Need help with route information tonight

[dantama]

I put this on the main board because I need answers tonight. I'll be flying to Atlanta Georgia in the morning to buy a car for my wife. We will be driving back to Denver Colorado.

The East and Midwest isn't like what I'm used to out west. Out west there are a couple of ways to go. Between Atlanta and Denver there are a thousand ways to go.

I'd like to go fairly direct, but scenic (scenic but fast, not looking for the really slow and scenic roads) is good. I'd like to miss Kansas, but I've never been through Oklahoma, so I don't know how scenic it is.

Basically I need somebody to do a Google map route, and post a link to it so I can have a look.

Help me out, I'm not used to so many choices on routes.

[ponch]

If you come through Iowa, let me know.

[glwilson]

Dan;

I don't know how to link a google map for you. In looking at the route choices; the most direct goes through Kansas and is about 1,100 miles or so. The second best direct route taking you through Oklahoma is around 1,400 miles. Quite a bit of difference if that matters at all. I could copy the written directions for both if you would like. If you know how I can include a link to the map let me know and I will try it. I will only be online for around 20 more minutes though as I have to leave.

[kawgirl]

Here is the link.
http://maps.google.com/maps?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBR_enUS227US227&q=atlanta+ga&um=1&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title

This one is skipping Kansas.

http://maps.google.com/maps?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBR_enUS227US227&q=atlanta+ga&um=1&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title

Looks like you will have to copy and paste. Couldn't paste the map.

[dantama]

Thanks guys, having never been through that area, I just don't know what is scenic and good to see, and what is boring.

surely when I get home somebody will say, "oh, you should have gone through......it's the greatest."

I just wanted to give them a chance to do it before I go :)

[kawgirl]

When I was on my cross country trip in 1996, we came across Kansas out of CO on our way back home. I couldn't stay awake going across Kansas. Thank goodness my sis was driving. Wish I could help ya out with OK.

[dantama]

Not knowing what it looks like at all, and therefore not knowing if it is a good way to go or not, hows Atlanta, Memphis, Oklahoma city, Amarillo TX, Denver?

Anyone know the best way from Oklahoma city to Denver that isn't boring?

click here (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Atlanta,+GA&daddr=36.456636,-103.579102+to:Denver,+CO&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=5&via=1&doflg=ptm&sll=38.134557,-94.438477&sspn=17.188492,38.496094&ie=UTF8&ll=36.879621,-93.867187&spn=17.475446,38.496094&z=5)

[audiogooroo]

Not knowing what it looks like at all, and therefore not knowing if it is a good way to go or not, hows Atlanta, Memphis, Oklahoma city, Amarillo TX, Denver?

Anyone know the best way from Oklahoma city to Denver that isn't boring?

click here (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Atlanta,+GA&daddr=36.456636,-103.579102+to:Denver,+CO&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=5&via=1&doflg=ptm&sll=38.134557,-94.438477&sspn=17.188492,38.496094&ie=UTF8&ll=36.879621,-93.867187&spn=17.475446,38.496094&z=5)




I'm pretty sure there is no way from Oklahoma City to Denver that isn't boring. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

[cactusjack]

Not knowing what it looks like at all, and therefore not knowing if it is a good way to go or not, hows Atlanta, Memphis, Oklahoma city, Amarillo TX, Denver?

Anyone know the best way from Oklahoma city to Denver that isn't boring?

click here (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Atlanta,+GA&daddr=36.456636,-103.579102+to:Denver,+CO&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=5&via=1&doflg=ptm&sll=38.134557,-94.438477&sspn=17.188492,38.496094&ie=UTF8&ll=36.879621,-93.867187&spn=17.475446,38.496094&z=5)




Sure...fly.

[formikec]

Well, if you're coming from Atlanta, and you might be interested in Nashville and Memphis, I would go I75 north from Atlanta to Chattanooga. Chattanooga has some neat stuff on the waterfront downtown, namely the Chattanooga Aquarium. Of course, Atlanta has an Aquarium, but never been there. If you aren't looking to stop, that is okay, just telling you what is there. Don't bother stopping at the Summitt Racing Parts store just south of Atlanta. They've got billboards, caused me to stop on the bike on the way through from Orlando. Waste of time.

Okay, when you get to Chattanooga, go I24 west towards Nashville. It's a pretty nice little interstate ride. Then, hit I40 west just outside of Nashville. If you are interested in music stuff, you could get off on Broadway in Nashville and drive around downtown. There are all kinds of honky-tonks on broadway, there's a nice spaghetti/steak house on 3rd and Commerce called Demo's. Not expensive either.

Of course, in downtown nashville, there is the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Ryman Auditorium. There is actually a Convention Bureau/Visitor's Bureau on the corner of 4th and Commerce. They have info and pamphlets of things to see/do.

If you aren't interested in stopping, I recommend staying on I40 west through TN. Not too aweful scenic, but probably the most direct route for you.

You could stop in Memphis, but I can't advise anything, haven't gotten there yet.

