Bill - The Google route looks pretty good for the midwest. Your first bottleneck will be Minneapolis/St Paul, but if you hit it in the middle of the day you should be OK - avoid morning and evening rush hour. You can avoid Chicago altogether by taking I-39 from Rockford, IL down to Bloomington/Normal, then I-74 across to Indianapolis.
If you don't mind going by way of Chicago, don't go through downtown like the map shows. Zoom in on the Chicago area and catch the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) which will take you around the city and hook back to I-94 again on the south side. Try to hit Chicago at mid-day. Rush hour, AM & PM, is a bitch. Again, if you don't mind the Chicago traffic, when you get to Madison, go east to Milwaukee and we can probably find a spot for you on a couch for the night. If you can swing it, a Garmin C330 GPS would be invaluable. Good detail to the map, excellent directions and good route recalculation if you miss a turn. The map is pre-loaded and covers all of the US and the southern tier of the Canadian provinces. They've been selling for around 300USD around here. Let me know if you have any other questions. -P William Robb wrote: > Hi List; > > > When I travelled to GFM in 05, I braved the world of airlines and airport > security, rental cars and supplementary insurance. >>From this, I learned a couple of things. > I'm too much of a buffoon to do well with Minneapolis' airport and the whole > security thang. > It will cost me enough less to drive to make 6 days in a car worthwhile. > > So, I am planning on driving to GFM this time. > With this in mind, I am looking for route advice, as I have never driven > through the heavily populated eastern USA. > If you check a googley map, > http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&tab=il > and note I am starting from the vicinity of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, can > anyone suggest a quick but safe route, and give me some hints about places > to avoid, what would be the gentlest route, and the like? > I expect that the Interstate highways would make it the quickest, but I > would prefer to avoid large urban areas. > > Thanks for any advice you can give. > > William Robb > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
