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worrymon@reddit

48 states in 48 days in 2019 when my friend and I were both 48.

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Beneficial_Zone_6883@reddit (OP)

Wow that’s intense, I’ve done some pretty intense road trips but that’s a feat for sure

Was it pre planned or done on the go?

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worrymon@reddit

Better reply now because I was drifting off to sleep last night.

My friend and I each got 24 states to plan out. We chose a tourist destination and a food to try/have in each state. Then it took three years of mapping the route out because we had a window of 52 days where we were both 48 years old and not everything is open every day of the week. The final year was advance-booking hotels and pre-paying for everything we could. Our schedule was detailed to the quarter hour, all the driving times were padded by 25%, and we managed to stick to it without feeling rushed.

The trip was 17,548 miles and we did about 300 hours of driving.

We made 82 tourist stops on the way that encompassed culture, history, nature, science, technology, and entertainment.

Texas was rough because my friend wanted to see the Alamo so we had to drive all the way down to San Antonio, and then get up to Oklahoma City. Going from Sequoia National Park up to Oregon was a pretty long stretch, too. Delaware and Maryland were so close together we managed to go into DC and get a tour of the White House and a small visit to one of the Smithsonians. My friend's sister also brought some pawpaw fruit from her back yard so I was able to try that.

And a manatee came up and hugged me when I was in Florida. We were allowed to float in the water, but it's illegal to approach the manatees. The manatees have no reciprocal laws and one of them came up from behind me and started nibbling on the shoulder of my wetsuit. The tour guide was on the boat laughing his ass off. 100% great experience.

We also took a biplane ride and had an excavator race through an obstacle course.

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worrymon@reddit

Five years of planning. Had to make sure to be able to see the things we chose to see.

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Cool-Bunch6645@reddit

The Keys to eat my body weight in Key Lime Pie

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KingOfAllSycophants@reddit

Totally used to do this with the kids when we were on vacation. Every restaurant we went to we had to try their Keylime pie. I have no recollection of which one we decided was the best but it was fun.

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Beneficial_Zone_6883@reddit (OP)

Lol you know what’s crazy, it never even dawned on me that’s where Key lime pie is from 🤦‍♀️ I have had it locally but it’s probably nowhere near as good. I’ll have to try it there sometime

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Cool-Bunch6645@reddit

For sure! The drive from Miami through the Keys is very cool. And you can go fishing and snorkeling and eat fresh shrimp and fish. It’s awesome.

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Beneficial_Zone_6883@reddit (OP)

I’ll have to try that, I got close, Montreal to St Augustine, FL by car.

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MollyOMalley99@reddit

LOL! St. Augustine to Key West is over 450 miles. You weren't close.

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Cookieshaman@reddit

I'm from the Upper Midwest, I travel a lot, and a lot of road trips, but that drive is amazing, almost like driving from Island to island in the Caribbean. I want to do it again.

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lefindecheri@reddit

Key lines are actually DIFFERENT than regular limes. You can actually buy key limes and key lime juice in the grocery stores to use in pies. Or at least you can in South Florida. They're very easy to make. Sort of like lemon meringue pies.

Some people use graham cracker crusts. There are bake and no-bake recipes. Egg/no egg. Meringue or whipped cream.

They used to have an annual key lime pie contest in Miami. Not sure if they still do that.

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Kellzy1212@reddit

You can get authentic key lime pie on Goldbelly from Joe’s Stone Crab (famous Miami Beach restaurant).

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goodguy847@reddit

Any Publix in FL has great key lime pie for like $10 per pie.

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KingOfAllSycophants@reddit

Florida Keys

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MartyPhelps@reddit

The Florida Keys. The Jersey Shore.

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dbqhoney@reddit

Road trip from Iowa to The Keys. Loved every minute of it except Illinois. Fuck Illinois.

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Lovebeingadad54321@reddit

Iowa is no picnic either… but Nebraska has us both beat… I heard Kansas is more of the same, but have never been there.

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dbqhoney@reddit

Across Illinois is a nice ride. Across Iowa meh. Iowa from north to south is better due to the rolling hills. Illinois, north to south sucks. It is the most depressing ride. I have never done Nebraska or Kansas tho.

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DonGately@reddit

Kauai was absolutely incredible. We went on an adventure every morning, then came back and relaxed on Poipu Beach or our hotel pool and then had an incredible dinner every night. We explored so much of the island but I cannot wait to go back.

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Main_Insect_3144@reddit

South Dakota to Wyoming.

Bad lands, Custer State Park, the black hills, Crazy Horse Memorial, Hot Springs, Deadwood, Mt. Rushmore, Devil's Tower, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Thermopolis, Grand Tetons, and Yellowstone.

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Ok_Narwhal5483@reddit

Driving the 14-16 hrs from Kansas to Yellowstone. Colorado and Western Wyoming are beautiful.

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poWdereddonUtsplz@reddit

The Kancamagus Highway in New Hampshire.

It goes through the White Mountain National Forest which is beautiful in the fall.

There'a also some cool stops on the way like the Flume Gorge and the Basin.

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Zappagrrl02@reddit

Grand Teton/Yellowstone/Badlands

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Ssubio@reddit

Banff, Jasper, Glacier, Tetons

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Cjtorino@reddit

While visiting relatives, we drove from Salt Lake City up through Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons. Absolutely incredible beauty, but I must admit that after 17 hours in the car, I was happy to call it a day.

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FarFarAway7337@reddit

Southern Utah and Arizona national parks.

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GreenBeanTM@reddit

Disney world 😂

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cmhoughton@reddit

Disneyland at Christmas.

The kids were small and we drove from Colorado to SoCal…

The decorations were magical and the kids were so happy. I had a torn rotator cuff with surgery scheduled the week after New Year’s, but even the pain of that didn’t keep me having a wonderful time.

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cottoncandymandy@reddit

I live in Oklahoma so any trip that gets me out of here tbh. Really like going to California and Montana. Huckleberries and cherries forever!

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SkepticalJohn@reddit

All over the Olympic Peninsula and Olympic National Park from top to bottom, from ocean to mountaintop.

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concrete_isnt_cement@reddit

Did you make it out to Ozette? It’s my favorite place on earth

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KiraDog0828@reddit

From New Mexico to San Diego to Oregon then on the the East Coast

In the San Diego area we stayed at Camp Pendleton’s beach AFRC “resort,” which consisted of old but decently maintained mobile homes right at the beach. We visited the zoo, the Wild Animal Park and drove to LA for Six Flags and a water park. Then we met up with family at a state park in Oregon, where our teen locked the keys in the car. Fun times.

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only_because_I_can@reddit

A foodie trip from Florida to Chicago and back. Hit all my favorite restaurants and relived some great memories.

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scottwax@reddit

Route 66 from downtown Chicago to the Santa Monica Pier in LA.

