Have you ever done a cross country or multi-state road trip?

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1. Many times.

   When I moved from LA to Seattle

   From Seattle I went to ID, UT, AZ, CA, OR and then back to Oregon.

   Moved to Arizona and then did a few trips to VA.

   Moved to TN, and then did a few trips to FL, and another one to Chicago.

   Right now I’m asking Chat GPT to help plan my next road trip

2. Yeah but I don’t like driving long distances anymore so I doubt I’ll ever do it again. Planes for me please.

3. Multi-state trip, yes. Cross-country, no.

   From California, I have driven into Oregon and Washington multiple times. Also did a trip from CA to Nevada and Arizona.

   When I briefly lived in Indiana, my family and I did a trip to Kentucky and Tennessee, as well as a couple of trips to Illinois (well, just Chicago), Ohio, and Michigan.

   Also did a separate road trip in Montana and Wyoming, as well as a couple of other ones covering New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and DC.

4. Well yeah. I’ve done them both out west (Coastal drive, WA to Central CA) and back east. (NY, PA, OH)

   Its a great way to see *things* but a terrible way to get there. If that makes sense.

5. One of the more fun ones was leaving Madison, WI and needing to get to Birmingham, AL, but I didn’t have a tight schedule. So I decided to try it without GPS/looking at map and without using interstates. I made it to Memphis when it got dark and decided to go to I-22 for the end leg.

6. Yes but only North-South (Tampa-Boston was the longest for me.. I’ve also driven from NY to Orlando and NY to Miami)

   I know a few people who have done East-West but I highly doubt I’ll ever do it.. it’s just too far imo.. I much prefer planes to get out west.

7. Yeah, at least once a year starting in 2020. Just did a 5,000 mile trip in July. I’m up to 39 states so far

8. Yes, three times, and I would do it tomorrow if I were able.

9. Hell… I drive across two State borders just to run down to the Liquor store!

   Many times. I travel for work full time. Sometimes my next project is around the corner… sometimes it’s 2500 miles away. Pack up the truck and go. I’m also a moron so the wife and I will road-trip even when I’m not working.

   I also “motorcycle tour”. Regular trips are 1000+ miles around the West. I’ve also done (unofficially) the Ironbutt 50CC which is Coast to Coast (I did San Diego to Jacksonville) in 50 hours.

   A bucket list item for me is the “Four Corners” which is 21 days to go to all four corners of the lower 48 States. But I’m kinda doubting I’ll do that one.

10. yeah, from California to Michigan once. It has its ups and downs. Saw some cool stuff but I’m not sure I’d want to do it again. Got very boring at times.

11. I did a ten (and a half) day road trip by myself a few years ago, through the upper Midwest and mid-central states.

    Driving was 3,300 miles and I also rode my bike for 300 miles on the trip in ten different states and one Canadian province. (And one state I don’t count because I didn’t ride 10 miles there. ;))

    I went to my high school reunion five states away, visited my parents three states from there, visited Niagara Falls by cutting through Canada for about three or four hours to New York state and then back home through six states, stopping along the way for bike rides in many of those states – including in Hannibal, Missouri, the childhood home of Mark Twain.

    It was a lot of solo driving.

12. Many times. It was a necessity to visit my grandparents when I was a kid. I lived in Virginia but one set of grandparents lived on Long Island and the other set lived in Omaha. We flew sometimes to get to Omaha, but we did drive a lot. For New York, we always drove because that was faster than flying for that distance. I also had various aunts and uncles scattered around a few different states. So, from the time I was a toddler, multi-state roadtrips were just routine.

    We didn’t always stop and see sites along the way, but sometimes we did. There were a few landmarks that we never really stopped by but were always noteworthy when we drove past them. I have fond memories of me and my sister always insisting that our dad take the lower level on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Of course, there were a few trips we did that were specifically about seeing sites that didn’t have family at them. I did a trip with my dad and my brothers where we hit a few sites in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Another trip was the whole family driving all the way to Yellowstone, though we had so many stops along the way that even though the whole trip was 3 weeks, we were only in Yellowstone for 4 days.

