There's an Interstate road called I-10 that runs from Los Angeles, California to Jacksonville, Florida. The Western entry point of I-10 into Texas is El Paso, and the Eastern entry point is Orange.
I’ve driven the entire length of I-10. Only interstate I can say that about. Would need to drive from Boston to Maine to complete I-95. Was about to complete I-40 but got arrested midway and had to drive back. 🚔
I don't think I could handle Maine winter. I am originally from New Orleans but have lived in Atlanta for more than 20 years. Total winter wimp.
I actually drove up there because a colleague of mine who has become a friend was spending the summer at her cabin in Eustice. I drove to Freeport, stayed there a couple of days at her parents' house, then we went to her cabin for a few weeks. We would work (both remote work for the same job only I live in Atlanta and she lives in Tulsa now) until about 2pm and then we would do stuff for her cabin, mainly we built her a front porch and painted.
She doesn't have running water up there because her well went dry and she has to go to a friend's cabin up the hill to fill up these huge containers from their well. Like 15 10-gallon containers. We used that water for cooking, cleaning, flushing the toilet, and giving ourselves some washcloth baths. So we were some STINKY pioneering ladies for a couple of weeks! But we had a BLAST. Cooked over open fires, did some stargazing, etc.
Then we drove back to here parents, took glorious wonderful hot showers, and then a day later I drove back to Atlanta. I actually enjoyed the long drives, too. Next time I want to take more than two days to make the trip so I can explore some more of the East Coast.
That sounds awesome! I’ve lived like that but on a beach for 6 months. We had a water source for the sink, shower and toilet but we couldn’t drink it. All our cooking was on charcoal. We had no electricity, just kerosene lamps. In the mornings we would wake up from the intense heat of the sun. Jump in the ocean for a quick swim, buy fish from the fishermen coming in and begin our day. At night we would make food (managed to make risotto on charcoal) drink rum and stargaze listening to the waves crash. It was pure bliss. I could have stayed forever
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u/JinFuu 27d ago
There's an Interstate road called I-10 that runs from Los Angeles, California to Jacksonville, Florida. The Western entry point of I-10 into Texas is El Paso, and the Eastern entry point is Orange.
LA to El Paso: 802 Miles/1290 KM
El Paso to Orange: 853 Miles/1373 KM
Orange to Jacksonville: 765 Miles/1231 KM
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