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DowntownEmu@reddit

Las Vegas, NV to Boulder, CO

Most beautiful and stunning drive in the country, the catch was that I did it one day, would like to do it again but go the other direction and take a week to do it

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qu33nof5pad35@reddit

Hawaii and Chicago

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Lovebeingadad54321@reddit

The Grand Canyon

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Mokey_Maker@reddit

PCH in a nice car with a lover

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tacobellbandit@reddit

I made the trip out west to visit my sister. Just everything out west as an east coast person is breathtaking to me. We ended up road tripping from Colorado to Zion National Park

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EatFishKatie@reddit

The great lakes.

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Beneficial_Zone_6883@reddit (OP)

I’ve never thought to visit the American side but as a young adult I lived on the 1000 island parkway for a year. Very beautiful, I love the boat tours of the islands they’re relaxing and most guides give a great history of each island

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EatFishKatie@reddit

The Canadian side is so beautiful! I spent my childhood traveling to both sides and I live on the american side. I want to visit Niagara falls soon and I've heard the greatest things about the Canadian side. I really am excited to go. Canada is just absolutely stunning.

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cIumsythumbs@reddit

Mine is similar to this: Hwy 61 from southern MN all the way up the North Shore of Superior.

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Due_Championship_988@reddit

Superior is amazing

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goodguy847@reddit

Would you say it’s superior?

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dobster1029@reddit

The superiorist

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BakingBitch92@reddit

Yes! With a day on Mackinaw Island along the way too!

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meowmix778@reddit

A few years back I drove from ME to upstate NY to get a friend, then to PA to get another friend, over to VA to get another buddy and then down to Nashville for a long weekend.

That was a really good time. Being in the car for that long didn't feel that bad with good company.

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willtag70@reddit

Many. Most memorable, 1) From the East Coast across the country to SF, up the coast into Canada, across Canada to Quebec, down the coast to home. Many amazing stops along the way. 2) From SF south along the coast, Monterey, Carmel, Big Sur. 3) On Maui the drive to Hana.

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G00dSh0tJans0n@reddit

I've done a lot, driving from North Carolina to Miami, Maine, Montana, Arizona, and most everywhere in between. My favorite overall is Wyoming and Montana. When you combine the Black Hills of SD, Bighorn Mountains, Red Lodge Montana and the Beartooth Highway, Yellowstone and Grand Teton, the Wind River Gorge and Hot Springs Wyoming, that's the most epic loop I've every done.

Other than that, Colorado and driving from Moab to Telluride, then Ouray and Silverton via Million Dollar Highway, doing the Alpine loop from Silverton to Lake City.

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Xenovitz@reddit

I've never been on a vacation but the road trip to one of the logging museums in my State was fun. A short road trip of 13 hours. Last year we started going on road trips whenever my little brother and I both get a day off and have time for it. We're not allowed to use GPS or highways unless required and we need to take a different way home. It's fun. No trips yet this year because of gas prices, I guess.

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kati8303@reddit

New Orleans through the southwest to the Grand Canyon and down through Sedona and the Sonoran desert, stopping at national parks on the way.

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Alert-Willow3458@reddit

I’m a fan of the trip between Atlanta to Nashville. You drive through both the city and beautiful lakes in the mountains.

Also, although it’s very long, Kansas City to New Orleans. Primarily the stretch from Arkansas to Louisiana. Arkansas is named the natural state for a reason, the trees are beautiful through Mississippi and I personally loved driving over the swamps in Louisiana.

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itinerant-wallaby@reddit

Many that have already been mentioned: Hawaii (twice), US 1 from San Francisco to SoCal, Death Valley, Denver to SF by train. Less common: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater in Pennsylvania.

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Dontyellatmeimnice@reddit

Yellowstone National Park

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No_Plankton2501@reddit

Agree. It’s utterly amazing!

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Interesting_Shake403@reddit

Way too low on the list.

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Dontyellatmeimnice@reddit

What list?

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Interesting_Shake403@reddit

This list. I agree with you - amazing vacation!

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duress_187@reddit

Geneva on the Lake in NE Ohio. Sitting on the Lake Erie shore, It's Ohios oldest vacation destination

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Arleare13@reddit

From Seattle through Oregon and into Northern California.

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jamesfour13@reddit

Crater Lake is amazing!

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ThePurityPixel@reddit

I'm so glad someone convinced me to stop there, when I was driving from Cali to Portland.

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FrequencyHigher@reddit

Was my top choice as soon as I read the question. I had a flight from Sacramento to Austin lined up for when I returned from being stationed in Korea, but ended up in Seattle instead of Sacramento. So I rented a car and drove from Seattle to Sacramento and it was spectacular. I drove along the Oregon coast and saw Mt Shasta. Beautiful country up there.

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theflyingpiggies@reddit

Just recently did this drive on my way to ship my car to Hawaii. Seattle to Oakland, but took the slightly longer route on Redwood Highway to stop by in Ferndale and visit family.

Despite having lived in Washington, and been to NoCal a million times, it will never cease to take my breath away. Oregon is so unbelievably green and beautiful. And it’s just surreal to be driving through a forest of massive redwood trees and then come around the corner and be looking out over the ocean with big cliffs in the distance.

The West Coast is something else

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PacSan300@reddit

That drive between Florence and, I think, Newport is especially spectacular, in my opinion.

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alphawafflejack@reddit

I did the opposite direction, loved it so much we moved!

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CountChoculasGhost@reddit

I took the train from Seattle to Portland and then drove as far south as Coos Bay. Would LOVE to do it again and go all the way into Northern California.

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eugenesbluegenes@reddit

Do it sometime! Do to family situations I've driven between the SF bay area and Portland area some twenty to thirty times via just about every route you can think of and far northern California and Southern Oregon coast is my favorite part.

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NutHuggerNutHugger@reddit

Was gonna say HWY 1.

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BurritoMaster3000@reddit

Oregon coast is 101.

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Zenthane@reddit

Road trip back in 2018. Went from Milwaukee to Dallas to Phoenix to Vegas to Vail and then home to Milwaukee. Great time, best week and a half I've maybe ever had.

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Accomplished_Will226@reddit

Boston to Niagara

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Mamapalooza@reddit

Camping through Florida down to the keys. Crystal clear springs, beautiful beaches, boating, swimming, snorkeling, Cuban food and salsa dancing in Miami, scuba diving in the Keys. Sunburns and ant bites and seasickness couldn't stop us.

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Emily_Postal@reddit

California from San Diego up to Napa Valley over three weeks.

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6gravedigger66@reddit

My honeymoon last summer. From Wisconsin - Kentucky - Myrtle Beach SC- Gatlinburg PA- and back home. Was an awesome adventure.

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GPAMom@reddit

Indiana west to Colorado, then south to Phoenix.

