I'd have to say mine was in '99. I bought a brand new truck, put in a killer sound system, and went on a 3 week trip to Ohio. Eldora Speedway 'The HBO', Cedar Point, 'new' Browns vs. Cowboys Hall of Fame game, partying in Columbus, tent camping in the Hocking Hills. Stopped a couple days in Charlotte on the way home. Everything went better than planned, the HoF game was unplanned. Fun times.

Getting caught in flash flood in the mountains in Maui.

I was suppose to go on vacation with my family to Florida but accidentally got on the wrong plane and went to New York City instead. While there, these two guys who had escaped from prison were trying to kill me but I hid in my uncle's abandoned house.

In 1975 wife and I jumped into our Chevy Custom Van and took off on a road trip.. To Detroit across Canada, drop down into Vermont to Maine down the coast to New York and back to Canton .. no plan, no cares ...

My idea for this thread came from a friend of a friend who is kayaking 4000 miles from Minnesota to the Florida Keys. He is winning a $10k grant from readers votes in Outside Magazine on facebook. Here is his website, he is a serious adventurer. http://predictablylost.com/current-adventure/

Way too many to pick just one.

I drove 10,473 miles in one trip once to the 48 contiguous states (http://www.sykotyk.com/supertrip ). Also, drove all around Florida. Around California. Washington/Idaho/Montana/Oregon. Drove around Louisiana and East Texas. Drove to Prince Edward Island and up to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Drove up to Niagara Falls, Toronto, Montreal, and down through Vermont and New Hampshire to Rhode Island. My wife and I drove down to New Orleans last year and zigged and zagged all over the place. And this past month went to Panama City, FL, Apalachicola, and then up to Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC on the way back.


Aside from all that, my greatest adventure is still ongoing. My goal is to visit every county in the country. So far I've been to 2,590 of the 3,145 counties (or equivalents) out there. Just have 555 more to go and should be done in the next couple of years. Hawaii will require air fare and Alaska is just going to be a pain. But, it's been a blast.


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Sykotyk;1201100 wrote:Way too many to pick just one.

I drove 10,473 miles in one trip once to the 48 contiguous states (http://www.sykotyk.com/supertrip ). Also, drove all around Florida. Around California. Washington/Idaho/Montana/Oregon. Drove around Louisiana and East Texas. Drove to Prince Edward Island and up to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Drove up to Niagara Falls, Toronto, Montreal, and down through Vermont and New Hampshire to Rhode Island. My wife and I drove down to New Orleans last year and zigged and zagged all over the place. And this past month went to Panama City, FL, Apalachicola, and then up to Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC on the way back.


Aside from all that, my greatest adventure is still ongoing. My goal is to visit every county in the country. So far I've been to 2,590 of the 3,145 counties (or equivalents) out there. Just have 555 more to go and should be done in the next couple of years. Hawaii will require air fare and Alaska is just going to be a pain. But, it's been a blast.


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Damn, that's cool. What have been your favorite places? Any places you wouldn't visit again? When you say "visit" do you get out and chat with the locals, or just pass through some of the time?

Also, to listen to while you read the thread:
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I took a year and drove to every place in the country I wanted to see. I would stop and work a few weeks here and there with people I knew to make extra money for my trip. Worked out pretty well got to see everything I wanted to and then some.

When I hear "adventure", I think of being outdoors or hitting the road. I've never really done anything like that worth mentioning. Me and my pops went in and picked up a 1975 22' RV last year. He's been getting it back in working condition. I hope to take that beast somewhere random....if it makes it.

I did go to Amsterdam solo a few years ago. I'd say it was one hell of an adventure.

No big adventures yet but my best friend and I are putting together a camping/canoe trip to the boundary waters. Will probably go next summer.

Sykotyk;1201100 wrote:Way too many to pick just one.

I drove 10,473 miles in one trip once to the 48 contiguous states (http://www.sykotyk.com/supertrip ). Also, drove all around Florida. Around California. Washington/Idaho/Montana/Oregon. Drove around Louisiana and East Texas. Drove to Prince Edward Island and up to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Drove up to Niagara Falls, Toronto, Montreal, and down through Vermont and New Hampshire to Rhode Island. My wife and I drove down to New Orleans last year and zigged and zagged all over the place. And this past month went to Panama City, FL, Apalachicola, and then up to Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC on the way back.


Aside from all that, my greatest adventure is still ongoing. My goal is to visit every county in the country. So far I've been to 2,590 of the 3,145 counties (or equivalents) out there. Just have 555 more to go and should be done in the next couple of years. Hawaii will require air fare and Alaska is just going to be a pain. But, it's been a blast.


