Good evening form the UK!
Back in November last year me and two friends mistakenly booked return flights to America, whilst recovering from drink, one Sunday morning; on the premise of driving New York to Los Angeles in 5 weeks.
The route is planned as follows:
NYC (Arrive 26 Aug...)
Boston (30 Aug)
Penn State (1-2 Sept)
Philadelphia (3 Sept)
Washington DC
Columbia (4 Sept...)
Savannah
Jacksonville (5 Sept)
Daytona Beach
Orlando (6 Sept)
West Palm Beach
Miami (7-9 Sept)
Tampa (10 Sept)
Tallahassee
Montgomery (11 Sept)
Birmingham
Nashville (12-14 Sept)
Memphis
Jackson
New Orleans (15 Sept)
Baton Rouge
Houston
Austin (16-18 Sept)
El Paso
Pheonix (19-20 Sept)
Winslow (Meteor Crater)
Grand Canyon
Las Vegas (21-24)
San Francisco (24-26 Sept)
Los Angeles (26th - 29th Sept)
NYC (internal flight - 30/09/10 party in NYC if anyone is game?!)
We have accommodation in NYC and we are hoping to buy a people-carrier/wagon there (which we will sell when we arrive in LA). I was just wondering if people had any details about the sort of issues we will face, namely, insurance, registration, taxes etc. We are all over 25 years of age and have full driving licenses; we also have an address in Queens and in Brooklyn that we can use as our 'base point' for the car registration. We did consider renting a car but, given we will be driving on the wrong side of the road... and the wrong side of the car... we thought there's a chance we would not be returning it in the same shape as when rented. We will also be sleeping in the car during parts of the trip.
If anyone has any help then it would be most appreciated!
As for the trip itself... I will be writing a book about the trip, the book will be informative with a humorous slant. As such, we are looking to visit some decent points of interest along the way, with as many breath-taking sights as possible but also to get wrecked as much as we can afford to.
If anyone wants to throw in for gas and join us en route that would also be cool!
If you have a guitar or a football (soccer) then get yourself along!
Thanks guys!
Liam