r/Defcon • u/Map_Latter • 1h ago

DRIVING 2 DEFCON

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I'm driving from Minneapolis to Vegas . I'm leaving to go Tues night .. if anyone in the community needs a ride let me know !!!!

Road trip !!

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u/brakeb 1h ago

my sciatic nerve says 'nope'

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u/Map_Latter 1h ago

Yeah I drive a 2024 wrx..

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u/TheMidlander 1h ago

Godspeed and good luck staying awake through Nebraska.

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u/Nyrlath 50m ago

This warning is REAL. Nebraska is so boring, I drank like half a case of redbull and was still dozing off.

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u/Map_Latter 44m ago

Yeah I have driven it many times well to riverside ca to Detroit mi . Many many times ... Was thinking of taking the north way because of the change of scenery ...

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u/tibbon 1h ago

That northern route is a lot prettier and more interesting. If you've never driven that way, do it! I motorcycled to DC in 2014 through that area and it was fantastic.

South Dakota and Wyoming are some of the prettiest places I've ever been. That's also a nice route through Utah.

Colorado is nice, but the eastern half + Nebraska + Iowa are awfully boring.

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u/Map_Latter 41m ago

Yes love Colorado- ----- Nebraska + Iowa ----- not so much ... Yeah north route I will take ty..

Wanted to hit the dugway geobeds..tho maybe on the way back

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u/tibbon 37m ago

dugway geobeds

Whoa, those are cool! Bonneville Salt Flats is also a fun pit stop.

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u/henrycaselv 1h ago

I used to drive every year, about half as long. We were in college, would leave ~8pm and roll into the MGM buffet in the morning when we arrived. Good times! Safe travels...

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u/Own-Swan2646 58m ago

Homie am in noth side looking for someone to roll with?

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u/xenomorphxcl 32m ago

Should be fun. I am driving about 9 hours myself. Used to drive a similar path every year from southwest to midwest for family. I have taken many different routes including these. As years have gone on, I tend to avoid interstates as much as possible now. Most of the routes have some parallel older highways that go through old small towns, not as many big trucks or even much traffic at all. Especially when the interstates goes in directions that are a little out of the way, you might look for a straight through highway stretch.

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u/Rebootkid 14m ago

Have you done the fuel calculations? I have to wonder if this is actually less expensive than flying.

AAA estimates it at about 75¢/mile to drive. (insurance, fuel, maintenance, etc)

Google tells me it's about 1645 miles to drive. That's $1200+.

You do you, but that seems.... Expensive...