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Post by carolinasharksfan on May 29, 2020 18:46:11 GMT -8
We might be driving one of the cars to Columbus, mrs. cjelli's CX-9. I wonder which route would be easier, just the I-80, or go via I-40 to Oklahoma and climb northeast from there... We drove to Ohio and back in 2017. We took I80 to I74, then down to I70, which runs right into Columbus. Overall, a pretty easy drive except horrible roads in Illinois and Indiana (which I just experienced again last year and they still suck). We drove back via I71/65 South to Nashville then West I40 home. The roads where much better on that route. I80 has a higher summit to go over and has weather issues depending on the time of year. |
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Post by coachjules on May 29, 2020 20:03:49 GMT -8
We might be driving one of the cars to Columbus, mrs. cjelli's CX-9. I wonder which route would be easier, just the I-80, or go via I-40 to Oklahoma and climb northeast from there... Don't know the I80 route. I 70 is OK; a few tricky spots in Utah and Colorado but not bad in a car. I 40 to I44 to I70 is quite nice, and as far at St. Louis follows the Old Route 66 track, with some cute (but in some cases derelict0 historical towns along the way. That is the easiest. You'll have to go down I 5 and Route 58 to Barstow. Right now quite a bit of Corona in northern AZ and much of NM because that is the heart of Navajo nation. You'll probably need to spend the night in there somewhere. |
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Post by Marbles on May 30, 2020 7:17:22 GMT -8
We might be driving one of the cars to Columbus, mrs. cjelli's CX-9. I wonder which route would be easier, just the I-80, or go via I-40 to Oklahoma and climb northeast from there... We drove to Ohio and back in 2017. We took I80 to I74, then down to I70, which runs right into Columbus. Overall, a pretty easy drive except horrible roads in Illinois and Indiana (which I just experienced again last year and they still suck). We drove back via I71/65 South to Nashville then West I40 home. The roads where much better on that route. I80 has a higher summit to go over and has weather issues depending on the time of year. I was going to say - if you are going in summer you should be fine even with some bad roads. May want to google map them. Both for expected time and go with the shorter route. I-40 though is pretty decent the full way through from what I recall. I couldn't comment on the connector roads but you'd see Arizona, New Mexico and north Texas. Oklahoma city was one of the stops we made and it was a bit of a dump, at least the Air BnB we had so we were happy to bolt from there (to the point that I forgot our small cooler with a jar of spaghetti sauce in the freezer). With all that said, not sure the northern route takes you through anything truly more scenic. New Mexico is at least decent and if you stay in Albuquerque that's a cool city / right on the route. |
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Post by Marbles on May 30, 2020 7:20:46 GMT -8
We might be driving one of the cars to Columbus, mrs. cjelli's CX-9. I wonder which route would be easier, just the I-80, or go via I-40 to Oklahoma and climb northeast from there... Don't know the I80 route. I 70 is OK; a few tricky spots in Utah and Colorado but not bad in a car. I 40 to I44 to I70 is quite nice, and as far at St. Louis follows the Old Route 66 track, with some cute (but in some cases derelict0 historical towns along the way. That is the easiest. You'll have to go down I 5 and Route 58 to Barstow. Right now quite a bit of Corona in northern AZ and much of NM because that is the heart of Navajo nation. You'll probably need to spend the night in there somewhere. Navajo nation is pretty sparsely populated though, at least along the interstate. We did make a stop in New Mexico somewhere shortly after the border and it was very much dumpy. I really wouldn't recommend staying there. If I had to guess on better options, you could maybe make Flagstaff in a day from the bay area (probably a long day) and then from there should be able to make Albuquerque fairly easily. Those are at least somewhat larger cities with more tourism to provide some amenities. Oklahoma City would be the next night. Edit: just looked up the driving times. You'd probably be better hitting Vegas on day 1 then try for Albuquerque. Flagstaff is like 17-18 hours from Danville. |
