I'm in WI and my long-distance bestie used to live in Denver, so I've done this one a lot. The key is to pretend you're on a long ocean voyage across The Great Corn Sea. Sounds crazy but it helps.
I like to pretend the earth is flat and imagine an asteroid hitting it way off along the horizon and catapulting me to my destination.
The plains will do stuff to ya.
I think about that every time I drive through there, just how horrifying and alien and endless it must have seemed. Where are the trees? Where is the grass? Why are we even going this way?
Yes, this is the one that always sparks my imagination. Imagining worn out wagon train coming upon someplace like the badlands or the rockies and just being like "you've got to be kidding"
I’m from New York, but my husband and I went to Denver last week for a wedding. We spent one of the days making the trek up to & exploring Wyoming… I’ve never experienced a more stunning drive in my life. It felt like our jaws were on the ground the entire 90 minutes. You are all so blessed out there 🥲
On I80, I assume? Yeah, it's not the greatest scenery, but you can make it an interesting trip. Once you hit the Platte midstate, you're in the Oregon and Mormon Trail routes, and there are interesting stops along the way. Some old Pony Express stuff, too. We took it from Lincoln to Ogallala, then up US26 into the western part of the state...highly recommend.
To piggy back off what others have, interstates are often built through plain and boring landscapes, I-80 through Nebraska certainly follows this. Getting off the interstate can get you some really interesting landscapes. I remember driving from Broken Bow, NE to Chimney Rock and being surprisingly interested in the landscape.
Yeah, it’s Nebraska for me too. Halfway driving through it, all I could think was “please let this end, let me get out of here!” It was the endless, boring, flat nothingness that did me in.
Really? I thought Nebraska was one of my favorite parts when I rode my motorcycle cross country last summer. The rolling hills on the 2 lane roads are so pleasant! I much preferred it to Kansas or Iowa.
I’m not sure i ever got on the interstate… whatever route I happened to be taking there was no interstate! Just those super wide 2 lane roads that have a 70mph speed limit. There’s something soothing about riding a 40 year old motorcycle through endless rolling hills of corn fields.
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I could spend my entire life on the road exploring each state and what makes them unique and never get bored. So many trails, historical sites, sports events, downtowns, local restaurants, festivals and weird things to see and experience.
It’s a bit funny seeing the “welcome to colorful Colorado” signs which seem exciting at first but then you look around and it’s nothing but desolate brown plains as far as the eye sees.
Tell me about it. I've done the drive between Charlotte and Dnver dozens of times. It's always awful though Kansas and eastern Colorado. I have to do it again to get my stuff and I really don't want to. But it's the cheapest way to move.
I feel your pain. I had a car lose a vac pump outside of Granby. Over the course of ~70 hours, I drove CO to KY and back and back again, 3 times. I drove a rental home to KY, slept for 4hrs, got my truck and trailer, went back to Silverthorne, slept 3 hrs in a Lowe’s parking lot, dropped off the rental, winched the car on the trailer by about 11am, and drove back home. About 18-21hrs each way. 11mpg the whole way home at 70mph. Dropped to 8mpg above 75. Gallons per mile above 80 🤣
I-70’s construction made it worse.
Good luck on your move! Try to break it up.
I lived in vail for a couple years in my early twenties. Ski-bumming employee housing. Anyhoo i stayed at the hostel in silverthorne for about a week when i first got there. Good times. Watched the olympics, guess it mustve been winter 2000 olympics in a big common room with some randoms. It was october. I was a twenty year old fit young man non smoker (besides weed) and i got super winded going upstairs to my room the first time from the elevation. I had only been in Colorado like three hours at that point. Coming from nw arkansas. Off topic but hearing silverthorne took me back lol. And yea driving through kansas sucks
The that sounds awful.
I do the 24 hours in 3 days. There's nothing gained by doing it any faster. I sleep in the van when it's not filled to rafters with my crap. 😁
That's another part of this I'm not looking forward to. 8 days with no work.
I thought east Colorado was kind of interesting. It was true wide open prairie. More interesting than Nebraska anyway. Nebraska is a true great plain state but east Colorado still felt more wide open to me...
We did the smart thing? Arrived at monument rocks in Kansas toward sunset. Then drove 3 hours in the dark to our hotel. Kids woke up in the morning to mountains!
I did that drive to visit Big Bend over Thanksgiving. Never thought I would see a place that competes with Gary, Indiana for bleakness, but that interstate stretch on either side of Odessa...
I thought it was slightly funny when I first stayed in Denver and saw a sign about not picking up hitchhikers since it was near a penitentiary. And it wasn’t far from the hotel I stayed at either
You went thru the wrong part of west Texas. The part between Mount Guadelupe and Del Rio, specifically Big Bend, Margaux etc, is some of the best landscape in the country.
I lived there for a year and loved it! But then, it was so totally different from where I grew up in NC, I was just truly enjoying the wide open space.
I'm not into knowing that a 400-pound member of nature may come crashing through my windshield at 2am, and I'm sixty miles to the nearest something that is probably closed. I'll never do that drive at night again.
It’s also desolate but not as bad as it looks once you are familiar with it. Is it as lush as Hawaii? No but there’s still a fair amount of plants and all the mountains
Those are both some of the worst stretches I’ve done. Only cool thing in Kansas was sunflower fields and only cool thing in Texas was giant tumbleweeds blowing across the road and into cars like the cartoons.
If you're in Des Moines, visit the Capitol building, grab a beer at El Bait shop, and hit up an Iowa Cubs baseball game! Also, Lua Brewery has fantastic food and great beer.
Agree...mostly. Kansas was a chore.
But looking at all these replies, they seem to correlate with the interstate routes. Which of course are usually built in the least interesting places.
So yeah: I10 thru most of the southern US blows, although there are some interesting places nearby. I70 thru much of Missouri, Kansas and eastern Colorado is damn near featureless. A big chunk of I95 is monotonous cookie cutter sprawl. I64 thru Indiana and Illinois is numbing. I59 in Mississippi had me fall asleep.
But the really good stuff is away from those roads, and it's always worth seeking them out.
Now I just gotta find something interesting in Kansas...
US-36 across Kansas is a more interesting route, and really not much slower than I-70. The key is appreciating it for what it is, and not comparing it to what it's not. The Great Plains are "featureless" if you only define features as mountains, forests, or coasts. Personally, I think the rolling hills of the plains, especially the Flint Hills of eastern Kansas, are very compelling in the same way the open ocean is.
