Hi Jim, I am glad you are back. Atlanta is beautiful!!! I like your Colorado video. That was beautiful drive!! I can,t wait to see your video in June!!! Thank you Jim!!!
Very nice ride! Was impressed- always impressed and all by how Atlanta maintains it's highways, makes upgrades- and you had a beautiful day for a ride! Looking forward to your next long trip and videos! I look forward to seeing what new highways you ride on- btw- love the highway sign notations- very cool look!
Excellent looking video and a great ride, even with all the traffic. Echo & The Bunnymen sounded great, even though I'm not really into them. Thanx for posting this. Looking forward to the new videos.
Excited that you're coming out to the Pacific Northwest! I'm sure you'll have a great time (and for an added bonus, WSDOT has been doing a bit of repaving work in the Seattle metro area lately)! I'm sure you already have a great plan, but a couple things in Washington and Oregon I highly recommend checking out, in order of when you'll get there assuming you're starting going northbound out of Atlanta, would probably be: - I-90 crossing the Columbia River through Vantage (an absolutely stunning view) as well as by Keechelus Lake and Snoqualmie Pass (again, amazingly beautiful, despite some construction on the road by the lake right now) - The brand-new SR 520 bridge over Lake Washington (the west part isn't done yet but the new bridge is really nice - 3 lanes each side with one HOV 3+ lane on each side and full shoulders compared to the old 2 on each side with no shoulder and low/prone to flooding). This is electronically tolled, but certainly is worth a drive. - I-405 in Washington (terrible during rush hour and has some traffic issues even at non-peak times due to the new ETL lane addition, which has made traffic worse in my experience and that of many others, but still one of the Seattle metro's largest and most important freeways, and the view of Bellevue is very nice too) - I-5 crossing the Columbia into Portland (a beautiful river view and some city to go with it!) - US 26 westbound from Portland into Beaverton (kind of plain at the end, but a very cool incline right out of the city with tunnels and large hills that's worth seeing). No matter what, I am certain you will love what the PNW has to offer. I'm looking forward to seeing your upcoming videos, and if you want any Seattle tips/restaurant recommendations, I'd be honored to oblige.
+brunelljj Thank you, I'm hoping to get all you listed except 405 in Seattle, not that high on my list (I-405 in Portland is another story). I also plan on going to the Oregon coast and Astoria.
I have to agree about Toronto's 401. It's not interesting and the signage is low rent. In fact, throughout Canada, only Ontario's cities have what may be considered freeways. However, next door in the nation of Quebec, the national highway system is the equal to America's Interstate in design, construction quality, and signage. Even the system's logo is a copy of the Interstate. If Freewayjim ever feels a need to record outside of the U.S., visiting Montreal could be worthwhile. The downtown freeway tunnel is fascinating to say the least.
You're heading to the Northwest? I can't wait until you show everyone the beauty and geographical diversity of I-90 in Montana/Idaho and Washington State. It's incredible! I think you'll be impressed by interstates 84 and 15 in Oregon and Utah as well (I uses to reside in the SLC area, but that was two decades ago). Cheers. 😊
I was watching a lot of your season 16 videos. I was wondering a lot about your route in season 16. When I watched this video, I finally saw your full route.
Awesome that you're heading to the Pacific Northwest! That's an area I need to head to, one day. And I see that you'll be taking I-17 on the way home. You'll be amazed at the transition from ponderosa pines to saguaro cactuses in only a span of 75 miles. Safe travels, good sir!
Great video. My colleague from Atlanta says that north perimeter is one of the most congested areas in the metro. Can't wait to go to Atlanta someday. I want to check out the Chik Fil A dwarf house locations.
Yay! FreewayJim is coming to my neck of the woods! (Seattle). And looks like your route involves my favorite NW highway, I-84 through Oregon. You will not be disappointed, I'm sure! (The lookout at Emigrant Ridge on that road is a must... On a clear day you can see for what seems forever....)
So FreewayJim is going to make his way up to the Northwest.This will be a fun adventure. Of course I'll tune in at same bat-time same bat-channel. Happy Trails!!
Awesome. When I saw the map, I was like "YASSSS, FREEWAYJIM IS GOING TO SEATTLE!!!!!". Great video, I can't wait to start seeing videos from your trip!!! I am also taking a couple trips myself, I'm going to Tennessee/Alabama on the 7th of June, and to West Texas on the 22nd of June!!! I can't wait!!!!!!! Oh yeah, also, great video, I can't wait to see what the express lanes will look like!!!!!!! :)
+Nash wayz Thanks! hope you have a great time on your trips. Here's a video fo what the ExpressLanes will be like. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XsDFAmSLyGA.html
This was a great video by the way. Though I am from the Southeast, I have been in Texas so long now, I have gotten used to seeing "stuff" along the freeways instead of miles of trees. :-)
Always cool to see your videos on Atlanta, even if our roads are less than perfect, to say the least. You plan on doing some new videos on the HOT lanes whenever those are complete in a year/year-and-a-half?