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Post by Fugazi on May 30, 2020 9:26:35 GMT -8
Don't know the I80 route. I 70 is OK; a few tricky spots in Utah and Colorado but not bad in a car. I 40 to I44 to I70 is quite nice, and as far at St. Louis follows the Old Route 66 track, with some cute (but in some cases derelict0 historical towns along the way. That is the easiest. You'll have to go down I 5 and Route 58 to Barstow. Right now quite a bit of Corona in northern AZ and much of NM because that is the heart of Navajo nation. You'll probably need to spend the night in there somewhere. Navajo nation is pretty sparsely populated though, at least along the interstate. We did make a stop in New Mexico somewhere shortly after the border and it was very much dumpy. I really wouldn't recommend staying there. If I had to guess on better options, you could maybe make Flagstaff in a day from the bay area (probably a long day) and then from there should be able to make Albuquerque fairly easily. Those are at least somewhat larger cities with more tourism to provide some amenities. Oklahoma City would be the next night. Edit: just looked up the driving times. You'd probably be better hitting Vegas on day 1 then try for Albuquerque. Flagstaff is like 17-18 hours from Danville. If you do stop overnight in Flagstaff be aware that everything including restaurants all close at 10pm. But there is a great Holiday Inn Express there. |
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Post by cjelli on May 30, 2020 9:37:30 GMT -8
Don't know the I80 route. I 70 is OK; a few tricky spots in Utah and Colorado but not bad in a car. I 40 to I44 to I70 is quite nice, and as far at St. Louis follows the Old Route 66 track, with some cute (but in some cases derelict0 historical towns along the way. That is the easiest. You'll have to go down I 5 and Route 58 to Barstow. Right now quite a bit of Corona in northern AZ and much of NM because that is the heart of Navajo nation. You'll probably need to spend the night in there somewhere. Navajo nation is pretty sparsely populated though, at least along the interstate. We did make a stop in New Mexico somewhere shortly after the border and it was very much dumpy. I really wouldn't recommend staying there. If I had to guess on better options, you could maybe make Flagstaff in a day from the bay area (probably a long day) and then from there should be able to make Albuquerque fairly easily. Those are at least somewhat larger cities with more tourism to provide some amenities. Oklahoma City would be the next night. Edit: just looked up the driving times. You'd probably be better hitting Vegas on day 1 then try for Albuquerque. Flagstaff is like 17-18 hours from Danville. Flagstaff is 11h of driving. Danville - Vegas - Albuquerque - OKC - STL - Columbus is an easy route. If I want to make it in 3 nights, it's more like Danville - Flagstaff - Amarillo - Springfield MO - Columbus, but it'd be tougher, as the mrs. doesn't like driving long highways.
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Post by carolinasharksfan on May 30, 2020 11:21:40 GMT -8
Navajo nation is pretty sparsely populated though, at least along the interstate. We did make a stop in New Mexico somewhere shortly after the border and it was very much dumpy. I really wouldn't recommend staying there. If I had to guess on better options, you could maybe make Flagstaff in a day from the bay area (probably a long day) and then from there should be able to make Albuquerque fairly easily. Those are at least somewhat larger cities with more tourism to provide some amenities. Oklahoma City would be the next night. Edit: just looked up the driving times. You'd probably be better hitting Vegas on day 1 then try for Albuquerque. Flagstaff is like 17-18 hours from Danville. Flagstaff is 11h of driving. Danville - Vegas - Albuquerque - OKC - STL - Columbus is an easy route. If I want to make it in 3 nights, it's more like Danville - Flagstaff - Amarillo - Springfield MO - Columbus, but it'd be tougher, as the mrs. doesn't like driving long highways.
