So I put together a map

"CAR_IS_MI" (car-is-mi)
07/16/2014 at 17:08 • Filed to: None

Containing 71 points of interest for my !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

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These are all the places I would like to see along this trip, some are cities, some are landmarks. Not all of them are full day stops, and for all I know I very well may end up in places not on this list.

Those of you with two eyes will notice that I have no points in NV (other than my starting point), AZ, NM, or New England (other than my end point). I have seen much of AZ, NM, and NV while living here and I grew up in New England so I've seen all of that.

If you see something big that you think I'm missing out on let me know.

DISCUSSION (42)

Leadbull > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 17:15

There are no pins in St. Louis.

Are you a communist?

Will with a W8 races an E30 > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 17:18

If you're thinking of working in the auto industry it might be worthwhile to check out more of Ohio. Honda is in Columbus, and there are many suppliers in Toledo, Cleveland, Dayton, Columbus... Don't neglect the rest of Michigan either - The whole state is in the industry, not just Detroit.

TheBaron2112 > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 17:19

What point of interest do you have in Nashville?

Also, I'll second St. Louis. Go to the Arch and Forest Park. Especially the science and art museums.

CAR_IS_MI > Leadbull
07/16/2014 at 17:20

Yes. Yes I am. Also I've been to STL. I still may stop by.

HammerheadFistpunch > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 17:25

Overland or road? both?

CAR_IS_MI > Will with a W8 races an E30
07/16/2014 at 17:26

Ill be taking a temp job once I move to get settle in then I will be following my other dream of owning my own business.

CAR_IS_MI > TheBaron2112
07/16/2014 at 17:27

Nashville. I'm a redneck at heart. Also my aunt lives there.

CAR_IS_MI > HammerheadFistpunch
07/16/2014 at 17:27

Bit of both. Most will be on road so that I don't end up spending a year traveling.

Diesel > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 17:32

Kinja'd!!!

You should stop by 4 corners just to take a selfie.

TheBaron2112 > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 17:33

Excellent. I live here too. But redneck it isn't. Unless you want it to be. In which case, lower Broadway. :P

HammerheadFistpunch > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 17:33

looks like you are hitting up most of highway 12 in utah. Good choice. give me a buzz when your in salt lake and we can grab a bite

PatBateman > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 17:36

List your destinations in Texas so that I may judge ye.

CAR_IS_MI > Diesel
07/16/2014 at 17:38

Good point.

Pearson Hurst > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 17:38

Don't see anything in VA either, except for what looks like DC and maybe Virginia Beach? Both massively overrated, though I'm probably biased due to proximity.

Weez55 > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 17:39

What is the POI in ND?

CAR_IS_MI > PatBateman
07/16/2014 at 17:41

Dallas and Lewisville (my parents lived in Lewisville so I would like to see it), Austin (been there but I liked it plus I have family there), and Houston (so that I may annoy ElUly)

CAR_IS_MI > Pearson Hurst
07/16/2014 at 17:42

I have been to a good bit of Norther VA growing up but never made it to the beach so I figure I should go for good measure. And DC.

BoulderZ > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 17:42

Hard to see exactly what your CO pins are. Park-y stuff: RMNP, Dinosaur, CO Nat Mon Offroad-y stuff: the Fruita/Grand Junction area. Front Range: Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins. Too much great stuff there to list, take your pick.

CAR_IS_MI > Weez55
07/16/2014 at 17:43

One of the national park which I cant remember off the top of my head.

Leadbull > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 17:43

You should. There's a surprising amount of stuff to do. I won't be living here for much longer, though, which is a bit unfortunate.

CAR_IS_MI > BoulderZ
07/16/2014 at 17:44

Pikes peak and a few of the parks in that area, and then Denver area.

Diesel > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 17:45

Mesa Verde National Park is nearby also.

ki-ki-ki-kia > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 17:47

Kinja'd!!!

I would love to know what points you have in Florida and maybe I could suggest a few more.

Pearson Hurst > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 17:47

Looks like you're headed for Nags Head/Hatteras as well. A MUCH better beach experience IMO. I'm 2 hours from VA Beach and opt to go to the Outer Banks any time I head for the ocean. Just my $.02.

commander warsstar is smitten with subaru legacy outbacks (and redheads) > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 17:49

Indianapolis = IMS?

