soalvajavab1@yahoo.com wrote:
> Staring next week I am going for a 4 to 6 days trip from Niagara Falls
> (Toronto) to Los Angeles. Please advice:
>
> What do you recommend for stop spot in each day? For example, end of
> first day: Chicago or Omaha? Etc.?
>
> What are the most recommended area you suggest I go off-road or spend
> few more hours and visit, I mean really worth to delay and see that
> city or nature wonders? Big Cities in My way are Chicago, Omaha,
> Denver, Maybe Salt Lake City or maybe Kansas City and Las Vegas,
> right?
>
> I think I start driving everyday around 6:00 to 8:00 am and stop when
> it gets dark and few half an hour or one hour stops during day? Any
> better idea? Is this plan good?
>
> And mainly sleeping in Best Western Hotels along the trip? Any better
> idea? Is this good?
Motel 6. The original low-priced motel chain. Most properties were
renovated in the late '90s with upgraded security. Not fancy, but safe
and clean.
How far you drive each day depends on you. You might want to read
though http://www.ironbutt.com/tech/aowprintout.cfm. While it's aimed
at people riding thousand mile days on motorcycles, much of the advice
applies equally to driving a car for shorter distances.
> If you did this trip before or have more insights please helped me
> what were your extra experiences and how did you implement your plan?
One suggestion. If you want to make good time then plan on hitting
Chicago and other cities after 2 AM (that's 2 in the _morning_). Most
cities are _dead_ after 2, even New York. I'd load the car up, go to
bed around 6 PM (take a pill if you need to to get to sleep), wake up
around 2, stop about 50 miles short of Chicago, have some lunch, do
whatever until 6 or so, crash, wake up at 2, go though Chicago, and
repeat. That also has the advantage that you're not driving during the
day so you can do a little bit of sightseeing between the end of the
day's drive and bedtime.
Do it that way and you'll miss a lot of scenery, but you'll also miss a
lot of traffic, about the only thing you'll see on the road is long-haul
truckers.
If you're planning on driving at night by the way, do get a set of spare
headlight bulbs and learn how to change them. It's a rare occurance,
but I once had all four lights go out in a single night, and after 9 PM
it's hard to find a replacement.
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