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9/27/2008 9:37:00 AM

repost for zorthage

9/27/2008 10:05:01 AM

chembob. the fact that you did this makes me like you even more.

the fact you did it with a suit and hat makes me love you.

9/27/2008 10:08:40 AM

Yea, now to find an old Packard or Cadillac Series 70 and restore her and drive the whole thing.

[Edited on September 27, 2008 at 10:15 AM. Reason : and, uh, ]

9/27/2008 10:10:20 AM

haha

9/27/2008 10:17:25 AM

LOL TWW ROAD TRIP

9/27/2008 10:46:01 AM

pfft, cadillac--give me a continental mk II...

[Edited on September 27, 2008 at 10:51 AM. Reason : ^^^]

9/27/2008 10:51:04 AM

I like to ride around in style

9/27/2008 10:54:21 AM

you're missin' out bud

9/27/2008 11:20:14 AM

ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!!


NO LEFT TURNS!
NO LEFT TURNS!

9/27/2008 11:21:26 AM

woah, woah, woah

don't razz on a man's choice of car.

9/27/2008 11:24:17 AM

ttt for Joie

11/6/2008 3:20:25 PM

me an BigBlueRam did this about 6 months ago- rode out to denver, bought a 73 newport and came back the long way. you're right about all the route 66 towns, and places through new mexico, texas, oklahoma, they're all dead. message_topic.aspx?topic=523478 thats the trip thread.

11/6/2008 3:46:08 PM

very nice, very nice.

i'm jealous - wish i had the old car to go along with my trips.

i once plotted out 66 on google maps

following the old route and allowing for some sight-seeing time, it would take about 8 days at ~9.5-10.5 hours a day of driving (of course, you could do less driving and see more off the road)

Chicago - St. Louis - Springfield - OK City - Tucumcari - Gallup - Seligman - Barstow - Santa Monica
http://tinyurl.com/6ncfbx, http://tinyurl.com/5pdbsh, http://tinyurl.com/6n2xnd, http://tinyurl.com/6xzqf2, http://tinyurl.com/6gqvc8

2,303 miles all together.

11/6/2008 4:49:50 PM

I think its better to take more time and see more stuff. I could wander around out west for years.

11/6/2008 5:14:29 PM

shit man, i haven't even begun my wandering. if i didn't have the Navy to go AWOL from, I'd go AWOL from life. once, i get out of the Navy, I know what I'm doing for the next couple months.

look at all that empty space west of the Mississippi

11/6/2008 5:36:19 PM

i <3 this thread so much

11/6/2008 5:59:13 PM

11/6/2008 5:59:46 PM

haaaaaaay

11/12/2008 7:20:18 PM

Oh man, there was so much to see up North. I can't wait to make another trip home.

12/2/2008 4:49:02 PM

ttt

12/15/2008 6:39:12 PM

dont forget the look at old houses tour

12/15/2008 6:47:25 PM

I won't.

12/15/2008 6:52:15 PM

i'd love to drive back out to the west and northwest. i can't imagine how much fun i'd have if i were actually doing it for fun instead of running away from NC

12/15/2008 8:42:48 PM

deliverance?

12/15/2008 8:43:20 PM

^^eh, leaving NC always makes me feel good

well, Raleigh at least. it's like that old CCR song, "Lodi"

12/25/2008 10:30:43 PM

did you go by yourself?

I'd like to do this, but don't know anyone nuts enough to go with me.

12/25/2008 10:42:44 PM

huh?

well, yes, all the trips i've described I've gone by myself.

12/25/2008 10:43:35 PM

damn, i missed this thread.

Kudos on the drive, CB...Bet it was awsome

12/25/2008 10:49:44 PM

This thread is missing something...hmmm...oh wait..


I'M CHANCE AND I HAVE SAND IN MY VAGINA
ROAD TRIPS ARE STUPID EVERYBODY IS STUPID
SOMEBODY LOVE ME

12/25/2008 10:53:38 PM

yea, driving the back roads is worth it

you see real America, just at a quicker pace than the AT

12/25/2008 10:54:32 PM

haha....you mean to tell me 3.5 mph is slow!!!! i worked my ass off for that pace!!

yeah man, i really appreciated the convenience of a car and what it was capable of, like going faster than 3.5...nice feather in the hat, yo. good luck in the navy.

oh oh, you said quicker pace...my b

[Edited on December 25, 2008 at 11:02 PM. Reason : d]

12/25/2008 11:01:48 PM

yea, you know what i'll be burning up leave doing

unfortunately, i'll have to wait until I get out of the Nav to be free to thru-hike.

December 2012, here I come

12/25/2008 11:06:16 PM

Trail will always be there. Might even see you on the Mississippi one day....i'll be the guy smoking an L and playing the harp..maybe strap a potato gun turret on there as well



[Edited on December 25, 2008 at 11:14 PM. Reason : p]

12/25/2008 11:09:17 PM

smoking?

cause i'll light up to that.

