<human>: Okay Reddit, I could really use some advice/help. My friend and I are trying to travel by car from the Chicago area to Los Angeles (we each have good reasons to travel while we're young!). We have to leave L.A. by this Sunday. I, myself, have about $2,500 saved up. We're both kind of hesitant towards the idea of having no idea where to sleep/where to go. My friend also doesn't like the idea of having to "pay me back" but I could care less about the money, since he's been such a good friend to me these past few years. Some motivation/help about driving across country and back would be awesome!

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<bot>: My friend and I could use some advice on traveling halfway across country, we both could use a road trip while we can!