East Coasters... Lend me a hand...

[Hawkster]

April 7th I'm leaving on a road trip to Key West. What I need your help with... Start posting up some really good places to take pictures off I-95. I want to make a photo journal deal of the whole trip down. I think it would be kinda cool seeing the scenery and climate changes from one image to the next...

SO! If you know places not too far off I-95, between Jersey and Key West... Let me hear it! :evil2

[///M3Augy]

Good idea man. Let me think of some places...If I can? haha

[Grey Phox]

You can come back north a little and take a picture and get all the oil refineries in the background. :rofl Cmon how cool would it be to have the HESS refinery in your picture. lol

[autocross97]

ask seemefly he drove 95 from nc to daytona a lot last semester so he may know of a few.

[328iJunkie]

Stop by ATL!...

[m3j0n]

im in southeast FL... let me know if you need any info about that area.

[PirateJake]

always welcome in columbia, sc!

[E36 PWR]

come to cali instead

[Bisan]

Def stop by jacksonville downtown. All types of places around there. specially at night our bridges have neons on them.

[arakele]

when you start getting toward the NC/SC border...

get off on the 301/501 exit and stop by "South of the Border".... http://xj.no-ip.org/smiles/rotflmao.gif

[NHbmw325I]

lol my bro got me a shot glass from there

[arakele]

just don't miss this part while your there..

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/images/sc/SCDILdirty.jpg

[JohnnyBgood95]

You sir are a good man. I cant stand stopping on road trips. Gas is all I stop for. Sounds like a great idea though, cant wait to see the pics.

[rGrissM3]

In north carolina, where i live, there are many windy long wide roads in the woods i take pictures there

[Hawkster]

Maybe you guys missed the complete point... Ya gotta tell me how to GET to the places you're talking about!! :stickoutt

Thanks for all the suggestions so far... keep 'em comin! :cool

[e24mpwr]

Unless you're willing to move OFF 95 a fair bit, I'd say you're in for a dull drive until you get to Savannah, GA and south of there.

You're in the ball park I took my Six when I picked it up - from Boulder, CO to Cary, NC (your drive is 22+ hours by Google Maps, mine was 26+). Three days of pretty leisurely driving, two pretty hard, or four fun. If you have time for fun, I might grab 29 around the DC area (surely some cool shots in DC) and go through Charlottesville. Nice town and a nice drive down through to NC. Catch 85 to Charlotte - some nice downtown vistas there, maybe over to ATL and take 75 from there and cut over in Orlando (pic with Mickey!) back to 95 for the finish.

Once you pass Richmond on 95 South, things are pretty bleak until you get to Savannah - South of the Border is a total dump. Downtown Savannah is a really cool and beautiful place. You could get a shot on Forrest Gump's park bench!

Another thought (and would be my route if I had the time) is go down 81 to Asheville NC (11 hours by Google Maps) and get pix at the Biltmore (and I bet the scenery on 81 is MUCH nicer than 95!). Then kick down 28 which will take you within 10 minutes or so of the BMW Zentrum Museum and factory in Greer, SC, then through Columbia and hook up w/ 95 again close to Savannah. Asheville to Key West is 15 hours. If you could chop that trip into 4 days (lots of time in Biltmore, BMW Zentrum, Savannah and some FLA stop), I bet you wouldn't regret it.

Looking forward to seeing the pix!