12/25/2008 11:13:13 PM

So I'm planning a road trip for Summer 2009, is there any particular website that you've used that is good for planning a road trip? I've already used Google Maps to plan the route but that's about it. I didn't know if there is a specialized site for something like this, its a pretty long trip, 7000+ miles... ideas?

12/26/2008 1:59:23 AM

not really

your best bet is to just research as much as possible about the routes you're taking, the places you'll pass through and stay, and what's going on during the time you'll be on the road.

if you don't mind me asking, could you go into a little more detail

12/26/2008 9:14:27 AM

http://tinyurl.com/7xcnpt

It's a post-graduation trip that a friend and I are taking, we're giving ourselves about 6 weeks, middle of May til the end of June. We've got friends in several of the stops, and plan on either camping or getting hotels in the other places depending on how we're feeling. This week I'm going to start looking at what kind of events are going on in the cities at the approximate times we'll be there, suggestions are appreciated!

12/26/2008 11:40:26 AM

I TOO CAN DRIVE A CAR

12/26/2008 5:04:50 PM

Shit, I had planned to do a similar trip in the space of about 2 1/2 weeks.

I don't even know where to begin with suggestions for you.

With only 100-odd miles to do on average a day, even keeping to the old highways, which you should do always on a trip like this, you'll be free to experience most everything along the way.

12/27/2008 5:08:51 PM

yeah I'm really excited that we were able to get 6 weeks for the trip, we'll probably spend a good amount of time in Denver and southern California. I went to San Clemente last year and I plan on spending at least 3-5 days there if the surf is good at the time. Although I've been to California before, I've never actually driven any farther west than the Mississippi. I just bought a Canon XSi and I fully intend on creating a photo website/blog to document our adventure. Only 4 1/2 more months!

12/27/2008 11:19:22 PM

Yes, document as much as you can.

1/10/2009 3:52:00 PM

*drool*

2/22/2009 4:17:52 PM

Good God.

3599 and 7/10th miles in 8 days.

5/2/2009 3:35:00 PM

http://sixweeksinthecar.blogspot.com

follow me through america

5/14/2009 1:03:32 PM

I wish I could have six weeks in the car

This year's roadtrip:
July 9 - arrive in chicago
july 11 - pocahontas, IA (with lunch in grand rapids with my uncle)
from there, we'll go through the badlands and visit rushmore on the way to grand teton, and then hit up yellowstone, and then glacier, and turn towards home.

The route home is undecided. The only two certainties are that we'll go to wahkon, MN, and be back by 7/26

5/14/2009 1:08:15 PM

Quote :

"My home in Texas to San Diego"

this is a rough one-- i did it in feb

from houston - el paso is 12 hours, halfway OY!! but west texas at night with the sky full of stars is incredible

the best part was once you cross into california and are getting close to san diego, you drive through this boulder-like mountain thing that is so alien seeming, i could stare at it for hours

also watching people cruise on the sand dunes! i wanted to get out and try it

have fun and more power to you. haters will hate, do whatever the fuck you want


btw breaking on msn... planning a summer road trip

http://travel.msn.com/Guides/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1048181>1=41000

[Edited on May 14, 2009 at 3:17 PM. Reason : new link]

5/14/2009 3:04:02 PM

Pictures uploaded:



Leaving Florida



Definitely in the North (Wilmington, DE)



Yale Campus (GF is an alumna, works in New Haven now)



Oh hai, it's mah gf.



The clock in Grand Central.



At Rockefeller.



Little Italy.



Brooklyn Bridge.



Looking through Atlas at St. Patrick's.



In Central Park.



The 6 train.



Railroad overpass over the County Road that my gf's family lives on out in Ohio.



Only in Indiana (on US 40).



Western Indiana, US 40.



Bridge, outside Brazil, IN, Old US 40.



Looking down Old US 40, outside Greenville, Illinois.



Finally west of the Mississippi.



US 40, east of Boonville, Missouri.



Old US 40, near Marshall Junction, Missouri.



The Truman House, Independence, Missouri.



Rundown maintenence shop, Kansas City, Missouri.



Sunset, I-35, near Williamsburg, Kansas.



After the storm, Gainesville, Texas.



Nightfall, Blanco-Kendalia Road (Blanco County Road 201), near the Kendall County line.



Old US 90, in between Seguin and Luling, Texas.



Railway Street, Kingsbury, Texas.



French Quarter, New Orleans.



Beauty of a cloud, I-10, Florida Panhandle.

5/17/2009 1:53:54 PM

so I hear they have color photographs now

5/17/2009 1:55:15 PM

jk

nice pics

set em up

5/17/2009 2:00:34 PM