That actually sounds like a lot of fun. I haven't done a classic North American road trip since 2007, when I drove from Vancouver, BC up to Whitehorse, Yukon to Haines, Alaska. It was pretty epic. I did a circuit of New Zealand a few years ago that was great but road tripping just isn't the same without filthy roadside diners and truck stops that sell bullets and beef jerky in boxes next to each other. Hope you have a good time!

It's a general toss up between driving across Kansas and driving across Texas for the most boring drives ever. Texas is probably worse, because of its width. From personal experience, crossing the middle part of Wyoming is brutally boring, although it's a pretty short drive that can be done in a day.

Which reminds me of a few jokes.

Have you heard of that scenic highway through Kansas?

It's a tunnel that crosses underneath it.

Or that scenic route through Georgia?

It's a bridge that goes over the state.

LOL, I used to live in Kansas. I sort of liked driving there... You can drive for miles without seeing another vehicle or much of anything at all. Just flat, flat, flatness. Set cruise control and just zone out, like meditation. Big difference from my home state of Washington.

I hate driving through Texas.

So do I.

And I live here.

What part of Texas? I am moving to Austin area in the near future

Dallas. So, about 3 hours north of where you'll be.

I hate driving through Texas.

So do I.

And I live here.

I live here, but I don’t mind too much driving in Texas.

So long as I don’t have to drive the entire length of it.

A few hours up to Dallas, or over to Houston, or a couple of hours down to San Antonio is fine.

Daily Dallas traffic just plain sucks. It's about half an hour to get the 7 miles to and from home and the office every day.

With those drive times, I'm guessing Waco?

Cool I will need to find new gamer friends..I plan on building a nice big 6'x12' game table with an appropriate sized room. Just need a GM and gamers to fill it

Say hello to Mater and Doc for me. Doc won a Piston Cup!!

"Doc did what in his cup?!?"

(Translation: everything I know about route 66 I learned from Lightning Mcqueen.)

*jealous eyes*

From personal experience, crossing the middle part of Wyoming is brutally boring, although it's a pretty short drive that can be done in a day.

Eastern Colorado and northern Utah are pretty much the same, oh how many times I've made these drives

Okay, for someone who says they're off the radar, they're really talkive! Hey, the TSA checkpoint took no time at all, and I have nothing but time to kill and free WIFI at Starbucks. So you have to put up with me and my potato smell a bit longer.

That actually sounds like a lot of fun. I haven't done a classic North American road trip since 2007, when I drove from Vancouver, BC up to Whitehorse, Yukon to Haines, Alaska. It was pretty epic.

Thats another drive I want to do one of these days, drive up Highway 1 to the Dempster Highway up to the Arctic Circle. That sounds majestic and rugged and will require a much better car than the sedan I have.

(Translation: everything I know about route 66 I learned from Lightning Mcqueen.)

Actually, for a Route 66 Primer, you could do much, much worse. John Lasseter loves the Highway and his crew took great pains to emulate Route 66 in the movie, adapting many of the roadside attractions like the Teepee motel and the U-Drop Inn, and many of the colorful residents as characters.

There's a section of the highway from Oatman AZ to Kingman, twisty and turny and really rugged, up through the mountains and over Cool Springs pass. According to the residents of Oatman, Disney brought out a motion capture camera, drove that route and rotoscoped the highway for one of Lightning's drives.

Here's a link breaks it all down - it's a bit picture heavy, but there's lots of text too.

Okay, for someone who says they're off the radar, they're really talkive! Hey, the TSA checkpoint took no time at all, and I have nothing but time to kill and free WIFI at Starbucks. So you have to put up with me and my potato smell a bit longer.

That actually sounds like a lot of fun. I haven't done a classic North American road trip since 2007, when I drove from Vancouver, BC up to Whitehorse, Yukon to Haines, Alaska. It was pretty epic.

Thats another drive I want to do one of these days, drive up Highway 1 to the Dempster Highway up to the Arctic Circle. That sounds majestic and rugged and will require a much better car than the sedan I have.

(Translation: everything I know about route 66 I learned from Lightning Mcqueen.)

Actually, for a Route 66 Primer, you could do much, much worse. John Lasseter loves the Highway and his crew took great pains to emulate Route 66 in the movie, adapting many of the roadside attractions like the Teepee motel and the U-Drop Inn, and many of the colorful residents as characters.

There's a section of the highway from Oatman AZ to Kingman, twisty and turny and really rugged, up through the mountains and over Cool Springs pass. According to the residents of Oatman, Disney brought out a motion capture camera, drove that route and rotoscoped the highway for one of Lightning's drives.

Here's a link breaks it all down - it's a bit picture heavy, but there's lots of text too.

I didn't clink on the link because I don't click on your links any more (cause of the bad 1980's music videos) the thing is that sometimes I am kind of curious. BTW route 66/I-40 comes through Albuquerque NM, which is where I am... what's your time frame for passing through here

You going through Flagstaff?

No offense to South Carolina , but that's the drive I hate the most. 3 hours of people shouting out "South of the Border!" every ti,e we pass a sign....

