# Bus trip through 12+ states. Wanna meet up and just say hi? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-trip-through-12-states-wanna-meet-up-and-just-say-hi/1022584 "2025-08-29T19:37:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-trip-through-12-states-wanna-meet-up-and-just-say-hi/1022584/1 "2025-08-29T19:37:02Z")
Bus road trip time. From PHX, ARIZONA to BUFFALO, NEW YORK. I will be going through: New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington DC, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. And a lot of New York, of course. I have break stops in ALL states listed here, at least one (but in some states it’s JUST one, like in South Carolina and Pennsylvania)… mostly gonna hit the CAPITALS or well known cities. El Paso, Dallas, Ft Worth, Shreveport, Jackson, Montgomery, Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh, Richmond, Baltimore, Scranton, Syracuse, Rochester…etc. A TON OF OTHER SMALL TOWNS AND CITIES, SO JUST ASK IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ANOTHER ONE OR FIVE… this is just the ‘MAIN ROUTE’ thought. If you live IN OR AROUND any of these places…and don’t mind driving to the local bus stop in them where I’ll be for anywhere from 5 mins to two hours…great. 🙂 If not, that’s okay too. MODS, forgive me if permission was needed before making this thread, feel free to close it if so. I THINK permission is needed for Dopefest meetings, but I didn’t think this rose to the position of BEING a “dopefest”, more so it’s just the proposal of a little “one off” ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-trip-through-12-states-wanna-meet-up-and-just-say-hi/1022584/2 "2025-08-29T19:40:38Z")
You will be passing near lots of Dopers with your route! If you’re ever near San Francisco let me know! Our last Dope Fest was just over two years ago. We will soon be overdue. > [@Dope Fest San Francisco Bay Area! (May/June 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-fest-san-francisco-bay-area-may-june-2023/982563/123): > > Pictures here. Yes we had 12 people today: 10 dopers and 2 spouses. [[image] ](https://i.imgur.com/Vd4Kgvg.jpg) L-to-R: ◆ Front row: El\_DeLuxo, I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I, SpoilerVirgin, Dr.Strangelove, Miller, DesertDog ◆ Back row: blondebear, Roderick\_Femm, Tatterdemalion, (Bullitt’s wife), Bullitt, (Miller’s wife) . Zoomed in: [[image] ](https://i.imgur.com/4vtu9NZ.jpg) L-to-R: ◆ Front row: El\_DeLuxo, I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I, SpoilerVirgin, Dr.Strangelove, Miller, DesertDog ◆ Back … ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-trip-through-12-states-wanna-meet-up-and-just-say-hi/1022584/3 "2025-08-29T20:11:04Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > I THINK permission is needed for Dopefest meetings Actually, you don’t need permission to post about Dopefests or any other type of real life meeting. However, the usual disclaimer applies (found in the Terms of Service linked at the bottom of every SDMB page): > [@](#): > > **Real-life meetings.** STM and its agents, including the administrators and moderators of the SDMB, are not responsible for anything associated with any real life meeting of our members. While we permit SDMB users to post announcements and other discussion of meetings and events on the Straight Dope Message Board, we don’t organize, sponsor, endorse, approve, or have any formal association with such events or any activities that may occur at them. We don’t vouch for any individual or group organizing or participating in an event. Attend at your own risk. SDMB moderators and administrators who attend events do so as private individuals and not as representatives or agents of STM. We encourage all attendees at these events to obey the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are held. Good luck on your trip! ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-trip-through-12-states-wanna-meet-up-and-just-say-hi/1022584/4 "2025-08-30T00:43:24Z")
I’m in Maryland, right outside DC. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-trip-through-12-states-wanna-meet-up-and-just-say-hi/1022584/5 "2025-08-30T02:57:36Z")
Pre-MAGA (early 2010’s) I’d often camp in the Blue Ridge/Mountains of VA and NC, Sometimes people would look at my (New York) license plate, then at me and probably mutter to themselves. You’re on a bus so you’re cool there. Keep politics and religion, and politics out of the discussion and people are generally very nice. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-trip-through-12-states-wanna-meet-up-and-just-say-hi/1022584/6 "2025-08-30T04:31:32Z")
I’m in El Paso, but might be out of town for significant periods of time (then again, if I am out of town, it’ll probably be in the Dallas area, so…?). ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-trip-through-12-states-wanna-meet-up-and-just-say-hi/1022584/7 "2025-08-30T12:20:43Z")
How long is the travel time in total? ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-trip-through-12-states-wanna-meet-up-and-just-say-hi/1022584/8 "2025-08-30T15:06:33Z")
I’m in DFW. Let me know when you’ll be in town, and we can see if we can coordinate something.