go on a road trip, alone.

As I’m getting a car soon the achievability of this goal is slowly on the rise.

Just a weekend, driving around to someplace. But I don’t think I can leave it to chance… No… This will require some planning.

I could just sleep out in the car… eating in small village cafes.

OH MY GOD. I should totally go to France by myself. I’ve never been to France, and I barely speak a word of French. I’d be so out of my comfort zone but it would be too exhilarating for me to notice.

Yes Rich, this is the best idea you’ll have all month!

I recently got laid off from my job and I plan to take it easy for a little while until I get back into the work saddle. In late March of 2009, I plan on getting in my truck and driving up the east coast from New Orleans to Nova Scotia, Canada. I have family evenly spaced out along the east coast so the drive won’t be so monotonous. But after Maine, I’m out of family and want to come down a different route. Depending on the weather (snow) I may come back immediately, or I may keep going and come down middle america. I’m so excited about it I have a hard time sleeping at night.

Wish me luck!!

So I’m planing a big move to start my adult life. North Georgia to Southern California. It’s intimidating to think of being a 22 yr old woman driving over 2,000 miles by myself. Anyone have any tips?

Also, are there any tips for traveling with a pet? (My dog is coming too, of course!) My mom says when she was a kid, they just snuck their dog into motels… but that was a while ago. What do people do about that?

thanks for the help!

... when I come around to getting my driver’s license, that is.

I’ve driven to the beach alone a few times, but that hardly counts since it’s a 30 minute drive. I definitely want to do this sometime.

I have been thinking about doing this for some time now. I feel so trapped in the monotony of my daily life…I need some sort of escape to forget about it all for a while and just drive…maybe encounter something exciting along the way…i dunno. I just need something to take my mind off of everything that is going wrong right now and just be free….

I don’t have much opportunity for road trips spanning longer than half the day; college on weekdays, work on weekends. In turn, I don’t get to drive far(can only borrow parents’ car on weekend and evening).
There is little room to breathe as I am forced back into the same stressful and monotonous routine amongst 8 mil people crammed onto a small heavily trafficked island.
So I am now saving and thoroughly planning for my escape. Approx 8800 miles round trip, driving alone from New York to Alaska. I will: quit my job, leave 2-3 days after my last final; which gives me exactly 3 months until first day of fall semester. I can afford to eat and drink plenty but I will be sleeping in my car through most if not all of the 3 months (cheap campgrounds?). No cell phone, no computer, lots of photos and books and self-realization.
I think (temporarily) abandoning my life and a part of my identity may turn out to be the best to what is becoming unbearable stress and monotony.
I’m buying a car only for this trip, and intend to sell it once I return(don’t need it in real life).
Image below(above?) is the stunning Icefields Parkway(143 mi) which will merge into the Alaska Highway(1390mi)

Drove all the way from LA to Pittsburgh, PA in 3ish days and all by myself. Learnt a lot about me. At one stretch, I drove straight for about 30 hours. I took a zig-zag route and got through three time zones.

i went on half of a road trip by myself then was joined up…also was in contact with people all the time…damn cellphones. it was nice, but i want to do a whole thing, from one place, to several other places, then back to where i started, completely alone, and out of contact.

It suddenly occurred to me that in the month between graduating and starting my new job, i had a chance to do something reckless, for the last time!

I looked online for the next plane out of London, it went to Geneva, Switizerland..so that was my first destination…I then continued to travel around, whatever grabbed me…

It felt so liberating to go away alone, and I made loads of new friends too. You become more confident and sociable when you go somewhere alone…what have you got to lose?

Everybody should try it!