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Maine is nice.

 

The petrified forest, white sands national park, and Carlsbad caverns are amazing places. You are welcome to stay at our home, but be forewarned: the food is spicy.

 

Florida is nice there is nothing but flat wide open highways and beautiful beaches and many attractions to visit. We also boast most of the best strip clubs in the country full of a lot of talent

 

Blue ridge parkway very scenic though it would not be flat by any means. If you wanna see flat go to Kansas, but there is nothing to see, and with winds you will not see 70mpg.

You could also go around Great lakes, through Michigan to avoid Chicago then around lake Superior on canadian side.. take ferry and come back through Niagara Falls.

If you never been to Fingerlakes or Adirondacks in upstate NY, Green mnts in Vermont and lake Champlain worth the trip good luck

 

Well, there go my suggestions. The scenery seems to peter out as soon as I cross the Rockies.

If flying's out, what about taking the train? The mileage is pretty good that way, too

 

Drive the coast of Maine. The small town and villages are great, as well as the food...

 

The entire coast in very scenic, although places like the dunes in Oregon and the Redwoods in Northern California are especially beautiful. BC also has a beautiful coast, with many mountain ranges of spectacular peaks.

 

I would do a half-the-country counter-clockwise loop starting with the northern leg over to see the great lakes region, then out to the rockies/colorado (you gotta experience 14,000 altitude) before turning back east/south thru northern NM (see native american ruins), then through the Ozarks (cue banjo music), and finally take the Blue Ridge parkway back up north. If your running out of time, you can jump off the parkway and take the interstate system back to RI but I would try to hit some of the DC/historical stuff too.

Remember, your time frame is PEAK vacation period so expect crowds/longer times at any major destination. As a native Texan, you'd think I would be suggesting sites here but late Aug/early Sept is the wrong time to visit here or just about anywhere in the deep south. Not only due to the heat/humidity being off the chart but there is also a significant chance of major tropical weather.

 

Bwlmor!!

Come get your Wentworth some scratches and test your shocks gooooood! How U Doin?

 

I can't Illinois sucks and we have extremely high prices for everything. Chicago in summer once in your life i guess would be worth it. You could go to wisconsin and see our former govenors in jail with one more arriving after his trial is over.

 

Vegas Baby! (We need the money...)

 

Here in the Mississippi Delta we have plenty of flat roads, but most are two lane so there IS only a right lane. US 61 and US 82 are four lane, but not freeways.

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From Walls MS to Eden MS is 156 miles and you lose 60 feet, that is flat.
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Massachusetts is nice because we drive so well.

 

I will second the coast of Maine, but there aren't a lot of straight flat roads along the coast. OTOH, that's one of the reason I recommend it.:rockon:

I think he should drive for economy if he wants, but drive for what economy he can get on scenic fun roads instead of going for roads that will deliver max economy.

Or if California is in the cards,

http://www.pashnit.com/motoroads.htm

 

We and the Prius are driving out to the Outer Banks in September and plan to take in portions of the Blue Ridge Parkway on either the way out or back. Not finalized that part yet.

 

Yosemite - see it in lots of pictures, then come see it in person. Good stuff.

 

I'd say come to Jersey but our roads suck and it's the armpit of America. I'll just smile and wave as you pass by.

 

Hahaha. George Carlin joked about Jersey's license plate slogan being the "Garden State". He said, "sure, if you're growing smokestacks" and "Kiss her where it smells; take her to New Jersey! "

I would suggest California (where I'm from), but that's sadly too far for the OP. There's a lot to see and do in CA.