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You can also head North in Nashville. That keeps you on I40 longer and avoids St. Louis. Nashville is also an easy one day drive to Columbus and I’d much rather spend a day in Nashville than St. Louis. The roads in Tennessee and Kentucky heading North to Ohio (I65/I7201) are in great condition...until you get to Cincinnati. |
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Post by d5shark on May 30, 2020 11:27:28 GMT -8
Congrats SpaceX!! Cool stuff
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2020 12:25:00 GMT -8
Navajo nation is pretty sparsely populated though, at least along the interstate. We did make a stop in New Mexico somewhere shortly after the border and it was very much dumpy. I really wouldn't recommend staying there. If I had to guess on better options, you could maybe make Flagstaff in a day from the bay area (probably a long day) and then from there should be able to make Albuquerque fairly easily. Those are at least somewhat larger cities with more tourism to provide some amenities. Oklahoma City would be the next night. Edit: just looked up the driving times. You'd probably be better hitting Vegas on day 1 then try for Albuquerque. Flagstaff is like 17-18 hours from Danville. Flagstaff is 11h of driving. Danville - Vegas - Albuquerque - OKC - STL - Columbus is an easy route. If I want to make it in 3 nights, it's more like Danville - Flagstaff - Amarillo - Springfield MO - Columbus, but it'd be tougher, as the mrs. doesn't like driving long highways.
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Are you looking to get there quickly or looking to see a few neat things along the way? If you’re just looking for speed, I would go 80->74->70. It’s probably going to be the fastest way there but there’s not a lot of interesting stuff along that route. The I40 route is cool and I’ve done the east to west from Texarkana. It’s probably not too much longer of a drive than I80. Underrated and certainly the longest would be to go across I90 (this does add 1-2 days of drive time). The drive through Montana is beautiful and there was almost no traffic any time I’ve driven that route. You can go direct through Chicago by going 90->65->70 or you could dive down from Madison on 39 to 74 and then 70 into Columbus. The drive from Madison is about 8 hours. 80 to SLC then north on 15 to Bismarck and across the north. I think the scenery is best on this route and it is the least populated route (until Chicago which can be avoided). TRO |
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Post by cjelli on May 30, 2020 12:38:17 GMT -8
Flagstaff is 11h of driving. Danville - Vegas - Albuquerque - OKC - STL - Columbus is an easy route. If I want to make it in 3 nights, it's more like Danville - Flagstaff - Amarillo - Springfield MO - Columbus, but it'd be tougher, as the mrs. doesn't like driving long highways.
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Are you looking to get there quickly or looking to see a few neat things along the way? If you’re just looking for speed, I would go 80->74->70. It’s probably going to be the fastest way there but there’s not a lot of interesting stuff along that route. The I40 route is cool and I’ve done the east to west from Texarkana. It’s probably not too much longer of a drive than I80. Underrated and certainly the longest would be to go across I90 (this does add 1-2 days of drive time). The drive through Montana is beautiful and there was almost no traffic any time I’ve driven that route. You can go direct through Chicago by going 90->65->70 or you could dive down from Madison on 39 to 74 and then 70 into Columbus. The drive from Madison is about 8 hours. 80 to SLC then north on 15 to Bismarck and across the north. I think the scenery is best on this route and it is the least populated route (until Chicago which can be avoided). TRO Yeah, that's for touring, not for move driving.
My son gets car sick easily in mountains, so I'd go the flattest available route
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Post by cjelli on May 30, 2020 13:33:30 GMT -8
Nice downpour here in Danville.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2020 13:48:28 GMT -8
Are you looking to get there quickly or looking to see a few neat things along the way? If you’re just looking for speed, I would go 80->74->70. It’s probably going to be the fastest way there but there’s not a lot of interesting stuff along that route. The I40 route is cool and I’ve done the east to west from Texarkana. It’s probably not too much longer of a drive than I80. Underrated and certainly the longest would be to go across I90 (this does add 1-2 days of drive time). The drive through Montana is beautiful and there was almost no traffic any time I’ve driven that route. You can go direct through Chicago by going 90->65->70 or you could dive down from Madison on 39 to 74 and then 70 into Columbus. The drive from Madison is about 8 hours. 80 to SLC then north on 15 to Bismarck and across the north. I think the scenery is best on this route and it is the least populated route (until Chicago which can be avoided). TRO Yeah, that's for touring, not for move driving.