I've driven in every major city in the US and our roads are pretty darn good compared to most cities and yes, I will likely film the ExpressLanes when they are completed.
I got a Peach Pass today just so I can enjoy the I-75 express lanes on the south side when they finally open. I don't know if I'll be around in Georgia to see the north side project be completed.
roadtrip suggestion. Capture some footage when rolling through Las Cruces, NM on I-10 east. You'll have the desert peaks of the Organ Mountains on the horizon, very beautiful drive.
While in Phoenix, you should go on the 101 and the 202, they are pretty cool in my opinion. Also awesome video! But some day you could film highways in Toronto and other parts of Canada like the 401, it's extremely wide and the busiest highway in North America! Also the QEW, Don Valley Parkway, Gardner Expressway, and others. Hope you do some day get time to film in Canada, and check out Vancouver, it's pretty cool also. Thank you for the video.
+Logan Ward Thanks, I have not been to Toronto yet but would like to someday and honestly, the 401 does not impress me, it's just wide and busy, I can get that in Houston or a 5 mile stretch of I-85 in Atlanta (same setup), there are no great interchanges or features on that road. Now the Gardiner through Downtown is something I'd really like to see and film.
I've been watching your videos for a while and love them. Since you are going to the great Pacific Northwest, you should check out Vancouver as well. FreewayBrent has this amazing video titled "BC 99 North, Sea-to-Sky Highway, North Vancouver To Squamish" that could use some updating in HD!
Really enjoy your videos. At about 0:53 you display signage for I-85/I-285 top end perimeter interchange but the highway signs show you driving through I-75/ I-285 top end perimeter interchange.
Hey Jim, I think you have the wrong freeway sign in your annotations @ 0:55. WOW! Nashville, Louisville, Chicago, The Twin Cities Seattle, Portland, Boise, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas Phoenix, El Paso and DFW That's quite the road trip.
5:01 The map looked very weird, but it's quite amazing that Seattle and Portland are on the route. Also, you're visiting Salt Lake City, Phoenix and El Paso again after the 2015 season.
Will you be filming this entire trip?!?! That would make for an awesome cross-country video. Also looks like you'll be passing through my city (St. Cloud, MN). Have fun!
Glad to see you'll be coming here to Minnesota. 2 questions I have though: 1. Will you be going clockwise or counterclockwise 2. In Minnesota will you be checking out the Mall of America?
+Freewayjim yes!! I was saying wow that's Freewayjim. I use to watch your videos before I moved to Atlanta. I was acting a fool like your a celebrity but I didn't want to scare you lol!
This is a nice video, BTW I'm looking forward to your big trip to the northwest, the landscape should be green compared to the desert of Cali, you will do videos of the plains, rockies, & cascades in addition to the cities?
In ham radio terms, the Top End of 285 is your dummy load. I've seen other roadgeek videos of I-90 going through MT-ID-WA, so this means I am really looking forward to yours, to see what a real high quality professional quality video of that stretch is like.
Yes Wisconsin!. Be sure to get some videos of Madison. One thing though are you sure you want to take 212 out thorough Montana that highway has nothing it's worse than I-80 through Nevada because that's got at least occasional mountain ranges. 212 is just flat and boring. Not too mention extremely remote. Anyway hope you have a nice trip!
Haha yeah, that's cool. I'm trying to convince my folks to let me drive them up Mount Evans... I might finally get to go to CO this summer. Enjoy your trip.
Wow that is going to be a long trip . Are you going to flim the following : Indianapolis , Chicago , Minneapolis - St.Paul , Milwaukee , Fargo , Sioux falls , Rocky mtns , Seattle , Portland , Salt Lake City , Las Vegas , Southern California , Phoenix , El Paso , Dallas - Fort worth and more .
okay... how did it happen that first the sign said that you were approaching the 85 and the next sign says that you're approching the 75... sorry.. I just.. got confused sorry...
+Freewayjim Interesting. I haven't heard of that one. Do you think you might travel back to New York someday soon? I absolutely love all your videos, but especially the big city ones.
Maybe some day I will but filming in NYC is hard because of the camera restrictions and the general paranoia, I could not do it unless my son was with me to pop the camera on and off at bridges and tunnels (toll booths). Filming in the south, mid-west and west is different, I can just leave the camera on all day.