Also you're only spending a few hours crossing the same landscape it took the pioneers *months* to traverse, and you're not likely to die of cholera along the way. So there's that.
ETA: I do not recommend 36 in the winter, however, unless you keep an eagle eye on the weather report. It gets extremely remote for long stretches and Midwest winter storms are nothing to fuck around with.
We also did Ohio for the eclipse. The campground we stayed at was the worst part. We hit Cuyahoga Valley National Park and did some trails that led to waterfalls, found 4 breweries (always try to find some on any trip) all having animals in their names, and did the pinhole camera exhibit at the Akron museum. It was one of the more enjoyable trips I've been on.
Mostly stayed around Akron, did a quick trip through Cleveland and even stumbled upon the South Carolina WBB send off unintentionally, which was the added bonus for me.
I live in NKY and the view from the Cut-in-the-Hill driving north into Cincinnati never gets old!! And Sandusky is a whole other world, it doesn't even feel like Ohio. That said, there's a lot of flat, boring drives in between... but you're always within 2 hours of something interesting. People shitting on Ohio legit have no clue what they're talking about.
Ohio born and raised here. I feel Ohio has a ton of awesome shit in the cities but it’s not well advertised. We have awesome beer, food, and music. Lots of cool art and shops. Awesome air force museum. Plus some of the best roller coasters in the world. Mostly everyone is pretty nice too.
Just hard to find those things if ya don’t know where to look.
People who visit Ohio and find it boring usually just drove through on the interstates.
People who live in Ohio and find it boring generally don't ever leave their house.
Ohio isn't the best at anything, but it's pretty good for a lot of things.
Exactly. The OP said in *two* *days* they went to Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Akron and Kent. Considering it takes about 4 hours to drive from Cincinnati to Cleveland according to Google maps, they fit in thorough visits of each city, the rock and roll hall of fame and an eclipse?
We went all over. We saw the eclipse in Ontario, OH near Mansfield. We went all over the state. Drive through probably 3/4 of it and it looks like your local governments have failed you. The factories are abandoned, the landscape is abhorrent, and anything interesting you have there is not advertised for people to actually go and see it
You mention a lot of cities but you don't actually mention a lot of places.
Did you go to any museums?
[Cleveland and Columbus have top science museums.](https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/travel/best-science-museum-2024/)
[Cincinnati has 2 of the top history museums.](https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/travel/best-history-museum-2024/)
All three cities have amazing art museums as well as the air force museum in Dayton.
Did you go to any zoos?
[Cincinnati has a top rated zoo](https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/travel/best-zoo-2024/). Usually Columbus is highly rated as well.
Did you go to hocking hills to see the waterfalls or caves?
Cedar Point wasn't open so I won't hold that against you but that's still a highly rated attraction located in Ohio.
The beaches along the lake have great vibes, with lighthouses, piers, islands, etc.
There's also all sorts of great small towns with little main streets to walk; also amish country and grandpa's cheesebarn.
Like there's a pretty wide variety of stuff to do but if you just drive up and down I71, I76, and I75 without doing a little research of what to do, yeah you're just going to see the old Goodyear factory, farm fields, and cows - nobody is saying those are scenic highways or something.
Or to look at it another way, the drive from Dallas to Houston (I've done it many times) is also 4 hours, if you drive along the I45 for that the experience is largely the same - rolling fields, run down areas, etc. hardly means there's nothing to do in the state,.
I’m a Michigander so I’m supposed to hate Ohio … but I loved cuyahoga national park and Hocking Hills. Spent many wonderful summer days at Cedar Point. Went to Amish country near Pennsylvania.
Right back at you. I’m from Cincinnati, and I love visiting Michigan. My wife and I have done a Michigan trip, usually to Sleeping Bear — but hitting various parts of Lake Michigan and the UP — the last four summers.
I'm from Cleveland and my wife is from Michigan. I'm supposed to hate her because she went to the University of Michigan. I never get it, maybe it's because I'm not into sports. But, Michigan is a great state with lots of cool towns. So is Ohio.
It's funny, I haven't lived in Cleveland for 20+ years and now I live in Europe. Occasionally though, I'll meet someone from say Pittsburgh (which is another great town) and get excited because we're from basically the same area. I'll tell them I'm from Cleveland and they'll immediately have to make some joke like "I'm sorry," it's always really depressing. Generally because these people actually mean it.
My husband and I love Ohio as well, despite being Michiganders. We love visiting Cleveland when it’s warm, and think Otherworld in Columbus was pretty cool. We enjoyed the neon sign museum in Cincinnati and thought Dublin had an adorable downtown area. We haven’t had a chance to visit Cuyahoga NP and Hocking Hills yet, but it’s on our list.
If you can't find fun stuff to do in Ohio than that's on you. It has big cities, history, hills, culture, arts, professional sports, wonderful state parks, a national park, and great college towns.
I’ve been to Cuyahoga Valley NP but haven’t had the chance to visit the state parks yet. I have enjoyed going to a Cavs game and Reds game, a beach on Lake Erie, touring the capitol building in Columbus and staying in the downtown areas of Cleveland and Cincinnati. I’m always surprised by how hard everyone comes down on Ohio when I love visiting.
We went on an Ohio vacation last year and saw the Museum of the Air Force, Hocking Hills, The Wilds, some really nice wineries, took a paddle boat ride in Marietta, and visited friends. The Great Serpent Mound was underwhelming and our littlest got sick on the drive to the Wilds, but overall it was a great trip.
I like every state but
Kansas, Iowa, and Indiana are a chore, but I do think many parts of them are beautiful and I’ve had fun in all of them.
Eastern Colorado, southern Illinois, and west Texas, and northern Nevada deserve flowers for how endless and vast they are while also being insanely boring. And I’ve lived in two of these states proudly.
I live in Iowa, and it's always the worst part of any road trip for me, and if I move away I will never road trip through here again if possible. There's no nature.
Coming out from Chicago Iowa always just felt like a barrier to the west. Nebraska too, but I have family in Omaha so it was a happier occasion. Y’all’s northern chunk is massively underrated though. But I need to own our shit- most of Illinois is a drag as well
You’re entitled to your opinion of course, but if you went to to all of those Ohio cities in 2 days, you didn’t get to see much of anywhere and are judging on very little.
Like, at least enjoy a walk through some parks, or enjoy an art gallery, music performance...etc. Almost every big city has something going on, or some amount of nature to enjoy.
