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Re: Share your longest / craziest / most memorable DRIVES here
« Reply #140 on: April 20, 2015, 04:38:03 PM »
I did it a while ago, was nice. We stopped in Virginia Beach for a night and Washington D.C. for food. Also, on the way out of Florida we went through Jacksonville, where there's a small Jewish community. We davened in the Chabad there, the Shliach was really nice and friendly.
Planning to drive directly to Hilton Head and then spend the night in either Greensboro or Charlotte.

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Re: Share your longest / craziest / most memorable DRIVES here
« Reply #142 on: April 20, 2015, 05:04:37 PM »
Bk-wtby in a snow storm 1:30 drive took me over 6 hours, this was on the way back after driving into bk that morning...

My other crazy drive was an 8 car caravan Waterbury to Toronto it's an 8 hour drive, I was the lead car and thought putting lights in my car would be smart....it wasn't 

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Re: Share your longest / craziest / most memorable DRIVES here
« Reply #143 on: April 24, 2015, 05:33:48 PM »
Driving from grand canyon to sedona in a wrangler, roof blew off in middle, stupid tent ;D
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Re: Share your longest / craziest / most memorable DRIVES here
« Reply #144 on: April 26, 2015, 02:12:13 PM »
Longest: Des Moines to Chicago to MSP to North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Seattle, Oregon Coast to LA over eight days.

Most memorable: From continental divide to LA; Oregon Coast on 101 and PCH (several times)

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Re: Share your longest / craziest / most memorable DRIVES here
« Reply #145 on: April 28, 2015, 08:20:57 AM »
Miami Beach to New Jersey over 4 days-anyone interested in a tr???

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Re: Share your longest / craziest / most memorable DRIVES here
« Reply #146 on: April 28, 2015, 08:30:21 AM »
BP to Flatbush on a Friday afternoon, never again.
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Re: Share your longest / craziest / most memorable DRIVES here
« Reply #147 on: April 28, 2015, 08:35:20 AM »
Miami Beach to New Jersey over 4 days-anyone interested in a tr???

Yes actually, doing it the other way this summer

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Re: Share your longest / craziest / most memorable DRIVES here
« Reply #148 on: April 28, 2015, 08:46:32 AM »
Yes actually, doing it the other way this summer
will try to get to it w/in the next little while.....

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Re: Share your longest / craziest / most memorable DRIVES here
« Reply #149 on: April 28, 2015, 12:11:48 PM »
NY to Myrtle Beach SC
Lakewood to Catskills to Chicago
Lakewood to Montreal (stuck at the border for like 2 hours)
Lakewood to Virginia then Auto train from Virgina to Florida (don't know if that counts since it was a train total trip was around 23 hours)

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Re: Share your longest / craziest / most memorable DRIVES here
« Reply #150 on: April 28, 2015, 04:16:24 PM »
I am going to cheat with flights but JFK-SFO-LAX drive to san diego for 3 days then back to LAX-ORD-SGF drove to Rogers,AR from there drove to Tulsa,OK flew to ATL-EWR, All in 5 days.

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Re: Share your longest / craziest / most memorable DRIVES here
« Reply #151 on: June 28, 2015, 01:24:32 PM »
My longest and craziest drive was from NY to North East Canada in a week. Almost 3,500 miles of road trip.

Did you post any details about this on DDF? Route, stops, etc.?
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Re: Share your longest / craziest / most memorable DRIVES here
« Reply #152 on: June 30, 2015, 11:06:49 AM »
My longest and craziest drive was from NY to North East Canada in a week. Almost 3,500 miles of road trip.
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Re: Share your longest / craziest / most memorable DRIVES here
« Reply #153 on: June 30, 2015, 11:22:23 AM »
Planning to drive directly to Hilton Head and then spend the night in either Greensboro or Charlotte.
Day 1:
Depart 5 AM
Miami to St Augustine (Nonstop)
Filler Up
Drove to Pillicer Pond & davened shachris.
Pillicer Pond to Georgia Border (Restrooms)
Florida-Georgia Line to Hilton Head Island (4 HRS)
IMO: It's the same idea as Cape Cod.
HHI to Random stop on 95 for gas.
Gas to South of the Border
Got there at 10 PM so all was closed.
South of the Border to Fayetteville, NC (Gas)
Fayetteville, NC to 4P Richmond Airport (3K SPG!)

Day 2:
Hung out at hotel until 4 PM.
Purchased REDBIRD across from hotel & filler up.
5PM Richmond to Random Macdonald's in VA. (Bathroom)
McDonald's to Chesapeake Rest Area (Bathroom & Fill up)
Chesapeake Rest Area to Kiryas Joel.
Arrival: 12:00 A.M.

ETA: Too much time at hotel results in too much time of nonstop driving.



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Re: Share your longest / craziest / most memorable DRIVES here
« Reply #154 on: June 30, 2015, 11:28:33 AM »
11:00 PM Bus from LA to LV
5:00 AM Bus from LV to LAS
LAS Centurion Lounge (With Kosher Breakfast) until  10AM.
LAS to Henderson  (Placed a bet)
Henderson to Grand Canyon (Tusayan, AZ).
Several hours walking the rim (Maswick Lodge).
Grand Canyon to Page, AZ

Day 2:
Lake Powell to Henderson

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Re: Share your longest / craziest / most memorable DRIVES here
« Reply #155 on: June 30, 2015, 11:52:21 AM »
Most memorable for me was actually a bus, from Mendoza Argentina to Santiago, Chile. Driving through the Andes mountains was truly incredible. The 2 hour wait by the border wasn't as exciting.

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Re: Share your longest / craziest / most memorable DRIVES here
« Reply #156 on: June 30, 2015, 12:46:03 PM »

These 2 miles once took me more than 5 hours. On a Friday. It was memorable, all right.

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Re: Share your longest / craziest / most memorable DRIVES here
« Reply #157 on: June 30, 2015, 02:14:06 PM »
LOL someone once posted a similar thing. It's definitely true though better to drive through a dark forest full of bears alone than to get caught in NYC at the wrong time .Frightfully ridiculous traffic (why in the world are there so many people there?!?!).

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Re: Share your longest / craziest / most memorable DRIVES here
« Reply #158 on: July 01, 2015, 01:37:22 AM »
I did Lkwd to Virginia beach to Atlanta to Memphis to Texarkana Arkansas to Dallas to Carlsbad NM to El Paso to Tucson to Phoenix to Los Angeles staying at each place with free hotel every night!

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Re: Share your longest / craziest / most memorable DRIVES here
« Reply #159 on: July 01, 2015, 01:38:16 AM »
I did Lkwd to Virginia beach to Atlanta to Memphis to Texarkana Arkansas to Dallas to Carlsbad NM to El Paso to Tucson to Phoenix to Los Angeles staying at each place with free hotel every night!