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| 1 2 | UER Forum > UE Main > What’s the farthest you’ve driven for an urbex trip and what was it? (Viewed 4722 times) |
Cfourexplore
Location: North Carolina Gender: Male Total Likes: 583 likes
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| | | Re: What’s the farthest you’ve driven for an urbex trip and what was it? < Reply # 5 on 8/13/2018 6:01 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | In regards to those asbestos figures...I'm 40 (and a 20yr smoker), so as Homer Simpson said, "I like those odds!!" (I still carry a mask tho, it's not like we bathe in the shit) Kinda reminds me of Denis Leary responding to the 'every cigarette takes 7 minutes off your life, if you quit smoking now you could live another 10 years' thing..."Well who cares?! Those are the worst years, the ones at the end! Those are the wheelchair, adult diaper, kidney dialysis years, you can have 'em!" Anyway, back on topic...in 2012 my brothers and I took a side trip from Myrtle Beach (on the way-ish to Kansas City) to an abandoned theme park in northern Arkansas, so about 1000 miles. I personally have driven from Greensboro, NC (my home) to Pennsylvania (about 7 1/2 hrs) a few times to explore a mostly abandoned mining town near Harrisburg. (I won't reveal the location although most urb-exers especially on the east cost likely know the area I'm referring to.) Most of my long drive explores are about 2 or 3 hours away.
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| Mr. Bitey
Location: Milwaukee, WI Gender: Male Total Likes: 848 likes
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| | | Re: What’s the farthest you’ve driven for an urbex trip and what was it? < Reply # 7 on 8/13/2018 1:04 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I took a 3000mi trip, with about 50hrs behind the wheel. I avoided most freeways, and hit up stuff I stumbled upon with a handful of planned locations. The route included back roads, gravel roads, dirt roads, and the wicked 4x4 trail to The Hensley Settlement in KY. The basic route was Milwaukee, WI to Breezewood, PA to Myrtle Beach SC, to the Cumberland gap TN/KY, to Milwaukee. I am not going to bother digging up all the links to pic sets, if you are interested you can pick through my post history. Not every explore made it to UER. Some I didn't bring my camera (phone), some weren't worth sharing, some I just plain haven't posted yet. I traveled and slept in my Jeep Grand Cherokee. The trip included various train tunnels (abandoned and in use), abandoned Penna-Pike and Rays Hill Tunnel, Nike Missile Installations, caves and a limestone mine, abandoned brick works, abandoned cement silos and offices, abandoned home/farmsteads all along the Appalachians from PA to TN, an abandoned amusement park, and countless abandoned houses and farms in the plains. It was an EPIC 2 week trip. I am doing another trip in 2019. It is in the very early planning stages so far. Inspired by kenfagerdotcom's most recent set, I do know my next trip's target is CO. Mines, ghost towns, and everything in between here and there. See the inspiration for my 2019 solo roadex here: https://www.uer.ca...urrpage=1&pp#post0
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| SubLunar
Location: St Louis Gender: Male Total Likes: 83 likes
| | | Re: What’s the farthest you’ve driven for an urbex trip and what was it? < Reply # 19 on 8/16/2018 8:16 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I'm in STL and I never bothered going there, lol. - Well, I've driven from STL to New York and lots of places in between. In 2010, I flew to San Francisco, then drove back to STL. Had to stop at an ER mid-way due to poison Ivy like rash that left my body swollen and I was losing feeling in my hand. Drove through the desert like that with no AC. Fucking sucked. But the memories are fun. I'll drive wherever the cool stuff is. I like road trips. Driven to Chicago, MSP and KC numerous times. Maybe one day I'll get to fly to Europe or something. Still just a dream.
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