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Does Anyone Else Get Freaked Out By The High Plains And Certain Deserts Here In The U.S.?
Posted on 9/6/26 at 8:42 pm
Posted on 9/6/26 at 8:42 pm
In terms of driving?
I'm from the south so of course I'm used to tons of pine trees in the deep south, long bridges across swamps and bayous with plenty to look at and mountains where you can clearly see how quickly you are approaching or driving away from the mountains.
But like what about driving in the high plains of Kansas, Nebraska or Colorado. Where literally the sky seems endless and you have no markers for anything on the interstate outside of mile markers. Or places like Death Valley where you can see a mountain, travel 25 miles on a desert road, and be no closer to that mountain.
I could also see the reverse. If you are used to the desert and the high plains, I could see driving in the south as being somewhat claustrophobic with all the tall pine trees.
I don't know why but that always freaked me out a little. I've only done it once, driving with a friend from Louisiana out to California, but it was kind of a weird experience for me. Anyone else ever had that type of experience driving across wide expansive areas of the country?
I'm from the south so of course I'm used to tons of pine trees in the deep south, long bridges across swamps and bayous with plenty to look at and mountains where you can clearly see how quickly you are approaching or driving away from the mountains.
But like what about driving in the high plains of Kansas, Nebraska or Colorado. Where literally the sky seems endless and you have no markers for anything on the interstate outside of mile markers. Or places like Death Valley where you can see a mountain, travel 25 miles on a desert road, and be no closer to that mountain.
I could also see the reverse. If you are used to the desert and the high plains, I could see driving in the south as being somewhat claustrophobic with all the tall pine trees.
I don't know why but that always freaked me out a little. I've only done it once, driving with a friend from Louisiana out to California, but it was kind of a weird experience for me. Anyone else ever had that type of experience driving across wide expansive areas of the country?
This post was edited on 9/6/26 at 8:45 pm
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Posted on 9/6/26 at 8:43 pm to TheLSUDynasty
Only the drifters on the High Plains give me concern.
This post was edited on 9/6/26 at 8:44 pm
Posted on 9/6/26 at 8:44 pm to TheLSUDynasty
Take 50 Mg of man up and you should be able to manage.
Never felt threatened by trees bigger nor smaller than me.
Never felt threatened by trees bigger nor smaller than me.
This post was edited on 9/6/26 at 8:45 pm
Posted on 9/6/26 at 8:45 pm to TheLSUDynasty
I hear you.
It’s because it’s mostly death around you. Just desert sand or monotonous vegetation.
If I break down and have to rough it in the middle of Alabama, there’s a stream nearby, game in the forest, and timber to be used.
It’s because it’s mostly death around you. Just desert sand or monotonous vegetation.
If I break down and have to rough it in the middle of Alabama, there’s a stream nearby, game in the forest, and timber to be used.
Posted on 9/6/26 at 8:47 pm to TheLSUDynasty
I love driving out there.
My favorite thing is to see a storm over a distant mountain range and watch it lightning and dumping rain maybe 30 miles away.
My favorite thing is to see a storm over a distant mountain range and watch it lightning and dumping rain maybe 30 miles away.
Posted on 9/6/26 at 8:49 pm to StringedInstruments
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If I break down and have to rough it in the middle of Alabama, there’s a stream nearby, game in the forest, and timber to be used.
Out there killing squirrels with a Bowie knife and fashioning their intestines into a head gasket to get yourself on the road. Or distilling pine needles into usable gasoline to get your gas tank filled up.
This post was edited on 9/6/26 at 8:50 pm
Posted on 9/6/26 at 8:51 pm to fightin tigers
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killing squirrels with a Bowie knife and fashioning their intestines into a head gasket
I have found a new life hack! That's why I like this site!
Posted on 9/6/26 at 8:51 pm to fightin tigers
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Take 50 Mg of man up and you should be able to manage.
Never felt threatened by trees bigger nor smaller than me.
Never said I couldn't do it. I just remember the one time I did it it definitely hit me and it wasn't something I'd ever experienced before.
I think it was the combination of the wide openness reminding you just how small you are. And like another poster said, knowing you are up a creek without a paddle if you break down. In the south, I could break down on a road, find a creek, find a squirrel or deer to kill or something to eat, heck I could survive easily 4 or 5 days. You break down out west, you really aren't surviving it more than a day or two.
This post was edited on 9/6/26 at 8:53 pm
Posted on 9/6/26 at 8:51 pm to TheLSUDynasty
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I don't know why but that always freaked me out a little.
I wouldn't say freaked out but was amazed at how expansive and isolated the Colorado plains were just a few miles east of Denver.
Posted on 9/6/26 at 8:51 pm to StringedInstruments
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It’s because it’s mostly death around you. Just desert sand or monotonous vegetation.
Very good point and something I hadn't thought about.
Posted on 9/6/26 at 8:53 pm to TheLSUDynasty
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And like another poster said, knowing you are up a creek without a paddle if you break down. In the south, I could break down on a road, find a creek, find a deer to kill or something to eat, heck I could survive easily 4 or 5 days. You break down
How fricking long are you expecting to be out of pocket?
What the hell are you killing off I-10 in mobile with what you have? You people amaze me with the over estimation of yourselves.
This post was edited on 9/6/26 at 8:54 pm
Posted on 9/6/26 at 8:56 pm to TheLSUDynasty
No.
Posted on 9/6/26 at 8:56 pm to fightin tigers
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Out there killing squirrels with a Bowie knife and fashioning their intestines into a head gasket to get yourself on the road. Or distilling pine needles into usable gasoline to get your gas tank filled up
Haha I was thinking I would just survive out there forever. But that all works too.
Posted on 9/6/26 at 8:59 pm to TheLSUDynasty
I just worry about running out of gas in an area where gas stations are few and far between.
Posted on 9/6/26 at 8:59 pm to TheLSUDynasty
last week i drove from west texas to northern utah.
love watching the scenery gradually change.
love watching the scenery gradually change.
Posted on 9/6/26 at 9:01 pm to StringedInstruments
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because it’s mostly death around you. Just desert sand or monotonous vegetation.
Nebraska and Missouri have the most miles of rivers outside of Alaska
Posted on 9/6/26 at 9:02 pm to T1gerWonder
OP has made 150 posts in a day. Chances of them lasting without internet is slim.
Posted on 9/6/26 at 9:05 pm to armytiger96
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I wouldn't say freaked out but was amazed at how expansive and isolated the Colorado plains were just a few miles east of Denver.
That was crazy to me as well. Literally 13 - 15 miles outside of downtown Denver and you are in the Colorado plains and it's crazy isolated. It doesn't take long at all.
Posted on 9/6/26 at 9:06 pm to TheLSUDynasty
Posted on 9/6/26 at 9:09 pm to TheLSUDynasty
Hadn't considered it
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