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Date:         Thu, 30 Oct 1997 18:09:07 -0800
Reply-To:     Todd Last <Rubatoguy@IBM.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon mailing list <Vanagon@Gerry.SDSC.EDU>
From:         Todd Last <Rubatoguy@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: which route to CA?(long)
Comments: To: Sudhir Desai <cdes@WELCHLINK.WELCH.JHU.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <Pine.SOL.3.96.971029225045.1111A-100000@welchlink.welch.jh u.edu>
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Personally, I'd go US 50, or hook up and travel via old route 66.

Check out the following book, it has a great list of cross-country trips and hilites all the places to stop on the way:

ROAD TRIP USA: Cross-country adventures on America's two-lane highways. By Jamie Jensen ISBN: 1-56691-036-6 Published by Moon travel handbooks $22.50

I used this on a trip following route 66 from CA to KS this summer - it was great!

At 10:52 PM 10/29/97 -0500, Sudhir Desai wrote: >fellow listees, >need your opinion on which route to take to CA > > >here is the route i plan to take this summer to go to San Diego. >there are 2 ways to go from Germantown, so i will list them according to >preference(first is first). > >Catonsville, MD to Germantown, TN >Catonsville, MD 95 south 0 miles >Wash. D.C. 495 west 35 miles >-- VA -- 66 west >Front Royal, VA Skyline Dr. 90 miles >Waynesboro, VA Blue Ridge Pkwy. 199 miles >-- NC -- BRPkwy. 412 miles >Asheville, NC 40 west 552 miles >-- TN -- 40 west 598 miles >Germantown, TN 1025 miles > > >Germantown, TN to San Diego via 50 and 1 >Germantown, TN 55 N/W 0 miles >-- Arkansas -- 55 north 8 miles >-- Missouri -- 55 north 83 miles >St. Louis, MO 50 west 282 miles >-- Kansas -- 50/35 west 537 miles >Emporia, KA 50 west >-- Colorado -- 50 west 1013 miles >Grand Jnctn, CO 50/70 west 1458 miles >-- Utah -- 50/70 west 1483 miles >Salina, UT 50 west 1668 miles >Delta, UT 6/60 west >-- Nevada -- 6/60 west 1825 miles >Ely, NV 50 west 1889 miles >-- California --50 west 2236 miles >Sacramento, CA 80 W/S 2343 miles >SanFrancisco,CA 280 south 2439 miles >Daly City, CA 1 south 2449 miles >San Diego, CA ----------------- 2983 miles >Germantown to San Diego ------- 4023 miles > >------------- OR ------------------------- > >Germantown, TN to San Diego via 66/40 >Germantown, TN 40 west 0 miles >-- Arkansas -- 40 west 20 miles >-- Oklahoma -- 40 west 309 miles >-- Texas -- 40 west 644 miles >-- N. Mexico -- 40 west 813 miles >-- Arizona -- 40 west 1189 miles >-- California --40 west 1550 miles >Barstow, CA 15 S/W 1707 miles >San Diego --------------------- 1883 miles >Germantown to San Diego ------- 2923 miles > > >the difference in times/distances is that the route 50 and 1 way will take >an extra day or 2 for sightseeing purpoises along HWY-1, and acclimating >to the realization that if your tire pops along HWY-1 southbound, you're >dead... > > >please tell me which route would you take if you had the chance to take >either route? > > >thanks in advance, >Sudhir H. Desai 1984 VW Vanagon 3.4 liter Chevy V-6 >cdes@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu 1996 Subaru Outback 2.2 liter flat-4 >sudhir_desai@geocities.com 1997 Jeep Cherokee > >http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1889 > >


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