14 hour days or so, couple stops, but yeah. I would have loved to take more time, but couldn't do it with the animals.

 

that's like the straight drive from OKC to Bakersfield i did with my friend a couple of years ago. like 21 hours straight driving all the way in my old civic, which was packed up to the roof! AND with a roof rack on top of that!

 

I couldn't imagine driving with an animal, let alone 3.

Tonight we're in Rawlings, WY. We got to drive across a stretch of road that my dad built way back when, when he and my grandfather were Federal Contractors, so that was pretty cool. We lit off a firework in his honor.

Pictures:
An old abandoned mine:


Finally made it:


A Close up:


Real Wild Buffalo: (they can't cross that grate)


Went to the original Cabela's in Sidny, NE and saw this baby:
(.50 Caliber)


Check back for a video

 

That would go good with my Pacers! hahahaha

 

It's going up for sale at an auction on the 19th I believe.

 

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don't you hate coming up on all of those straight roads? its like "I bought a suby, gimmie some turns damnit!!"

hehe, drive safe, enjoy the trip, remain safe, sane, and sober (or 2 out of 3 at least)

 

haha, MB. I don't mind it so much considering 1. I have a Legacy, and 2. we have an extra ton of weight in the car.

Anyway, today I got to drive down the COOLEST "road" EVER! If any of you have driven down the road, I'm sure you would agree. Yeah, that's right, I drove down the Bonneville Salt Flats... at 110mph.

Pictures:

The Legacy chillin' on the flats:


Accelerating to 110mph:


Posing with the Legacy and my brother after the run:


There was a nice layer of Salt on the car from the front wheels back:




More pictures to come.

 

Here's a video of my brother pulling the E-brake on the flats, it's almost as good as concrete.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzBjvzyQtio

 

damn....I wanna drive on the salt flats

 

Hmmm...looks like 67 MPH to me...

Pics or shens on the 110 MPH claim...

 

haha, I would have taken a picture, but I'd rather have 2 hands on the wheel and my brother not in front of me trying to take a pic. But there is WAY more than 10 miles of salt flat, so u can believe it or not.

 

how much is it to drive on the flats? or do you have to pay?

 

$500 for three runs.




Just kidding it's free. You just drive out on them. There is a spot u can drive off the asphalt and on to the flats just to the right of this:

 

Sweet thread! I've always wanted to drive across the US

 

Thanks, Matt for the compliments. It's an AWESOME time. I recommend going out of the way for fun places like Mt. Rushmore, Yellowstone, Route 66, etc. Just driving 80 can get boring.

Anyway, so we made it home today just before 4pm (7pm EST). We surprised my mom, we told her that we stayed the night in Salt Lake and that we'd be arriving tomorrow, so she was happy about that. The last stretch from Battle Mountain, NV was about 7 hours.

Funny story, so last night before we went to our Hotel, my brother decided he wanted some food. So we went to a gas station, and while he got food, I took my last $5 in cash and played some video poker, lost $2.50, so I got up, and as he paid, I decided I'd play the $.50. The first machine wouldn't take my coins, so I went back to the machine I was playing, popped my quarters in and press "deal". I get dealt a 5 of Clubs, 2 of Clubs, 8, an Ace, and a 4 of Clubs. Because it's my last try, I said "F*** it." and went for the straight. I press draw and the machine starts dropping coins, I'm thinking, "Sweet I got the straight!!!" Then it keeps going, and I say "OH CRAP, I got the straight FLUSH!" I won $75 off 50 cents. So I started the trip with $80 in cash, and finished with $77.00. Thought that was pretty cool. Anyway, for the final set of pictures:

Pictures:

Found an old abandoned car in the middle of the Wyoming bush:


Exploring Wyoming's vast wasteland:


The power plant for Idaho is in Wyoming:


Notice the cranes on the right side:


Mercedes ML63 AMG: (didn't know they made a ML)


This was at the Mormon Temple:


Ever buy Morton Salt? That's their storage:


Driving into the sunset sucked:




Sorry for all of the pictures, they're from the past two days. Hope you enjoyed my documentation of the trip. I had an awesome time. If you ever have the chance to drive across the country, I HIGHLY reccommend it. Take detours, side roads, country roads, unknown roads, explore, have fun, and allow for extra time. It took us 5 days, and that was with 10-12 hours of driving each day. But it was all well worth it.

All 194 pictures can be seen here, in order.