I have been thinking of two long road trips for a very long time. one is Mexican Border to Canada Border. And another is Coast to Coast road trip. I have done Mexican Border to Canada Border trip in summer'2016. It was very memorable and adventurous solo trip. Now, i started planning for next road trip that is pending for a long time.
Finally I got an opportunity to drive to East Coast from San Deigo to Pittsburgh, PA. After working in California for almost 13+ years, thought of relocating to east coast for a change. Got a project in Pittsburgh, PA. Being school break and I promised my daughter a road trip in summer break, used this opportunity to go to Pittsburgh on road. it was not my initial idea of coast to coast road trip plan. I really planned to go one of the beaches in east coast or drive to till Acadia National park, camping in national parks. it turned out my base is going to move to Pittsburgh in a month. I kind of fine to split in coast to coast road trip in two parts, first one is to drive till Pittsburgh. next one Niagara Falls to Florida driving along Atlantic Ocean cities. Mostly I will do in summer time(coming years).
it is around 2500 miles and 37 hours of drive from San Diego to Pittsburgh. maps suggested 3 routes as follows
1. san Diego to Arizona to New Mexico to Oklahoma to Missouri to Indianapolis to Ohio to Pennsylvania
2. CA -> Utah ->Colorado -> -> Iowa -> Illinois -> Indianapolis ->Ohio -> Pennsylvania
3. CA -> Utah -> Colorado -> Kansas Missiouri -> Illinois -> Indianapolis -> Ohio -> West Virginia -> Pennysylvania
I took option 3 due to two reasons one is Utah and Colorado on I-70 is very scenic and second very easy to remember from my home till Pittsburgh. No need to remember lot of map along the route. it became very simple to remember, my house is very next to I-15 in San Diego, so from I15 to beginning of I-70 from west drive till 30 miles before Pittsburgh on I-70. I split 9 hours for each day pretty much. if everything works according to plan, it won't be fun in Life. my current project manager did not allowed me to leave till I did not get any spare day to spend day in between or small detours to go to Moab or Rocky mountains even though it was very few short miles away from these very nice national parks. As road trip to Pittsburgh is confirmed, my family also joined me in the journey.
Finally I got an opportunity to drive to East Coast from San Deigo to Pittsburgh, PA. After working in California for almost 13+ years, thought of relocating to east coast for a change. Got a project in Pittsburgh, PA. Being school break and I promised my daughter a road trip in summer break, used this opportunity to go to Pittsburgh on road. it was not my initial idea of coast to coast road trip plan. I really planned to go one of the beaches in east coast or drive to till Acadia National park, camping in national parks. it turned out my base is going to move to Pittsburgh in a month. I kind of fine to split in coast to coast road trip in two parts, first one is to drive till Pittsburgh. next one Niagara Falls to Florida driving along Atlantic Ocean cities. Mostly I will do in summer time(coming years).
it is around 2500 miles and 37 hours of drive from San Diego to Pittsburgh. maps suggested 3 routes as follows
1. san Diego to Arizona to New Mexico to Oklahoma to Missouri to Indianapolis to Ohio to Pennsylvania
2. CA -> Utah ->Colorado -> -> Iowa -> Illinois -> Indianapolis ->Ohio -> Pennsylvania
3. CA -> Utah -> Colorado -> Kansas Missiouri -> Illinois -> Indianapolis -> Ohio -> West Virginia -> Pennysylvania
I took option 3 due to two reasons one is Utah and Colorado on I-70 is very scenic and second very easy to remember from my home till Pittsburgh. No need to remember lot of map along the route. it became very simple to remember, my house is very next to I-15 in San Diego, so from I15 to beginning of I-70 from west drive till 30 miles before Pittsburgh on I-70. I split 9 hours for each day pretty much. if everything works according to plan, it won't be fun in Life. my current project manager did not allowed me to leave till I did not get any spare day to spend day in between or small detours to go to Moab or Rocky mountains even though it was very few short miles away from these very nice national parks. As road trip to Pittsburgh is confirmed, my family also joined me in the journey.
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