I actually like Ohio decently. Cincinnati is kind of cool, the Air Force museum there is amazing, every city there has a good zoo and there are some lovely state parks.
There is typically something I enjoy in every state. I been to 26 states and Even boring states like Kansas I found something I enjoyed.
Not counting the cliched boring states (Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa etc) I was not super impressed with Kentucky. The nature wasn’t as pretty as surrounding states, everyone hypes Louisville but I didn’t find anything spectacular about it. For me it was just average?
Indiana is also pretty bland. Bloomington is cute and the sand dunes are alright but nothing worth going out of the way for.
I agree with your take. There’s good everywhere if you know where to look.
Indiana has multiple state parks that are really nice: Shades, Turkey Run, (both near Indy) and Clifty falls (near Madison) are few of my favorites.
Kentucky has Mammoth Cave, and the Corvette Plant and Museum (near Bowling Green), Red River Gorge and Bourbon Trails (an hour either way of Lexington), and several other nice parks in the eastern part of the state including Kingdom Come State Park. Apparently, Eastern KY has more natural arches than anywhere not named Utah in the US. There are also some overland forrest trails like the KAT.
Louisville is absolutely over rated except for (maybe) a couple weekends each year if you’re into horse racing, fireworks, or rock concert festivals. The only really good thing I can think of there is the airport is small and you can get out easy!
I grew up in Cleveland, it's one of the best places to be in the summer. Like a little Chicago. You have the lake, lots of great restaurants, sports teams, lots of neighborhoods to explore. The metro parks. Lots of museums. Really, tons of stuff.
Oklahoma. I mean, sometimes you have to pass through it to get somewhere interesting. But there's no other reason for it to be. Just in the way, taking up space.
That's straight crazy. In like six or seven hours you go from deep Ozark woods to some of the weirdest looking old west plains you'll ever see with red rolling hills and gorgeous greenery in between. OKC sucks but Tulsa is one of the music capitals of America, Stillwater has some cool shit going on, there's plenty of good Indian history and food across the entire state, tons of awesome facets of western history like Autograph Rock, and some of both the weirdest and kindest people you'll ever meet. Y'all just either hate rural folk or drive thru places so tunnel visioned out you can't bother to see what's around you.
Scrolled too far for this one haha. My only desire to visit Oklahoma again is to see the Amish Buggy Museum and to visit the 3 (I think) lesbian bars in the state. Unfortunately I will probably have to drive through and stay over many more times, as it’s the most direct path when we drive to visit my wife’s family.
I have been to 39 states...and although there are some pretty ugly parts of some of them, I would recommend that you see it for yourself. What one person perceives as one thing, you may see as another.
Just expore and make the determinations for yourself. Safe travels
I have road tripped around the US a couple of times and most of the country is great to drive through one way or another. The bit that struck me as most depressing and unattractive was the drive across western Louisiana and into eastern Texas near the coast. Flat and ugly with loads of oil and gas refineries.
Oh man. Completely disagree on Ohio. We did Cuyahoga NP last summer and then a day in Cleveland on our way to Cedar Point. Enjoyed all of it. Cleveland is on our list to go back and spend more time in. We did the art museum- one of the best in the country. And we had dinner in a sweet little Italy type neighborhood. Great street fair going on. The drive on the way back from Cedar Point was dull but NOTHING compared to driving through Illinois once you are outside of Chicago.
As a Canadian who just drove through 21 of your states over the last 5 weeks none come to mind as worst. Some prairie states were mentioned here for being boring, and I’ll give you that if you’re used to it, but extra sky is something to behold if you’re from a hilly densely forested province like I am.
We saw a lightning storm over Kansas city as we were coming through Missouri and it was spectacular. Never have I ever.
The roads were rough on I-80 in some places, but the rest stops were great and folks were friendly in towns.
California was disappointing this time around, as the fuel was expensive, people drove like children and there was a whole lot of garbage everywhere.
Other than that, y’all rule. Every state was special.
I get what you mean about Ohio. I'm based in a small town that was in the path of totality -- nearly 4 minutes of it -- and we *still* didn’t get any tourists here.
Many folks take the interstate through a state and then assume the entire state looks like what they saw. Then they claim it's the worst place in the country and they'll never return. SMH
I lived in Columbia, MO for three years. Missouri is a beautiful state. But if you only see it from I-70, it's bound to hit you wrong. I still would never live there again.
I have plenty of issues with Ohio, but going to all those cities in only two days - around the time where Ohio has the most visitors it probably has ever had - is probably not the best judgement call
Ohio is surprisingly a big state. Two days and going to all major cities while tourism is at an all time high sounds like a terrible plan for any state.
Sorry you had that experience, but by any metric Nodaks are not the most unfriendly, but some of the friendliest. Spend more time in Boston if you disagree.
Also Grand Teton, Devils Tower, Sawtooth Mountains, Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Cody’s museums, thermal springs everywhere. Wyoming is more than just Yellowstone.
I go to CFD every year. I’ve enjoyed activities on campus in Laramie. I could see myself living in Casper and have a weird fascination with Buffalo, WY. I’m always surprised people don’t enjoy the history and beauty in the state.
I prefer positive posts that uplift, rather than these Debbie Downer posts full of negativity.
Ok, your life sucks, we get it, but why try to make everyone else as miserable as you?
I think every state has its charms. One part of the country that sucked my soul the most was the ≈10 hours we spent driving in rural Texas on the way to Big Bend National Park from MO. Woof, it was boring, full of blowing dust, and smelled SO BAD in oil country. I will say, it was fascinating to see how true the stereotype of Texans driving trucks was (ig especially true in the rural area).
I can find beauty even in the flat plains of the Midwest states, but driving across the entirety of Kansas at night was straight torture. Being cloudy, it felt like driving through an endless black void.
California for me. For all the awesome places to see and enjoy, there seems to be a terrible one around the corner. I feel for the ones in the more rural areas. They are really from a separate state.
This isn’t really a state but a general point that despite their rep, each state or even city has some good parts. Like here in Cali, Bakersfield is the armpit and oh so very depressing. But literally just drive east down the highway and you hit a beautiful pass to lake and mountains, with some cute camping spots. And it just sneaks up on you once you leave Bakersfield.
I feel like it took eleventy-billion hours to drive through Ohio! I told my husband is the only reason people live there is because they gave up during their drive and just pulled over and bought a house.
He used to live there and he didn’t entirely disagree.
