If you had 1 month to travel USA?

[Andy C]

Im going to America this summer to work for a bit (~2 months) and then finish 10th August, plane booked 10th September and around £800 (with another 4-500 emergency that i really cant afford to touch)

The point is, ive never been (we were going to go before 9/11 but it scared my rents out of it ) and really want to see a fair amount.

I'm starting in Ohio and Finishing in New York City and would like to make it Iowa for a few days as my flatmates is on placement there for a year.

Anyone recommend places/attractions etc? Its a real shame i cant take the bike as would be so fucking cool to ride across America but oh well.
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[Robby]

The girls are fucking easy in Shreveport, Louisiana - its up at the north end of the state, so you can stop by on your way out of Texas.

If you are going there, stop in Amarillo, TX on your way and have a 64oz steak.

I just love the south. Planning a road trip from San Fransisco to Miami to do one of these days.

[hellkat]

Another vote for "Road Trip in the Deep South".

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[McGee]

The south is sh!t the people are lame.

I have lived in the south 3 times in total

Louisiana, Florida now North Carolina.

Well the redneck south is crap.

Texas and Florida were alright.

My mates coming out in June for 2 weeks and is gonna ride the six, we are either going to ride to Florida (Miami, daytona beach) or New York.
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[Phoenix]

[ZRX61]

There's the thin end of sweet fuck all in Iowa, Ohio isn't much better but manages to redeem itself as one of the Spitfires I built is there at Wright-Patt AFB

[AJI]

Should have done Route66. I did that last september. Spent two and a half weeks driving Chicago to LA, and the final one and a half doing Route 1 from San Diego to San Fran and back to LA. Ended up spending a fair bit more than you've budgeted for though.
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[Robby]

McGay, the redneck south is great for a holiday.

Its also difficult to stop laughing when a redneck has turned to you and said. quite seriously, "Hold my beer and watch this".

In this case the watch this part was opening the throttle on boat and jumping off the side, leaving the rest of us clipping along at 10 knots, in the louisiana bayou, with no idea how to stop the boat.

[MarJay]

[Steve H]

I've had a crack at 4 different road trips in the US with just a basic itinerary worked out beforehand to encompass things that we wanted to see - Basically though the premise was always just hire a car and drive. Even took the parents one year in a big Chrysler Voyager. I'm a bit vague on my years but...

2002 we did Boston, the East Coast and New England area in the Fall - Superb quite possible my favourite for scenery but unfortunately it was done before I had a digi-camera!

2003 was LA, Vegas, Palm Springs, and the area surround it - A real adventure - on this 'un we learned that heading off the interstate an exploring was DEFINITELY the way to experience the real America. One ighlight included driving through the Mojave Preserve and Joshuaa Tree National Park and not seeing a soul for about 9 hours

2004 was Atlanta, Nashville, Memphis, and South of New Orleans on the Bayou (unfortunatley severely affected by Katrina).

2005 was San Francisco, Yosemite, Death Valley, Vegas (again - had to be done!) and then Santa Monica, Malibu back up the West coast.

Few pics over the years...

Hire Car - Big enough for two d'you reckon?...
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Exploring on a Boat in the Bayou...
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Yosemite...
https://www.steveqpr.co.uk/images/yosemite.jpg

Death Valley...
https://www.steveqpr.co.uk/images/valleyroad.jpg

My Advice - just do it - get Google maps out and start plotting a course, don't listen to all of the jingoistic anti-American shite spouted all over the place. I could bore you with allsorts of Story's relating to the friendliness and generosity of these people

(of course ths post was always about pic whoring really )
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[Andy C]

[Robby]

My knowledge of the south extends to about a 100 mile radius around Shreveport, and flying around Florida.

Which also reminds me - being a British pilot staying just up the road from Daytona beach over spring break is highly recommended.

Just rent a car, stop places, and see it. Don't be scared of talking to people. Once they hear your accent you'll get her number and be invited back to her place that evening.

Unless you're really ugly, like Mcgee.

[McGee]

Oh no doubt rednecks can be fun.

We hot boxxed a mates explorer, then went out in his boat throwing what I guess was half sticks of dynamite in the lake and laughing our asses off.

And assaulting other peoples houses with a spud cannon.

Then getting all paranoid when we went out for a ride.

And Florida isn't full of rednecks.

Daytona beach is alright.
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[Stelmer]

I have a huge family on the ''West side''. We went over there back when I was 16 in 1996 for a month.

Memory is a bit sketchy but here's what I remember:

Week 1 and 4 was spent around California and surrounding places of interest. (Muir Woods, Phoenix, DisneyLand LA, Hollywood inc Universal Studio's, San Fransisco, Paramount's Little USA, drive by the world's oldest lightbulb in Livermore.)

Week 2 and 3 was a road trip holiday in a holiday. We rented a RV with my Aunt & Uncle and they took us inland and we visited most of the touristy places, plus some less visited places of interest:

Nevada, Reno, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Oregon, Colorado & Idaho.

Places like the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Yosemite, the road close to Area 51, some native Indian museum, dinosaur museum, Cactus museum and similarly booring museums....

I prefer Wendy's over Macy d's or Burger King any day. I'd love to go back too one day.