Oh you're one of those adventure seeking types. I get it. #LiveLife my friend.
I did similar trip on a 1986 Yamaha FZR600 in 1989. Ft. Lauderdale to Mare Island, Ca. Had to get major repairs in Denver. Broke the budget.
I think you're going to make some memories. 👍🏾
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I've done 9 solo cross country road trips to date.
3 in cars 6 on motorcycles. I usually did them in late May going into June. But have done a few in September.
I've done them on a budget in my younger years and as a quasi baller in my older years.
I've been through 47 out of the 50 states.
The budget version my younger years....
I've couch surfed and crashed at friend's parents homes at different points to save on hotels (this was before air BNB).
When gas funds were low, I tried to keep car/bike in high gears and coast as much as I can. Basically keeping in 4, 5th gears back then.
I always have tools and know how to use my tools.
Texas i10 is boring unless you plan on detouring into Austin, corpus Christy, or padre island gulf coast areas.
If car/bike is running good take state roads, back roads and avoid the interstates. Real America is not off the interstates. It's on on the state and county back roads.
If car/bike is flakey, stay on the interstate roads. Easier to get help.
Weird isht goes down at truck stops. Not a good spot to hang out. Get your gas and food from towns or local stations if you have choice. You'll meet locals there and those have ways been interesting. I have many great stories from those types of encounters.
When do plan to do this?
I love this so much. I don't know yet on my end. Most ofy adventures have been with hiking/mountains as the objective. Now that I have a son I want to do something like this with him
The 3 times I did it in a car was with my daughter. At the ages of 10, 11 & 12. She planned the routes and stops.
When she turned 13 it wasn't fun for her anymore so I went back to doing the motorcycles.
I've only done up and down i95 Florida keys to Massachusetts. Last run was alone about a year ago. It took me 23 hours 😪 one time driving from mass to Miami with my aunt we started leaking transmission fluid when we entered Florida and the radiator blew in st Lucy haha fun times fun times I've done the greyhound bus as well haha
Leaking fluids, mechanical problems, inclimate weather encounters. These are all the types of variables that make for great stories years later. Though, in the present, it always seems like the end of the world or bad luck.
I'm quite familiar with that route. NY to Broward county.
Did it for many years. But, it's been about 10 years since I've last done it.
13 is about when my daughter turned on me too. I didn’t get her friendship back until she was 19. Girls. Ugh. 😉
Yeah. Their friends become a little more important for a bit. But isht normalizes when they get past the teen years. Mine is 27 now and she checks in on the reg.
It's takes a bit of planning. The planning is as much fun as the doing.
It might be tough finding a road trip ready car though for $2500.
But the best camp side stories are born from those unexpected challenges. So, dont let that dissuade you.
I have some older stuff on IG will DM you handle.
Solid. Kudos.
OK, I have had some eipc rides, but 6 foot snow banks is not one of them. Intense video Shashue!
It takes about 3 hours to get through bear tooth pass. Elevation goes up to 10k ft. You start at bottom (some kind of touristy lodge village) it's about 80 degrees, sunny and warm. An hour later at the peak, you have 6-7' of snow. Then you come back down on the Wyoming side and it's summer again.
This was unreal with the mountains and snow walls
