Post #393316 by tikibars on Fri, Jul 11, 2008 2:07 PM

This trip sounds exciting.
Hope you have a good efficient car!
Gas prices have curtailed my road trippin' lately...

The very, very best advice I can give you is to AVOID INTERSTATES.

You aren't going to see anything worth seeing in the interstate. If you're in a hurry to get where you're going, just fly. If you are going to take a road trip, then take routes where you will actually see something cool.

Map out some old US Highways (usually magenta lines on maps, and they often run parallel - or nearly so - to interstates) and take those. THAT is where all of the old motels, diners, crazy old towns that time forgot, antique malls, tourist traps, historical markers, etc etc etc are to be found.

Take Route 66 from LA to Texas, for starters, and then pick up some other routes from Texas to Florida.

Have fun!