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HAS ANYONE FROM NJ DRIVEN TO TEXAS?????
am I nuts for even thinkning about it????
You are certifiable
I have a friend who lives in Kentucky and is a truck driver. He has driven from Kentucky to NJ, then from NJ to Texas to pick up a load before heading back to Kentucky.
I've driven to New Orleans from NJ. It was about a 20 hour ride and pretty interesting. Some folks will suggest driving straight through. I reccomend breaking it up over two or three days. Take it slow, enjoy the ride and the sights. Plus, it's safer that way.
that's what I was thinking.... my husband wants to drive and take in the sights on the way to texas... I would rather just land there 4 hours later !!!!
My mom did that, it takes about 2 days if you make the usual stops and drive the whole time. It can be done in 24 hours, but you'd have to be crazy to to that.
I've driven to New Orleans from NJ. It was about a 20 hour ride and pretty interesting. Some folks will suggest driving straight through. I reccomend breaking it up over two or three days. Take it slow, enjoy the ride and the sights. Plus, it's safer that way.
I drove to NOLA as well a couple years ago. Our flight was cancelled and the hotel non-refundable. Took us 26 hours with stopping to sleep for about 3 hours and also to eat etc. It was a damn nightmare! On the way back a tractor trailer accident happened right in front of us in TN. Cars and debris all over the road. NEVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!
We did have a great time in NOLA though and met a really funny, crazy couple from TX in TN.
I say don't do it, unless you have 4 or 5 days to do so. I just can't sit in a car that long, about 6 hours is my limit anymore.
that's what I was thinking.... my husband wants to drive and take in the sights on the way to texas... I would rather just land there 4 hours later !!!!
I have done that drive about 25+ times. Mainly from Philadelphia area to Dallas or San Antonio.
Virginia is the toughest part cause you are in the mountains for what seems like forever. We have done it straight through and stopped at places. Memphis was cool for a few hours one night.
Smokey Mountains are a nice stop. Gatlinburg/Piegon Forge area is a good nice day or so excursion if you want one. Same goes for Asheville NC but is slightly off the direct path.
Everything else between is worth skipping...
We have also done the long version and went through Floridia and or New Orleans both offer some nice stops.
I would do it, but I wouldn't want time constraints. Why rush a trip that might not be taken again? There's so much of the country to see, yet, thanks to the Interstate highway system, it is now possible to completely circumnavigate the country without seeing anything at all. I'd venture to say that most of us, when it comes to long distance travel, rely on the interstates. The truck stop in Prescott Arkansas off of I-30 doesn't look that much different than the Exit 4 truck stop on I-80 at the Delaware Water Gap. It's when you get off those homogenous roads that you can really begin to capture the differences in this country between places, and appreciate the different cultures and economies of regions.
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On the way back a tractor trailer accident happened right in front of us in TN. Cars and debris all over the road. NEVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!