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rosycross93@reddit

My sisters, niece, and I flew to San Francisco for a long weekend once. We stayed in a hotel near the waterfront and walked almost everywhere. It was so much fun. One evening we walked to dinner and you could just feel the history, I imagined gangsters in the 20s on the same streets, Sam Spade stuff. On our last day we drove down to Half Moon Bay and the pumpkins were bright orange in the fields, we enjoyed pelicans on the beach. One sister bought herself a sexy coat at North Beach Leather, too. What a great time we had.

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sapgetshappy@reddit

Alaska!!!

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Amarastargazer@reddit

Denali didn’t feel real, it is that beautiful. We stayed at a place that had all these paths through the woods and a little river running through it. Just absolutely stunning.

Closest I’ve gotten since is driving through Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Just absolutely incredible what nature can do. I recommend it, but please drive carefully! We saw quite a few people who seemed to have sped off the road and almost off the side of the mountain.

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OhThrowed@reddit

Took a cruise up there last year... worth every penny.

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DaveKelso@reddit

Wife and I are doing an Alaska cruise in August!

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sapgetshappy@reddit

I hope y’all have an amazing time 🫎

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majesticrhyhorn@reddit

I did one a couple weeks ago and it was an incredible experience! Excellent weather, and we got to see some wildlife!

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MemoryMaker_1660@reddit

I took a raft down the Grand Canyon twice. It was unbelievable. Hard to describe how great it was. Also went on some Barefoot Cruises, but they weren’t domestic.

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TinyRandomLady@reddit

Nags Head/OBX!

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warriorgoddesswitch@reddit

Same! We go every year. Love it there.

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Masonh120@reddit

Such a beautiful coast

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SomeUTAUguy@reddit

It has been a lllloonngg time since I did a road trip but honestly, none. Maybe it was because of my parents picking bad trips like Denver to Mississippi to visit grandparents (loved seeing them but would have preferred to fly) or Denver to thr grand canyon; but it was just miles and miles and hours and hours of just sitting there looking at emptiness and listening to books on tapes that I would get lost halfway through while trying to stop my legs from cramping from being shoved into a car that was clearly over packed with an older brother I hated and a mom and dad trying to make it seem like this was best thing ever when I would have preferred to just stay home and watch cartoons.

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Rudytootiefreshnfty@reddit

Saint Augustine Florida was really fun trip especially if you’re into history

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Active_Drawer@reddit

Being in FL there are a ton of spots within a few hours.

The Keys, camping in Dry Tortuga's

Bit of a drive or fly Colder weather Colorado for skiing. Blue ridge mountains for exploring

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Obvious_Ship_7225@reddit

Road to Hana.

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Technical_Money_9719@reddit

Came here to comment and I’m already noticing a lot of comments saying the same thing!! —Hwy 101 up the coast, Northern California, San Fran, Redwoods, up into Oregon is my favorite vacation/ roadtrip. So many fun and incredible things to see along the way. It’s one of those drives that gets better, the more you do it!!

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Beneficial_Zone_6883@reddit (OP)

I’ll have to check it out, I’ve done the east coast but not the west coast

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circa68@reddit

I used to love going up to central and northern Vermont to visit relatives.

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Pangaeabeliever@reddit

Southern Utah to see Arches and Canyonlands National Parks.

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IHaveBoxerDogs@reddit

Driving around the Southwestern U.S. New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Nevada. We had a blast, saw lots of landmarks and very small towns. We never took an interstate. My husband had never been out there, he was blown away.

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Low_Attention9891@reddit

Yellowstone National Park

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runicsakura@reddit

A monthlong road trip zigzagging vertically through the US and Canada. Started in Florida and ended in Seattle. Drove a maximum of four hours a day and spent the rest of the time exploring, camping, having adventures, or just reading somewhere new.

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Bulky-Passenger8735@reddit

Homebase was Arizona. Summer road trips took us to every state except Florida and Georgia (we flew to Hawaii). Driving through Canada to Alaska was pretty epic.

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LastOfTheAsparagus@reddit

Vacation is cruising. Road trip is Black Hawk, CO.

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assistanttothefatdog@reddit

focusing on the road trip element . Rocky Mountain national park, no question. If I am flying, hard to pick a favorite, although the top conteners are nyc, nola, and sonoma county, ca.

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OdinNW@reddit

As a kid we did Los Angeles to the southwest and that was a lot of fun. Vegas, Grand Canyon, Indian reservation in NM, etc. As an adult the Oregon coast is probably my favorite. Even ended up living there for a bit.

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Gertiel@reddit

Road trip to the Grand Canyon to stay in a cabin near Bright Angel trailhead and hike into the Canyon overnight.

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Ghoulish_kitten@reddit

Not exactly a road trip for me I just love driving or taking the train down to Monterey area to see my BFF.

Also Stinson Beach, but I take Panoramic home bc I hate that prolonged cliffside drive.

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LeGrandePoobah@reddit

Cross country trip from Utah through about 30 states east of the Rockies. I’m going on a similar trip with my kids this year. I leave in a few days.

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lefindecheri@reddit

Bar Hatbor, Maine

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mdacodingfarmer@reddit

The southern utah national parks are amazing. Arches, canyonlands, capitol reef (the least interesting probs), bryce, zion. Great little road trip there.

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Big_Bottle3763@reddit

Mighty Five road trip in Utah.

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butt_fun@reddit

Same

I've done most of the big ones on the West coast (and those are all incredible), but there's something uniquely surreal about that part of the world

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DeadSharkEyes@reddit

In the late 80s my family took a road trip to Colorado (we live in Arizona). Saw a lot of majestic wildlife, stayed in Aspen..it was really fun. We had this big bulky van and my siblings and I would make a cozy little space in the back among our bags.

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jackfaire@reddit

My brother lived in Mt. Shasta for a bit. I went to see him a couple summers a week each time. I work from home and I wish I could afford to live there.

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Thin-Telephone2240@reddit

Five weeks on the road from the Southern Border of Arizona to the Canadian Border. Spent in the Rocky Mountains, various national parks and forests. Only about a week of that was spent in a couple of motels between national conferences of the Mountain Rescue Association (MRA) and the National Association for Search And Rescue (NASAR). Four wheeled into remote places, camped out, hiked, visited a couple of museums, saw Yellowstone and the Cody Firearms Museum. Spent some time in Glacier National Park too. That was 30 years ago.

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staticishock96@reddit

Probably Yellowstone. Awesome place.

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astroKG@reddit

San Ysidro, CA to Bellingham, WA

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MessoGesso@reddit

San Jose California south on 101 stopping at Morro Bay and Pismo Beach.

Best domestic trip though was to Kona, Hawaii

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DumbSpearoSparrow@reddit

Yosemite

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braxtel@reddit

I went backpacking there a few years ago. Peak experience and I even lost about 15 pounds after a couple of weeks of Sierra hiking.

