# So I'm Going To Drive Across The Country By Myself And I'm Going To Die **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 13, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-drive-across-the-country-by-myself-and-im-going-to-die/563931 "2010-12-13T00:21:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-drive-across-the-country-by-myself-and-im-going-to-die/563931/101 "2010-12-21T00:55:08Z")
> [@Dusty\_Rose](#): > > You want us to come up with the best driving route for you? Well, since I sold my car because I didn’t want to have to haul it to NC, that would be “the number 6 bus, Bob!” ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-drive-across-the-country-by-myself-and-im-going-to-die/563931/102 "2010-12-21T01:00:25Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I’m sorry it didn’t happen; I think you would have enjoyed the trip. I hope remaining in Tucson goes well for you. It’s okay. I have my sons here, my aunt, a lot of great friends who wouldn’t even let me crawl under the covers full-time after this happened, and it was 75 here today and I get to live on 4th Ave. And I’m probably not going to die. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-drive-across-the-country-by-myself-and-im-going-to-die/563931/103 "2010-12-21T01:04:03Z")
If you hurry Christmas Day will be over 100 degrees. Joy-not! ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-drive-across-the-country-by-myself-and-im-going-to-die/563931/104 "2010-12-21T01:04:31Z")
> [@Dusty\_Rose](#): > > You want us to come up with the best driving route for you? [ol] [li]Leave old place[/li][li]Go east on I-10[/li][li]Turn north on I-75[/li][li]Turn west on I-24[/li][li]See sign: Monteagle Mountain[/li][li]Make illegal U-turn across median[/li][li]Proceed east on I-24[/li][li]Turn south on I-75[/li][li]Turn west on I-10[/li][li]Exit I-10 in Tucson[/li][li]Arrive at new place[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-drive-across-the-country-by-myself-and-im-going-to-die/563931/105 "2010-12-21T01:07:58Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > [ol] > [li]Leave old place[/li][li]Go east on I-10[/li][li]Turn north on I-75[/li][li]Turn west on I-24[/li][li]See sign: Monteagle Mountain[/li][li]Make illegal U-turn across median[/li][li]Proceed east on I-24[/li][li]Turn south on I-75[/li][li]Turn west on I-10[/li][li]Exit I-10 in Tucson[/li][li]Arrive at new place[/li][/ol] Ha! You must know me. If I take my kids to a restaurant, and the bathroom is far away from the table, they have to go with me because I won’t be able to find my way back. I have the most horrible sense of direction ever. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-drive-across-the-country-by-myself-and-im-going-to-die/563931/106 "2010-12-21T01:18:16Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Update: > > Well, I didn’t drive across the country, and so I didn’t die… Wow. I totally wasn’t expecting to read that. Hope everything works out okay! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-drive-across-the-country-by-myself-and-im-going-to-die/563931/107 "2010-12-21T03:49:33Z")
Well, thanks for the update, **Alice**. I think you’re very blessed to be able to find a new place (complete with hippies), on the bus line, and good family and friends close at hand. I have a feeling you’ll land on your feet quite nicely. 🙂 I’m VERY grateful that this didn’t happen AFTER your dead self arrived in North Carolina. Consider that a bullet dodged. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-drive-across-the-country-by-myself-and-im-going-to-die/563931/108 "2010-12-21T03:54:29Z")
Huh. I was going to say no, you won’t die. I drove from Maryland to Idaho three years ago, alone. Granted I was in my (overstuffed with my stuff) car, but it went fine. Your new place sounds fun! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-drive-across-the-country-by-myself-and-im-going-to-die/563931/109 "2010-12-21T05:13:46Z")
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