US Roadtrips
Disclaimer: last time I owned a car was in 2006 right before moving abroad. I don’t need it, I don’t miss it. Both in London and in Chicago it would be an unnecessary expense. Also in most of my previous trips I’ve preferred using public transports to move around: buses, train, shared buses… Moving to the US I’ve discovered this, to me new, way of travelling: After a relatively short road trip with a mate from Chicago to Nashville in 2019, I really got into road-tripping in 2020 when I drove solo, the Route 66. Long desert roads, incredible everchanging landscapes: road trips in the US are different.
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Day 1: Sea-Tac WA to Seattle WA
Postcard from Seattle, Washington. Sea-Tac Airport to Seattle is not exactly a road-trip. More a 17 miles easy morning commute but it was the first 17 miles I drove since last year trip to Key West, hence I count it in. The inclement weather seems a familiar constant in the first couple of days of these US road-trips. A tornado in 2021. Thunderstorms in 2022. Light rain today. Progress, I say. Seattle: pine trees, lushly vegetation, majestic clouds, oysters for lunch, a dinner with one of my favorite out of state Chicagoan, the discovery of Fremont, one (two) for the road in an incredible dive bar, lots of coffee to…
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Chicago to Miami & Key West road trip
In 2022 I’ve decided to embark in another road trip, from Chicago to the southernmost city in the continental United States: Key West.
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Day 9: Florida City FL to Key West FL
The grand finale deserved a new grand card...
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Day 8: Daytona Beach FL to Florida City FL
Stuck in traffic in Miami
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Day 7: Savannah GA to Daytona Beach FL
114 straight miles along the Atlantic coast in Florida
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Day 6: Charleston SC to Savannah GA
Oak trees and a pantagruelian banquet in Georgia
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Day 4 and 5: Asheville NC to Charleston SC
Scenic roads, pink buildings, tons of seafood and a billion mosquitoes in Charleston
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Day 2 and 3: Frankfort KY to Asheville NC
"Put some South in your mouth"
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Day 1: Chicago IL to Frankfort KY
Fried chicken, corn pudding and bourbon tasting in Kentucky
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Route 66 – The ultimate American road trip
Driving the route 66 from Chicago to LA has always been a dream of mine. In 2021 since, due to covid restrictions and the status of my green card application, I was not allowed to leave the country, I decided to embark in a 2 weeks epic journey on one of the most iconic road on planet Earth.
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Day 14: Barstow CA to Santa Monica CA
Day 14: Barstow CA to Santa Monica CA. The grand finale. The last 155 miles of my road trip from Chicago to Los Angeles on the historic Route 66
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Day 13: Kingman AZ to Barstow CA
Postcard from Barstow, California. 241 miles in a oven. I left early to avoid the expected heatwave but it wasn’t early enough.Today’s leg started with some series of nervous narrow turns, in and out on the mountains leading to the ghost town of Oatman, now a kind of Disneyland for western movie lovers. After that, the Route 66 enters California, skirting the southern part of the Mojave desert and it is just nothingness, lizards crossing the roads and burning temperatures. Kinda beautiful. One more sleep to the grand finale. Driving from Kingman to Barstow Cheat Sheet Accommodation in Barstow, CA Where to eat and what to see between Kingman, AZ…