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djn3vacat@reddit

San Francisco to Seattle along hwy 1/ 101

Southern Utah from Zion NP to Canyonlands

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Wino_Panda@reddit

Also San Francisco to LA along Hwy 1. Amazing coast along drive.

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eugenesbluegenes@reddit

Not as epic as the Norcal and Oregon coasts but awesome still.

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Brandonjoe@reddit

I did this drive earlier in the month and almost shit my plants several times. I’ve never driven on anything like that so I probably should have done a little more research before picking that route for a vacation. Absolutely gorgeous though.

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Wino_Panda@reddit

I literally live on the route. It's really is a magic drive.

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PM_ME_YER_MUDFLAPS@reddit

There are some French caves around Lascaux calling your name.

Roads weren’t really scary because of the setting, which is in the middle of nowhere forest, but the roads are only 1.5 cars wide and drop off into some serious ditches.

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Brandonjoe@reddit

Does it ever get less scary? I was white knuckling it south of Carmel until we got close to the turn off for Paso Robles.

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Wino_Panda@reddit

Lol no. I guess you just get used to it. That is the exact section I would commonly drive so It made me laugh. Lots of coastal camping, Big Sur, and Carmel/Monterey.

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impressive_pasta@reddit

I’ve done both of these trips. Highly recommend.

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Panda_Zombie@reddit

I did both in the last two months and concur. San Diego to Monterey was the most pleasant coastal drive I've had.

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MakeStupidHurtAgain@reddit

From Newport OR to San Francisco CA through the Oregon Coast and the Redwoods
Vegas - Valley of Fire - Zion - Bryce Canyon - Hogback - Capitol Reef - Canyonlands - Arches - Monument Valley - Sedona - Grand Canyon
The Alaska Highway

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JustJake1985@reddit

Are we considering territories as domestic? If so, I loved my short trip to the Virgin Islands, despite getting the worst sunburn of my life. I only got to visit St Croix but it's given me the bonus of being able to say I've been to the easternmost point of the US (Point Udall). If I ever won the lottery, I'd love to go back, maybe even visit some of the other islands too.

If we're talking mainland/"traditional" US vacation. Probably would have been the train ride from Seattle to San Jose, and then road trip back with a friend. So far she's the only person I've tripped with that after that amount of time with I haven't wanted to drive off of a cliff with. So either I'm a horrible person to vacation with, or I have bad taste in general who I go on vacation with, of I should just travel on my own in the future. 😂

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dildozer10@reddit

Probably the one I just had. The wife and I spent a few days in the Great Smokey Mountains with our best friends, then spent a few days in a secluded cabin in Kentucky, and explored Mammoth Cave, then drove to Indianapolis to attend the Indy 500. Had tons of fun, new experiences, and made some great memories.

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No-Coyote914@reddit

Cross country road trips focused heavily on visiting national parks.

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Ok-Equivalent8260@reddit

Seattle to Lake Chelan

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Slow-Objective-7440@reddit

Maui

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dustyone01@reddit

Yellowstone in the fall

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Kinieruu@reddit

My parents would take us on a yearly vacation to Walt Disney World when I was a kid in the early 2000s. I fell in love with amusement parks and the fact that people made this whole place. I’m a big WDW history nerd.

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Barbara to Portland

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Tokyosmash_@reddit

My wife and I go to Florida for a week to Universal Studios for Halloween Horror Nights every year (first week of October)

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Watcher0011@reddit

I drove from California to New Orleans via Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, back through Colorado Utah, Nevada. Saw a lot of history, was very enjoyable.

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Beneficial_Zone_6883@reddit (OP)

Oh wow I can imagine, some of those places I would love to check out. If I did a trip like that I would need to fly in and rent a car. I had a chance to see some of the history on the east coast including St Augustine on a road trip from Canada, I would love to do some tours in Nola, NM, TX

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jrice138@reddit

Not a road trip but hiking the pacific crest trail. Loved it so much I did it twice. It’s a hell of a five month vacation.

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Independent-Mouse333@reddit

I really enjoyed Iceland, But I would love to live in Portugal.

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JuanOffhue@reddit

Took my bike with me and rode the train from Chicago to Seattle to visit a friend. From there we drove to Oregon to visit his brother, stopping at Mount St. Helen’s on the way. He dropped me and my bike off in Newberg,

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gottagetsmart@reddit

Hwy 50 from Reno to Ely. Hwy 395 from Reno to San Diego.

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EmploymentEmpty5871@reddit

4 week motorcycle trip.

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Legitimate-Height574@reddit

Whenever my grandmother would drive down to get me right after school was out & we would go up Gatlinburg, Tennessee, then go over to the east coast & just stop wherever we wanted. She would stop at every state sign ( welcome to whatever state we were about to drive across to) & I would grab a nice size of rock/ boulder.

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Beneficial_Zone_6883@reddit (OP)

Nice Gatlinburg is on my bucket list, I’m in Montreal Canada so it could make a nice roadtrip

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suydam@reddit

1 Michigan (home) —> Milwaukee (via high speed ferry) —> Wisconsin —> Southern Minnesota —> South Dakota —> Montana to Glacier National Park and then back home across US-2 through North Dakota and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

2 Michigan (home) —> Denver —> Grand Junction —> Durango —> Grand Mesa NP —> Great Sand Dunes NP —> St Louis, MO —> Chicago —> Michigan

Both in the summer.

Actual favorite road trip (not domestic as OP requested): Michigan —> NYC —> Maine —> Nova Scotia —> New Brunswick—> Quebec City —> Montreal —> home to Michigan.

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wormbreath@reddit

Hawaii

Atlanta

New Orleans

Food and culture!

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Big-Dig-Pig@reddit

Nashville, TN. Great food and music and art. We stayed in the lefty hipster East Nashville neighborhood during the Tomato Art Festival.

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ncconch@reddit

Whitewater rafting down the entire Grand Canyon

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Upper-Wave3638@reddit

Pacific Coast Highway Road trip done in two segments. LA to San Francisco, then San Fran to Vancouver with a quick side trip to Mount Rainier. South to North. You don’t want to be on the outer edge of PCH!

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No-Profession422@reddit

Annual road trips San Diego to Tacoma Wa and back, camping along the way.

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IndividualAthlete313@reddit

Did a Charleston > Savannah > Atlanta > Birmingham > Nashville road trip and loved it. It was a great mix of history, architecture, random roadside attractions, and beaches.

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Goodlife1988@reddit

My parents best friends from HS had moved to Montana before I was born. We would drive from Missouri to Montana each summer, spend time with them, go camping, fishing, etc in the mountains. We didn’t have a lot of money, but my parents always made sure we had this trip.

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Sparkle_Rott@reddit

My Dad stopped along the road and talked a gypsum mine operator into giving us a tour.

Same with a coal mine and a cotton farmer.

Our trips were less about the destination and more about random adventures along the way.

