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Most people want a big vehicle so they can drag along plenty of stuff. It needs to be powerful, and it should be new too, so it’s reliable.I choose a different route. I have gone on plenty of annual road trips in my 1958 Porsche 356. It’s tiny and has a 1.8 liter four-cylinder engine.A few years ago, just after it was restored, I drove from London to Geneva in Switzerland in it. I packed just what I needed as I was driving alone, and it all fitted in fine. Everywhere I went I got thumbs up signs, and loads of people engaged me in conversation about the car. I had no problems, but I learnt a few things about improving the car for long trips.The following year, with a bigger fuel tank and disc brakes, I drove from London to Stuttgart. It gave me a chance to select some great driving roads, like the B500 Black Forest High Road. It’s driving heaven. Again I made a list of things to improve. Nothing big, as the car had not let me down or revealed any faults.Then I drove from London to Berlin, solo again. The year after that I spent a month driving all over Spain. Since then I've been to Budapest, all over Austria and most recently, I've circumnavigated France. I've made minor tweaks at every opportunity.Now I'm coming to the conclusion that I really need a Coupé. The sun is just too big a ball o’trouble in the regions I drive. I'd also like aircon. Six cylinders would be more comfy too. So I'm thinking of replacing my 356 with an early 911 or an E9 BMW (that's the 3.0 CSI or CS).

Here’s what I packed for a cross-US and cross-Canada road trip: Packing & Purging for a Cross-Country Road Trip. I wasn’t in a camper, so to that list I’d probably also add a few more cooking-related things, but otherwise the list pretty much covers it.

US (Indiana-California-Indiana),8000 Miles in 17 days.IN-IL-IA-NE-CO-NM-UT-AZ-NV-CA-OR-WA-ID-MT-WY-SD-MN-WI-IL-IN.My parents were visiting me so I decided to take them on a road trip so here how it started,Our ride was ready and all packed, obviously was a rental( Ford Edge), below pic was taken in Mount Evans , Colorado.Our first destination was Colorado via Iowa and Nebraska, I felt so happy after reaching Colorado because I was planning to visit this state couple of times but I failed.Finally was at Colorado , first destination was Mount Evans, it was mind blowing and let me tell you that it’s the highest paved road in North America at 14,130 feet above sea level, the drive was amazing.beautiful animals on the way up.we reached Denver city, fueled up, next destination was Pikes peak mountain the summit was at 14,115 feet, scenic drive and beautiful.next on the list was Royal Gorge bridge,next day we started driving to Utah, where we passed through beautiful roads and passes, below pic was taken at Independence pass(12,095 feet),After we entered Utah, we visited Arches National Park,then we were back to Colorado to visit Mesa Verde National ParkAfter visiting Mesa Verde started driving towards Silverton (CO) to reach one of my fav destination called Million Dollar Highway but I was disappointed as the roads were closed due to forest fires, has to settle down in Durango(CO).next day we started driving towards New Mexico to reach Shiprock, nothing so exciting about it.but the drive and the scenic roads along the way were amazingI entered Arizona but drove again to Utah to visit one of the beautiful road in Utah(according to me) - Oljato-Monument ValleyBack to Arizona to visit Horse shoe bend,we visited Grand Canyon,It was beautiful.Next on the list was Nevada, we stopped at Hoover dam,before that we visited a beautiful lake in Boulder city-Mead Lake, OMG it was 42* C, crazy hot.Finally we were at Las Vegas,the next day we headed towards Death Valley National Park,After driving without Mobile service(no network) for hours, we reached California(LA).After a good nap we woke up to see our first beach in this road trip - Malibu Beach.We started to drive along CA1 to reach Big Sur, sadly the road was closed due to land slide, so we took an alternate route to reach SFO before that we made a stop at Yosemite National Park,we started driving towards SFO,we reached SFO, drove on this beautiful bridge - Golden gate Bridgesomewhere after exiting SFO,next on the list was Lassen Volcanic National Park, guess what the road to the top of the hill was closed due to the snow that fell last night, I was like it’s summer and it snowed(June 17th 2018),We entered Oregon, such a beauty, we visited Crater Lake( Deepest Lake in North America),then we visited Toketee Falls,Thor’s Hammer in Oregon,last stop in Oregon was Multnomah Falls,then we reached Washington and visited Palouse falls,we started driving towards Idaho and reached Montana , visited Ewam and Garden of One thousand Buddhas,next on the list was Yellow Stone National Park - Wyoming,we headed towards Beartooth highway(CO),these roads are opened for only couple of months, trust me they were beautiful,beautiful roads along the way,final stop on this trip was Mount Rushmore in South Dakota,this was one of the longest drive so far and it was fantastic( I was the only one who was driving).All the pictures posted above were taken by me.Edit 1 - sorry for posting too many pictures, I always believe pictures explain more than words.Note -I have not mentioned about stay - Hotels/Motels.