Just curious, how many here who are thinking about this have even driven a car coast
to coast ?

I drove from here, where Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky merge, to Denver, Colorado.
The trip took two 17 hour days of driving where I was traveling at 65/70 mph to St. Louis
and from there 75/85 mph till I got there. I drove mostly thru the night. Stopped at a
Motel 6 to sleep for about 6 1/2 hours. I was beat when I met my friends there in Colorado.

I'm wondering if I could even get to Lexington, Ky from here in 17 hours if I had to abide
a 30 mph speed limit that is imposed on motorized bicycles.

Last week I checked a DVD out of the Library that was filmed by Ken Burns for PBS. It was
titled "Horatio's Drive" where Dr. Horatio N. Jackson in 1903 drove an Ohio build 1903 2 cyl
20 hp Winton motor carriage from San Fransisco to New York....the first trans continental drive.
He did it in a little under 60 days with a lot of help traveling at 30 mph where roads permitted.
The car is now in the Smithsonian Institute.

I think I could safely say that this would be the ride of a young man's lifetime if he attempted it
and made the whole trip. Remember, these are the memories of a lifetime made on such
adventures and are usually done by young single men or men who have a truly "special" wife
who would suffer her husbands absence for an extended period of time. Even 40 year old
divorced men may consider trying it, but may ask themselves on the trip what they were thinking
when they signed on.



Horatio's Drive . About the Film | PBS

If anyone looks thru the web site for Horatio's Drive.....it may give them some insights to
their own plans for a trans continental adventure. I think everyone here would enjoy watching
the movie.