The Car ......

After the plan was crafted, we were deciding on a SUV...that is comfortable enough to take us from coast to coast. First we decided on the Ford Escape and we were interested in yellow color Ford Escape so that it catches the attraction of the others. We called the rental company and asked for a yellow color ford escape...:-) Guess he would not had this type of request in his entire life. He couldnt assure that because it was a one way rental and finally when we made it to the rental place...all we could get was a Hyundai SantaFe....

SantaFe successfully took us all the way to SFO without any hassles...Hats Off SantaFe. Forget about the mileage...our expedition was when the gas prices started a kick off...we drove around 4000 miles on this 4 wheeler.......

The Route...

Sorry guys..was busy with something else so couldnt continue on Cross country trip. Our trip was named as "Brooklyn Bridge to Golden Gate Bridge". Below is the map of our trip. The origination and destination spots are numbered with green and red colors respectively. The intermediate stops are numbered with yellow colors. The moon symbol indicates the night stay en route. Thats approx 4000 miles...Me and my friend had a fight in the end as to who has driven more.....On the last stop he had for a smoke break....i got the oppurtunity to drive till the rental place :-). I will discuss abt the vehicle in my next blog

Cross Country Trip....

This was an interesting thing that happened in my life. I have a passion for driving and was always thought about travelling from east coast to west coast and this idea was not appreciated by anyone i know. I was talking abt this to my colleague and friend Amar casually and Bingo got another one who was interested. That day was the start of our planning and went on for almost three months and we decided to take a week off. Not only just drive , but also see places. First it was decided to drive to and fro ....thought would be hectic and needed more days and dropped the plan of driving back again. Three months of planning bore fruit and the trip took place exactly the same way as planned. After that successful trip in September 2005 we are still in the planning of making another one....

The details of our route and places can be seen in americabyroad.blogspot.com