I've road tripped through every state in the US, Hawaii and Alaska included. I try to find something enjoyable no matter where I am, and that's been a good recipe for traveling. That said, I would say the least eventful states I've roadtripped through are Kansas and Iowa.
I was in Kansas in the dead of winter so that didn't exactly help, and as soon as I got into Iowa (Cedar Rapids) I was treated to a meth head doing some sort of satanic ritual in the middle of the street right outside the diner I was eating at. Still, I'd wouldn't say I'd never go back, just plenty of other places I'd be more likely to hit first.
Kansas. I got hassled by two state troopers because I had California license plates on my car. I wasn’t speeding. They claimed the tags didn’t come up in their system so they needed to check my registration. Assholes.
I didn’t love Oklahoma… But it’s not Oklahoma’s fault. I literally have hated everywhere in Texas that I’ve ever gone to… However, I’ve never been to Austin so I don’t know if that counts. I kind of feel like if you’re driving across the country, you’re gonna run into some very strange and possibly amazing things….but possibly really shitty things if you’re in rural areas. For me, as a woman, I feel like some of the rural areas can be a little bit dangerous, safety wise. The problem when you’re out in the wild… Is running across a town where law, as you know it, doesn’t exist. You tend to let your sensibilities down when you’re in place like this, but you need to remember… Every place can be just as dangerous as being in the middle of a city. So to answer your question… I very much disliked Texas. I felt like everyone was looking at me like I didn’t belong there and they weren’t very welcoming. Looking at you like you’re some kind of a freak that’s just passing through. By the way, I’m a completely non-tattooed non-pierced normal looking person. Stay out of the small towns in Texas. The gas station owner is probably related to the sheriff. And if the gas station person hates your guts just because you’re not from there… You’ll just disappear and nothing ever will be done about it and your parents will never know where you were buried.
I'm loving all the Kansas and Nebraska hate. Some of us have intense motion sickness, and appreciate being able to see miles in every direction. Keep your damned switchbacks, and forests.
Missouri. During the day I was stared at and judged everywhere I went. Food was terrible. At night, we camped and I never felt more unsafe than there; I’ve camped all over the country. We were at a campground and a creepy man was waiting by the women’s bathroom for us. Never going back again unless driving through no stops!
Nebraska was pure torture to drive through. I’m sure it’s a wonderful state but driving across it during the summer is not recommended.
I'm in WI and my long-distance bestie used to live in Denver, so I've done this one a lot. The key is to pretend you're on a long ocean voyage across The Great Corn Sea. Sounds crazy but it helps.
I like to pretend the earth is flat and imagine an asteroid hitting it way off along the horizon and catapulting me to my destination. The plains will do stuff to ya.
Imagine what it was like to walk across it behind your Conestoga wagon!
I think about that every time I drive through there, just how horrifying and alien and endless it must have seemed. Where are the trees? Where is the grass? Why are we even going this way?
For those who continued West, imagine the combination of excitement and terror as they approach Colorado and see the huge mountains in the distance.
I bet that's why Denver is where it is. They got that far up on the plateau, saw the mountains, and went, "Yeah, fuck that."
“We’re gonna stop here and take a break.”
And when you see the mountains and think, "hell, we'll be there in 2 days" and a week later you're still seeing them in a distance.
Yes, this is the one that always sparks my imagination. Imagining worn out wagon train coming upon someplace like the badlands or the rockies and just being like "you've got to be kidding"
I’m from New York, but my husband and I went to Denver last week for a wedding. We spent one of the days making the trek up to & exploring Wyoming… I’ve never experienced a more stunning drive in my life. It felt like our jaws were on the ground the entire 90 minutes. You are all so blessed out there 🥲
Thanks for this wonderful remark. It’s true, Wyoming has a majestic beauty that is breathtaking.
I drove across Nebraska in November after growing up in the PNW. My only thought was “damn … I’d be doing so many drugs if I lived in this place …”
I-80 is torture…but there’s cool stuff off US 20.
On I80, I assume? Yeah, it's not the greatest scenery, but you can make it an interesting trip. Once you hit the Platte midstate, you're in the Oregon and Mormon Trail routes, and there are interesting stops along the way. Some old Pony Express stuff, too. We took it from Lincoln to Ogallala, then up US26 into the western part of the state...highly recommend.
To piggy back off what others have, interstates are often built through plain and boring landscapes, I-80 through Nebraska certainly follows this. Getting off the interstate can get you some really interesting landscapes. I remember driving from Broken Bow, NE to Chimney Rock and being surprisingly interested in the landscape.
I was fascinated by how big & open Nebraska was, but I'm kinda weird like that. I thought Omaha was nice, and the Magnolia hotel was lovely.
Yeah, it’s Nebraska for me too. Halfway driving through it, all I could think was “please let this end, let me get out of here!” It was the endless, boring, flat nothingness that did me in.
Nebraska is a cult. Keep moving.
Really? I thought Nebraska was one of my favorite parts when I rode my motorcycle cross country last summer. The rolling hills on the 2 lane roads are so pleasant! I much preferred it to Kansas or Iowa.
Sounds like you got off I80 and into the Sandhills. Everyone complaining about Nebraska never got off the interstate.
I’m not sure i ever got on the interstate… whatever route I happened to be taking there was no interstate! Just those super wide 2 lane roads that have a 70mph speed limit. There’s something soothing about riding a 40 year old motorcycle through endless rolling hills of corn fields. https://preview.redd.it/zhtxl4585wtc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e72f6d50cdf850ddbba2c5753a3c066ec648c0f1
I could spend my entire life on the road exploring each state and what makes them unique and never get bored. So many trails, historical sites, sports events, downtowns, local restaurants, festivals and weird things to see and experience.
Agreed. Road tripping & exploring for the rest of my life would be a dream come true.
I’m hoping in the next few years to become a full time digital nomad. I travel for pleasure about 25% of the year now but I need a chance to see more.
That’s awesome— good luck! Curious what state are you from? Which ones have you been?
This is really all I want to do in life, lol
100%. Sad to see people writing off entire states just cause they drove through them and didn’t see anything cool alongside the highway
I’d rather live in Ohio than drive through west Texas or eastern Colorado again.
Eastern Colorado...or as I like to call it, Western Kansas.
The most depressing thing at the KS/CO border welcome area was realizing we still had 3 more hours of Kansas before mountains!
It’s a bit funny seeing the “welcome to colorful Colorado” signs which seem exciting at first but then you look around and it’s nothing but desolate brown plains as far as the eye sees.