No offense to South Carolina , but that's the drive I hate the most. 3 hours of people shouting out "South of the Border!" every ti,e we pass a sign....

North Carolina has the same problem when you're on the same road heading south.

You going through Flagstaff?

I was "in" flagstaff in June... actually my wife and I spent 2 nights in the Twin arrows casino outside flagstaff, and spent the morning/early afternoon of the day between them driving to/from and seeing the Grand Canyon.

You going through Flagstaff?

He desslok

I didn't clink on the link because I don't click on your links any more (cause of the bad 1980's music videos) the thing is that sometimes I am kind of curious. BTW route 66/I-40 comes through Albuquerque NM, which is where I am... what's your time frame for passing through here

You going through Flagstaff?

I hate driving through Texas.

So do I.

And I live here.

Oh, and having driven through Texas now? Yeah, that was some boring countryside! So flat and featureless! It was interesting how nearly the second I hit the NM border, there were cliffs and trees and canyons and stuff!

Now admittedly I have a very small sample to work from - the sticky-uppy bit - but it doesn't sound like south gets much better.

Another benefit of posting your itinerary ahead of time would be the free beers and lodging that other posters would provide.

I hate driving through Texas.

So do I.

And I live here.

Oh, and having driven through Texas now? Yeah, that was some boring countryside! So flat and featureless! It was interesting how nearly the second I hit the NM border, there were cliffs and trees and canyons and stuff!

Now admittedly I have a very small sample to work from - the sticky-uppy bit - but it doesn't sound like south gets much better.

I live in Arkansas but I attended a collage near(ish) to the state line (Texarkana), one of the most common comments I heard from the Texans regarding Arkansas was all of the **** trees and lakes. Apparently the rest of the south isn't as fortunate. Save for Louisiana I guess.

You going through Flagstaff?

He desslok

I didn't clink on the link because I don't click on your links any more (cause of the bad 1980's music videos) the thing is that sometimes I am kind of curious. BTW route 66/I-40 comes through Albuquerque NM, which is where I am... what's your time frame for passing through here

Pishaw! All of my links are perfectly safe!

As for time frame , that would have been , , , , um, today. And I fly out early tomorrow morn

You going through Flagstaff?

That would have been Wednesday.

Okay, note to self for future road trips: make the announcement well BEFORE i head out, so I can check out who is near where and hook up with them appropriate.

I would have been able to check, but the motels the last couple of days have had. . . spotty internet access at best.

Best restaurant would have been Beaver Street Brewery in Flagstaff. Micro brew and great food. Imperial Pint Black n Razz, house Stout with Brambleberry Ale, absolutely fabulous, best glass of beer in AZ imo.

Another benefit of posting your itinerary ahead of time would be the free beers and lodging that other posters would provide.

And the free beers … and other stuff … that we could have had over at your house, while you were gone!

Worst motel: El Rancho in Gallup. Lousy internet, too close to a train track crossing, too expensive for what you got.

What?!? You didn't sleep in John Wayne's room?

Another benefit of posting your itinerary ahead of time would be the free beers and lodging that other posters would provide.

And the free beers … and other stuff … that we could have had over at your house, while you were gone!

Well you have to keep squatters away...which is gonna cost a beer.

I hate driving through Texas.

So do I.

And I live here.

Oh, and having driven through Texas now? Yeah, that was some boring countryside! So flat and featureless! It was interesting how nearly the second I hit the NM border, there were cliffs and trees and canyons and stuff!

Now admittedly I have a very small sample to work from - the sticky-uppy bit - but it doesn't sound like south gets much better.

Piney Woods area north of Houston is beautiful. Tall, grand pine forests, with holly trees and sweet gums, and a lot of wildlife. No, sir, if you haven't been to one of the state parks in the Piney Woods area, you are very definitely missing the best part of Texas!

So nearly 5 months on, I'm finally getting around to dealing with all my photos from the trip. I wont spam you with all of them, here's the flicker photo album if you want to see the whole thing. But here's a couple of choice shots:

The Blue Swallow, an iconic landmark on The Mother Road in Tucucari, NM. The motel has been there (and family owned) for just a touch shy of a hundred years. And boy do they play up the retro-vibe! Check out the room phone -

Yes, it actually works. And even more funny? They have instructions on how to use it (as in "Put your finger in the hole, rotate the dial all the way to the right and let go") You wacky kids these days!

This is the U-Drop In Tower Station in Shamrock, TX, and you're sitting there going "where have I see this before?" That's because like many locations in the movie Cars, Pixar based landmarks on real-life Route 66 icons - such as Ramone’s Body Shop.

Anyway, I'll drop a some more on you in the next couple of days. There's a LOT for me to sort through.

Checked out the flicker album!! For a penguin u have a great eye man! Awesome pictures & I'd recommend everyone checks them out!

I'm in the UK but it makes me wanna do a road trip like that myself... One day I WILL get back to the USA

Loved the bit about instructions for the phone. Man, I feel old now...