So we're living in Texas but I've taken a job in Utah that will bring us back next summer. This will be a permanent move. We've lived in Missouri and Texas and we've traveled a decent amount around the west but we haven't really done too much on the eastern side of the country (via car [well, minivan]), with the exception of taking a trip to Columbus from Missouri and taking a trip to Disneyworld from Texas (all driving).
There are multiple cities that I'd like to see (as part of experiencing America) but not ones that I'm necessarily wanting to plan a destination to -- passing through is fine. Likewise, there are a couple places I'd like to see, such as LDS historic sites in New York, but it's not like you can plan a trip out there just for that (speaking in terms of living in Utah and doing airplane travel because of distance). This has got me thinking of really just hitting (most) everything of that part of the country we haven't seen as a family. I figured we could leave from Texas and it would take about 23 hours of travel to get to Palmyra, NY. From there, directly down to Philadelphia and then back to Texas.
Overall, we'd likely be running through the following cities, most of which we've never seen:
Little Rock
Memphis
Nashville
Louisville
Cincinnati
Columbus
Cleveland
Kirkland
Erie, PA
Buffalo, NY
Palmyra
Syracuse, NY
Scranton, PA
Philadelphia
Wilmington, DE
Baltimore
Washington, DC
Roanoke, VA
Knoxville, TN
Chattanooga, TN
Birmingham, AL
Jackson, MS
Shreveport, LA
Most of these aren't really amazing destinations but this will mostly be for the experience. We'll be moving in May or June of next year and will also spend a week in Utah in March, so this would likely be wedged between both those. On the other hand, I'm not sure how realistic this will be. We've got 4 kids, two of which will be 2.5 and under. I'm thinking for the most part breaking up long days into ~8 hours. I'm not certain how much time we'd need. I've saved up a lot of vacation. It's obviously a lot of driving and I'm sure we'd all get burned out. On the other hand, I don't think we'll have this opportunity again and think it'd be a good experience, more so in retrospect, I'm sure.
Anyone car travel much? After we move to Utah it's pointless because there's nothing outside the wasatch front for quite a ways, so we will mostly retire from that unless we fly somewhere to rent a car.
There are multiple cities that I'd like to see (as part of experiencing America) but not ones that I'm necessarily wanting to plan a destination to -- passing through is fine. Likewise, there are a couple places I'd like to see, such as LDS historic sites in New York, but it's not like you can plan a trip out there just for that (speaking in terms of living in Utah and doing airplane travel because of distance). This has got me thinking of really just hitting (most) everything of that part of the country we haven't seen as a family. I figured we could leave from Texas and it would take about 23 hours of travel to get to Palmyra, NY. From there, directly down to Philadelphia and then back to Texas.
Overall, we'd likely be running through the following cities, most of which we've never seen:
Little Rock
Memphis
Nashville
Louisville
Cincinnati
Columbus
Cleveland
Kirkland
Erie, PA
Buffalo, NY
Palmyra
Syracuse, NY
Scranton, PA
Philadelphia
Wilmington, DE
Baltimore
Washington, DC
Roanoke, VA
Knoxville, TN
Chattanooga, TN
Birmingham, AL
Jackson, MS
Shreveport, LA
Most of these aren't really amazing destinations but this will mostly be for the experience. We'll be moving in May or June of next year and will also spend a week in Utah in March, so this would likely be wedged between both those. On the other hand, I'm not sure how realistic this will be. We've got 4 kids, two of which will be 2.5 and under. I'm thinking for the most part breaking up long days into ~8 hours. I'm not certain how much time we'd need. I've saved up a lot of vacation. It's obviously a lot of driving and I'm sure we'd all get burned out. On the other hand, I don't think we'll have this opportunity again and think it'd be a good experience, more so in retrospect, I'm sure.
Anyone car travel much? After we move to Utah it's pointless because there's nothing outside the wasatch front for quite a ways, so we will mostly retire from that unless we fly somewhere to rent a car.
