Heaven help me, Road Trip with the family

[Admirall2]

So we are taking a road trip this year for vacation. Rolling from Phoenix to Atlanta and back. I am looking for some suggestions on gearhead destinations along the way. Primary route will be interstates with maybe some highway/biway backroads along the way. Wife and I both want to stop at Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo. I would like to hit the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in Talladega. Any other ideas?


Also, the wife didn't want to take the Town Car(my project/cruiser car), so no kewl roadside repar stories on this one. She wanted to play it safe with a rental. Looks like a Government Motors Impala will be our trusty steed on this one.

[Beagle]

best part of a rental is you can treat it like a rental. I'm going to have to learn to slow down and see sites.. too much of dad's "Lets put some miles behind us" mentality. It's hard to see the roses you're supposed to smell when you whistle by at 75. Bump for ya, and Good luck!

[BBR]

Wife and I both want to stop at Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo.

BYOSP!

(Bring your own spray paint)

[Admirall2]

Planned on that and it is already waiting in our packing staging area.

[68scott385]

There's a Petroleum Museum in Midland, Tx if you're into that sorta thing. Texarkana, where you can stand in two states at once. There are, at least use to be, retired Naval vessels you could walk through in a few Gulf Coast cities, again if that is something that might interest you/family.

Every rest area in the country has a thousand brochures for all the various sites to see in that area or state. May find something in one of those that isn't highly advertised otherwise.

You can google the state name & tourism to find each states tourism board and their complete list of sites to see.

Here's one for Alabama.

http://alabama.travel/?gclid=CKDD9qrlwbACFTRe7Aod7SQfYw

And Alabama has a space center in Huntsville. All depends on the strictness of your route & time schedule.

http://www.visitmississippi.org/

http://www.traveltex.com/

http://www.newmexico.org/

http://www.exploregeorgia.org/

[BBR]

I always want to stop here on my way to OKC.

http://staffordmuseum.com/exhibits.html

[Deaf Bob]

best part of a rental is you can treat it like a rental. I'm going to have to learn to slow down and see sites.. too much of dad's "Lets put some miles behind us" mentality. It's hard to see the roses you're supposed to smell when you whistle by at 75. Bump for ya, and Good luck!

Wow!... I'm not the only one!

[milner351]

Carlsbad caverns NM is pretty interesting - if you can time it right to arrive in the evening you can hang out and wait for the thunderous exit of what seems like 10 million bats that come out every night at dusk.

[Aircooled]

You can choose Planes or Cars.

If you take the I-40 route you will pass by:
http://www.tupeloautomuseum.com/index.php in Mississippi
and http://museumofautos.com/ in Arkansas

If you take I-10/I-20 you have:
http://www.cavanaughflightmuseum.com/ in Dallas
and http://www.commemorativeairforce.org/ in Midland, TX

[Admirall2]

We are taking 1-40 on the way over and I-10 on the way back. I believe I have been to Cavanaugh before. I got stuck in Dallas for a month for training. Tupelo is definately on the agenda. My adopted daughter has family there.

[hoofhearted]

Well if you are going to be in Atlanta where are you staying? I live in Woodstock, northern suburb of Atl. We have cruise ins somewhere just about every weekend. Summit is south of Atl, nice place to visit and dream. If you want to call and get together for a beer or dinner, PM me and I'll give you a phone #.

[pdub]

Well if you are going to be in Atlanta where are you staying? I live in Woodstock, northern suburb of Atl. We have cruise ins somewhere just about every weekend. Summit is south of Atl, nice place to visit and dream. If you want to call and get together for a beer or dinner, PM me and I'll give you a phone #.

I could do lunch, north of Atlanta...depends on which day. Well, weekend. I love meeting BSers, have only met great ones!!

And it's been a while Jim, time to catch up on things after all....

[silver_bullet]

Coker tire...in Chattanooga, Year One NE of Atlanta...

[Scott Liggett]

Have a fun trip. Be safe. Try not to kill children when they get to bickering in the back seat.

[Supersport350]

Stopped at Cadillac Ranch last August. Can say I've been there, but somewhat disappointing. The cars are in rough shape, and ya really can't even tell most are Cadillacs. Glad we stopped, as I doubt it'll be around in another 10 years.