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This is awesome.

gorocks99;1201101 wrote:Damn, that's cool. What have been your favorite places? Any places you wouldn't visit again? When you say "visit" do you get out and chat with the locals, or just pass through some of the time?

A lot of it is 'passing through' and just taking in the scenery. Some is to purposefully stop places. A lot was for work and I didn't get to side-trip a lot. I've still got the county south of Tucson and the county in central Utah. My wife and I will take two weeks sometime and go check out the parks of southern Utah. In addition, Gooseneck and Goblin Valley State Parks.

Cool places/things: The ferries in Washington state. US12 across northern Idaho to Lolo and down US93 in Montana was just fun. US101 along the southern Washington and Oregon coast was just something to always remember. The redwoods of California along US101 and the road from Redding, CA to Arcata, CA (on the coast) was one hell of a drive. Golden Gate bridge was fun. Some small state routes in eastern California north of Fresno on our way to Lake Tahoe were amazing. The Imperial Sand Dunes along I-8 and CA were unexpected and cool. Especially when you're driving right along the Mexican border fence.

US89 north from Flagstaff, AZ through Kanab to Panguitch, UT is a fun drive. I-70 over the San Rafael Swell in Utah are awesome. US191 along Flaming Gorge from Utah to Wyoming is amazing. All the roads near Yellowstone NP are fun (saw my first Moose south of Jackson Hole, also saw a HS football game there). US2 in Idaho and Montana from Bonners Ferry ID all the way past Glacier NP toward Shelby, MT was just an awesome, awesome drive. Very scenic. Lightly traveled. Great road to just hit the throttle. Montana State Route 200 from Missoula (and the western stretch is fun to) east all the way to Circle and down 200S to Glendive is just an awesome drive. That's the road where a guy got a speeding ticket for over 100mph back when Montana had their 'Reasonable and Prudent" speed limits. That led to the state supreme court throwing out the R&P speed limit and for a few years Montana had no state speed limits (towns and cities still did) until 1999. Now it's 75 for cars in the interstate and 65 on other roads.

US12 again east of Miles City, MT through Mobridge, SD to I-29 is a fun drive. Less scenery, but just a good fast road through the midwest. South Dakota southwest of the Black Hills are all fun to drive. Especially through Wind Cave NP and US18 from Wyoming east. US20 through Nebraska is another fun fast road through the midwest. From I-25 in Wyoming all the way to Valentine was just fun. Little towns, tons of fields and small hills. State Route 71 in Nebraska is rather scenic. Favorite drive in the area, though, is US85 from north of Cheyenne, WY up to South Dakota. Towns of Torrington, Lusk and Newcastle and hundreds of mile of sweeping two-lanes up to the Black Hills.

Colorado has way too many to name. US550 (Million Dollar Highway) is awesome. US40 over Rabbit Ears Pass is scenic. Loveland Pass on US6. Glenwood Canyon on I-70 and through Vail and Avon, etc. US50 from Montrose through Black Canyon of the Gunnison, over Monarch Pass and winding through the river edge near Canon City. Royal Gorge is fun, 1000-ft tall wooden-slat bridge. Pagosa Springs is nice. The town on Creede on Route 149 is an awesome town. That whole road goes through amazing scenery along the headwaters of the Rio Grande. Creede's fire department parks their trucks in caves dug out of the rock walls surrounding the north edge of town from old mines. Very neat. US24 east of Buena Vista on to Colorado Springs is a fun drive, mountainous. Three passes over 9,000 feet. Four Corners is fun if no one else is there. Los Alamos was different. The drive up there was more interesting than the town itself. Passing the old guard towers and gates is definitely an odd feeling for entering a town (and county).

Texas is surprisingly fun. The rocky hills of the northwest between US87 and US83. US83 is a fun drive out of Kansas all the way to Laredo. Especially south of Junction to Uvalde. 80mph speeds on I-10 and I-20. US90 from Van Horn all the way to Del Rio is a fun lonesome drive near the border with 75mph roads. Hilly, scenic. Not a lot to see in terms of places to stop. Saw a wild hog on that road. Nearly ate it with my bumper. Those buggers are fast.

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Had some good ones but being on floor away from Gwen Steffani back in 97 in Myrtle Beach was pretty nice.

Probabably hiking and climbing just about everything on Oahu. I want to climb a few more legitamate mountains in the next couple years. I think Mauna Kea would be sweet to climb.