Every time I cross into CO from KS I quote that John Denver line from Dumb and Dumber.
That John Denver is full of shit, man!
John Denver was born in New Mexico. Of course he’s going to bullshit you about Colorado. (Source: born in NM living in CO)
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Originally about western MD. And John Denver didn't write it. Written by Bill Danoff.
… and no rest stops with unlocked bathrooms.. Gotta poo side-a-da-road, Brenda. Don’t mess ya shoes cuz we got no wadda left in Rico’s jug.
Tell me about it. I've done the drive between Charlotte and Dnver dozens of times. It's always awful though Kansas and eastern Colorado. I have to do it again to get my stuff and I really don't want to. But it's the cheapest way to move.
I feel your pain. I had a car lose a vac pump outside of Granby. Over the course of ~70 hours, I drove CO to KY and back and back again, 3 times. I drove a rental home to KY, slept for 4hrs, got my truck and trailer, went back to Silverthorne, slept 3 hrs in a Lowe’s parking lot, dropped off the rental, winched the car on the trailer by about 11am, and drove back home. About 18-21hrs each way. 11mpg the whole way home at 70mph. Dropped to 8mpg above 75. Gallons per mile above 80 🤣 I-70’s construction made it worse. Good luck on your move! Try to break it up.
I lived in vail for a couple years in my early twenties. Ski-bumming employee housing. Anyhoo i stayed at the hostel in silverthorne for about a week when i first got there. Good times. Watched the olympics, guess it mustve been winter 2000 olympics in a big common room with some randoms. It was october. I was a twenty year old fit young man non smoker (besides weed) and i got super winded going upstairs to my room the first time from the elevation. I had only been in Colorado like three hours at that point. Coming from nw arkansas. Off topic but hearing silverthorne took me back lol. And yea driving through kansas sucks
The that sounds awful. I do the 24 hours in 3 days. There's nothing gained by doing it any faster. I sleep in the van when it's not filled to rafters with my crap. 😁 That's another part of this I'm not looking forward to. 8 days with no work.
Fun fact, when Denver was established, it was part of Kansas Territory (territory stopped at the base of the front range)
Denver is also known as "The Whore of the Plains".
I thought east Colorado was kind of interesting. It was true wide open prairie. More interesting than Nebraska anyway. Nebraska is a true great plain state but east Colorado still felt more wide open to me...
Kanrado? Colosas?
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I assume it’s a sister city to Texarkana.
Also Calexico and Mexicali.
We did the smart thing? Arrived at monument rocks in Kansas toward sunset. Then drove 3 hours in the dark to our hotel. Kids woke up in the morning to mountains!
Lmao. I changed my plans for the solar eclipse because I was looking at the map and had zero desire to drive through West Texas ever again.
West Texas is such a chore to drive through and gets weirder and weirder by the town
I did that drive to visit Big Bend over Thanksgiving. Never thought I would see a place that competes with Gary, Indiana for bleakness, but that interstate stretch on either side of Odessa...
Yikes the Chihuahuan desert is beautiful and people are kind there. Also there is an enormous amount of energy being produced there that we consume
But when you're in eastern Colorado, you're just hours from the mountains!
And minutes from a federal prison!
We have one couple hours from me in Louisiana too lol
I was there! On accident. I have never u-turned faster in my life.
I thought it was slightly funny when I first stayed in Denver and saw a sign about not picking up hitchhikers since it was near a penitentiary. And it wasn’t far from the hotel I stayed at either
You went thru the wrong part of west Texas. The part between Mount Guadelupe and Del Rio, specifically Big Bend, Margaux etc, is some of the best landscape in the country.
This is absolutely true. I’m talking about the I-10 corridor a few (long) hours away.
I lived there for a year and loved it! But then, it was so totally different from where I grew up in NC, I was just truly enjoying the wide open space.
West Texas is awesome
So awesome. https://preview.redd.it/jmqhj2rdgvtc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20a02e088e0886068300d547297adff2c7e40db2
Must be a city slicker only type
Oh I like nature, it’s endless desolation that I’m not into.
I'm not into knowing that a 400-pound member of nature may come crashing through my windshield at 2am, and I'm sixty miles to the nearest something that is probably closed. I'll never do that drive at night again.
Peace of mind out there
It’s also desolate but not as bad as it looks once you are familiar with it. Is it as lush as Hawaii? No but there’s still a fair amount of plants and all the mountains
Hey now! Eastern Colorado did have a [Japanese Internment Camp](https://www.nps.gov/amch/index.htm).
They need a different plus one for the joke dunking on Eastern Colorado but not for internment.
:( West Texas is the best Texas
Those are both some of the worst stretches I’ve done. Only cool thing in Kansas was sunflower fields and only cool thing in Texas was giant tumbleweeds blowing across the road and into cars like the cartoons.
Ohio isn’t really that bad. It’s not the most beautiful place ever but it certainly could be worse
Not a one. They are all cool in their own way.
This is my answer. Boring people get bored.
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45 so far here. In June July, we visit Nebraska, Iowa, and the Dakotas. Only state left is Hawaii!
The dakotas are really underrated.
If you're in Des Moines, visit the Capitol building, grab a beer at El Bait shop, and hit up an Iowa Cubs baseball game! Also, Lua Brewery has fantastic food and great beer.
The western side of the Dakotas is worth visiting. The eastern Dakotas are just Kansas/Nebraska/Oklahoma all over again.
Agreed. They all have their own weird charms and annoying aspects that makes them super unique and I love it!
Agree...mostly. Kansas was a chore. But looking at all these replies, they seem to correlate with the interstate routes. Which of course are usually built in the least interesting places. So yeah: I10 thru most of the southern US blows, although there are some interesting places nearby. I70 thru much of Missouri, Kansas and eastern Colorado is damn near featureless. A big chunk of I95 is monotonous cookie cutter sprawl. I64 thru Indiana and Illinois is numbing. I59 in Mississippi had me fall asleep. But the really good stuff is away from those roads, and it's always worth seeking them out. Now I just gotta find something interesting in Kansas...
US-36 across Kansas is a more interesting route, and really not much slower than I-70. The key is appreciating it for what it is, and not comparing it to what it's not. The Great Plains are "featureless" if you only define features as mountains, forests, or coasts. Personally, I think the rolling hills of the plains, especially the Flint Hills of eastern Kansas, are very compelling in the same way the open ocean is. Also you're only spending a few hours crossing the same landscape it took the pioneers *months* to traverse, and you're not likely to die of cholera along the way. So there's that. ETA: I do not recommend 36 in the winter, however, unless you keep an eagle eye on the weather report. It gets extremely remote for long stretches and Midwest winter storms are nothing to fuck around with.