If you are driving that far, I would probably say pick some things to stop and check out, rather than looking for scenery. Stop at each state welcome center and see what there is in that state before you get to far in. Adjust your route to fit what you might want to do.

That is, if you have time to do some things.

[formikec]

Got another recommendation for ya. If the wife is going with, drive down to TX, pick up Cabby's bike and ride it up to NM for him while the wife follows. Then head up from there to Denver. lol

http://kawanow.proboards77.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=5405

[dkdixie]

Dan, drive two hours north of Atlanta, to Blairsville, Ga and I'll show you some roads that will make you go back to Denver to get your bike!!

In fact, you would probably end up moving......

[skeeter]

Got another recommendation for ya. If the wife is going with, drive down to TX, pick up Cabby's bike and ride it up to NM for him while the wife follows. Then head up from there to Denver. lol

http://kawanow.proboards77.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=5405


That was good for a chuckle. Cabby will be thrilled you thought of him.

[skeeter]

ARE WE THERE YET!

[dantama]

ARE WE THERE YET!

No, the 1,800 miles for the western rally seemed a lot shorter than the 1,400 miles from Atlanta.

We got out of Atlanta late because we had to get a set of tires on the car, so we only got to the other side of Alabama. Then only got to the Oklahoma pan handle last night and my wife wanted to stop, rather than continue to Denver, so I'm at a hotel typing.

Random thoughts, the country isn't overcrowded yet, there is still a lot of empty left.

There is an assload of trees in the south. Never saw Atlanta, just saw a wall of trees. Same with Alabama. And the heat and humidity, don't know how people can live there. :)

[formikec]

There is an assload of trees in the south. Never saw Atlanta, just saw a wall of trees. Same with Alabama. And the heat and humidity, don't know how people can live there. :)

Well, here in the South, we are doing our little part to help with Al Gore's Global Warming. Now, if we could just send Al (who happens to live just around the bend in Nashville) out of the country, with all the trees we have, we'd have it solved. ;)

As for the heat and humidity, dude, you came at the worst time. It isn't like this all summer. You really should have come about 2 weeks into October...you'd be loving all those trees (fall colors) and the weather, too. Take the good with the bad. ;)

BTW, Cabby is disappointed. j/k

[dantama]

I did like the trees, but if you've never been east, it is a shock to be surrounded by trees on all sides all the time.

It made me wonder if people from their come out here and feel too exposed. You come to Denver and you can see it from 20 miles away, you drive through on the freeway and it's all right there exposed. Same with every other town out here. I never saw Atlanta or Birmingham, just saw a wall of trees.

[skeeter]

Now ya know the why of that old expression "Can't see the forest for the trees".

[dantama]

Another surprise....Twice!

Damn, when it rains out there it's pretty sudden. There were remnants of the hurricane overhead, don't know if that made it not typical or not, but it wasn't rain that I'm used to.

It didn't rain most of the way, and when it did rain, it was for a mile or so. Lightning and dark clouds here and there, but only had rain the two times. One cloud was so dark and imposing I kept checking it to see if it would become a tornado.

So here's what was different. It would start to rain, I'd put the wipers on, and two seconds later it was raining so hard you couldn't see a thing. All you could do was slow down and hope you weren't hitting what ever was in front of you, and that the car behind wouldn't hit you (I was in a car remember, so not that bad).

Where I come from it starts to rain and you have time to coast off speed as it gets harder and harder. Both times on this trip the rain hit with two seconds of heavy rain followed by dumping so hard that you can't see a thing. I mean really can't see a thing. I'm certainly not used to the 2 second on switch. It ends just as fast.

Glad I wasn't on a bike for those.

[cactusjack]

I did like the trees, but if you've never been east, it is a shock to be surrounded by trees on all sides all the time.

It made me wonder if people from their come out here and feel too exposed. You come to Denver and you can see it from 20 miles away, you drive through on the freeway and it's all right there exposed. Same with every other town out here. I never saw Atlanta or Birmingham, just saw a wall of trees.

I never understood the need for a car compass until I spent time in Memphis. In Salt Lake City where I grew up, you always have a point of reference, because you can always see the mountains. Same with Denver and most western cities. We used to get so turned around in Memphis it wasn't funny, every place looked the same. Trees!

[formikec]

Dan, what are us Southerners going to do with ya? lol

Those there storms were what we affectionately call "pop-up" or "popcorn" t-storms. They just seem to pop-up out of nowhere. You're hardly ever safe in the July and August months.

And, they can't never get the weather forecast right, so they typically just put something like "isolated t-storms", "scattered t-storms", "t-storms" for every day and somewhere between 20-50% chance of rain. Don't usually have tornaders this late in the year, though. And yes, when they "pop-up" it can make you have to pull the car over to the shoulder until they stop.

Unfortunately, it isn't like the coast of FL where if it rains a little in the afternoon it feels good. It is more like central FL, where if it rains a little in the afternoon it just makes it more humid.