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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vraille Darkfang" data-source="post: 2932123" data-attributes="member: 16989">I live in Missouri.  Haved lived in the Midwest my entire life.  Have traveled around a bit. My Grandmother lives in Texas (Alpine, now Midland-Odessa).You do realize you are planning about 10,000+ miles of travel here?The US is really, really, really big.  I've found most Europeans just have no clue how big.  We did Kansas City MO to Midland Texas in 1 day.  14 Hours at 70-80 miles per hour, only 2 stops.  Also, America (esp everything between the coasts) has a really crappy public transportation system.  It's often cheaper to rent a car than get a taxi.When you get to Texas, just go out to the flat land.  Nothing but Scrub for as far as you can see (which is all the way to the horizon).  Travel for a hour, or 2, or 3 down the highway.  The view won't change.  (If you go far enough you can see the Mountains of West Texas).You can drive almost 1,000 miles across Texas & see nearly a soul.Unless you have an unlimited budget, be prepared to condense your plans.  (I'd say stick with the US. Southwest; pretty much the size of Europe all by it lonesome.1. Skip Canada.  If you find a great deal to Toronto or Vancouver I'd recommend it, but if your in Texas, Canada ain't close.2. Watch the Carribean.  Its built around the tourist trade, so you CAN get some good deals in the off-season (which doubles as Hurricane Season).  As for Havanna, The US has a little disagreement with some guy named Fidel going back 50 years of so.  Getting into & Out of Cuba usually has to involve a 3rd party country, and DON'T try to sneak anything back in from Cuba (US customs is pretty strict on that one).You can easily spend a year just going around the Southwest & still not see half of what's around.There is the Alamo, Houston, Grand Canyon, Pueblo Indian Sites.  I think the Confederate Air Force is base out of Texas.If you make it to Cali, I can't begin to go with all the stuff there.PS.  You wanna go to Mexico?  That's a big Okey-Dokey from Austin.  People go to the Border Towns all the time.  Sometimes for perfectly legal reasons.  Be very careful.  Go with someone who's been there before (pref. one that speaks Spanish).  Mexico can be a rough place (Been there, done that).Have fun, just realize that the State of Texas is what, 1/4th the Size of Europe or so?</blockquote>

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