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I'm planning a road trip from Western Massachussetts to Los Angeles. I'll be stopping first in Toronto to visit a friend of mine, then coming down and stopping in Michigan (Detroit or Kalamazoo maybe?), then heading to St. Louis, then possibly Denver, CO before heading to my final destination. Any suggestions for stops, roads to take, etc would be very helpful.

― T. Weiss (Timmy), Saturday, 12 August 2006 16:12 (nineteen years ago)

I'll also be dumpster diving across the country so any tips in that area are also welcome.

― T. Weiss (Timmy), Saturday, 12 August 2006 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

Dude, make sure you take a keg. And maybe pick up some hot chicks.

― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Saturday, 12 August 2006 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

ann arbor is nice this time of year

― kingfish trapped under ice (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 12 August 2006 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

$300 in cash, two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.

― Jimmy Mod: THE HANDLESS ORGANIST (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Saturday, 12 August 2006 17:07 (nineteen years ago)

Bring Tom Green.

― Colin Cassidy (Colin Cassidy), Saturday, 12 August 2006 17:30 (nineteen years ago)

route 20 through NY

route 6 through Ohio

route 50 through Indiana

the Shawnee Hills of Illinois

the Flint Hills of Kansas

the Million Dollar Highway in Colorado

Utah 12

route 66 through California

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 12 August 2006 19:12 (nineteen years ago)

ROAD TRIP THREAD

― Vacillatrix (x Jeremy), Saturday, 12 August 2006 19:55 (nineteen years ago)

I just came back from my Ohio/Michigan road trip home last Saturday.

That which made my trip great was including these songs on a mix:

Eddie Holland - Jamie
Jackie Wilson - Call Her Up
Inez Foxx - Hurt By Love
Ray Charles - This Little Girl of Mine

Things I did:

Funeral for ladyfriend's family in Ohio (I'd skip this if I were you)

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (again, SKIP IT)

CEDAR POINT (do it)

Had Multigrain pancakes at Bob Evans (worth doing once I guess)

Went back to my tiny hometown of Albion Michigan (beautiful park!)

Pizza @ Cascarelli's, Ice Cream at Frosty Dan's (Albion MI)

Root Beer from the Hi-Lite Drive In (Marshall MI)

Greenfield Village in Dearborn (it's fun for a minute; grows old fast)

Motown Museum (hald assed, short, but still exciting)

I'm nostalgic already, even for the bad parts, thanks to that mix.

― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Sunday, 13 August 2006 01:03 (nineteen years ago)

aw, i love the R&RHoF. it's boomer cluelessness distilled to its very essence.

― you're killing me, larry! (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 13 August 2006 01:15 (nineteen years ago)

we had a overstated redneck character country music DJ on the air in Florida named boomer. sounds about the same

― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Sunday, 13 August 2006 01:19 (nineteen years ago)

Some friends and I were going to see the biggest ball of twine somewhere in Minnesota before school starts. Unfortunately, it never panned out.

― Ivan Ga11ardo (Ivan), Sunday, 13 August 2006 01:21 (nineteen years ago)

along thse lines; was watching Alton Brown's Feasting on Asphaly miniseries on food network; makes me want to ride a motorcycle westward...

― Jimmy Mod: THE HANDLESS ORGANIST (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Sunday, 13 August 2006 01:26 (nineteen years ago)

Go past the World's Biggest Terlit, yeehaw!

― Domenico Buttez (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Sunday, 13 August 2006 05:42 (nineteen years ago)

after st louis, i guess you would end up in kansas city, so after that, i think i'd do one of 3 vagueish routes

south: wichita, liberal, dalhart, tucumcari, santa fe, farmington, monument valley, grand canyon, vegas, mojave desert, la

middle: wichita, garden city, walsenburg, durango, canyons of the ancients, monticello, blanding, glen canyon, hanksville, bryce, cedar city, caliente, death valley, la (hmm, might need to cut some of this one out!)

to do denver: i guess i-70 to denver, green river, goblin valley, hanksville, bryce, beaver, miltord, ely, mono lake/yosemite, fresno, bakersfield, la

― -- (688), Sunday, 13 August 2006 06:07 (nineteen years ago)

Timmy, me and sgs drove from Denver to LA (and she's from W Mass for what it's worth) so if you want to contact me/us off board we might be able to make suggestions.

― Earwig oh! (Mark C), Sunday, 13 August 2006 08:41 (nineteen years ago)

where should I go in Michigan? Detroit? Ann Arbor? Grand Rapids? Kalamazoo?

― T. Weiss (Timmy), Sunday, 13 August 2006 15:35 (nineteen years ago)

How are you getting to Toronto? Kingston or Buffalo? Eitherway, stop by the wine regions in Prince Edward County or Niagara and pick up enough cheapo wine to last you to Nappa or Sonoma.
If you're coming from Kingston we can get fancy, but from Toronto to Hamilton (and for most of the 401) it is best just to get the miles behind you.

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 02:05 (nineteen years ago)

out of curiosity, where in western massachusetts are you starting?

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 02:06 (nineteen years ago)

yah can i come?

― kephm (kephm), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 02:08 (nineteen years ago)

If you're stopping in Buffalo, I can recommend some tasty food.

Seriously, the best hot dogs in the world.

Buffalo's best chicken wings

There's a great vegetarian place too, down the road called Betty's.

The big ol'Rust Belt mansions are worth a look as well.

― molly d (mollyd), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 11:28 (nineteen years ago)

shit. links did not work.

Ted's: http://www.tedsonline.com/locations.php

Gabriel's gate: http://www.allenstreet.com/gabriel/index.html

― molly d (mollyd), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 11:29 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, where in Western Mass? Where I'm from!
Rte 5 along Lake Erie between Buffalo and Cleveland is very beautiful. It's grape country—the lake visible beyond the vineyards, beautiful farmhouses. Also, if you want to take a break from dumpster-diving, I had the best moussaka I've ever had in my life at a restaurant right on the lake around there. I CAN'T REMEMBER... And I don't think it even had a Greek name. Big parking lot—asphalt right to the water, lots of glass and chrome decor. I'm going to have to go back and find it myself.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 12:07 (nineteen years ago)

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