Dolari World Tour #3?

[dolari]

My first real issue is to get from San Marcos to Seattle, straight shot. However, if I manage to get some decent money - I might go for another "World Tour."

World Tours aren't really so much world tours, but are long leisurely drives to whereever I want to go, see friends, and sightsee. The first was State College, PA to San Antonio, TX via Atlanta, GA, Chattanooga, TN, Huntsville, AL, Houston, TX. The second was the same route, except I also made it into San Antonio via the Camino Real, driving all of TX21 and LA6.

Should I get enough money to make another world tour possible - instead of goign straight to Seattle, it's looking more like I would be following this route:

San Marcos, San Antonio (With a stop there to visit family), El Paso, Las Cruces, NM, Tucson, Phoenix (With a stop there to visit Liz Troub), Los Angeles, San Francisco (With a stop there to visit Amy, Jenn and Gwen), Portland, Tacoma and finally Seattle.

The pros are - catching up with friends, and having places to stop at that might not cost me anything. The cons are - driving through the American Southwest Desert with a truck that has 210,000 miles on it. Again, if I leave in March instead of July - definately doable.

If not, there won't be a "world tour" but it'll still be quite the drive:
San Marcos, San Antonio, San Angelo, Roswell, NM (With a stop at the Lil' A'Li'Inn?), Santa Fe, NM (with a possible side trip to Taos, NM), Salt Lake City, Boise, Kennewick, Yakima and Seattle. Pros - Right through the Rockies. Cons - driving a truck with 210,000 miles on it right through the Rockies. Also, a Mexican driving through White Power Idaho. Well - I survived a week in Alabama....

Comments

[emilydm.livejournal.com]

I thought Lil A'Li'Inn was in Rachel NV, on NV375 about a third of the way between Las Vegas and Reno. Or is there more than one?

Hmm, maybe Phoenix - Vegas - Area 51 - Reno, then west on I-80 to San Fran?

[jessie-c.livejournal.com]

Travellers have to be careful travelling past Area 51. Dimensional rifts and unstable temporal portals have been reported. Disappearances are infrequent but not unkno)(##(*&Y@--

NO CARRIER

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

Silly goose - Area 51 is just a black projects site for the next generation of aircraft!

Dulce Base is the one you gotta worry about. Nightmare hall, alien sublevels, and it's where we keep all the Canadian Avro Arrows jet fighters, too...just in case.

[jessie-c.livejournal.com]

It's all lies and disonformation. You're thinking what They want you to think.

The truth is Out There, except where it's not.

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

My bad. You're right, but Roswell has it's share of Alien Fun, too!

Hmmmm...Vegas. I love Vegas. Expensive, but fun, and maybe we can get my parents to go out there on our way up (they LOVE Vegas). And it's GOT to be easier to get aroudn than LA. Grand Canyon's up that way, too! OOOOH! This sounds like a plan!

[amw.livejournal.com]

If you're gonna do the south east trip, make sure you do Monument Valley (for the classic Western scenery) and Black Mesa (bring a crowbar). Then take photos and gloat because that's one of my dream roadtrips :-)

[mundanecircus.livejournal.com]

As for "a Mexican driving through White Power Idaho" -- make that "a transgendered Mexican" -- considering that the extremists have Mexicans on their hate parade, practically anyone they view as "different" is fair game.

Nevertheless -- good luck. (I'd donate some money, but I'm saving up for a condo in Austin when I move -- soon.)

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

When driving long distances in area I don't know, I tend to go androgynous-towards-male. I don't pass very well, so it helps when driving to areas I'm not sure about. I'm Mexican - that's enough hassle for me till I get where I need to go.

[angharads-house.livejournal.com]

You would love Nuyorica -- I used to live in El Barrio, far uptown in Manhattan near Spuyten Duyvil and Fort Tryon -- Dyckman Street stop on the 1/9 train to be precise. The ethnic mix was Dominican and Puerto Rican, with a few Mexicans and Russians thrown in. What I loved is that the lingerie shops sold seriously marvellous undies in sizes up to 5X, which certainly beats the Brooklyn emphasis on Size 0 and 32A.

Anywhere around the shores of the Salish Sea, they won't give a damn what ethnicity you are as long as you don't upset their wheelbarrows. All I can guess is that life in the Convergence Zone with all the rain and giant slugs makes us more mellow.

And I just got back from having paella in my old neighbourhood. Serious yummage! I adore New York... even though I am a Green Acres inhabitant now.

[jennconspiracy.livejournal.com]

I'm reading most recent backward... so - YAY - come to SF and I'll take you for a super swanky dinner (my treat). :)

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

Woo hoo! The way things are going donation wise - I may end up out your way sooner than later!

[angharads-house.livejournal.com]

Oh, as the Sea-Tac airport cabbie told me once, "of course Vancouver Island ferry is on direct route to Seattle." Besides which, we have.... maps.... and ....highway design reports.... and .....abandoned railbeds.... galore.

Timing?

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