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What’s up guys. Just like the title says. Anyone ever drive thru these states? I enjoy traveling and want the best scenic route possible.. plan on doing 12 hours Monday and 12 Tuesday. What’s the better state/location I can crash at for the night? Would you recommend a different route for better travels? Also, tornado season.. so maybe I want the best possible route regardless of scenic haha.
Really my only options for hotel room is in Missouri or maybe Tennessee. So it sorta comes down to is the drive thru Missouri/Illinois pretty sweet, or is the extra half hour (maybe a bit more) worth it to drive thru Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana/Ohio worth it? Never been thru any of these states before, thanks
Really my only options for hotel room is in Missouri or maybe Tennessee. So it sorta comes down to is the drive thru Missouri/Illinois pretty sweet, or is the extra half hour (maybe a bit more) worth it to drive thru Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana/Ohio worth it? Never been thru any of these states before, thanks
Points of interest would be the Indy Speedway Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB museum and maybe snag a major-minor league b-ball game along the way to help break it up.
Be safe on the drive, pass big trucks as quickly as possible and give them room.
If you really want adventurous you could head straight north mostly along the Mississippi river up into Wisconsin, then take the SS Badger from Manitowoc to Luddington. It's expensive but cool to do once.
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If you are a mountain biker, leave some time to ride the trails around Bentonville, AR.
On the way back, you can take the route through Cincinnati/Nashville/Memphis. Many things to do in each City but I would recommend the Maker's Mark distillery in Bourbon Co., KY, if that's your thing.
I was on my way home from Iowa back to nc and wanted to go to LL's on the way home and remembered riding a ferry as a kid. The one we rode had shut down so I found this one.
I was in a truck pulling equipment parts and we took it across and parked and then rode it 2 more trips across for no charge. It was big enough to haul tractor trailers, but was basically a flat barge with and engine room and control tower on one side.
My girlfriend at the time had a good time. We even rode through a pretty impressive thunderstorm.
Watching the barges go upriver was pretty impressive.
I was really tempted to drive up to LL but what the heck i just want to make the drive haha. Maybe on the way back.. almost stayed in hurricane hills but figured it’d be better to keep going. Maybe on the way back.
The little bits of the ozarks I’ve seen from the hwy 40 is pretty bad ass. First time driving thru this part of the US.
@early yeah that’s pretty much the route I’m taking.
@GrapeApe pretty big into mountain biking and I will definitely be hitting trails on the way home in late September.
At the time of this post I didn’t factor in the extra cost of little tours and side views/routes..
Really Appreciate all the sound advice. Tomorrow I’ll be driving thru north central ish Tennessee, straight thru Kentucky and Indiana. Moto people are the best people, thanks guys
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