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Hotsauce4ever@reddit

Road trip from MI to WA. Beautiful.

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Antares1228@reddit

As far as a true road trip, Seattle to Southern California, back up across the Sierra to Lake Tahoe, then along the Oregon coast back home.

For general vacations, probably Yellowstone. And New England in the autumn.

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Neat_Painting_9424@reddit

I took an Amtrak train from PDX to NYC. We went through Glacier National Park. It was beautiful.

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blonktime@reddit

I have thought about doing something like this. The adventure. The views. The comfort of resting on a train.

Then I thought more about it. This took what like 4 days? There is only so much to do on a train. Read, sleep, eat. I know you can meet people and sit in one of the viewing cars, but still. The best part of vacationing is exploring. You get like maybe an hour or so at certain stops? Most of the time, you are just sitting in the train watching the world woosh by. I'd rather spend less on a flight and spend my vacation time actually exploring new places, not just watching them go by.

I'll probably still do it one day though..

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IKnowAllSeven@reddit

iirc, you can customize the vacation, so you can spend a few days in each major place if you want.

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justdisa@reddit

I want to do that. It sounds amazing.

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hellogooday92@reddit

Was that expensive/worth it. I have always wanted to go that but thought it was expensive and time consuming. Also wasn’t sure how many times I would have to change trains.

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Neat_Painting_9424@reddit

About $200 tickets round trip. We did coach.

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hellogooday92@reddit

Did you have any transfers? And 200 dollars per person?

And did do an odd weekday?

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Neat_Painting_9424@reddit

Per person yes. I don’t think we did transfers. I don’t remember when it was haha. This was a long time ago!

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original_greaser_bob@reddit

you rode past my house.

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Temporary_Light2896@reddit

Phoenix to Grand Canyon. Stopping in Sedona and Flagstaff along the way.

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reddock4490@reddit

In no particular order: DC -> Philly -> Gettysburg BFP -> Harper’s Ferry

Natchez Trace -> Shiloh BFP -> Memphis-> Clarksville -> Natchez -> Baton Rouge -> NOLA

Denver -> Durango -> Mesa Verde NP -> Monument Valley (Also honorable mention to the San Luis Valley in Colorado)

Pacific Coast Highways: 101 from Crescent City to the 1 all the way to Moonstone Beach

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Weird_Squirrel_8382@reddit

As a kid it was from Cincinnati to Houston. I was little, had the supple cartilage and financial ignorance to feel like $10 of candy and a captain's chair were the height of luxury. Also went to the zoo and it was lovely.

As an adult nearing 40 with motion sickness and arthritis, I look forward to going to Lake Erie every summer. The drive is manageable, the kids have a great time, the waves are so peaceful to sit and listen to, and nothing in the world tastes better than a burger and a cold pop after bodysurfing.

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justdisa@reddit

It was a meandering 7000 mile drive across the US and back, stopping whenever we felt like it. Not a specific place, but the experience of road tripping that immense distance, watching the landscape and culture change as we went.

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Trolldad_IRL@reddit

Southern California to Lake Tahoe. the drive goes from cities to the high desert to lush valleys to mountain lakes. If the kids are little, then you do an overnight in Mammoth.

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SadProduce6456@reddit

I’ve been unfortunate enough to take lots of road trips. My favorite one was when I took my young daughters on a road trip from Salt Lake City through Yellowstone. It was beautiful, but part of it was because of the time I got to spend with them without any distractions

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Beneficial_Zone_6883@reddit (OP)

I know what you mean, I remember road trips with my dad fondly

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SadProduce6456@reddit

My girls are 22/19 now. The only thing they remember was one of the hotels we stayed at had free, hot chocolate downstairs. The stuff kids remember.

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wrigh516@reddit

Voyageurs National Park.

We go a few times a year, and in the winter too.

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CouldBeBetterForever@reddit

Hawaii

Oregon and California coast / coastal redwoods

Acadia National Park / Maine

Cape Cod

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momofkatie2259@reddit

My parents borrowed an RV from a friend and we did a 3 week long trip from WI to OR and back. Did the northern route there and swung southern on the way home. We saw so much along the way! Mt Rushmore, the Badlands, Crazy Horse sculpture, Devils Tower, Yellowstone, Wall Drugs, Idaho dunes, downtown Portland, Redwood Natl forest, Pacific Coast highway, Disneyland, San Francisco, CA wine country, Las Vegas, Death Valley, San Diego, Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, Four Corners, St Louis Arch, and I'm sure much more that I don't remember.

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DVDragOnIn@reddit

3,500 mile trip from our house in the southern US up north through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, to NYC and Boston and Maine to see Acadia National Park, into Canada to see St. John, NB, then up to drive over the world’s longest covered bridge in Hartland, NB, then Montreal and Toronto, then down to Niagara Falls, then to Pennsylvania and back home. We had some long days of driving and times everyone was getting on my last nerve (and I was on theirs too), but all I remember was the fun of seeing new places

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14Calypso@reddit

Used to live in California. Did a big circle around Utah, Colorado, back down into Arizona to see the Grand Canyon. Was a great road trip.

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KalamityKait2020@reddit

Colorado to Michigan into Ontario over to Niagra Falls over to Maine back down to NYC then Washington DC and back to Colorado. It took a couple weeks but man it was beautiful.

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ZaphodG@reddit

I took a year and a half off when I turned 40. I lived at a ski resort in the winter and on my sailboat in the summer. I cashed in a ton of frequent flyer miles. My sister lived in Vancouver so it wasn’t entirely domestic and I did a 3 week ski trip to New Zealand.

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EmmalouEsq@reddit

When my husband and I were newlyweds we drove from Nebraska to California and back. We saw Vegas, Arches National Park, the Rockies, Death Valley, Grand Canyon, the huge redwoods, and the Bonneville Salt Flats (where we stumbled upon a nude photoshoot just right of the road).

We took 10 days or so and car camped, regular camped, and even stayed at a couple of really nice hotels.

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dobbydisneyfan@reddit

Don’t have a favorite road trip. I despise them with a passion.

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Upstairs-Reserve8929@reddit

From Texas to Ontario Canada. We were attending a family reunion near Buffalo NY, then post reunion did the detour up to see Niagra Falls, then stayed with a friend for a couple of days in Washington DC on the way back down. We were broke AF newlyweds and learned a hella lot about budgeting on a shoestring and how to get along after many, many hours confined in an enclosed space. It was a blast.

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Beneficial_Zone_6883@reddit (OP)

Wow that is a drive and a half, lifetime memories for sure. Farthest I did was Montreal to St Augustine Florida.

