# Idle observations on travel: **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 9, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-observations-on-travel/127607 "2002-09-09T04:32:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-observations-on-travel/127607/21 "2002-09-10T02:24:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by garius \* > \*\*see what you guys need to do is live in a country where you can drive from one side to another in less than a day - it saves a lot of problems. > > (Sung with hand on chest and tear in eye) > > “Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves…” \*\* :snicker: I can’t drive across my _state_ in one day. ---
**Author:** ![elshatan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@elshatan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elshatan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-observations-on-travel/127607/22 "2002-09-10T02:39:19Z")
I drove from Atlanta to Savannah just last month. It’s about 400 miles, not especially long, but arduous as hell. Once you get about 2 hours outside Atlanta, there is nothing but farmland. Maybe a gas station here and there, but otherwise, they just put exits on the highway to amuse themselves. Man, that was an awful trip. And let me tell you, rural Georgia radio is no treat whatsoever. And Savannah has no suburbs or anything. You’re just driving along in these miles of farmland, and up pops the Georgia coast. ---
**Author:** ![g8rguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@g8rguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/g8rguy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-observations-on-travel/127607/23 "2002-09-10T02:42:49Z")
My own personal hell was Montana. Dear Christ, driving from Seattle to Orlando was bad enough, but it felt like we spent three freaking weeks in Montana, even back when one could do 105 all the way across and not have to worry too much about getting caught (partially because the state’s one police officer was normally somewhere else…). (And **tom** , I agree… getting across South Dakota on the 90 is pretty awful too…) ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-observations-on-travel/127607/24 "2002-09-10T05:40:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NurseCarmen \* > I saw a moose last week, be happy you didn’t hit one of those. Dear god those things are massive. Yah they are, do lots of damage too. But make gooooood eatin. My personal hell… well I haven’t travelled a whole lot but I’d say the drive to Fort McMurray… such a loooong drive with NO pit stops anywhere except for an hour outside of the Fort… ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-observations-on-travel/127607/25 "2002-09-10T05:47:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zyada \* > \*\*:snicker: > > I can’t drive across my _state_ in one day. \*\* Bah, s’nothing! 😉 Narrad, Western Australian-born and bred. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-observations-on-travel/127607/26 "2002-09-10T05:53:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by snermy \* > \*\*The worst was crossing Kansas in 100+ heat in a car with no A/C. \*\* Amen! I did that in the middle of July with a toddler and a two-month-old in the back seat. The worst part was that we had to go across Kansas _diagonally_. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-observations-on-travel/127607/27 "2002-09-10T07:03:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zyada \* > \*\* > > :snicker: > > I can’t drive across my _state_ in one day. \*\* Heh. Me neither. 🙂 Oh, and **g8rguy** : :p:p:p [sub]Malign _my_ state, will you?[/sub] 😉 ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-observations-on-travel/127607/28 "2002-09-10T07:03:56Z")
lauramarlane, I’ve done that! Friends: Rhonda; Lea; Scott; me, and on the way back, a boy named Marcus. In a Kia Sephia, and on the way back i was sitting with the boys. we saw a bit of Madison,Wisconsin. I went canoeing, with the boys, and got dumped into the drink three times, i’d like to go canoeing again, just for the hell of it. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-observations-on-travel/127607/29 "2002-09-10T07:51:50Z")
Just goes to show, I _liked_ the drive across South Dakota on I90. Both ways. Through Georgia in I75, OTOH, was always horrible. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-observations-on-travel/127607/30 "2002-09-10T11:13:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Just goes to show, I liked the drive across South Dakota on I90. Both ways. Of course you did. It looked like home with fewer crossroads. - ::: g, d, & r ::: \* ---
**Author:** ![lauramarlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@lauramarlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lauramarlane)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-observations-on-travel/127607/31 "2002-09-10T11:54:57Z")
**tomndebb** , brilliant idea! As a sanity saving measure, we ended up buying the boys their own walkmans but didn’t have enough batteries to get through all of Harry Potter books on tape. But I’ll definitely remember your suggestion for next time! 🙂 Oh my god, did I say “next time”?! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![lauramarlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@lauramarlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lauramarlane)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-observations-on-travel/127607/32 "2002-09-10T11:56:34Z")
And **anya marie** , you are a brave woman! ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-observations-on-travel/127607/33 "2002-09-10T12:00:21Z")
**Tom** : I have nothing particularly germane to add to this thread. I just wanted to say that I had noticed your absence and was getting ready to start a thread asking if anyone could confirm that the reason was a holiday and nothing more serious. I am very pleased to see you back and hope that you enjoyed at least some parts of your holiday. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-observations-on-travel/127607/34 "2002-09-10T13:47:45Z")
Oh, we enjoyed nearly all of it, but a recitation of places where we enjoyed the view would have been a bit boring to read. The kids got to see Glacier Park, Mt. Ranier, their uncle’s wedding, Puget Sound from a ferry, the Olympic Peninsula (including the rain forest and the Pacific Ocean), Yellowstone Park, Devil’s Tower, Mt. Rushmore and the Crazy Horse monument, _lots_ of open countryside, and vast, starlit nights unhindered by city lights (with a bit of the Aurora Borealis on the last night out). I got to see all that for the second or third time. (Well, this is my brother’s first marriage.) It was fun, but the immediate reaction on arriving home was relief. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-observations-on-travel/127607/35 "2002-09-10T20:23:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zyada \* > \*\* > > :snicker: > > I can’t drive across my _state_ in one day. \*\* SURE you can! You just have to be in I-40!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-observations-on-travel/127607/36 "2002-09-11T07:19:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tomndebb \* > \*\* Of course you did. It looked like home with fewer crossroads. > > - ::: g, d, & r ::: \* \*\* Nah, much too hilly to be like home. 😃 Lok [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-observations-on-travel/127607.md?page=1)