# Planning Cross-Country Roadtrip - Suggestions Wanted

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 16, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planning-cross-country-roadtrip-suggestions-wanted/681449 "2014-02-16T01:00:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planning-cross-country-roadtrip-suggestions-wanted/681449/41 "2014-03-27T02:52:21Z")

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We’ve seen the Grand Canyon before, so in the interest of time we’ll be skipping it this time, but we were thinking of stopping by the meteor crater in Arizona.

Today we played tourist in northern Texas, having lunch at the Big Texan (but no 72 oz steak for us this time), and then stopping at the Cadillac Ranch. The central US has kept up its reputation as being windier than I thought possible, and we’re now relaxing in Santa Fe, NM.

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**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planning-cross-country-roadtrip-suggestions-wanted/681449/42 "2014-03-27T12:38:20Z")

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> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#):
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> I think the biggest thing I’ve taken from this trip so far is a great appreciation for how big, and mostly empty, this country is. I’ve driven across a good part of ‘The West’ in the past, so I thought I had a pretty good idea what ‘barren wilderness’ looked like, but driving across Wyoming where the only sign of human existence in any direction was the ribbon of roadway we were driving on, was something else…I think that everyone in this country should make such a trip at least once, just to see what a vast and wonderful country they live in.

I’ve never taken a road trip out west, but my husband has. He also lived in OK for a time before we met and used to make the drive from there to here in MA a few times a year. He says the exact same thing. He also says that it’s quite the culture shock if you’ve grown up, like we did, in a crowded relatively small urban area.

I visited Texas once. I’ll never forget the flatness of the interstate coupled with how huge the sky way driving away from the airport. It took my breath away but also made me feel very agoraphobic for a spell there.

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