Where to go and more of the Tao of Chris

How do you decide where to roadtrip? In my experiences, it has been "Hey, shotgun navigator. How would you like to go south for a few days and get out of town?" Or maybe a hair bit more specifically, "Hey, shotgun navigator. Wanna go to Wisconsin for a few days?" My all-time fave tho was "you know shotgun navigator, I've never really been thru Indiana. I mean, I've been thru it on the interstate, but never thru it. So, let's go east and make sure we hit Indiana by way of not interstates." LOL That trip we went as far east as WV. Well, actually the first road we came to crossing into it from OH, so I guess the Ohio River was basically the farthest east we went. So, I am used to just making it up as we go along. One day at a time. Get to the hotel, go to the room, and before dinner have the "which direction tomorrow?" conversation so I can come up with a general route for the next day. So, you can plan it all out to the second, or figure it out along the way. If you aren't in a real hurry, or just don't care, try the latter. It gives more flexibility about what you see and do. You aren't having to make a certain distance daily and you can relax a bit more. Need a break? Well, there's a city in five minutes. If you have it planned to the second and mile marker, you're less likely to stop anywhere or enjoy the scenery.
For me, roadtripping isn't about having to get "x" miles under the wheels before we stop. That isn't fun, that's insanely boring. Generally you're Interstating. Wow, look at all the cornfields! And as stated earlier, you go past cities but not through them. That isn't always the case, of course, but you get my point.
Okay, enough of the philosophizing for now. Next post we go back in time to February 2002 and the original roadtrip as well as the others. I'll give the trip as I remember it (don't really remember the very way well unfortunately) and the general route. This way, you can sort of follow by map where we were at.