Travel question: my wife is curious how many have done a cross country

Jan 19, 2021
12:09:28pm

DJROSS All-American

Road trip she defines traveling through at least six states or more. Also what was the purpose? And was this in the last twenty years? Finally if you've done more than one. How many?

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Travel question: my wife is curious how many have done a cross country

DJROSS

1/19/21 12:09pm

Yes, but only starting from the Northeast.

ReyOso

1/19/21 12:12pm

Yes. More than once. Yes in the last 20 years. Vacations / moves.

justAnotherCoug

1/19/21 12:12pm

6 states or more?

cougarfann888

1/19/21 12:13pm

Then again, you can get from Oregon to Georgia by only crossing 6 states

cheezedawg

1/19/21 12:16pm

Btw for me to get to Idaho from NorCal, you just cross NV

cheezedawg

1/19/21 12:19pm

Wow really? That’s crazy.

Ashtrash

1/19/21 12:40pm

Yeah. OR -> ID -> WY -> NE -> MO -> TN -> GA.

cheezedawg

1/19/21 12:45pm

How do you hit 5? Even if you count your starting state, I only get 4 (CA, NV, OR, ID)

jdub

1/19/21 12:17pm

counting the corner of AZ. CA, NV, AZ, UT, ID.

rad dawg

1/19/21 12:21pm

Ah, eastern ID, that makes sense, and it's probably the quickest route. I was thinking Boise first.

jdub

1/19/21 12:25pm

From SoCal, I-5 north to I-80 east to US 93 North. Only cross NV

cheezedawg

1/19/21 12:22pm

I think its reasonable to assume DJROSS isnt planning a rexburg to LA trip

rad dawg

1/19/21 12:31pm

Given our recent experiences don't count that one out lol.

DJROSS

1/19/21 12:35pm

Have visited all 50, but most at one time was six, to finish the 50.

grandpacoug

1/19/21 1:08pm

Yes. Touring our history and Church history sites with the kids.

PJMort

1/19/21 12:13pm

Poll fail

BIG XII Coug

1/19/21 12:14pm

Seattle to Washington DC, but that was 25 years ago

Kilgore Trout

1/19/21 12:14pm

I've only gone as far as Missouri from Utah in the last 20 years, so 4 states. I guess that doesn't count.

jdub

1/19/21 12:15pm

Church history tour starting in West Virginia: PA-NJ-NY-VT-NH-MA-OH

Kilgore Trout

1/19/21 12:16pm

6 in the last 20 years

idacoug

1/19/21 12:17pm

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BigD Coug

1/19/21 12:17pm

Yes, last summer, combined road trip/see family/friends, first one since married

Corn Pop

1/19/21 12:18pm

Fairly common for folks who live on the east coast and make annual trips to Utah

goodcleanfun

1/19/21 12:19pm

Yes. I don't even know how many times. I live in Utah and I have family in VA,

Not Even Close

1/19/21 12:19pm

I drove from Provo to the DC area in a Chevy Malibu once.

mudpupper

1/19/21 12:19pm

My wife and I hauled a horse from Sandy to Minneapolis several years ago. We

mort

1/19/21 12:19pm

Holy Hannah. 25 hours non stop. True road warrior spirit for sure.

DJROSS

1/19/21 12:36pm

Provo to DC and Provo to Atlanta all within the last 20 years. Atlanta trip 2015

Nat Gas Man

1/19/21 12:20pm

Phoenix to NY and back, but over 20 years ago

Sale

1/19/21 12:21pm

Drove back to AZ from Indiana. We hit BBQ spots Owensborough KY, Memphis and

gilbertatty

1/19/21 12:22pm

We do them frequently, to visit family. That's what happens when you live far from family I guess.

durandal

1/19/21 12:23pm

Yep. Nashville to Buffalo, and back.

COACHdrn

1/19/21 12:23pm

Idaho to NYC and back again. It was totally awesome. We took the kids to see the northern part of the country:

CDV

1/19/21 12:26pm

NV to NY church history tour/visit in-laws - Every year we travel from the West

acougfan

1/19/21 12:29pm

Is your wife's definition one-way? We're at 15ish, all but 1 to visit family

ForzaPuma

1/19/21 12:29pm

True road warrior wow. Yeah she didn't specify. West is different given size.

DJROSS

1/19/21 12:40pm

The KY-WA ones were the hardest ones. Everything else was 1-day, maybe 2-days

ForzaPuma

1/19/21 12:52pm

That's pretty cool. Thanks for the idea. I might purloin the concept.

DJROSS

1/19/21 12:55pm

Utah to east coast 5 times

TheHop

1/19/21 12:30pm

With children that young that is a special type of road warrior spirit. 😲

DJROSS

1/19/21 12:42pm

We did a 3 week vacation in 2004, visiting all the church history sites.

CopperLix

1/19/21 12:31pm

These are great responses everyone. What a wonderful conversation. Thanks

DJROSS

1/19/21 12:32pm

Have you ever tried a train trip?

ReyOso

1/19/21 12:34pm

My wife did that in Russia St Petersburg along the Volga river. I've been on

DJROSS

1/19/21 12:48pm

Yes this year. Super fun.

RUNBYU1

1/19/21 12:42pm

The east coast is pretty good for these types of road trips

novacoug1

1/19/21 12:42pm

Many many

Mississippi

1/19/21 12:43pm

Many times

HoustonTXCoug

1/19/21 12:43pm

Western Missouri to southern Florida and back. That was 6 states one way, and 3 new ones on the way back.

bag

1/19/21 12:45pm

I've done several. Gone from NYC to Florida, California to NJ. Utah to Missouri,

Cougarclaw

1/19/21 12:57pm

Twice.

Homercles

1/19/21 1:01pm

Dude that sounded rough. The road trip no rest pack house and move

DJROSS

1/19/21 1:16pm

Yeah, it was unpleasant. Especially because I'd been away for nine months.

Homercles

1/19/21 1:20pm

I sure hope you let her know just how important she is to you and the family

DJROSS

1/19/21 1:48pm

Always. What I do would be literally impossible without her.

Homercles

1/19/21 2:02pm

UT, WY, NE, IA, MN, IA, MO, KS, OK, TX, OK, CO, WY, UT

SotaCoug

1/19/21 2:13pm

DC to Provo too many times to count

BYU Grounds

1/19/21 4:46pm

We've done probably 8-9 in the last 20 years. Every one of the lower 48 except LA.

unctoothman

1/19/21 5:03pm

Within the last 20 years? I’ve done at least 30 “cross country” trips. I’ve

Revolution

1/19/21 5:43pm

This is the trip we took in 2019. 20+ states. This trip finished all 50 states for us. We're ready to do something

Zenoch

1/19/21 10:01pm

10-15 times. Back and forth from SouthEast to Utah to visit family.

DwigtA2RM

1/19/21 10:19pm

Almost every year.

Squeegee

1/20/21 7:55am

And Twice if the van breaks down, right?

Revolution

1/20/21 8:22am

Ugh. I had repressed that second trip.

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