Originally Posted by mr. tegu (Post 13742402)

But were the roads in good shape?

Originally Posted by rabblerouser (Post 13742570)

There are nice people in Maine.

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 13742401)

Tolls are really annoying. I've elaborated on Oklahoma tolls and California tolls in the past. On this trip I had to pay $3 a day to the rental car company for a device that allows me to automatically pay $1 every ten miles to the f'ing state of Maine. That's like a 300% tax.

Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 13742888)

What I discovered when we went to Yellowstone a few years is ago, is that Wyoming has some amazing places, with some of the biggest expanses of absolutely ****ing nothing in between them.

I'm pretty sure I found the Official Middle of Nowhere on our way back towards Casper. It went on like this for well over an hour if not two.

https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net...9b&oe=5C61B215

Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 13742753)

Try I-80 across central Wyoming sometime. At least in Maine and Kansas there are living things.

The only reason I don't rate that as the worst drive is because I only did it once, and it was different enough to be somewhat interesting.

Originally Posted by highBOLTage (Post 13742958)

Yep, Mainers are usually very nice unlike massholes.

Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 13742964)

The thing that most amazed me about Wyoming is how they do road construction. Years ago I was driving on a state highway northeast of Laramie, and suddenly the road was just.... gone. All the pavement had been removed. Went on like that, just dirt, for about a mile, and then the road started up again.

Must be a western thing, because I saw something similar in the Black Hills on the South Dakota side.

Originally Posted by rabblerouser (Post 13742617)

have you read his books? They don't exactly portray Maine as a place anyone wants to live at...

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 13742401)

Tolls are really annoying. I've elaborated on Oklahoma tolls and California tolls in the past. On this trip I had to pay $3 a day to the rental car company for a device that allows me to automatically pay $1 every ten miles to the f'ing state of Maine. That's like a 300% tax.

And by the way, Portland? Portland is in Oregon, you losers. Augusta is in Georgia and Portland is in Oregon. Stop plagiarizing.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 13743543)

Holy shit - yes, you're right. It just isn't there anymore. Now do that for 20 miles on a goddamn motorcycle. It is....not fun. 2 wheels and gravel do not mix.

And yeah, it was the strangest thing I've ever seen. No markers, no real warnings to speak of. The road just...stops. And then after awhile it starts again.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 13743540)

I respectfully disagree with Mr. Rainman.

I stayed in Kennebunkport and made a couple of trips down into Portland and some surrounding areas. I found it to be a fantastic, very pretty state.

I can only kind of disagree with Bugeater. Wyoming was, in fact, one of the most desolate spaces I have ever seen in my life. Until I continued further north into Montana and then drove through the high desert up there. We were on a motorcycle trip and got pretty far west into Montana before circling back towards the black hills (essentially made a giant squarish sort of thing starting in Colorado Springs). We were at open throttle across almost literally the entire state. That would've been terrifying but/for the fact that the road had no features to scare you; no turns, no hills - just a road that vanished due to the eventual curvature of the earth. The landscape has nothing that might hide wildlife which could jump in front of you. There are no cars that might turn in front of you or police presence that might be annoyed by your rate of travel. You could just go 120 mph for hours because there is literally nothing there.

Wyoming was desolate but I've never seen anything like Montana. This overpopulation nonsense is bullshit - there's plenty of space for people. They just don't want to live where it's cold...