xDoogiex wrote:trying to hit up OH, IN, IL, IA, SD, NB, CO,KS,NM,OK,MO state highpoints on a round trip
Sounds like a cool trip. Of those eleven, I only have Elbert. I like the highpoint idea, and I would like to do all of those strange little ones, even the ridiculous one in Florida.
aedwards wrote:No advice about Chicago area though.
On many of my trips, I left the northeast Detroit area in the evening, and it's about 3.5 hours (260 miles) to the south end of Lake Michigan, where the population gets heavy. So I would drive through that area at night, and I don't remember ever having traffic problems on those night drives.
So that's my advice; just plan to stay up late and drive through the Chicago area at night. Drive to at least Wisconsin before you stop. I remember we stayed near I-90 in Janesville, Wisconsin, because that's where there is a Motel 6.
It's not like you're driving through Canyonlands, so you won't miss anything spectacular by driving in the dark. And there is something really cool about the feeling of driving at night, WEST, across the country, on a vacation. Keep the windows down and feel that great summer night air. I wish I could go back 15 years and have that again.
O.P., alpinejason: winter trip
xDoogiex: summer trip
I'm not confused, and I've got it straight, really.