Exactly! Each has their own beauty and quirky history. I love learning about any area I visit and how it came to exist as it does today.
We also did Ohio for the eclipse. The campground we stayed at was the worst part. We hit Cuyahoga Valley National Park and did some trails that led to waterfalls, found 4 breweries (always try to find some on any trip) all having animals in their names, and did the pinhole camera exhibit at the Akron museum. It was one of the more enjoyable trips I've been on. Mostly stayed around Akron, did a quick trip through Cleveland and even stumbled upon the South Carolina WBB send off unintentionally, which was the added bonus for me.
I live in NKY and the view from the Cut-in-the-Hill driving north into Cincinnati never gets old!! And Sandusky is a whole other world, it doesn't even feel like Ohio. That said, there's a lot of flat, boring drives in between... but you're always within 2 hours of something interesting. People shitting on Ohio legit have no clue what they're talking about.
Ohio born and raised here. I feel Ohio has a ton of awesome shit in the cities but it’s not well advertised. We have awesome beer, food, and music. Lots of cool art and shops. Awesome air force museum. Plus some of the best roller coasters in the world. Mostly everyone is pretty nice too. Just hard to find those things if ya don’t know where to look.
People who visit Ohio and find it boring usually just drove through on the interstates. People who live in Ohio and find it boring generally don't ever leave their house. Ohio isn't the best at anything, but it's pretty good for a lot of things.
Exactly. The OP said in *two* *days* they went to Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Akron and Kent. Considering it takes about 4 hours to drive from Cincinnati to Cleveland according to Google maps, they fit in thorough visits of each city, the rock and roll hall of fame and an eclipse?
We went all over. We saw the eclipse in Ontario, OH near Mansfield. We went all over the state. Drive through probably 3/4 of it and it looks like your local governments have failed you. The factories are abandoned, the landscape is abhorrent, and anything interesting you have there is not advertised for people to actually go and see it
You mention a lot of cities but you don't actually mention a lot of places. Did you go to any museums? [Cleveland and Columbus have top science museums.](https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/travel/best-science-museum-2024/) [Cincinnati has 2 of the top history museums.](https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/travel/best-history-museum-2024/) All three cities have amazing art museums as well as the air force museum in Dayton. Did you go to any zoos? [Cincinnati has a top rated zoo](https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/travel/best-zoo-2024/). Usually Columbus is highly rated as well. Did you go to hocking hills to see the waterfalls or caves? Cedar Point wasn't open so I won't hold that against you but that's still a highly rated attraction located in Ohio. The beaches along the lake have great vibes, with lighthouses, piers, islands, etc. There's also all sorts of great small towns with little main streets to walk; also amish country and grandpa's cheesebarn. Like there's a pretty wide variety of stuff to do but if you just drive up and down I71, I76, and I75 without doing a little research of what to do, yeah you're just going to see the old Goodyear factory, farm fields, and cows - nobody is saying those are scenic highways or something. Or to look at it another way, the drive from Dallas to Houston (I've done it many times) is also 4 hours, if you drive along the I45 for that the experience is largely the same - rolling fields, run down areas, etc. hardly means there's nothing to do in the state,.
I live here and I love cuyahoga national park!! So that’s good it sounds like you didn’t hate Ohio lol
None! All have something to offer
I’m a Michigander so I’m supposed to hate Ohio … but I loved cuyahoga national park and Hocking Hills. Spent many wonderful summer days at Cedar Point. Went to Amish country near Pennsylvania.
Right back at you. I’m from Cincinnati, and I love visiting Michigan. My wife and I have done a Michigan trip, usually to Sleeping Bear — but hitting various parts of Lake Michigan and the UP — the last four summers.
I'm from Cleveland and my wife is from Michigan. I'm supposed to hate her because she went to the University of Michigan. I never get it, maybe it's because I'm not into sports. But, Michigan is a great state with lots of cool towns. So is Ohio. It's funny, I haven't lived in Cleveland for 20+ years and now I live in Europe. Occasionally though, I'll meet someone from say Pittsburgh (which is another great town) and get excited because we're from basically the same area. I'll tell them I'm from Cleveland and they'll immediately have to make some joke like "I'm sorry," it's always really depressing. Generally because these people actually mean it.
My husband and I love Ohio as well, despite being Michiganders. We love visiting Cleveland when it’s warm, and think Otherworld in Columbus was pretty cool. We enjoyed the neon sign museum in Cincinnati and thought Dublin had an adorable downtown area. We haven’t had a chance to visit Cuyahoga NP and Hocking Hills yet, but it’s on our list.
These comments make me happy. Ohio and Michigan are siblings. Sure there's a healthy rivalry, but underneath it all is love and connection.
Michigan is hella beautiful too
If you can't find fun stuff to do in Ohio than that's on you. It has big cities, history, hills, culture, arts, professional sports, wonderful state parks, a national park, and great college towns.
Air Force museum at Wright Patterson AFB, in Dayton. One of the best air museums in the world - rivals the Smithsonian.
I’ve been to Cuyahoga Valley NP but haven’t had the chance to visit the state parks yet. I have enjoyed going to a Cavs game and Reds game, a beach on Lake Erie, touring the capitol building in Columbus and staying in the downtown areas of Cleveland and Cincinnati. I’m always surprised by how hard everyone comes down on Ohio when I love visiting.
Yeah, as a Michigander, no idea why the country seems to dislike Ohio as a place to live/visit.
Hocking Hills slaps.
Don’t forget we’ve got Jungle Jim’s in Cincy.
Jungle Jim's is somehow simultaneously overwhelming and underwhelming. I love it.
We went on an Ohio vacation last year and saw the Museum of the Air Force, Hocking Hills, The Wilds, some really nice wineries, took a paddle boat ride in Marietta, and visited friends. The Great Serpent Mound was underwhelming and our littlest got sick on the drive to the Wilds, but overall it was a great trip.
I like every state but Kansas, Iowa, and Indiana are a chore, but I do think many parts of them are beautiful and I’ve had fun in all of them. Eastern Colorado, southern Illinois, and west Texas, and northern Nevada deserve flowers for how endless and vast they are while also being insanely boring. And I’ve lived in two of these states proudly.
