fellow listees,
need your opinion on which route to take to CA

here is the route i plan to take this summer to go to San Diego.
there are 2 ways to go from Germantown, so i will list them according to
preference(first is first).

Catonsville, MD to Germantown, TN
Catonsville, MD 95 south        0 miles
Wash. D.C.      495 west        35 miles
-- VA --        66 west
Front Royal, VA Skyline Dr.     90 miles
Waynesboro, VA Blue Ridge Pkwy. 199 miles
-- NC --        BRPkwy.         412 miles
Asheville, NC   40 west         552 miles
-- TN --        40 west         598 miles
Germantown, TN                  1025 miles

Germantown, TN to San Diego via 50 and 1
Germantown, TN  55 N/W          0 miles
-- Arkansas --  55 north        8 miles
-- Missouri --  55 north        83 miles
St. Louis, MO   50 west         282 miles
-- Kansas --    50/35 west      537 miles
Emporia, KA     50 west
-- Colorado --  50 west         1013 miles
Grand Jnctn, CO 50/70 west      1458 miles
-- Utah --      50/70 west      1483 miles
Salina, UT      50 west         1668 miles
Delta, UT       6/60 west
-- Nevada --    6/60 west       1825 miles
Ely, NV         50 west         1889 miles
-- California --50 west         2236 miles
Sacramento, CA  80 W/S          2343 miles
SanFrancisco,CA 280 south       2439 miles
Daly City, CA   1 south         2449 miles
San Diego, CA ----------------- 2983 miles
Germantown to San Diego ------- 4023 miles

------------- OR -------------------------

Germantown, TN to San Diego via 66/40
Germantown, TN  40 west         0 miles
-- Arkansas --  40 west         20 miles
-- Oklahoma --  40 west         309 miles
-- Texas --     40 west         644 miles
-- N. Mexico -- 40 west         813 miles
-- Arizona --   40 west         1189 miles
-- California --40 west         1550 miles
Barstow, CA     15 S/W          1707 miles
San Diego --------------------- 1883 miles
Germantown to San Diego ------- 2923 miles

the difference in times/distances is that the route 50 and 1 way will take
an extra day or 2 for sightseeing purpoises along HWY-1, and acclimating
to the realization that if your tire pops along HWY-1 southbound, you're
dead...

please tell me which route would you take if you had the chance to take
either route?

thanks in advance,
Sudhir H. Desai                         1984 VW Vanagon 3.4 liter Chevy V-6
cdes@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu            1996 Subaru Outback 2.2 liter flat-4
sudhir_desai@geocities.com              1997 Jeep Cherokee

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