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Originally posted by j_spot well..heres my situation. Im supposed to be going to school in the fall. But then I figured out I was enrolled in the wrong program, so right now it seems school is out of the question. That means my cross N. america trip is getting back on the go. Im leaving from here(calgary) going thru Arizona(grandparents) and then off to FLORIDA for Ultra 5. So to some of you, ill be looking forward to the meetup (JayD, Foxie, Sly etc) and to others, im sure ill meet you, but I dont know you yet. So really Ultra is my only stop where I have a date when I wanna be somwhere. Since maybe one of you knows better than I..Ultra is March 22 right? Well since Im driving by myself, when do you think I should be leaving Arizona to make it there in time. I would want to be in Miami on the 21st to get rested..really I should just get a massive map, and take a look. but who knows what that might tell me. Im thinking it should be a 4-5 day solo trip from Az if I make no stops in between(which I will not be doing) so probably a 9-12 day trip. Also if you have ANY advice in planing road trips, give me advice. This is my first, and I dont want any massive disasters. Im being frugal and camping/sleeping in car/Hostels as much as I can. so..SEE YOU IN MARCH!!!

damn dude! thats one massive trip! and all by yourself?? i've gone backpacking through europe, but i've never gone on a roadtrip, so i dunno what to tell you.

i don't think the official date for ultra is known yet, but once it is, it will be up right here. there is an ultra in sept in ny if you can make it to that. starfox and i might be flying up to go and catch that. well he'll probably be going regardless, but i might have more troubles with that, we'll see

in any case, i wish you much luck, and more importantly a kickass time on this road trip. btw, sorry to head about school, major shit

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ive roughly calculated the distances, and driving time
(in days traveling straight lines) and the distances are approx

Calgary-Az 1200 km-2 days
Az-Miami-2200 km-4 days
miami-NYC-1100 km-2 days
NYC-MTL-1 day
MTL-TO-1 day
TO-ND-1050 km-2 days
ND-Winnipeg-1 day
Peg-Calgary-1300 km-2 days

what tcha think?

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Thats a long way to travel. You will get to see lots of cool stuff on the way though. Try priceline.com for cheap hotels. They let you bid the price so you can usually stay at hotels for 1/2 price. Also bring plenty of cds. You may want to check airline prices from az - fl. It may be cheaper that driving?

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flying would defeat the purpose of a road trip.
and im sure ill see lots of nice things, like the Carlsbad caves and Grand Canyon..never seen either

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Originally posted by j_spot http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...&threadid=59851 ive roughly calculated the distances, and driving time (in days traveling straight lines) and the distances are approx Calgary-Az 1200 km-2 days Az-Miami-2200 km-4 days miami-NYC-1100 km-2 days NYC-MTL-1 day MTL-TO-1 day TO-ND-1050 km-2 days ND-Winnipeg-1 day Peg-Calgary-1300 km-2 days what tcha think?

hi!! looking forward to Ultra 5 and getting a chance to meet someone who drives as much as I do...

i drove to miami from nyc for this year's ultra and week long parties, and it took us 18 hours to get there, and 20 to drive back. both trips were nonstop other than for food/gas/restrooms...the rest of your time estimations look about right

that's a crazy trip!!! have a ton of fun!!!

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I've driven x-country 3 times , twice by myself. things I noticed, state parks are the cheapest to camp at 12-15 bucks a night , a cheap hotel will run you about 25$ national parks run about 30-40. haven't done the hostel route since '94 so don't have any opinions on that. bring some phone cards cell phones don't always work where you want them too. more than 10hours a day driving alone is alot, remember you're doing it for days on end not just one one trip i logged 9000miles in 30days thats with stayin in one place for 5 days shit adds up. careful of rest stops there are freaks galore there at 3am no matter where you are.

sweet
I plan on driving 6-8 hours a day Maybe a bit more. And camping in National and State parks sounds like a great Idea. I think ill need to go grab some big assed US map so that I dont get lost. hopefully ill learn which parks have camping and stuff.

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j~

what are u using to map your directions? i would suggest using www.mapquest.com or some other online map maker. they also give u estimated travel time. good luck!

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for my directions..well there is actually a new leg to the trip. I *forgot* that mesa was the other side of the rockies, and I didnt want to cross them..but since I have to either way, it looks like im going to drive the oregon coast now. so ill be coming thru Cali as well.
my directions are based on my head. pretty much. Ive got a book w/ US maps. that seems good enuf for me. its a fly by the seat of my pants trip. Ill stop when I want to. pretty much.

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