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American Gods' road trip
Surgoshan:
I've driven by myself from central Florida to upstate New York in a single stretch on several occasions. 1100 miles. My best time was 18 hours (left Gainesville at 3 PM, hit DC around 4 AM. Zero traffic on the beltway.).
However, Shadow's trip clocks in at roughly 20,000 miles. That'd be difficult to do non-stop.
Nodaisho:
That was juist one highway, though, right? I am from Colorado, so I don't really know the eastern highway system all that well, I just know that we have gotten down to about one and a half days from Denver-area Colorado to Atlanta, and I must say that while I might not enjoy it so much if I were driving, there is nothing like waking up in the Appalachians as the sun is rising and you are on a curving mountain road.
20,000 miles is indeed a bit much to do nonstop, and my estimate for gas cost would be pretty damn high, I would probably want to make that drive in a CRX if I could fit all my stuff in, 50-odd highway MPG would make it a lot cheaper. And not do it during the summer, if possible. And like I said, skip the plane trips. Providence to Seattle would be a monster, was that a drive in the book?
Surgoshan:
Yeah, the east coast has a pretty thickly woven highway system. My trip was 95 from Jacksonville to DC, then 83 to 81 to a state highway.
Nodaisho:
Out west, you would probably end up wasting some miles unless you had very carefully mapped out the route, and then you would lose time by going slower, though our country roads still have the same speed limit as your interstates out east (why the hell is it that everything east of kansas is 65? I think even Kansas is 65, and you can see from border to border, barring the two or three trees). Price-wise and enjoyment-wise, I would go with state highways and county roads if I could, lower speed means less gas consumed, probably wouldn't lose much if any time as long as you knew where you were going, and two lane blacktop is much more enjoyable than interstate. Besides, what is it on the cover of the book? That's right, it isn't an 8-lane interstate.
Surgoshan:
--- Quote ---why the hell is it that everything east of kansas is 65?
--- End quote ---
Because once you're east of Kansas, there are people.
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