Alright, I'm about to embark on moving all of my stuff left in North Carolina out to Amboy, WA. (Moved to Portland two years ago for a job and now that everything has worked out, I just bought a house a bit North of Portland to get out of city and have a piece of property & privacy).
Anyway, for those who want the short hand, I need help with one thing... a website that will help a person design or create a road-trip. I've googled and searched enough already and I haven't came across one that doesn't rely on google or yahoo maps. I need info like... distance between two cities, average time of travel based on a certain speed, etc... I'm sure some trucking software would be excellent but I don't have access to that... so a good road trip planning website recommendation would be great.
Now, for those who are in for the essay form of the post.
My father, his cousin, my dog, and I are driving a 15' Penske and hauling my Chevelle and also driving a 2011 Silverado 2500 pulling a 17' trailer with my tractor and implements on it. So, as you can see, it's an INVOLVED deal.
I've made the trip 3 times already, but it's different this time because fuel expense is going to be significant and maneuverability in and out of locations will be somewhat tricky and less convenient, so planning is pretty much necessary.
My rough route is (from Charlotte, NC)I-40W to Nashville, TN, then North up I-24 hitting I-70w in St. Louis, take that all the way to Kansas City, MO, taking I-29 North as a connector to I-80W in Lincoln, NE. I-80 will take me across NE and WY down into Ogden, UT where I transfer over to I-84W which delivers me into Portland, OR.
I need to do this in 5 days leaving on Weds.
This route is the shortest, thus why I'm taking it. Pros/ cons could be laid out for another route but shortest miles= less gas money. If I get 10mpg out of either vehicle, I'll be happy.
I try to keep out of cities at the bad times 7-9am, 12-2pm, 4-6pm. If I'm near one at those times, I usually pull over, take a break, eat, wrest, and then get back on.
We are going to try to log 12hrs. a day... we'll see how it goes. 60+ year old men tend not to be able to drive as long and hard as they once did. The further you go West, the fewer towns and cities to stop and stay the night in, so I need to defenitely make good time before we get to NE.
Questions-
St. Louis- I-70 or I-64?
Is there a pet friendly hotel chain?
Good truck stops that are 'easy on, easy off' when approaching from the freeway. (Anywhere on my route, please specify location)
Any and all other tips welcome.
Bottom line I would like to have an itinerary I could print off of a website (if one does exist out there) where we could use as a travel guide. If not I may just have to type one up in Excel/ Word.
(I do have a GPS, so that does help when on the road and a AAA big atlas book).
Thanks for any all help.
Anyway, for those who want the short hand, I need help with one thing... a website that will help a person design or create a road-trip. I've googled and searched enough already and I haven't came across one that doesn't rely on google or yahoo maps. I need info like... distance between two cities, average time of travel based on a certain speed, etc... I'm sure some trucking software would be excellent but I don't have access to that... so a good road trip planning website recommendation would be great.
Now, for those who are in for the essay form of the post.
My father, his cousin, my dog, and I are driving a 15' Penske and hauling my Chevelle and also driving a 2011 Silverado 2500 pulling a 17' trailer with my tractor and implements on it. So, as you can see, it's an INVOLVED deal.
I've made the trip 3 times already, but it's different this time because fuel expense is going to be significant and maneuverability in and out of locations will be somewhat tricky and less convenient, so planning is pretty much necessary.
My rough route is (from Charlotte, NC)I-40W to Nashville, TN, then North up I-24 hitting I-70w in St. Louis, take that all the way to Kansas City, MO, taking I-29 North as a connector to I-80W in Lincoln, NE. I-80 will take me across NE and WY down into Ogden, UT where I transfer over to I-84W which delivers me into Portland, OR.
I need to do this in 5 days leaving on Weds.
This route is the shortest, thus why I'm taking it. Pros/ cons could be laid out for another route but shortest miles= less gas money. If I get 10mpg out of either vehicle, I'll be happy.
I try to keep out of cities at the bad times 7-9am, 12-2pm, 4-6pm. If I'm near one at those times, I usually pull over, take a break, eat, wrest, and then get back on.
We are going to try to log 12hrs. a day... we'll see how it goes. 60+ year old men tend not to be able to drive as long and hard as they once did. The further you go West, the fewer towns and cities to stop and stay the night in, so I need to defenitely make good time before we get to NE.
Questions-
St. Louis- I-70 or I-64?
Is there a pet friendly hotel chain?
Good truck stops that are 'easy on, easy off' when approaching from the freeway. (Anywhere on my route, please specify location)
Any and all other tips welcome.
Bottom line I would like to have an itinerary I could print off of a website (if one does exist out there) where we could use as a travel guide. If not I may just have to type one up in Excel/ Word.
(I do have a GPS, so that does help when on the road and a AAA big atlas book).
Thanks for any all help.