Help plan USA Roadtrip in a MILLION MILE LEXUS LS400
Hi Guys and Gals, we managed to talk Matt Farah from u/thesmokingtire to lend us his famous Milion Mile Lexus LS400 1996 for a roadtrip around the continental USA. We intend to drive approximately 14-15,000 miles in 3 months (June-August). Coast-to-Coast and back again. We will have an automotive theme running throughout the trip as we are petrolheads at heart and will therefore try to attend as many car related events/destinations as possible. At the moment we have bookmarked the following car shows and races to attend: Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance (August), Bonnavile Speed Week (August), Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (June), and Formula E in NYC (July). We also thought about attending Gridlife, but the dates don't suit our plans unfortunatly. HERE IS THE ROUGH PLAN https://trips.furkot.com/ts/v7K7o3 . The rought plan is to do California to Texas in June (spend 4th July with friends in Houston), Texas to Chicago in July, and the rest of the trip back west in August. We have plugged in tentative dates into the map linked above. This is still open to change and additional stops. I think we have a good grasp of the Mid and Southwest, California, and some of the east coast, but we need suggestions for the strentch from Houston to Washington, as well as for New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and the whole stretch between Chicago and Seattle. We are also interested to hear whether we will be missing out on something spectacular if we don't drive through the states we have omitted: Arkensas, Kentucky, West Virginia, Iowa, Nebraska, Montana? THIS IS HOW YOU CAN HELP US PLAN OUR TRIP: 1) Give us recommendations for places to see and stay along the way (we would love recommendations to hidden gems like wood/lake cabins and other off the beaten path destinations 2) Recommend any cool automotive events and stops (car shows, races, festivals, museums, etc.) 3) Share any cool ideas you think might be interesting to attemp in the #MillionMileLexus 4) Help us with our packing list (we will have a tent and camping equipment as well as a lot of photography and videography equipment) 5) Maybe someone can tell us whether foreigners can sign up with the AAA for brakedown assistance if the worst were to happen? THE BASICS: 3 months on the road June-July-August 2018, coast to coast and back visiting as many states as we can, staying with friends as much as we can, camping, and using hotels/motels/B&Bs where necessery (prefer to find small and unique family run places), don't mind long drives as we enjoy the journey as much as the stops along the way. Finally, we realize it is a lot for three months, but we are determined to pack as much as we can into our timeframe. A BIT ABOUT US We are Ana & Anton, husband & wife, and travel vloggers with a passion for everything automotive! Roadtrips are definitly our forte. Just last year we circumnavigated Iceland in a small camper van and we have a number of other roadtrip and overlanding journeys planned for the future, including driving the minimal-assistance Asian Rally in our Lada 2105 and overlanding South America! We have often found that planning a trip with the help of the online community is much more rewarding and we manage to get amazing recommendations in the past, as well as meet great people along the way. For previous trip we used the TripAdvisor forum, but just discovered r/Roadtrip and it seems to us it would be a pitty not to get your recommendations as well. Cheers guys, Anton & Ana
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