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  3 0 Are you set on I-80? I drove from Portland to Portland one summer on I-90 and it was fantastic. We then jumped up over the Michigan panhandle to cut through Canada because I hear driving through Ohio sucks (If it's too early/snowy to cut North, follow I-90 south - it merges with I-80). Highlights: The Montana area around Bozeman (outside of Yellowstone); Devil's Tower in WY; Black Hills and the Badlands in South Dakota; Upper Peninsula of Michigan But, if you go I-80, make sure to see the Loess Hills of Iowa besides being gorgeous they're a particular type of formation that is only found in Iowa and China. Indiana Dunes Nat'l Lakeshore is also worth a stop. Oh and my vote for most boring state is a 3-way tie between NE, KN, and OK. JN answered in Trips & Travel over 2 years ago | Report 1 comment by Marr… 0 0 Yeah, I've done 90 with my mom years ago to Minnesota. Though I was an angst-ridden teen, I remember it was a lovely drive. There's a photo of me at Wall Drug in one of those put-your-face-in-a-hole wooden cut-outs where I'm grinning and subtly giving the finger beneath my chin. I thought I was so bad-ass. The bf and I are set on 80, since we're in Cali so thanks for the tip on Loess Hills. Crazy land formations rule. Marr commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 1 Fucking Texas. It goes on for days, flat and boring. But you won't be going anywhere near it. Eastern Montana goes on forever, too, and there is NOTHING to look at (western Montana is a whole different thing). Geni answered in Trips & Travel over 2 years ago | Report 3 comments by Marr, Lindsey, and Geni… 0 0 I second that. Marr commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 Where in Texas do you think is boring? Central Texas, between Dallas and San Antonio, is gorgeous especially during the spring when the wildflowers are blooming. The East Texas piney woods and rolling hills are lovely all year. West Texas has it's ups and downs... mountainous with great rock formations and really complex desert ecosystem. The panhandle and north Texas is pretty flat and desolate, though. Lindsey commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 Each to his own, of course, but I think everything on Highway 20 is boring. I suppose some people find beauty in it. To me, it's like driving through eastern Washington, except it seems to go on for days. Geni commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 Actually...I'm going to have to go with North Dakota. We drove cross country when we moved out here, and there is literally NOTHING for hours. Montana at least had a pretty landscape. j_lee answered in Trips & Travel over 2 years ago | Report 2 comments by Valkyrie and Adam… 0 0 agreed! north dakota is the worst. Valkyrie commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 North Dakota is beautiful - especially when the sunflowers are in bloom - miles and miles of them. Much better than billboard gazing through South Dakota. Adam commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 Not the most boring, but I will make the observation that I never realized just how big Montana is, lengthwise, until I had to drive across it on the way to Minnesota. Iowa was pretty darn boring, as is Nebraska, mostly just fields of corn, beautiful, but repetitive. Josh Bomb answered in Trips & Travel over 2 years ago | Report 2 comments by guy and Marr… 0 0 Iowa is more interesting if you go from north to south, especially along the west side. guy commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 After the Rockies, Montana does seem to go on forever. I would classify that as boring. Marr commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 Montana is a real mixed bag. West side to the Rockies=beautiful. East of the Rockies? It made me suicidal for the simple sake of something to do. Like being in a sensory deprivation tank filled with Republicans. Cheap smokes though, if you need something to do. RandiBeever answered in Trips & Travel over 2 years ago | Report 1 comment by Marr… 0 0 I know that trip well. I have my doubts that smokes are still cheap, but I'll give 'er a whirl on the way back. Marr commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 In my experience, Nebraska is the worst. Kansas would have been boring, but we got caught in a tornado-warning storm. Nebraska does have Carhenge, but that's not exactly on I-80. Kitts answered in Trips & Travel over 2 years ago | Report 2 comments by Marr and Musely… 0 0 Nice, Carhenge! That's probably too big of a detour, but oh, that's a tempting roadside attraction. Marr commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 Don't forget the National Rollerskating Museum, in Lincoln, NE! - http://www.rollerskatingmuseum.com/ has details. Also - a must for any road trip - check out www.roadsideamerica.com, and browse