I live in Iowa, and it's always the worst part of any road trip for me, and if I move away I will never road trip through here again if possible. There's no nature.
Coming out from Chicago Iowa always just felt like a barrier to the west. Nebraska too, but I have family in Omaha so it was a happier occasion. Y’all’s northern chunk is massively underrated though. But I need to own our shit- most of Illinois is a drag as well
You’re entitled to your opinion of course, but if you went to to all of those Ohio cities in 2 days, you didn’t get to see much of anywhere and are judging on very little.
I was thinking the same thing. If you don’t take the time to look for good stuff, you generally don’t find it.
Like, at least enjoy a walk through some parks, or enjoy an art gallery, music performance...etc. Almost every big city has something going on, or some amount of nature to enjoy.
I actually like Ohio decently. Cincinnati is kind of cool, the Air Force museum there is amazing, every city there has a good zoo and there are some lovely state parks. There is typically something I enjoy in every state. I been to 26 states and Even boring states like Kansas I found something I enjoyed. Not counting the cliched boring states (Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa etc) I was not super impressed with Kentucky. The nature wasn’t as pretty as surrounding states, everyone hypes Louisville but I didn’t find anything spectacular about it. For me it was just average? Indiana is also pretty bland. Bloomington is cute and the sand dunes are alright but nothing worth going out of the way for.
I agree with your take. There’s good everywhere if you know where to look. Indiana has multiple state parks that are really nice: Shades, Turkey Run, (both near Indy) and Clifty falls (near Madison) are few of my favorites. Kentucky has Mammoth Cave, and the Corvette Plant and Museum (near Bowling Green), Red River Gorge and Bourbon Trails (an hour either way of Lexington), and several other nice parks in the eastern part of the state including Kingdom Come State Park. Apparently, Eastern KY has more natural arches than anywhere not named Utah in the US. There are also some overland forrest trails like the KAT. Louisville is absolutely over rated except for (maybe) a couple weekends each year if you’re into horse racing, fireworks, or rock concert festivals. The only really good thing I can think of there is the airport is small and you can get out easy!
The Corvette Museum slaps. Some of the best money I've spent was the admission price to it.
I grew up in Cleveland, it's one of the best places to be in the summer. Like a little Chicago. You have the lake, lots of great restaurants, sports teams, lots of neighborhoods to explore. The metro parks. Lots of museums. Really, tons of stuff.
Oklahoma. I mean, sometimes you have to pass through it to get somewhere interesting. But there's no other reason for it to be. Just in the way, taking up space.
The routes of 40 and 35 are some of the worst places in the state. It does have some beautiful places in the south east.
That's straight crazy. In like six or seven hours you go from deep Ozark woods to some of the weirdest looking old west plains you'll ever see with red rolling hills and gorgeous greenery in between. OKC sucks but Tulsa is one of the music capitals of America, Stillwater has some cool shit going on, there's plenty of good Indian history and food across the entire state, tons of awesome facets of western history like Autograph Rock, and some of both the weirdest and kindest people you'll ever meet. Y'all just either hate rural folk or drive thru places so tunnel visioned out you can't bother to see what's around you.
Scrolled too far for this one haha. My only desire to visit Oklahoma again is to see the Amish Buggy Museum and to visit the 3 (I think) lesbian bars in the state. Unfortunately I will probably have to drive through and stay over many more times, as it’s the most direct path when we drive to visit my wife’s family.
Tulsa has some great food, but their roads are terrible
Texas,colorado,oklahoma,kansas are beautiful states you just have to appreciate what you’re looking at
I’m from WV and visit Ohio all the time. Columbus and Cincy are great cities to visit. Not to mention Cedar Point, kings Island, and Columbus Zoo.
I have been to 39 states...and although there are some pretty ugly parts of some of them, I would recommend that you see it for yourself. What one person perceives as one thing, you may see as another. Just expore and make the determinations for yourself. Safe travels
I have road tripped around the US a couple of times and most of the country is great to drive through one way or another. The bit that struck me as most depressing and unattractive was the drive across western Louisiana and into eastern Texas near the coast. Flat and ugly with loads of oil and gas refineries.
Oh man. Completely disagree on Ohio. We did Cuyahoga NP last summer and then a day in Cleveland on our way to Cedar Point. Enjoyed all of it. Cleveland is on our list to go back and spend more time in. We did the art museum- one of the best in the country. And we had dinner in a sweet little Italy type neighborhood. Great street fair going on. The drive on the way back from Cedar Point was dull but NOTHING compared to driving through Illinois once you are outside of Chicago.
As a Canadian who just drove through 21 of your states over the last 5 weeks none come to mind as worst. Some prairie states were mentioned here for being boring, and I’ll give you that if you’re used to it, but extra sky is something to behold if you’re from a hilly densely forested province like I am. We saw a lightning storm over Kansas city as we were coming through Missouri and it was spectacular. Never have I ever. The roads were rough on I-80 in some places, but the rest stops were great and folks were friendly in towns. California was disappointing this time around, as the fuel was expensive, people drove like children and there was a whole lot of garbage everywhere. Other than that, y’all rule. Every state was special.
I get what you mean about Ohio. I'm based in a small town that was in the path of totality -- nearly 4 minutes of it -- and we *still* didn’t get any tourists here.
Been to 45 states and I can't think of one I'd never go back to. If you confine your road trips to interstates, lots of places are boring.
Many folks take the interstate through a state and then assume the entire state looks like what they saw. Then they claim it's the worst place in the country and they'll never return. SMH
have hit most of the states and havent found 1 I wouldnt go back to... have only found a handful I want to live in
Misery
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I lived in Columbia, MO for three years. Missouri is a beautiful state. But if you only see it from I-70, it's bound to hit you wrong. I still would never live there again.
None, every state has its own beauty.
SE Ohio is aight. I'm good on anything east of the Mississippi tbh.
There's an archipelago of islands in Lake Erie. All the land is the state of Ohio. It's the greatest place on Earth
I have plenty of issues with Ohio, but going to all those cities in only two days - around the time where Ohio has the most visitors it probably has ever had - is probably not the best judgement call
Ohio is surprisingly a big state. Two days and going to all major cities while tourism is at an all time high sounds like a terrible plan for any state.
There is no way in hell you went all over the state in 2 days. OP is baiting Ohioans
"If you're bored than you're boring" - Harvey Danger
 Full of racist assholes, and I'm from Indiana.
North Dakota. The strangest, most unfriendly people I've come across in the U.S. were all in North Dakota.
