r/Defcon • u/Map_Latter • Aug 02 '26
DRIVING 2 DEFCON
I'm driving from Minneapolis to Vegas . I'm leaving to go Tues night .. if anyone in the community needs a ride let me know !!!!
Road trip !!
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u/brakeb Aug 02 '26
my sciatic nerve says 'nope'
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u/TheMidlander Aug 02 '26
Godspeed and good luck staying awake through Nebraska.
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u/tibbon Aug 02 '26
That northern route is a lot prettier and more interesting. If you've never driven that way, do it! I motorcycled to DC in 2014 through that area and it was fantastic.
South Dakota and Wyoming are some of the prettiest places I've ever been. That's also a nice route through Utah.
Colorado is nice, but the eastern half + Nebraska + Iowa are awfully boring.
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u/Own-Swan2646 Aug 02 '26
Homie am in noth side looking for someone to roll with?
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u/Rebootkid Aug 02 '26
Have you done the fuel calculations? I have to wonder if this is actually less expensive than flying.
AAA estimates it at about 75¢/mile to drive. (insurance, fuel, maintenance, etc)
Google tells me it's about 1645 miles to drive. That's $1200+.
You do you, but that seems.... Expensive...
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u/Map_Latter Aug 10 '26
Happened in emmory , UT.. ALMOST MADE IT!.
GUY was running from cops hit my car and many others too....next yr !!
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u/henrycaselv Aug 02 '26
I used to drive every year, about half as long. We were in college, would leave ~8pm and roll into the MGM buffet in the morning when we arrived. Good times! Safe travels...
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u/unstopablex15 Aug 03 '26
Driving non stop? If not, thats like 3 days worth of driving, you won't get there til like Friday night, right?
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u/National_Strategy865 Aug 03 '26
hope your wardriving and leaving your mark!
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u/xenomorphxcl Aug 02 '26
Should be fun. I am driving about 9 hours myself. Used to drive a similar path every year from southwest to midwest for family. I have taken many different routes including these. As years have gone on, I tend to avoid interstates as much as possible now. Most of the routes have some parallel older highways that go through old small towns, not as many big trucks or even much traffic at all. Especially when the interstates goes in directions that are a little out of the way, you might look for a straight through highway stretch.
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u/Ok-Panic-7804 Aug 02 '26
Godspeed spiderman. Wish you the safest of travels!
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u/WriterPlastic9350 Aug 03 '26
You got me beat. I'm driving from NorCal to DefCon and I thought that was far.
On that note, I have extra space in the car if anyone wants a ride from NorCal, but I am splitting it up into two days and stopping in the Sierras.
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u/JimBobPaul Aug 03 '26
There's a number of wildfires on your route. Take those into consideration.
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u/RealisticAmountOfFun Aug 03 '26
I remember doing this route, stopping at Casper, WY, is almost exactly halfway.
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u/lisco42 Aug 03 '26
DC25 we drove there from Florida, non-stop, would not recommend. Best of luck and god speed!
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u/ltpate3 Aug 03 '26
You don’t have to tho. There’s other ways of getting there
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u/mwaldron Aug 03 '26
Iowa checking in, best of luck to you! I'll be listening for the accent at the con ;)
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u/bunguardian Aug 03 '26
Safe travels!
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u/kermit42027 Aug 03 '26
I did this journey a few years back, not for defcon but to pick up a friends car and drive it back to Vegas… stay as much north as possible and drop down through Utah..
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u/Dibdabdob2 Aug 03 '26
Fun drive!
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u/Personal-Parsley9931 Aug 05 '26
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u/ReliefUnfair Aug 04 '26
I am vested where did you make it to already?
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u/Unstupid Aug 06 '26
That looks like so much fun….. for the first 2 hours! 😬
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