    As an adult, I’ve kept this up. Some of it is with family. For example, just a few weeks ago I joined my parents for a multi-day bike ride through Maine and New Hampshire with stops in Massachusetts and New Jersey on the drive back down. Others have been with friends. For example, last summer me and my roommates took a road trip from Maryland down to North Carolina. Others have been for work. For example, I had one business trip that had me stopping at work sites in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio (spread over 6 weeks). I’m slowly working on getting all 50 states. Some will probably have to be trips where I specifically fly to a state rather than road trip, but I’m getting a lot of states checked off by road-tripping to them or through them.

13. Yes of course I’ve driven across multiple states. I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who hasn’t.

14. Yes I drive from the northeast to Colorado and back once a year. It’s fun. Having a second driver is a must. I aim for about 12 hours of driving. But I’m old now.

15. I’ve gone from Florida to California to help a friend move. And recently did a east coast trip to Maine and back. I love a good read trip

16. Multi state dozens of times. Cross country once.

    Only do this during summer!!!!

    Also really think about what you want to see/do.

17. Multistate? All the time. To get from Michigan to anywhere involves driving through multiple states unless you want to go through Canada. My favourite was going to Tennessee to drive the Tail of the Dragon.

    Cross country? I moved to and from Utah. That was enough cross country driving for me.

18. Couple years back I did Texas to New Mexico and up into Arizona all to watch a meteor shower in the Gila National Forest. It was a lot of fun and during the end of the shut down so there was nearly no one around. A truly enjoyable isolation experience.

19. Not cross country, but multi state. Went from Memphis, TN to the Grand Canyon in AZ. Drove through Arkansas, Texas, and New Mexico.

    Visited White Sands National Park, Carlsbad Caverns, Chiricauha National Monument, Big Bend National Park, Petrified Forest National Park, and the Grand Canyon.

    Needles to say, it was an amazing trip!

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21. Did two small ones over the past two weeks. Long story.

22. Yes. It’s terrible if you can’t amuse yourself for 8 hours at a time. Fortunately – I can!

23. Yeah, from upstate NH to SoFlo and back, twice. Once in 24 hours because the husband didn’t want to stop, which was fine by me as I had just started the Twilight book series.

24. Not all the way across in a single trip, but pretty long ones. Wife and I did 3k mile trip up to Washington and back in July. Last summer we did over 4k miles looping through the desert southwest and back home.

25. LA to IA a couple of times. MO to UT a couple of times. MO to TN several times. Last year’s trip was 3200 miles: NM>TX>AR>MS>TN>KY>IL>MO>KS>OK>TX>NM. I mostly avoid the interstates unless I’m in a hurry.

26. Of course, every year

27. Three times. Once as a kid from NYC-San Fran; from San Diego to Philly when I moved here, and Seattle to Philly to relocate a car I inherited.

    Two summers ago did Philly -> Houston -> Memphis -> Nashville -> Columbus -> Philly.

    I love to drive. It’s a true passion of mine.

28. Multi-state yes, mostly through the west coast, the Rockies, and Southwest(coming from the PNW) but also to some plains states as well. I am not sure what exactly you are looking for, but the grandeur and natural beauty of this country is something that you shouldn’t take for granted. Personally I like places that are a little more off the beaten path, like medicine wheel WY, or Kit Carson Peak CO. That’s not to say you shouldn’t see the Grand Tetons or Arches National Park, because they are amazing, but for me, one of the highlights of living in the US is being able to be in a mostly, if not entirely undisturbed place in nature.

29. My summers in the 80’s & 90’s consisted of multi-state road trips with either family or high school/college friends. To think we used to drive with just a paper map; no phone, no GPS.

    The longest I’ve ever done *solo* was Louisiana to Arizona. The longest cross-country I was on were Massachusetts to Arizona and Arizona to Pennsylvania.

30. Lol, yes. Many times. Less so now that I live in Houston and have the added like 4 hours minimum just to get out of the state. But I’ve done some long hauls.

31. I do this often, mostly on a motorcycle. Just in the last two months I’ve been to 15 states on two different trips.

    In my lifetime I’ve been to 49 states, 48 of them on a motorcycle.

    My longest trip was 40 days, 10,600 miles through 21 states.