms last fall. I use the "Road Trip" app to track big road trips just for the fun of it, I don't usually bother tracking mileage and gas purchases otherwise. Honestly, a road trip is a nice change of pace from the stupid over-tourism. I read an article yesterday about how bad its gotten with tourists and I felt guilty as charged, having visited most of the places they listed, and many were very recently too.

And yes, road tripping means you get to see the beauty of all of the small town places you drive through. And I find people generally friendlier in smaller towns too, so its just a more enjoyable experience for a multitude of reasons.

The only problem with road tripping is the amount of time it takes, so I get why people tend to fly somewhere when they get their two weeks of vacation, but if you can swing a nice long road trip, its worth doing, just be sure to stop and smell the roses along the way.

silentg said:

Sounds like you had an incredible road trip. Did you take videos? Could've created your own YouTube channel with all the content.

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I think if we were doing videos for social media posting it would have felt more like work than a vacation. But if you could fund road trips or a lifestyle doing that it would be great. I guess some people do do that.