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Upstairs-Reserve8929@reddit

I apologize, I meant to acknowledge that your longest drive is also super impressive. Florida to Montreal is no joke either, and must have been as impressive in the change of scenery and climate as Texas to Toronto was for us

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Upstairs-Reserve8929@reddit

It was. On the way up our one and only stop on the way to NY was Ohio, which was about 16 hours in. On the way down from DC I think it was Memphis, TN. We booked all hotel stays via Hotwire when that was a thing, so finding out what our lodging was going to be was its own adventure 😅

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Porcupine-in-a-tree@reddit

We have a lot of easy road trips since Utah is so centrally located in the west. “Close by” favorites are southern Utah and Grand Tetons. “Further away” favorite is the Washington/ Oregon coastline.

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Over_Smile9733@reddit

Live in Oregon, so all places there lol. So

National Glacier Park. Easy. So wonderful

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allaboutmojitos@reddit

I’ve done a lot of road trips and seen many of our national parks, but sometimes it’s about the company, and the little things that happen along the way. I took a roadtrip with nothing but a loose plan, that looped around through Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. I saw parts of the country I had never seen before and happened upon some incredible history, gorgeous scenery, beautiful people and rich stories. This trip was so much more about the journey than the check marks

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Aescwicca@reddit

101 up the coast through Maine is great.

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BreadfruitRegular631@reddit

Pretty much any nature area at or west of the continental divide. Yellowstone and near there sticks out but I have loved every area I'd seen. Still lots left for me to see out there (I'm from Boston) which I am excited about.

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Intermountain-Gal@reddit

We drove up the length of Pacific Coast Highway into Canada or to Lake Banff, back down into Montana and on the way back home in Southern California.

It was a beautiful trip!

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Kellzy1212@reddit

When i moved from Tampa to Las Vegas, everything through the top of New Mexico to Flagstaff, then Vegas was absolutely gorgeous.

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Fun_Machine7346@reddit

The park across the street.

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refuz04@reddit

Blue ridge parkway/skyline drive

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Bright_Ices@reddit

No chance I can pick a favorite, but standouts include trips to the national parks in the intermountain west and on the west coast, plus gorgeous drives all over the country.

One of my all time favorite stretches is traveling across Wyoming from the northeast corner to the southwest corner. You enter the state on I-90 and exit via I-80, but you mostly have to take state highways in between. The coolest part is how many different kinds and climates of land you go through, just traversing that one state. Because it’s not really one established route, it’s not a very popular way, which is part of what I love about it.

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GeneralOrgana1@reddit

Any road trip I've gone on with just me and my son. I have off in summers, and he and I went on a lot of road trips when he was younger. We went to a lot of National Parks. I've been to all 50 states and he's been to, I think, 45.

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Plane_Jacket_7251@reddit

Drove the 101 all the way from Olympia Washimgton to just north of San Francisco for our honeymoon. We took a week off for the trip and hit every coastal lighthouse on the Oregon coast, got to drive through the redwood forest and the tree itself, saw all sorts of cool stuff and just had a blast. No hotel reservations, a trunk of camping gear just in case we couldn't find a room for the night, and no plan except to keep following 101 and stop whenever something looked cool.

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jvc1011@reddit

The best one will always be PCH/Highway 1 from the Bay Area to Los Angeles. Recommendation: go in March.

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capybara123571@reddit

I had a field trip to Washington DC once that had a 14 hour drive, the drive was really fun.

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dobster1029@reddit

We hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, that would be hard to beat. But its NOT for everyone! GC don't play. Took us three days, but we packed for four. Water is not guaranteed.

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TattBroChill@reddit

Denver to Moab. Stopping at glenwood hot springs for some soaking in the springs then hopping off I- 70 to take HWY 128

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LilOpieCunningham@reddit

I motorcycled and camped the western US for 17 days. From Seattle down the coast, from San Francisco to Yosemite to Death Valley to Las Vegas. To the Grand Canyon and north through Utah, through Zion up to western CO, then to Wyoming, Yellowstone and back to Seattle.

Saw a lot. So much more there to see.

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Choice-Marsupial-127@reddit

I can’t pick just one. It’s a tie between a road trip along the Rockies from Colorado to Montana, an Alaskan cruise, and the hot springs a couple hours away.

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Bitch-stewies@reddit

I really enjoyed Michigan, we did the upper peninsula and the weather was gorgeous, the nature and lakes beautiful. Mackinac island was a fun little day trip, and then searching for yooperlites, the sunrises. I really enjoyed the cold weather I thought it was perfect and just driving around thru the woods etc.

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HotButteredPoptart@reddit

My whole family (parents, grandparents , aunts & uncles) used to go to Long Beach Island, NJ every year. Now I take my family to OBX every year. We love the beach.

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jmims98@reddit

We hit up a couple of CA national parks after a conference. Over around a week we went from San Jose to: Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings, Joshua Tree, Death Valley, and finished with a night in Las Vegas. I wasn't a big road tripper before this, but it ended up turning into one of my favorite trips of all time.

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Quirky-Lecture-6066@reddit

Savannah Georgia. Or Zion National Park.

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ProfessionalCat7640@reddit

Savannah is on my list, I can’t wait.

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dobster1029@reddit

Its so great. I recommend bring a bike or rent one, its flat and you can get around town really quickly!

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throw20190820202020@reddit

Savannah was just a pit stop for us on the way to FL, and I was struck by how I almost didn’t stop at the prettiest city I’ve seen.

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Beneficial_Zone_6883@reddit (OP)

I need to check out Savannah, will probably do another east coast road trip and hit some cities I haven’t yet

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Interesting_Shake403@reddit

Zion is pretty amazing.

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RelativeIncompetence@reddit

Yellowstone NP, Glacier NP, Custer State Park (SD), Black Hills, Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, Badlands.

Was a fun summer as a kid.

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jess8771@reddit

10 friends in a house in the Outer Banks, one of the most fun weeks of my life

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CrimsonJynx0@reddit

Bar Harbor, Maine. Particularly, Acadia National Park.

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ReignyRainyReign@reddit

Table rock lake in southern Missouri.

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Lovemybee@reddit

My (65f) family (mom, step-dad, little brother, and me) moved from Chicagoland to Long Beach, California in 1972. I was 11.

We packed all our stuff in a moving van, sent it ahead, and took the Chevy Blazer across the country.

We took the northern route: Iowa (acres and acres of corn), the Badlands, Yellowstone, San Francisco (rode the street cars!), Redwoods/Yosemite/Sequoia, the works!!!

I don't remember exactly how long it took... weeks, at least!

It was memories for a lifetime.

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thedawntreader85@reddit

Fall Creek Falls state park in Tennessee sticks out to me. Also the Johnson Shut-ins in Missouri.

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do_go_on_please@reddit

San Francisco, Muir Woods, and Napa. Just chef’s kiss

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forgottenones1@reddit

Chicago in the summer is always a favorite

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Drew707@reddit

Usal Beach is typically our DGAF do shrooms in the woods type of a trip, but I think we are all now just looking for relaxation without a cell signal.

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makestuff24-7@reddit

This varies based on location. The US is massive and it takes several days to drive across, and even then you miss most of it.

