Hi all,

Firstly, what a great site! The stuff here is so useful, and its great to see other UK-based people who are planning to, or already have, done transcontinental roadtrips like I am planning...

I travel a fair bit with my work, and have been the the US a number of times. I've been to NY state, San Francisco, St Louis, Kansas City, Salt Lake City, Orlando, and have seen the inside of LAX, Chicago O'Hare and Altanta International :) However, all this was with work, and I dream of seeing as much of the States as I can on a road trip with my brother.

So, the plan is: a minimum of 3 months during Spring or Fall of 2005, seeing as much as possible, mostly from the road! 50 states would be great, but probably not do-able in 3 months without killing us! I will no doubt have loads of questions between now and then (many already answered by you lot - thanks!), but I have a trivial question buzzing around my head at the moment:

My plan is to do all the driving one day, and then my brother do all the driving the next day, and so on. On my non-driving days, it'd be great to crack open a beer or two whilst enjoying the scenery. I heard that the only place you were allowed to carry beer in a car was in the trunk!!! Without an elaborate set of tubes, this isn't that helpful. Can you guys confirm if this is true. Does it vary by state?

Just a trivial question, I know... Just thought I'd start you off nice 'n' easy - the trickier ones will come soon no doubt :)

Thanks again & well done for a great set of forums.

Lee.