My son gets car sick easily in mountains, so I'd go the flattest available route
Either 40 or 10 then for flattest, but 10 makes it a very long drive as there’s no real good way to get north east of the Rockies until you hit San Antonio. 10 is much flatter than 40 and you could do the 10-20-30-40 slow climb north from just east of El Paso until you hit 71 into Columbus but probably adds a day. I haven’t done that exact run (major east-west interstates ive done are 94/90, 80, 70, 40 and 10. TRO TRO |
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Post by carolinasharksfan on May 30, 2020 13:53:18 GMT -8
Are you looking to get there quickly or looking to see a few neat things along the way? If you’re just looking for speed, I would go 80->74->70. It’s probably going to be the fastest way there but there’s not a lot of interesting stuff along that route. The I40 route is cool and I’ve done the east to west from Texarkana. It’s probably not too much longer of a drive than I80. Underrated and certainly the longest would be to go across I90 (this does add 1-2 days of drive time). The drive through Montana is beautiful and there was almost no traffic any time I’ve driven that route. You can go direct through Chicago by going 90->65->70 or you could dive down from Madison on 39 to 74 and then 70 into Columbus. The drive from Madison is about 8 hours. 80 to SLC then north on 15 to Bismarck and across the north. I think the scenery is best on this route and it is the least populated route (until Chicago which can be avoided). TRO Yeah, that's for touring, not for move driving.
My son gets car sick easily in mountains, so I'd go the flattest available route
If you’re looking for flat and easy then I40 to Nashville is the way to go. |
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Post by carolinasharksfan on May 30, 2020 14:21:30 GMT -8
Yeah, that's for touring, not for move driving.
My son gets car sick easily in mountains, so I'd go the flattest available route
Either 40 or 10 then for flattest, but 10 makes it a very long drive as there’s no real good way to get north east of the Rockies until you hit San Antonio. 10 is much flatter than 40 and you could do the 10-20-30-40 slow climb north from just east of El Paso until you hit 71 into Columbus but probably adds a day. I haven’t done that exact run (major east-west interstates ive done are 94/90, 80, 70, 40 and 10. TRO TRO I did I10 from California to Texas and then I20 all the way to South Carolina. Very flat/easy drive. I agree with you though, not the best way to go to Ohio. Also, depending on the time of year, it can get so windy and dusty that they actually close the highway due to visibility issues. I’ve never done 94 or 70 and I agree with your earlier post that I90 is a great drive. We were on it from Wyoming all the way through South Dakota. Stunning beauty. I’m most likely driving to California this fall and was thinking of checking I70 off my list. I’ll most likely be pulling my trailer though, and if so, I’ll avoid the 11,000+ summit and stick to the flat lands of either I40 or I20/I10. One thing thats always bugged me about I10 is the border patrol checkpoints...that aren’t on any border. I don’t get how thats legal and it pisses me off when I drive through it so I’ll probably go I40  I’ll definitely go I70 if I don’t pull my trailer as I’ve never seen the “four corners” area, Bryce Canyon, etc and I’d sure like to. |
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Post by d5shark on May 30, 2020 15:47:46 GMT -8
All of this talk makes me really want to take a road trip
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Post by cjelli on May 30, 2020 16:39:00 GMT -8
Thanks for all the tips. |
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Post by Marbles on May 30, 2020 18:22:18 GMT -8
Navajo nation is pretty sparsely populated though, at least along the interstate. We did make a stop in New Mexico somewhere shortly after the border and it was very much dumpy. I really wouldn't recommend staying there. If I had to guess on better options, you could maybe make Flagstaff in a day from the bay area (probably a long day) and then from there should be able to make Albuquerque fairly easily. Those are at least somewhat larger cities with more tourism to provide some amenities. Oklahoma City would be the next night. Edit: just looked up the driving times. You'd probably be better hitting Vegas on day 1 then try for Albuquerque. Flagstaff is like 17-18 hours from Danville. If you do stop overnight in Flagstaff be aware that everything including restaurants all close at 10pm. But there is a great Holiday Inn Express there. They have opened up more recently. There's a cornish pastey and pub place down there that is open until at least midnight serving food. It is a small town though. So the bars may be all that's open after 12. |