their listings and maps (tack on /map/ne to that to get the map for Nebraska specifically - similarly for the other states) - all sorts of weird and wonderful stuff listed here. Musely commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 Just out of curiosity (and somewhat on topic) is that picture of the controversial neon palm trees of Deer Lodge, MT? Read all about it: http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2009/09/04/area/hjjajajfjjjifd.txt Jack answered in Trips & Travel over 2 years ago | Report 1 comment by Marr… 0 0 I'm a little frightened that you knew that. Surely you have connections. I thought I was the only one outside MT who knew the "controversy". Oh, Deerlodge. FYI, the fake plastic trees are now GONE! "This isn't Vegas!" Marr commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 I've done this trip three times. I've got to say that Nebraska is FLAT. Kansas isn't much better. I hear that Oklahoma is pretty boring, but Nevada is bleak, too. At least Iowa, Indiana and Illinois has some gentle roll and gree associated with them. How far east are you going? "Cagey" answered in Trips & Travel over 2 years ago | Report 1 comment by Marr… 0 0 Yeah, Nevada's rough, especially when it gets to sundown and you are certain you are the only person left on the planet. I'm going to Vermont; I know it will still be "winter" when we get there, but I'm still assuming traveling through there and upstate NY will be bea-utiful. Marr commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 Indiana. Ponderosa Steak House, Arby's Car Dealership. Ponderosa, Arby's, Cars, etc, etc, etc. Give me Nebraska any day after that kind of dreck. Adam answered in Trips & Travel over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 Kansas, but that was mostly at night. It doesn't help that all the convenience stores along the toll highway there all look exactly alike. guy answered in Trips & Travel over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 In my opinion its a toss-up between Kansas during the day or North Carolina at night. Jason Scott answered in Trips & Travel 7 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Oklahoma. Although the people are nice, there's nothing to do and nothing to see. A joke I made driving through there was: "what is so great about these Great Plains?" The food is typical American/Southwestern cuisine, nothing special, the cities are small with not much to do. All around you is endless flat "yellow", which let me tell you, is not even that scenic, it's just bland. Michigan's lower peninsula: mostly a bunch of industrial wasteland and poorly kept corn fields. The cities aren't anything special, obviously the Detroit area is run down, even the well off suburbs north of 8 mile are becoming run down with a lot of places closing down (obviously you've heard the news). Ann Arbor is a really nice exception, it's a bustling college town with a lot of non commercial businesses and friendly people, oh and the occasional stoner. The upper peninsula is really nice and scenic, although you won't see any civilization driving through it, save for the occasional gas station. If you enjoy the great outdoors, the UP is phenomenal. Albert DeFluri answered in Trips & Travel about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Kansas and Oklahoma are flat and boring as all hell... And nothing but totally homogeneous ag fields. That north/south belt east of the Rockies and west of the hills that start in Arkansas is flat pretty much everywhere I've been, but I've never driven through the Dakotas or Nebraska. But even those flat areas have cool side-trips. If you end up going through Missouri, be sure to stop at Lambert's Home of Throwed Rolls!! It's totally worth the pop down to I-70, though I can't guarantee it's worth driving Kansas instead of Nebraska. But then, Kentucky is hella prettier than Indiana or Ohio... Are you willing to veer north and south to hit the prettier landscapes and kitschier side trips? Or maybe be really bold and drive up through Canada? Lindsey answered in Trips & Travel over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 If you drive across Nebraska w-e, you get North Platte, then four hours later Lincoln and then Omaha. Not as terribly as Kansas, where you get 7 hours of flat nothing and then Kansas City on the east. North and South Dakota are pretty boring once you get east of the Missouri, and then 1-29 is a wretched bit of n-s travel. The panhandle of Oklahoma was pretty awful for me, but that was because everywhere I tried to drink the tap water the locals strenuously suggested not doing so. Griffin answered in Trips & Travel over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Kansas and then Nebraska. lijohy answered in Trips & Travel over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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