What was the longest or most difficult road trip you ever took?

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When I was 16 years old a friend and I drove from Los Angeles to Denver Colorado in the dead of winter. We didn't know any better, and we both had girlfriends there we wanted to see. We did OK until we got to the Rockies - without tire chains or any experience driving in the snow - and almost slid off the road. A Colorado highway patrolman came along, took us to a gas station, told us what to buy (chains and some bands to keep them from trashing the rims), helped us put them on the car, and even taught us how to do it - a really wonderful man. we made it to Denver finally and had a fairly good time before driving back. Total time about 10 days with 4 days total driving time. Where you you go?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Not really difficult in length, but coming back on my birthday in the late evening form Louisiana with my best friend from an amazing birthday week, there was a major accident involving 18 wheelers and fire that essentially shut down the entire freeway on basically what is the one major route back to the city. We were firmly parked for an hour+ before the inevitable, which is we were both running out of gas and needed to pee. So ever so slowly, like 15 minutes per lane change, we made it slowly off the exit ramp to the nearest stop which was filled with literally anyone who could make it off the freeway like a triage center.

My parents began frantically texting me asking when I'd be back thinking we'd been in the accident. We get relief and gas, then try GPS for alternate routes. It ends up sends us backwards, so we ditched that, tried again, and it suggested we literally leave land entirely and get on a ferry in the middle of no where to try and circumvent the freeway route. The line for the ferry was wrapped around, and we were just waiting forever, so we and a lot of people ditched this and then we somehow ended up on some deep in the woods country road in the pitch black for which we were pretty sure we were going to die horror movie style. It ends up taking us through the weirdest longest route back to another freeway that took us back home. All in all, what should have been 2 hours in total from where we hit traffic to home, ended up being like an additional 4 hours. I finally get home and there is an entire surprise party waiting for me where it was clear people had come and then left because of the situation. I felt so bad because my parents had set it all up with decorations, and my favorite restaurant had catered, and invited my other friends, and there I'd been stuck in traffic.

meetkitty123 · Accepted Answer

It was an 8-hour trip to Canada even though I've traveled further on trips that were more than 24 hours the fact that it was Canada during covid and there was so many ins and outs and restrictions it was nerve-racking to make sure I had all my paperwork in order to be granted permission to coss the border.

razelove · Accepted Answer

Louisiana to Mexico to California to Wisconsin to Indiana back to Louisiana.

Took about a month and a half. Maybe it was longer, things got really fuzzy during that time. The desert messes with your head when its all you've seen for weeks and you're sleeping in, or next to the car in a tent.

I was going to stay longer in Mexico, but there was a dispute between cartels, and Nuevo Laredo was a terrifying place, killed my mood to go any further. Seeing someone killed by other people with machetes and bodies hanging from overpasses will do that to most people I think.

Was going to move to California, but they didn't have the apartment ready, so I got my deposit back and just went East.

I completely lack the stamina to try something like that again, just Louisiana to Colorado to Utah to Vegas wiped me out. Though I may be making that trip again soon.

Jamie05rhs · Accepted Answer

I drove across the United States, twice. It wasn't difficult; it was just tiring at times.

front2back · Answer

Carrying a full-load in a 26' box truck from Charlotte, NC to NYC with only a night's notice. Spent 10 hours straight driving through the treacherous mountains of Virginia, through Baltimore during rush hour, and finally stopping in Newark, Delaware for the night.
Then got up, hopped on the Jersey Turnpike, and made my way into New York during rush hour on a Friday morning. To look an hour to move a few miles. Finally got said truck to its resting place on the Brooklyn docks, then got to La Guardia and flew home that evening.
However, I was visiting my grandmother that weekend so as soon as I got back I hopped in my car and drove 2.5 hours South East to visit her.

So basically, nearly 20 hours of active work/travel over only 2 days.

t-8900 · Answer

I never really travel during adverse weather conditions. Maybe a few times in a blizzard coming home early on a school bus or if you wanna talk distance then Avondale, PA to Richmond, VA maybe. That's only 220 miles. I used to always stay in close proximity to my home. Up until recently in all my previous moves I've lived in a 15 mile radius of my childhood home oddly enough.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

Not exactly a road trip, but many steps had to be planned. From Germany to a hotel in Eastern Greece. Involved a taxi, two planes, another taxi and a Greyhound bus and everything fit together like clockwork. ~18 hours or so total travel time.

Apple1996 · Answer

I did texas to ohio back and forth many times to visit my family. It was a 19 hour drive ☠️ also did Texas to North carolina can't remember how long that was I think about the same 18-19 hours.

exitseven · Answer

I drove from the east coast o Oklahoma City by myself. I drove straight through for almost 30 hours just stopping for gas and to pee. The only thing I remember is Kansas City and Tulsa. The rest is a blur.

KostasKouvalis · Answer

Over 2 weeks in 2009, I think. Me and my mom did CA, NV, UT, WY, CO, NE, SD, ND, MT, ID

Unfortunately, I ended up losing most of my videos and photos from that trip. Very sad, as I capture stuff I'll probably never capture again

HopefulGuy94 · Answer

From Georgia to Azerbaijan or the opposite my parents' hometowns

Flower7 · Answer

South Carolina to Los Angeles. Driving a U-Haul and pulling a car on the back that was on a trailer.

AviatorTom · Answer

A couple years ago, in late Winter, I drove from Georgia to New York State for a relative's funeral, then drove back 2 days later. It was a 16-hour drive each way. I was tired and it took almost a week to fully recover, but I'm glad I made the trip.

Iron_Man · Answer

They were never difficult but the two day drives to go to Asheville North Carolina to our family Campground for the summer were very long from Miami Florida but the swimming at the hotel was fun

Anonymous · Answer

You coming from Nashville to Texas Parsley wasn’t driving but then I started to drive and I did not do so well. Now I’m doing better I’ve been taking three our trips and they seem to be great I just know for sure I don’t like driving at night

NathanDavis · Answer

to my friends' funeral...

moonpie89 · Answer

Longest was about 16hrs in one day

Fuentes · Answer

Im not doing no long drives past 6 hours lol

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