Sykotyk;1201164 wrote:A lot of it is 'passing through' and just taking in the scenery. Some is to purposefully stop places. A lot was for work and I didn't get to side-trip a lot. I've still got the county south of Tucson and the county in central Utah. My wife and I will take two weeks sometime and go check out the parks of southern Utah. In addition, Gooseneck and Goblin Valley State Parks.

Cool places/things: The ferries in Washington state. US12 across northern Idaho to Lolo and down US93 in Montana was just fun. US101 along the southern Washington and Oregon coast was just something to always remember. The redwoods of California along US101 and the road from Redding, CA to Arcata, CA (on the coast) was one hell of a drive. Golden Gate bridge was fun. Some small state routes in eastern California north of Fresno on our way to Lake Tahoe were amazing. The Imperial Sand Dunes along I-8 and CA were unexpected and cool. Especially when you're driving right along the Mexican border fence.

US89 north from Flagstaff, AZ through Kanab to Panguitch, UT is a fun drive. I-70 over the San Rafael Swell in Utah are awesome. US191 along Flaming Gorge from Utah to Wyoming is amazing. All the roads near Yellowstone NP are fun (saw my first Moose south of Jackson Hole, also saw a HS football game there). US2 in Idaho and Montana from Bonners Ferry ID all the way past Glacier NP toward Shelby, MT was just an awesome, awesome drive. Very scenic. Lightly traveled. Great road to just hit the throttle. Montana State Route 200 from Missoula (and the western stretch is fun to) east all the way to Circle and down 200S to Glendive is just an awesome drive. That's the road where a guy got a speeding ticket for over 100mph back when Montana had their 'Reasonable and Prudent" speed limits. That led to the state supreme court throwing out the R&P speed limit and for a few years Montana had no state speed limits (towns and cities still did) until 1999. Now it's 75 for cars in the interstate and 65 on other roads.

US12 again east of Miles City, MT through Mobridge, SD to I-29 is a fun drive. Less scenery, but just a good fast road through the midwest. South Dakota southwest of the Black Hills are all fun to drive. Especially through Wind Cave NP and US18 from Wyoming east. US20 through Nebraska is another fun fast road through the midwest. From I-25 in Wyoming all the way to Valentine was just fun. Little towns, tons of fields and small hills. State Route 71 in Nebraska is rather scenic. Favorite drive in the area, though, is US85 from north of Cheyenne, WY up to South Dakota. Towns of Torrington, Lusk and Newcastle and hundreds of mile of sweeping two lanes up to the Black Hills

Agree with all of this. I hit a lot of it this spring. Driving through wyoming and montana for several hours without seeing anything but open plains and hoping to find a gas station soon was pretty interestinv to say the least!

had our van get attacked by a pack of monkeys trolling for food while in India this past february. scared the ever living crap out of me. The big animals like elephants didn't alarm me but 30 monkeys flying out of trees onto the top of the car and hanging on partially rolled down windows nearly made me cry.

Sykotyk;1201100 wrote:Way too many to pick just one.

I drove 10,473 miles in one trip once to the 48 contiguous states (http://www.sykotyk.com/supertrip ). Also, drove all around Florida. Around California. Washington/Idaho/Montana/Oregon. Drove around Louisiana and East Texas. Drove to Prince Edward Island and up to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Drove up to Niagara Falls, Toronto, Montreal, and down through Vermont and New Hampshire to Rhode Island. My wife and I drove down to New Orleans last year and zigged and zagged all over the place. And this past month went to Panama City, FL, Apalachicola, and then up to Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC on the way back.


Aside from all that, my greatest adventure is still ongoing. My goal is to visit every county in the country. So far I've been to 2,590 of the 3,145 counties (or equivalents) out there. Just have 555 more to go and should be done in the next couple of years. Hawaii will require air fare and Alaska is just going to be a pain. But, it's been a blast.


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Holy cow, impressive. Do you have a warrant for that one county in Utah that you missed?

Jet skiing all through the keys for 2 days. Loved. Every. Second.


My bucket list vacation is to see all the national Parks.

Sykotyk;1201164 wrote:(continued)

Well, work took ahold and couldn't find time to continue. There's a lot to see in this country. First advice to anyone planning a road trip. Aside from the east coast or near cities, don't take the freeways. There's so much to see when you get off the main road. Plus, you travel a lot faster than you think. Out west, speed limits on two-lane roads can be 65+. Texas has 75 MPH two-lane roads. And many states have 70.

As for other adventures...

National Parks

I've been to Mt Rainier, Sequoia, Redwood, Arches, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Glacier, Wind Cave, Everglades, Smoky Mountains, Cuyahoga Valley, Acadia, and Mammoth Caves.

