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re: What is the longest road trip by car you have taken?

Posted on 5/7/20 at 4:13 pm to
Posted by Pisco
Mayfield, Kentucky
Member since Dec 2019
4443 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 4:13 pm to
Mayfield, Kentucky to Holbrook, Arizona.

Dad and I got paid to take his friend his camper to him at a plant there in AZ. Took two full days to get there. Give me some time and I’ll post a bunch of pics

Edit: The trip goes down I-40 through Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas panhandle, New Mexico and Arizona. Trip back went through Colorado, down I-25 to NM and back to I-40

































This post was edited on 5/7/20 at 4:31 pm
Posted by burdman
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2007
22733 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 4:13 pm to
Probably not as long/far as some people, but I think Destin, FL to Austin, TX is the longest I've gone in one day.
Posted by Stealth Matrix
29°59'55.98"N 90°05'21.85"W
Member since Aug 2019
11707 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 4:14 pm to
New Orleans to Indianapolis
Posted by Anaximander
3524 Third St New Orleans, LA
Member since Jun 2018
3412 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 4:14 pm to
When I was a kid, New Orleans to Honduras. I do not recall the longest leg of the trip.

Since, a lot of long hauls to national parks. Drove straight through New Orleans to Grand Teton.
This post was edited on 5/7/20 at 4:15 pm
Posted by fastedLSU
BR
Member since Sep 2007
4477 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 4:15 pm to
BR to vegas.
Posted by Texas Weazel
Louisiana is a shithole
Member since Oct 2016
8946 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 4:15 pm to
Polar opposite cities when it comes to geography.
Posted by bayoubengals88
LA
Member since Sep 2007
24752 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 4:16 pm to
17 days
Baton Rouge to Sante Fe to Jacob Lake to Bryce Canyon to Boulder Utah to Monticello Utah to La Sal Mountains to Durango CO to Blackhawk to Steamboat to Flat Tops Wilderness to Eagle CO and back home.

tldr; From Louisiana to AZ up through Utah and CO and back.

2nd longest took us to Bozeman MT and back.
Posted by JudgeRoyBean
West of the Pecos
Member since Jun 2018
538 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 4:16 pm to
As a passenger, Beaumont, TX to Los Angeles.

As a driver, Baton Rouge to the triad area in North Carolina.
Posted by rondo
Worst. Poster. Evar.
Member since Jan 2004
77515 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 4:17 pm to
Seattle to Los Angeles to Baton Rouge...it slightly less than 3 days
This post was edited on 5/7/20 at 4:18 pm
Posted by Floyd Dawg
Silver Creek, GA
Member since Jul 2018
5234 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 4:18 pm to
My best friend's family lives in Stevens Point. Drove Atlanta to Stevens Point straight through (about 16 hours I think).

Also drove Atlanta to Beaumont, TX (15 hrs), Atlanta to Kansas City (13.5 hrs), and Atlanta to Homestead, FL (14.5 hrs) straight through.
This post was edited on 5/7/20 at 4:22 pm
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
37063 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 4:20 pm to
Not very far.

Probably Lafayette to Gatlinburg, or Lafayette to Orlando. Both occurred when I was a kid though.

As an adult, it's either New Orleans to Savannah or Huntington Beach to Santa Rosa.

Huntington Beach to Santa Rosa was my favorite road trip.
Posted by 14&Counting
Dallas, TX
Member since Jul 2012
42088 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 4:21 pm to
Birmingham to Minneapolis

Birmingham to Boston

Birmingham to Key West

Dallas to Los Angeles
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
72103 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 4:22 pm to
1400 miles. Had 3 drivers so it wasnt too horrible
Posted by lathoroughbred
Louisiana/Kentucky
Member since May 2008
8122 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 4:25 pm to
Since I can't get a flight I've been driving from Paducah, Kentucky to Orla, Texas and back every two weeks. But hey, I'm still working. Approximately 1200 one way.
Posted by MardiGrasCajun
Dirty Coast, MS
Member since Sep 2005
6020 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 4:31 pm to
A couple of friends drove from Baton Rouge to Anchorage then down the west coast to Los Angeles then back to Baton Rouge. Two teachers that did this over a summer break. Said they'd never do something like that again.
This post was edited on 5/7/20 at 4:31 pm
Posted by Cajun Tifoso
Lafayette, LA
Member since Sep 2010
2726 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 4:31 pm to
Lafayette, LA to Newport Beach, LA. Just in time to catch a pizza at Mutt Lynch's as they opened the doors for the day!
Posted by Ham And Glass
Member since Nov 2016
1717 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 4:32 pm to
Wasn't very far, From Ft. Collins to Salt Lake, but I had my pregnant sister in law, my 2 year old nephew, and their dog in the back seat which made it impossibly long. My dad did most of the driving and I know he topped 100 a couple of times trying to get the two of us out of that car.
Posted by TexasTiger90
Rocky Mountain High
Member since Jul 2014
3576 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 4:32 pm to
quote:

Bellingham, Washington
That's a beautiful area. I bet that drive was worth it
Posted by Higgysmalls
Ft Lauderdale
Member since Jun 2016
7963 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 4:32 pm to
Steamboat to Gonzales

24 hrs
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
55584 posts
Posted on 5/7/20 at 4:36 pm to
I read a non-fiction book about a guy who drove from Long Island to San Diego, then down the Baja Peninsula and by ferry to the mainland, and continued to Costa Rica maybe. It was called In Search of Captain Zero.
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