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Post by Marbles on May 30, 2020 18:23:42 GMT -8
Navajo nation is pretty sparsely populated though, at least along the interstate. We did make a stop in New Mexico somewhere shortly after the border and it was very much dumpy. I really wouldn't recommend staying there. If I had to guess on better options, you could maybe make Flagstaff in a day from the bay area (probably a long day) and then from there should be able to make Albuquerque fairly easily. Those are at least somewhat larger cities with more tourism to provide some amenities. Oklahoma City would be the next night. Edit: just looked up the driving times. You'd probably be better hitting Vegas on day 1 then try for Albuquerque. Flagstaff is like 17-18 hours from Danville. Flagstaff is 11h of driving. Danville - Vegas - Albuquerque - OKC - STL - Columbus is an easy route. If I want to make it in 3 nights, it's more like Danville - Flagstaff - Amarillo - Springfield MO - Columbus, but it'd be tougher, as the mrs. doesn't like driving long highways.
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Agreed. Amarillo is the only real stopping point between ABQ and OKC. |
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Post by Fugazi on May 30, 2020 20:28:35 GMT -8
If you do stop overnight in Flagstaff be aware that everything including restaurants all close at 10pm. But there is a great Holiday Inn Express there. They have opened up more recently. There's a cornish pastey and pub place down there that is open until at least midnight serving food. It is a small town though. So the bars may be all that's open after 12. The bars were one of the first ones to close down. That's why I hate that town |
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Post by Fugazi on May 31, 2020 16:26:04 GMT -8
I'M BACK  |
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Post by d5shark on May 31, 2020 16:56:57 GMT -8
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Post by Fugazi on May 31, 2020 17:35:45 GMT -8
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Post by HOOCH2173 on Jun 1, 2020 7:01:38 GMT -8
So the madre says that SJ has curfew for the next 7 days of 830pm.
Man imagine if the Sharks where in the playoffs during this time........ Oh wait, what a Pipe Dream! LOL!
Meanwhile, the madre also thinks we have entered the Twilight Zone!
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Post by danvilleshark on Jun 1, 2020 7:31:22 GMT -8
So we are just going to skip spring this year?
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Post by HOOCH2173 on Jun 1, 2020 8:05:20 GMT -8
So we are just going to skip spring this year? i think we should skip 2020 all together! |
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Post by Fugazi on Jun 1, 2020 19:17:31 GMT -8
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Post by Fugazi on Jun 1, 2020 20:19:21 GMT -8
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Post by Fugazi on Jun 2, 2020 10:54:45 GMT -8
IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT WE MUST INFORM YOU OF THE DIFFICULT DECISION THAT HAS BEEN MADE TO POSTPONE THIS YEAR’S HOT AUGUST NIGHTS EVENT UNTIL 2021.
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Post by danvilleshark on Jun 3, 2020 15:17:31 GMT -8
We might be driving one of the cars to Columbus, mrs. cjelli's CX-9. I wonder which route would be easier, just the I-80, or go via I-40 to Oklahoma and climb northeast from there... Did the house sell? |
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Post by cjelli on Jun 3, 2020 17:19:14 GMT -8
We might be driving one of the cars to Columbus, mrs. cjelli's CX-9. I wonder which route would be easier, just the I-80, or go via I-40 to Oklahoma and climb northeast from there... Did the house sell? No, not yet. No offers yet. We started a bit high. |
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I’ll definitely go I70 if I don’t pull my trailer as I’ve never seen the “four corners” area, Bryce Canyon, etc and I’d sure like to.
