Even Australians make that mistake! And we have similar distances here!!!

A friend and I drove from Chicago through Ohio, on to Georgia, the Carolinas, Baltimore, Pennsylvania back to Ohio and eventually back to Chicago... 4000 miles IIRC and even though we took a month to do it it was too much driving really.....

I'd second the suggestion to fly to "centres" and "tour out" from there....:D

My first exposure to this "distance underestimating" came when the crew of a USAF C-141 arrived at NAS NOWRA (on the coast of southern New South Wales) and announced that they didn't need accommodation in the Wardroom as they had booked a hotel..... the Hilton..... in Sydney. :eek:

Took a while to convince them that was NOT a "daily commute".... (3 hours drive each way?? Something like that) They showed me a palm sized map of Australia and said.. "It doesn't look far!" :D

Anyone can fall into that trap!

Just a FYI, this thread originally dates from 2001, so he's had plenty of time to drive from Miami to Los Angeles. :D

Colour me embarrased... I didn't notice!! :rolleyes:

I didn't notice either ... but with that itinerary maybe the OP is still on the road. :o

Yeah, but what a bummer to start a trip pre-9/11 and get hit with all those restrictions you didn't expect in the middle.