If you pass through TX there are quite a few of us that would love to say hi along the way.
Rob
Planning route for drive cross country- need input!
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kgb
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If you take 80, from Salt Lake to Wendover its flat, straight and 75 and the Salt Flats are right next to you. People have been known to go alot faster then the limit, I have heard double the limit but never confirmed that 
Knew of a guy who was breaking in his dragster motor in his Camaro said with the gearing he was going 210 but who knows. 
I would love to see the car and have lots of connections to tow trucks, not that you will need them but you never know.
Knew of a guy who was breaking in his dragster motor in his Camaro said with the gearing he was going 210 but who knows. I would love to see the car and have lots of connections to tow trucks, not that you will need them but you never know.-
DudeAndHisBus
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I've seen one of those before... It was a clear needle speedo, but I can't remmeber whose car I saw it in...Can Drive Soon wrote:Those gauges are pretty sweet, but they look too new for me.. I know of a gauge customization shop in Ca that I could get a new tach to have the look like a speedo. Like this..
Thats about as good as an Ms paint job will allow...
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arlo
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That should be a fun adventure for sure! This is a topic I feel like I can finally give you back some usefull advice on. I have relatives in Seattle, Portland, Santa Barbara and Tempe that we visit by road trip from St Paul and I am an avid skier with road trips to almost all the western mountains from British Columbia to New Mexico. I think Ive been on every major road west of the Mississippi.
I would pick up I70 in St Louis. You probably know the best route to there. I like the Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky area. Go straight west to Denver on I70 from St Louis. All these midwest routes west are long and boring but the speed limits are high and this one is the most direct. Dont stop in Denver. Its big and sorta crapy IMO. Stay on I70 out of Denver and you quickly climb up into the Rocky Mountains. The trip gets much more interesting starting there. If a stop is due plan on staying in one of the neat little towns in the mountains west of Denver.
Continue through Grand Junction and on to I15. Now, most people think the choices are to go north to Salt Lake or south to Las Vegas on I15 from here but those are just boring truck routes and you have seen enough of those by now! There is a third and MUCH more interesting option I have found. Instead, take 50 the rest of the way through Utah and right across the middle of Nevada. This is a good road with almost no traffic. Its not too hot because much of the elevation is high. I think I counted about 9 mountain passes this road takes you through. Its not flat hot desert like you may expect in Nevada. You can go any speed you want, no one cares and you may not see a single truck.
Continue through Carson City and Lake Tahoe (absolutely awsome!) and on to Sacramento still on 50. Check it out on a good road atlas and have fun! I hope this helps.
I would pick up I70 in St Louis. You probably know the best route to there. I like the Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky area. Go straight west to Denver on I70 from St Louis. All these midwest routes west are long and boring but the speed limits are high and this one is the most direct. Dont stop in Denver. Its big and sorta crapy IMO. Stay on I70 out of Denver and you quickly climb up into the Rocky Mountains. The trip gets much more interesting starting there. If a stop is due plan on staying in one of the neat little towns in the mountains west of Denver.
Continue through Grand Junction and on to I15. Now, most people think the choices are to go north to Salt Lake or south to Las Vegas on I15 from here but those are just boring truck routes and you have seen enough of those by now! There is a third and MUCH more interesting option I have found. Instead, take 50 the rest of the way through Utah and right across the middle of Nevada. This is a good road with almost no traffic. Its not too hot because much of the elevation is high. I think I counted about 9 mountain passes this road takes you through. Its not flat hot desert like you may expect in Nevada. You can go any speed you want, no one cares and you may not see a single truck.
Continue through Carson City and Lake Tahoe (absolutely awsome!) and on to Sacramento still on 50. Check it out on a good road atlas and have fun! I hope this helps.
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arlo
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BTW, just a little more advice, start out so you can do most of the St Louis to Denver leg at night. It really is boring and at night the traffic is all trucks hauling butt good and fast over the flat lands and these guys are the best drivers out there.
Also, the biggest risk you have in the montains and in much of the farm land is DEER! You probably have those dumb bastards in your area too so you know what I mean. In an SUV going 80+ the best thing to do if one crosses your path is just hold your course and hope for the best. Trying to miss them can get you real killed. In a bug...I dont know what to do...I guess just hope your luck is with you. When you see deer crossing signs pay attention, especially at dawn and dusk. Setting your headlights up just right with H4's is a big help for spotting deer. I dont think those deer whistles work...I've hit the same number with and without them.
The route I gave you is a very good one and is also maybe the shortest or close to it but there are so many cool places to see west of the rockies. Its real big country though and a long way between attractions. Maybe on the way back you should drive south down the coast a bit and pick a path back east through Yosemite and/or some of the Arizona and Utah canyons and parks. It all depends on how much of a tourist you want to be and how the trip is going for you I guess.
The funnest trip I will always remember was one my new wife and I took in a stock well worn '67 Ghia from St Paul to Acapulco Mexico and all the way up the west coast from there to Seattle and back to St Paul. The car ran perfect and it was a superb trip...all 7500 miles!
Also, the biggest risk you have in the montains and in much of the farm land is DEER! You probably have those dumb bastards in your area too so you know what I mean. In an SUV going 80+ the best thing to do if one crosses your path is just hold your course and hope for the best. Trying to miss them can get you real killed. In a bug...I dont know what to do...I guess just hope your luck is with you. When you see deer crossing signs pay attention, especially at dawn and dusk. Setting your headlights up just right with H4's is a big help for spotting deer. I dont think those deer whistles work...I've hit the same number with and without them.
The route I gave you is a very good one and is also maybe the shortest or close to it but there are so many cool places to see west of the rockies. Its real big country though and a long way between attractions. Maybe on the way back you should drive south down the coast a bit and pick a path back east through Yosemite and/or some of the Arizona and Utah canyons and parks. It all depends on how much of a tourist you want to be and how the trip is going for you I guess.
The funnest trip I will always remember was one my new wife and I took in a stock well worn '67 Ghia from St Paul to Acapulco Mexico and all the way up the west coast from there to Seattle and back to St Paul. The car ran perfect and it was a superb trip...all 7500 miles!
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alsehendo
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You could use these if you stay under mac 1
http://www.americanhornet.com/
Off course we also used to sell these to flatlanders when I lived in Montana.
http://www.jgwhyte.com/bearbells.htm
Look out for grizzlys, they used to mistake my 68 tan bug for thier main squeeze.
Whats diffrent about blackbear skat and grizzly skat.
Grizzly scat has bells in it.
http://www.americanhornet.com/
Off course we also used to sell these to flatlanders when I lived in Montana.
http://www.jgwhyte.com/bearbells.htm
Look out for grizzlys, they used to mistake my 68 tan bug for thier main squeeze.
Whats diffrent about blackbear skat and grizzly skat.
Grizzly scat has bells in it.
