# Musical travel **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 8, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868 "2025-09-08T23:50:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868/1 "2025-09-08T23:50:52Z")
Have you ever ridden the train they call The City Of New Orleans, and how far did you travel ‘fore the day was done? I used to ride it from Champagne-Urbana to Chicago back in the 70’s, so yes…but not really that far. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868/2 "2025-09-09T00:22:15Z")
Great North Special, were you on board? You can’t find a ride like that no more. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868/3 "2025-09-09T00:27:14Z")
Anyone ever fly from London to LA, over the pole? Not sure if there are chickens allowed in the cabins anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868/4 "2025-09-09T00:49:52Z")
I gained my independence a little too late to get my kicks on route 66. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868/5 "2025-09-09T00:57:31Z")
I’ve ridden the City of New Orleans from Greenwood, MS to Chicago and back, so I guess about 2/3 of the route? It was nice to have done once, but only cheaper than flying because I had a colleague going to the same conference to share a roomette with, so I probably won’t ever do it again. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868/6 "2025-09-09T02:51:30Z")
I have been on the original, actual Route 66, or at least small parts of it before I-44 and I-55 were completely finished In Missouri and Illinois. Some of it was two-lane. Even so, it was still the highway that was the best. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868/7 "2025-09-09T03:30:13Z")
In Chicago, I’ve walked down State Street (that great street). I’ve driven on the New Jersey Turnpike, and counted the cars. Apparently, they all came to look for America. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868/8 "2025-09-09T04:47:00Z")
For many a lonely day we sailed across the milky seas. Really it was only a year, but a century passed for those at home. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868/9 "2025-09-09T09:16:00Z")
Was there an airport in Miami Beach into which you could fly BOAC? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868/10 "2025-09-09T11:21:49Z")
Aboard the Good Ship Venus, you really should’ve seen us… ---
**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:** [September 9, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868/11 "2025-09-09T11:41:19Z")
I have gone running back to Saskatoon many times to visit my family; I probably sang a prairie tune on at least a few of those occasions. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868/12 "2025-09-09T11:51:20Z")
The Marrakesh Express is an overnight train between Marrakesh and Tangier. Some friends are taking it next week. Althought the locals in Marrakesh use the term for the donkey carts that move goods around the medina. ---
**Author:** ![Stana\_Claus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stana_claus/32/13874_2.png) [@Stana\_Claus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stana_Claus)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868/13 "2025-09-09T13:49:53Z")
I, too, have traveled (and gotten my kicks) on portions of Rte 66. Including standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868/14 "2025-09-09T13:56:30Z")
For the Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers fans, driving 128 at night is a pretty common occurance. ---
**Author:** ![Stana\_Claus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stana_claus/32/13874_2.png) [@Stana\_Claus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stana_Claus)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868/15 "2025-09-09T14:34:13Z")
Of the 94 places named in Johnny Cash’s version of “I’ve Been Everywhere”, 84 of them can be found in the United States. Of those 84, I have currently been to 69 of them. I have a map flagged with the each of them and am attempting to reach them all as I travel around the country on vacations and such. Only 15 more to go! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868/16 "2025-09-09T14:36:40Z")
Please give us the list (so far), I beg of you! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868/17 "2025-09-09T14:48:22Z")
I slip on by on LSD reasonably often. (Lake Shore Drive, now DuSabale Lake Shore Drive.) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868/18 "2025-09-09T14:57:33Z")
I’ve been to… Del Mar Ventura County line Santa Cruz and Trestles All over Manhattan And down Doheny way Haggerties and Swamis Pacific Palisades San Onofre and Sunset Redondo Beach, LA All over La Jolla And Waimea Bay But I ain’t never been to Australia’s Narrabeen, which, damn it, Brian, isn’t in the U.S.A! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868/19 "2025-09-09T15:38:44Z")
I’m sure I’m not alone in having driven on [I-95](https://youtu.be/p0RsUVD1W1E?feature=shared). ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868/20 "2025-09-09T16:00:04Z")
Have you ever seen Dallas from a DC-9 at night? > For the Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers fans, driving 128 at night is a pretty common occurance. Going faster mikes an hour! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-travel/1022868.md?page=2)