"Rock Star" road tripper checking in! Self-proclaimed anyway! Road trips and visits to all 50 states are my game. Find your next road trip destinations here. Fill your bucket list with fantastic US journeys. I love road trips and spare no effort in making my travels and experiences inviting for members of the road-tripping family! Pick a trip you want to take, or get inspired to plan your own. - - The Driveby Tourist (or call me Stan!)
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The longest road in the world is called the Pan-American Highway! The highway runs (unofficially) from Deadhorse, AK, to Ushuaia, Argentina. That’s from North America's northern-most drivable point to South America's southern-most drivable point! It’s about 19,000 miles and passes through 14 countries. I considered this when looking for a comparison for my 8,900-mile road trip, which I completed about ten days ago. The Pan-Am isn’t a specific road and isn’t officially recognized in the US and Canada. However, dedicated road trippers like me consider it. I’m not planning to take the route at my age, but I’d certainly like to talk to read the narrative from someone driving it. If I had driven it straight through, my recent road trip would have run from Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean in Alaska into South America, or from Boston to Seattle, to San Diego, to Key West, and back to Boston. No matter how you lay it out, it’s a lot of driving. However, the Pan Am Highway does get some driving attention. People drive it because it’s there! The world record for driving it is 23 days, for bicycling 75 days and 17 hours, and for walking 2,426 days! By the way, I cannot verify how long each day is, and if the days are consecutive. They seem to reference walking x number of days per week and taking several weeks off. "Just keep putting one foot in front of the other!” Classic Rock song: "The Long and Winding Road” by The Beatles Please email me about your road-tripping experiences! Here is the Premium Subscription page: You will get early views of new blog posts, one extra weekly newsletter, and views of all past published newsletters. And occasionally, I'll ask for votes on content! Stan Featured Post: Here’s the link to my trip overview. |
Stan Wiebe
"Rock Star" road tripper checking in! Self-proclaimed anyway! Road trips and visits to all 50 states are my game. Find your next road trip destinations here. Fill your bucket list with fantastic US journeys. I love road trips and spare no effort in making my travels and experiences inviting for members of the road-tripping family! Pick a trip you want to take, or get inspired to plan your own. - - The Driveby Tourist (or call me Stan!)
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When traveling, don’t you think about seeing a place again? I thought about that a lot on my recent Presidents & Parks trip. Some are practical to revisit, some are nearly “must-sees” again, and others are ones I’ll see if I get the chance. Let’s go! Here’s my list: 1. National Parks a. Arches – Must see b. Big Bend – If I get a chance, it’s 200 miles from El Paso and 400 miles from San Antonio! c. Mesa Verde – If I get a chance d. White Sands – If I get a chance 2. US Presidents a. Harry S...