Sports

Seen MLS games in Salt Lake City (UT), Commerce City (CO), Frisco (TX), Kansas City (KS), and Columbus (OH).
Seen MLB games in Cleveland (OH), Pittsburgh (PA), Detroit (MI), Kansas City (MO), and Denver (CO).
Seen NFL games only in Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
Seen minor league baseball games in Salt Lake City (UT), Colorado Springs (CO), Laredo (TX), Lexington (KY), Metairie [outside New Orleans] (LA), Savannah (GA), Charleston (SC), Niles (OH), Erie (PA), Butler (PA), Slippery Rock (PA), Washington (PA), and Columbus (OH).
Seen indoor football or arena football games in (22 locations) Kennewick (WA), Salt Lake City (UT), Las Vegas (NV), Phoenix (AZ), New Orleans (LA), Tampa (FL), Upper Marlboro (MD), Danville (IL), Evansville (IN), Battle Creek (MI), Grand Rapids (MI), Port Huron (MI), Wheeling (WV), Huntington (WV), Philadelphia (PA), Johnstown (PA), Erie (PA), Rostraver [near Pittsburgh] (PA), Steubenville (OH), Canton (OH), Columbus (OH), and Troy (OH)
Seen high school football games in [# of cities, not games]

California (Mira Loma)
Utah (Salt Lake City)
New Mexico (Albuquerque)
Colorado [4] (Kersey, Lamar, Brush, and Limon)
Wyoming [5] (Jackson, Kaycee, Buffalo, Cokeville, and Green River)
Montana [2] (Jordan and Grass Range)
North Dakota [2] (Fargo and Bismarck)
Nebraska [2] (Grand Island and Norfolk)
Oklahoma (Caddo)
Texas [5] (San Antonio, Memphis, Dallas, Arlington, Plainview)
Mississippi (Meridian)
Georgia (Atlanta [Georgia Dome])
South Carolina (Laurens)
North Carolina (Mebane)
Kentucky [2] (Crestview Hills and Florence)
Minnesota (Minneapolis [Metrodome])
Iowa (Des Moines)
Missouri [3] (Blue Springs, Boonville, and Crystal City)
Wisconsin (Madison)
Indiana (Fort Wayne)
West Virginia [2] (Wheeling and Weirton)
Pennsylvania [10] (Greenville, Oil City, Hermitage, Slippery Rock, Pittsburgh, Altoona, Mt Lebanon, Wexford, Turtle Creek, and Hershey)
Ohio [18] (Steubenville, Wintersville, Toronto, Martins Ferry, Bellaire, Bridgeport, East Liverpool, Austintown, Cortland, Warren, Ravenna, Alliance, Canton, Massillon, Akron, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Colerain)

Saw 56 games in 2010 in 12 states. Saw 73 games in 2011 in 16 states. This season, I'm mostly going to be around Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania for games. I might make the trip to Wisconsin and Minnesota for the 16 games in three days (4 in Madison on Thursday, 6 at the Metrodome on Friday and 6 at the Metrodome on Saturday). I'm going to try and see 100 games this year. But will probably top out at around 80-90.

Most of the games are the part of bigger trips. Some games are simply to see that particular game (or group of games).

another goal I have is to drive every mile of every interstate in the country. Of which, I'm over 88% there (I haven't updated my stats in a while). But, that's over 42,038 miles by itself.

As far as national Parks go I've been to Yellowstone teton mammoth cave smoky mountain Badlands Theodore Roosevelt cuyahoga and I might go to big bend this week.

Syk, do you keep a diary or just have a photographic memory? If you don't reach your HS football games total, we don't finish until mid December in Fla. Come on down and see the best at our two Championship weekends. (4 games each)

Speedofsand;1202078 wrote:Syk, do you keep a diary or just have a photographic memory? If you don't reach your HS football games total, we don't finish until mid December in Fla. Come on down and see the best at our two Championship weekends. (4 games each)

For sports, I do keep a list of every game I've attended... ever. But, I can recall where I've seen games (and usually opponents/matchups to most) just by memory. Every game, or 'multi-game event' elicits certain memories about them. The look of the stadium, the crowd, the food. The atmosphere. The walk to the stadium. The people around me. How the light, heat, wind, etc affected the game, etc.

As for mid-December. I'll probably be seeing the PIAA titles that weekend (Florida, Texas, PA, and California all end the same weekend). I was in Florida five years ago and probably could've seen a few of the title games, but I went to Key West instead).