(08-01-2020, 05:54 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: If you were planning a trip out west, meaning Arizona, Utah, and Wyoming, from Jacksonville, and you had no time restrictions, would you drive out there or fly out there and rent a car?

Drive! Back in 2004 I took a trip to CA to visit some friends before they were to be stationed overseas for a few years and I decided to drive. Fort Bragg, NC to Imperial Beach, CA by way of I-40 west until I reached Phoenix then dropped down to 10W and took that in to CA. I was alone with no GPS, no cellphone, driving a well loved '97 Jeep Wrangler with no AC (dumb mistake buying one without AC). Left in April and returned in June. 

It was a trip to remember. I got stopped by a highway patrol officer in TX on my return trip. I was going five over the limit.   He reminded me of R. Lee Ermey and let me off with a warning when he saw the military base decal on my windshield. That's just one thing that happened. Good memories!

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(08-01-2020, 09:09 AM)anonymous2112 Wrote: Fly and rent.  Get a window seat for the view from Jax to, say, Denver.  The ride won't get interesting until at least Dallas, depending on your route if you drive, although the Ozarks are pretty cool.

If you were coming out of the northeast or mid-Atlantic, I'd say drive because there's some interesting terrain.  As I said in another thread, I-10 might be the most boring stretch of interstate in the US.

Fact. My drive to CA from NC was on 40W, my return trip I took 10E to stop in Jacksonville to see family before going back home to Bragg. 40 was great, 10 was a soozefest.

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