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Neil, you definitely seem to be the most vocally
enthusiastic Forward Looker looking forward to Tulsa. I myself have
already put in for most of June '07 as vacation time at work and have been
approved. My plan was to rent/borrow/lease a motorhome and enclosed
trailer and bring along Mr. Finzzz to the festivities. But that may not
happen, as I'm slowly realizing how expensive a trip it would be. And me
supporting my wife and two small kids (by Tulsa they'll be going on 5 and 3) on
one salary may make everything moot. I WILL ATTEND Tulsa, but maybe just
by flying in, . . . .
But if I do end up following the
plan, my intention was to, at ANY cost, avoid California (no offense).
Just going down I-5 from southern OR to say, Redding, would require crossing 7
or 8 steep mountain passes, not to mention how tremendously horrible California
traffic is (and expensive gas too!). So I was tentatively planning on
heading out east through Klamath Falls, OR, and through Winnemucca, NV.
>From there I hadn't really set anything in stone as I'm not sure which would be
better: east into Utah and then south to New Mexico and then east; or
south from Winnemucca to Vegas then east.
I believe most N'Westerners share
my disdain for CA (unless they lived there previously, and quite a few have),
and will also head east before south - it really doesn't make much sense to
go due south when there are easy enough routes that will go southeast and avoid
all the traffic and nonsense. So that being said, I believe "backup"
rendevous points are in order. Winnemucca? Ely, NV? Arches
National Park, UT? Grand Canyon? It could be anywhere.
I also, time permitting, would
love to explore some junkyards, and my wife is very gracious about this.
She likes old cars, too. I know last time I was in Roswell, NM, there was
a junkyard with dozens of '57 Plyms and all had A/C! But this was 15 years
ago too.
Your thoughts? And other
westerners too?
Mark
mjh
'57 Fury
Sutherlin, OR
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 9:41
PM
Subject: [FWDLK] WAGONS ( & others!)
: HO!
Hope you (& others!) drive thru Bishop, cause on
SAT or SUN, I'll drive
4 hrs to Ron Mog's home, in Apple Valley, & on
MON drive 7-8 hrs to
Albuqerque, & then, on TUES drive another 7-8 hrs,
on to T-Town.
Hopefully, Alumcan (who LURKS here--Rick, I can hear you,
breathing!!)
might "paste/post" this, to a (NEW??) "Caravaning" thread, so
that
others (Westerners, & NorWesters!) might meet, @
Victorville, @ say,
the Route 66 Museum, on D Street (right "off of "
the Route 15 exit) @
a certain time (like 7:30 AM) to join up with any
other car-avans, who
might have reached that area. "Cheap" gas is right
there, too...
Victorville is right "on" US highway 395, which is a
logical, scenic
route, for anyone coming down, from the PacWest.
The
Route 15 D Street exit is within about 30 miles of Route 40, which
will
take us-all, staright-to T-Town.
So, there could be quite a few
cars forming-up, in Victorville...
Next stop would
be...???
Neil
Vedder
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