CAR_IS_MI > Diesel
07/16/2014 at 17:49

Yea I've been back and forth on adding that. I want to leave some points out so I still have places left to see.

Little Black Coupe Turned Silver > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 17:50

Carhenge in Nebraska is cool, but is sorta far off I-80 if you're just passing through.

Is the WI dot Road America? I can't tell, but if not it should be...

Weez55 > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 17:50

Probably Theodore Roosevelt National Park around Medora. The badlands can be very pretty scenery.

CAR_IS_MI > ki-ki-ki-kia
07/16/2014 at 17:51

Im not hugely interested in anything in Florida exactly other than stopping by to see some family and friends. Growing up we took many trips to FL so I have seen much of the state.

CAR_IS_MI > Pearson Hurst
07/16/2014 at 17:52

I still feel like its one of those places I need to go just to say I went.

CAR_IS_MI > commander warsstar is smitten with subaru legacy outbacks (and redheads)
07/16/2014 at 17:54

Exactly. Hopefully I can time it right and get to an event at the brickyard. If not Ill have to call my contacts at speedway to see if they can get me onto the track. I mean it's the freaking brickyard, how could I not.

Diesel > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 17:54

I could go either way with that one. Estes Park in Colorado was one of my favorite places I've visited in the US. It's where the Shining Hotel is at also.

CAR_IS_MI > Little Black Coupe Turned Silver
07/16/2014 at 17:55

No Green Bay. Don't know why but I have always wanted to go.

Racescort666 > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 18:24

Not sure if this is something you'd be interested in but the Frontier Army Museum in Ft. Leavenworth KS was pretty interesting. My mom and I stopped there on our road trip from Minneapolis MN to Austin TX for Thanksgiving one year.

The museum is more about the expansion of the US around and after the civil war. Huge portions of the country were unexplored and it basically took the US Army to do the land surveying to plot out the west. It was a sort of "taming of the west."

PatBateman > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 18:25

Acceptable. Also, hit up Diesel for a personal tour of Johnson Space Center.

JEM > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 19:04

Barber Motorsports Park/Motorcycle Museum:

https://www.barbermuseum.org/

Birmingham, AL

If you have even a passing interest in motorcycles, even just appreciate the design of them, do not pass this place up. I spent more time in there than I did in the Louvre and I was years away from owning a motorcycle at that point.

Also, this place I found on one of my road trips:

http://www.thelostsea.com/

Basically a huge underground lake you can walk through the caverns and take a boat ride - it's one of those cool roadside attractions things.

Which reminds me: ABSOLUTELY buy a good road atlas, like one of the big Michelin ones and every night study the route you're going to take the next day (I like to split up the travel with interstates/rural roads about 60/40) and look for stuff like this. To me, that was one of the best parts about taking road trips.

CAR_IS_MI > JEM
07/16/2014 at 19:55

Barber is a great place, I will have to add it for sure. it will compliment my trip to the National Corvette Museum

Bad Idea Hat > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 20:07

What's the Cincinnati-ish point? The whole city, or a specific place?

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 21:09

I see you've got a pin in Jersey.

As a resident of this state, I have to ask, why?!

This state really has nothing to offer. Unless you like sky high property taxes and too much traffic.

Stef Schrader > CAR_IS_MI
07/16/2014 at 22:32

^5, Austin.

I'll be driving up to Seattle next month. The only real planned stops along the way are Independence Pass, SLC and then PCH, the Redwoods and (even though we're a day too late for Monterey, BOO!) Laguna Seca because it's RIGHT THERE on the way back. (This will inevitably lead to me plotting how to get back TO Laguna Seca, preferably with a racecar.)

Yeah, we're gonna get stuck behind RVs and we don't care. I will fart in the Pacific Ocean. (Again.)

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Diesel
07/17/2014 at 09:25

Great spot - good memories of visiting there as a kid.

Jabba the Hoot > CAR_IS_MI
07/17/2014 at 10:40

In Wisconsin - may I suggest The Dells? And in Florida, perhaps you would enjoy tubing (or snorkeling, my personal fave) the Itchetucknee River in High Springs.