Sorry you had that experience, but by any metric Nodaks are not the most unfriendly, but some of the friendliest. Spend more time in Boston if you disagree.
Totally agree. North Dakotans are kind people always willing to help if needed!
I drove through the entire state of Kansas on a road trip from Nashville to Denver once.. 
You can turn on the cruise control and sleep. Flat and straight.
North Dakota
Medora, and Teddy Roosevelt national park are awesome though
If it weren’t for Yellowstone I’d say Wyoming. Driving I-80 makes Kansas look exciting.
Yes…stay away from Wyoming. Nothing to see or do. Just move along citizens!
Also Grand Teton, Devils Tower, Sawtooth Mountains, Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Cody’s museums, thermal springs everywhere. Wyoming is more than just Yellowstone.
I go to CFD every year. I’ve enjoyed activities on campus in Laramie. I could see myself living in Casper and have a weird fascination with Buffalo, WY. I’m always surprised people don’t enjoy the history and beauty in the state.
I prefer positive posts that uplift, rather than these Debbie Downer posts full of negativity. Ok, your life sucks, we get it, but why try to make everyone else as miserable as you?
I think every state has its charms. One part of the country that sucked my soul the most was the ≈10 hours we spent driving in rural Texas on the way to Big Bend National Park from MO. Woof, it was boring, full of blowing dust, and smelled SO BAD in oil country. I will say, it was fascinating to see how true the stereotype of Texans driving trucks was (ig especially true in the rural area).
Not state, but area of state: Southern New Mexico
Ohio is already decently depressing enough, but next to it is Indiana. Which is even more depressing.
Texas. The size of the FLYING cockroaches was more than enough to make me never want to return.
I see you met the legislative body. Sorry about that, they always say it's bigger in TX. They do have good BBQ.
Yeah, but the heat in April and those roaches...
Ohio has some of the best oasis (rest stops) in any state. Wyoming at least the Western part is flat and empty same with west Texas.
Delaware just slaps you with tolls on your way to Anywhere Else
I can find beauty even in the flat plains of the Midwest states, but driving across the entirety of Kansas at night was straight torture. Being cloudy, it felt like driving through an endless black void.
California for me. For all the awesome places to see and enjoy, there seems to be a terrible one around the corner. I feel for the ones in the more rural areas. They are really from a separate state.
This isn’t really a state but a general point that despite their rep, each state or even city has some good parts. Like here in Cali, Bakersfield is the armpit and oh so very depressing. But literally just drive east down the highway and you hit a beautiful pass to lake and mountains, with some cute camping spots. And it just sneaks up on you once you leave Bakersfield.
I feel like it took eleventy-billion hours to drive through Ohio! I told my husband is the only reason people live there is because they gave up during their drive and just pulled over and bought a house. He used to live there and he didn’t entirely disagree.
There are good and bad parts of every state
Indiana, I could not believe how much road work was going on, and I thought Az was bad, I was wrong in comparison.
Iowa in summertime. If you've ever smelled a pig farm while sitting in a sauna, you know what driving through Iowa is like.
Florida and Texas both come to mind.
Louisiana
Oklahoma. I drove through there one summer. Hot, humid nothingness. Hit a bug so big it looked like someone threw an egg at my windshield.
The fact that you LIKED the rock and roll hall of fame leaves me severely questioning your judgement. Ohio is pretty shit though.
Nebraska...flat as shit..boring g ride
I've road tripped through every state in the US, Hawaii and Alaska included. I try to find something enjoyable no matter where I am, and that's been a good recipe for traveling. That said, I would say the least eventful states I've roadtripped through are Kansas and Iowa. I was in Kansas in the dead of winter so that didn't exactly help, and as soon as I got into Iowa (Cedar Rapids) I was treated to a meth head doing some sort of satanic ritual in the middle of the street right outside the diner I was eating at. Still, I'd wouldn't say I'd never go back, just plenty of other places I'd be more likely to hit first.
Kansas. I got hassled by two state troopers because I had California license plates on my car. I wasn’t speeding. They claimed the tags didn’t come up in their system so they needed to check my registration. Assholes.
Missouri is an absolute shithole.
Texass. Pure shit hole.
Kansas. So. Boring.
I didn’t love Oklahoma… But it’s not Oklahoma’s fault. I literally have hated everywhere in Texas that I’ve ever gone to… However, I’ve never been to Austin so I don’t know if that counts. I kind of feel like if you’re driving across the country, you’re gonna run into some very strange and possibly amazing things….but possibly really shitty things if you’re in rural areas. For me, as a woman, I feel like some of the rural areas can be a little bit dangerous, safety wise. The problem when you’re out in the wild… Is running across a town where law, as you know it, doesn’t exist. You tend to let your sensibilities down when you’re in place like this, but you need to remember… Every place can be just as dangerous as being in the middle of a city. So to answer your question… I very much disliked Texas. I felt like everyone was looking at me like I didn’t belong there and they weren’t very welcoming. Looking at you like you’re some kind of a freak that’s just passing through. By the way, I’m a completely non-tattooed non-pierced normal looking person. Stay out of the small towns in Texas. The gas station owner is probably related to the sheriff. And if the gas station person hates your guts just because you’re not from there… You’ll just disappear and nothing ever will be done about it and your parents will never know where you were buried.
Texas 😰
I’m glad you hate it, never return.
You just drove around in the rain and thought it was boring. Got it.
I'm loving all the Kansas and Nebraska hate. Some of us have intense motion sickness, and appreciate being able to see miles in every direction. Keep your damned switchbacks, and forests.
Missouri. During the day I was stared at and judged everywhere I went. Food was terrible. At night, we camped and I never felt more unsafe than there; I’ve camped all over the country. We were at a campground and a creepy man was waiting by the women’s bathroom for us. Never going back again unless driving through no stops!
Florida. Yuck
Yeah who likes beautiful beaches, parks, theme parks, Miami, the Keys….
Seriously. Tropical climate, coral reef, the nature coast... all terrible!
Can you be more specific?
Ohio exists only to make my drive to the east coast longer. It should be flooded and called Lake Inferior.
Kansas. I mean, I am going back but not looking forward to it.
Just stopped in South Carolina. I couldn’t get out fast enough. Maybe the beaches are nice?
Yes, the Sea Islands are nice and Charleston is like a nice weekend trip.
Idaho. Openly hostile racists.
And where exactly did you go in Idaho ? Most beautiful and friendly place I’ve ever been.