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Beneficial_Zone_6883@reddit (OP)

For sure, I did Montreal to Ste Augustine and that’s not nearly as far as east to west coast

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mads_61@reddit

Glacier National Park

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SockSock81219@reddit

New Yawk City, Baby

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Bcatfan08@reddit

For me it's either that or LA. Love traveling to both.

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JamboreeJunket@reddit

Branson 🤣🤣 hear me out: it was the 90s, we did not have disney world money, but we could go to silver dollar city and see jim stafford and ripley’s believe it or not.

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Beneficial_Zone_6883@reddit (OP)

Lol I feel you, when I was young we struggled too, vacation was a day trip to Chinatown for some to go egg rolls. We travelled as I got older and I travelled in my adult life

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PainterOfRed@reddit

Jim Stafford was awesome. It's cool you got to see him in a live performance. I only got to see him on t.v.

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Bearbearblues@reddit

East coast to South Dakota. South Dakota is so beautiful. It’s more than Mount Rushmore. If you go, cross the border to Devil’s Tower.

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TedsHotdogs@reddit

I flew to the Portland, Oregon area with a friend so I could do a trail run in the mountains. It was unbelievably beautiful, and then we took a few days to drive to the ocean, drove up Mt Hood, and how in the gorge to see more waterfalls. 10/10. Extremely awesome.

I've done a ton of road trips from my home in the upper Midwest. I loved driving down to Kentucky to see Mammoth Cave, that was really fun. Driving all the way to New Mexico once was a wild adventure, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it! Driving all the way through Texas was horrible lol

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ladytal@reddit

American Southwest.

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OnePuzzleheaded6724@reddit

Texas to Maryland with my siblings. We drove for 2 days but had a blast doing it.

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BusinessWarthog6@reddit

Myrtle Beach

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pixeequeen84@reddit

My 2 sisters, my dad, and myself drove from Tucson,AZ to South Padre Island, TX a few years back. Driving all the way through South Texas isn't scenic or beautiful, but it was such a fun trip.

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Lunasalona@reddit

I live in West Texas, as far west and south you can get and still be in the US.

When the kids were young, we went camping a lot. Our favorite place was a State Park in the Davis Mountains. I loved the drive once we got off the Interstate. It was about a 4 hour drive.

Second favorite place was Carlsbad Caverns. We'd visit the Caverns then camp at Guadalupe National Park.

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moonbunnychan@reddit

When I was 21 we randomly decided to drive from DC to Savannah Georgia, stay the night, and then drive back for no other reason then we had nothing to do on Halloween. Like we literally just decided that morning to make the trip. The entire trip was so full of random adventure and fun that I'll never forget it. Including spending like 3 hours at South of the Border.

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lovegood123@reddit

Southern Maine Key West Pacific Coast Highway/redwoods etc NYC Upstate NY

Going to Alaska this summer and I’m sure I’ll add that to the list!

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thats-gold-jerry@reddit

Joshua Tree. Upstate New York. Big Sur.

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fshannon3@reddit

Summer of '95, just graduated high school...family took a cross-country road trip that took about a month. Departed MD, went across the midwest, dipped down to the Grand Canyon, headed over to L.A., went up the coast, drove over to western MT to visit family, then made our way home.

Those were just the major highlights. Many other stops along the way and it was just such an epic trip so far.

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PainterOfRed@reddit

Did almost the same trip on my honeymoon (many years ago). But we did the West Coast in reverse - Seattle, Vancouver, BC, down the Olympic Penninsula to LA and back to Maryland. So much majestic scenery across this country.

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Beneficial_Zone_6883@reddit (OP)

Wow that’s quite the trip!

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DiscontentDonut@reddit

Anywhere where I road trip as a passenger, and there are plenty of places to stop with some sort of novelty specialty.

In New Jersey, it's roadside fruit stands in Menonite country. In New York, it's sponge candy and Loganberry soft drink. In Georgia, it's homemade peach preserves and jams. In Florida, it's the amusement parks like Disney, Bush Gardens, and Universal. In my home town of the Virginia Beach area, it's salt water taffy, fresh seafood, and beaches on the Atlantic Ocean. In Washington DC, it's the museums.

And in any state you go to, it's the state parks. Anywhere that they preserve hiking trails and animal habitats. People outside of the country might know of some of the big ones like the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Yosemite, etc. But there are so many. Some, you can even camp in.

I don't like my country politically or economically. We're a shit show, there. But geographically and culturally, we are a beautiful nation.

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Far-Lecture-4905@reddit

New Orleans or staying in a cabin in the mountains of North Carolina.

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ItchyFox6995@reddit

Northern California to Washington. Highlights were crater lake, the drive to Mt Rainier from the south, hiking around Rainier, Diablo lake in North Cascades, Multnomah falls in Oregon, Burney falls in California, and some of the beaches in Olympic

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MichiganHistoryUSMC@reddit

Michigan, Ontario, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Montreal, Toronto, Michigan.

(Not fully domestic)

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Jerentropic@reddit

Yosemite.

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wbishopfbi@reddit

Either Glacier/Yellowstone/Grand Teton NP, or Vegas/Grand Canyon/Zion/Arches

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Otherwise-OhWell@reddit

Cedar Rapids to Omaha. Had to be there.

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Ill-Lou-Malnati@reddit

New Orleans right as Covid was ending. People on the streets but not the throngs I had encountered in the past. Easy to get in restaurants and bars. French Market was easy to navigate. Been there many times but that was by far the most enjoyable.

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OK_Stop_Already@reddit

Me and my mom would drive to Atlanta, GA annually. It was nice. I still know the route by heart. (also the road signs, obviously)

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Adorable-East-2276@reddit

Road trip from Texas to New Orleans.

It’s tacos in the morning, étouffée at night, 48 hours of nothing but delicious food the whole way

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Beneficial_Zone_6883@reddit (OP)

Yummy 😋 nice weather too Im sure

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Dry-Lie-9593@reddit

A road trip down I-40 start to finish

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No-Carry4971@reddit

Six national parks, the Utah big 5 plus Great Basin. My wife and I took 16 days to do all 6 parks plus a day in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. I think it's the most beautiful natural landscape I have ever seen.

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Taki583@reddit

We enjoy taking the horses to various campgrounds throughout summer. Looking forward to exploring the UP the next few years.

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One-Hand-Rending@reddit

The Kancamagus Highway in New Hampshire. Miles and miles of driving through the most beautiful mountain/forest landscape on earth. I wish I could post a picture. Just google Kancamagus Highway…dare ya.

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whisperworks@reddit

Yellowstone, hands down.

Grand Canyon is a close second, Sequoia Nation Forest might be my third… idk California is too expensive, has too much traffic, and has way too many people. It’s probably nice if you can deal with all that but it definitely isn’t for me lol

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Bexar1986@reddit

Redneck Riviera. Beautiful water and weather (even though it's super hot and sticky).

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idrinkchocomilk@reddit

drove from kentucky all the way to cali. visited like 15 different states in 2 weeks, saw the redwoods, the pacific ocean, the grand canyon, new orleans, roswell, where breaking bad was filmed, the biggest truck stop in the world etc. it was a fucking dream come true!

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DropTopEWop@reddit

Hawaii for relaxtion and doing nothing.

Vegas for fun.

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snarkwithfae@reddit

Driving from KY to MA. I’ve done the trip SO many times.

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Photon6626@reddit

Camping in the snow in the winter near the rim of the Grand Canyon

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were19@reddit

Hawaii, bar none.

Second would probably be Socal, and sometimes I do Vegas + LA together

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OGMikeGyver@reddit

House boating

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Perdendosi@reddit

As with others, I did love my Alaska cruise. From a beauty and nature perspective, that probably takes the cake. (And I live in a state with 5 national parks!)

I've also enjoyed my stays in Hawaii (my wife has to go out there for work every couple of years, and we extend it into a vacation.) From a relaxation perspective, that probably takes the cake.

Are those my favorite? I dunno.

I will give you my favorite road trip though.

Wife and I before kids. \~13 years ago. We left home (Salt Lake City). Drove through the Tetons to Yellowstone and stayed nearby. Drove to Oregon to visit friends and drink beer. Drove to Seattle, drank more beer and coffee and saw baseball and the space needle. Drove down the Pacific Coast Highway to San Francisco and camped on an island overlooking the bay. Drove into the city and went to the Oakland A's and SF Giants baseball games. Drank wine. Drove back through Tahoe and gambled, and then home.

Nature, sports, culinary and potent potable experiences, culture, friends, about every different landscape you can imagine.

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Opening_Wall_9379@reddit

Vermont

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Beneficial_Zone_6883@reddit (OP)

Nice I’m in Montreal an hour from Vermont, anything specific I should add to my bucket list?

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Opening_Wall_9379@reddit

Some of the best hikes and restaurants I’ve ever experienced.

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UrgentLiving@reddit

San Francisco in the late 1990’s. Not the same as of 2021. Top place as of now: Hawaii and its many islands. And then after that, Yosemite. But I am a Californian, so I am partial. I hated Houston. Did not totally enjoy Orlando. Missouri is miserable. As is Arizona, except Flagstaff. Colorado would be A Okay in the late spring or Summer I think, but I went in early December and don’t love snow sports. Would never do New York City again. I dream of going g to Massachusetts and Vermont in the fall some day.

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capnhist@reddit

Most Memorable: Portland, OR to Bar Harbor, ME through Yellowstone, Minneapolis, Chicago, and NYC

Favorite: Portland, OR down I-5 to Crater Lake and northern CA, then camping up the Oregon Coast.

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plastictoothpicks@reddit

Hawaii

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amateur_reprobate@reddit

We took a camping trip when I was a teen through the Great Plains and Rockies, then down to Arizona. Badlands, Wind Cave, Mt Rushmore(meh), Devil's Tower, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Great Salt Lake, Grand Canyon, Meteor Crater, Gateway Arch... It was 3 weeks and it is still wasn't long enough.

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SlamClick@reddit

Grew up going to Myrtle Beach so that drive and place has a lot of nostalgia for me.

My favorite trip was when I rented a car in LA and had two weeks before dropping it off in Vegas. I just wandered, stopped when I was tired or interested. I felt so free.

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psylentrob@reddit

Camping and panning for gold in Coos Canyon in Byron, Maine.

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no_clever_name_yet@reddit

With my kids? Visited Napa Valley and Armstrong Redwoods.

With my parents? We drove to Cocoa Beach, Florida for Christmas when I was 14. We rented a bigger car than what we had at the time and it had a tape deck and one of our family friends made us a mixtape that included Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah. We must've listened to that mixtape 20 times on that trip because finding local radio stations we could stand was hard. We stopped at a Waffle House late at night after seeing them all over the place. We bought gas at $0.90 a gallon even though we had just filled up at $0.93 a gallon JUST so we could say that we got gas that cheap. All the Floridians were wearing winter coats (it was the end of December, after all) and we barely had sweatshirts on.

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bonzai113@reddit

That would be dropping down into Kentucky to see family.

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ThinkCoyote7715@reddit

Lake Powell. My parents rented a houseboat for 5 days when I was a kid. Best family vacation ever.

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bcpsgal@reddit

I loved Denver and Boulder!

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Baring-My-Heart@reddit

Mine was going to the Homestead in Virginia growing up. My family went 4-5 times a year until we moved to TN. We’ve been back a few times, but it’s just too far of a drive now. I have some amazing memories there

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CBus660R@reddit

When I was 16, my family took a 21 day motorhome trip. We took 7 days going west from Cleveland, OH to get to relatives in Oregon. Spent 7 days with them exploring Oregon and Southern Washington. Then 7 days heading back home.

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historyhill@reddit

For my babymoon, my husband and I did an Amtrak vacation from Denver to San Francisco. It was absolutely amazing! We started at Rocky Mountain National Park, then took a train to Salt Lake City, then a bus up to Yellowstone for a few days, then back to SLC to take a train to San Francisco, where we went to Yosemite for a day, and Alcatraz and Muir Woods another day. It wasn't perfect (the trains were delayed by a total of 13 hours and our roomettes were very dusty) but it was amazing.

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Due_Championship_988@reddit

San diego to Portland is beautiful.

Also, I've driven most of highway 50. Not all of it is beautiful, but it's an accomplishment!

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TheMainTony@reddit

I have driven New York to San Francisco once, DC to San Francisco once, South Beach/Miami to Anchorage once (North to Quebec, then East & North to Alaska). But my favorites were: Marin CA to Ocean Shores WA and back, hugging the coast, over two weeks or the time I drove from exurban Sacramento to Lake Powell AZ/UT but had never 'done' the desert before so I turned a seven-day trip into a 23-day trip seeing all I could see.

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original_greaser_bob@reddit

Seattle. had family in the area. star bucks was becoming a thing. grunge was just kicking off. my aunt lived down the road from Nintendo of America and one day i am pretty sure i saw Mario from Super Mario Brothers, Samus from Metroid, Link from the Legend of Zelda, and the guy from Golf carpooling to work.

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lilred7879@reddit

Alaska one week on land and one week cruise

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RioTheLeoo@reddit

I’ve loved everywhere I’ve traveled tbh.

I guess SF/Oakland tops my list, but NYC and Boise are up there too

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BigBlueJAH@reddit

Drove the Pacific coast highway and did whale watching in Monterey Bay and then drove out to Yosemite. We live on the East coast, so the change in geography was pretty amazing. A close second was Utah. Zion, Bryce Canyon, and Moab in one trip.

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