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JEBar
05-30-2005, 11:14 AM
LOVE this time of year http://www.sunnybrooktalk.com/members/images/smilies/biggrin.gif ... we will be leaving on Tuesday (May 31st) or Wednesday (June 1st) for a 69 day swing out west .... one of the high points of this trip for us is already having arranged to meet several folks who post on this form along the way ..:ro) .. our schedule is as follows:

1. if we leave May 31 we will drive to northern Va.
2. June 1st arrive in Hershey, Pa. (no matter which day we leave home)
3. June 6th leave Hershey and drive to Keinsee Lake, Oh.
4. June 10th leave Keinsee Lake and drive to St. Clair, Mi.
5. June 14th leave St. Clair and drive to Middlebury, In.
6. June 16th leave Middlebury and drive to Wilton, Wi.
7. June 17th leave Wilton and drive to Winona, Mn.
8. June 22nd leave Winona and drive to Arlington, SD (Lake Poinset)
9. July 6th leave Arlington and drive to Lincoln, Ne.
10. July 7th leave Lincoln and drive to North Platte, Ne.
11. July 8th leave North Platte and drive to Laramie, Wy.
12. July 12th leave Laramie and drive to Fruit Heights, Ut. (Salt Lake City)
13. July 14th Leave Fruit Heights and drive to Moab, Ut.
14. July 16th leave Moab and drive to Golden, Co. (Denver)
15. July 18th leave Golden and drive to Oakley, Ks.
16. July 19th leave Oakley and drive to South Haven, Ks.
17. July 20th leave South Haven and drive to Gordonville, Tx.
18. July 23rd leave Gordonville and drive to Lake Hills, Tx.
19. July 26th leave Lake Hills and drive to Willis, Tx.
20. July 29th leave Willis and drive to New Orleans, La.
21. August 1st leave New Orleans and drive to Marianna, Fl.
22. August 2nd leave Marianna and drive to Orlando, Fl.
23. August 8th leave Orlando and head home, getting back in NC on the 8th or 9th

the projected towing mileage for this trip is just under 7,500 miles ... sight seeing mileage will easily add anothe 2,500 ... as already noted, we are very happy to have scheduled opportunities to meet folks from this forum along the way and would be absolutely delighted if we could see other folks who may be in the areas we will be coming through :exactly:

Jim
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Mackin
05-30-2005, 11:23 AM
Jim I wish you the best on your trip.Have a great time,my Friend!Couldn't have picked a better vehicle to do this in! May the roads be smooth the weather be good and fuel be plentiful and reasonable.

Relax ease the seat back and enjoy the ride!

Save time to come to CT in Sept. :)

JEBar
05-30-2005, 02:14 PM
Jim I wish you the best on your trip.Have a great time,my Friend!Couldn't have picked a better vehicle to do this in! May the roads be smooth the weather be good and fuel be plentiful and reasonable.

Relax ease the seat back and enjoy the ride!

Save time to come to CT in Sept. :)

thanks Mack ... we do plan to be at Terry's gettogether in September and looking forward to seeing the Conn. Posse again

Jim

JJs DuMax
05-30-2005, 04:41 PM
JJ's soooooooooooooo jealous! :D Mama JJ and I plan on taking some extended trips when I retire in about 5 years or so. Have a safe trip! JJ :)

JEBar
05-30-2005, 08:58 PM
thanks JJ ... hopefully we can link up somewhere down the road


Jim

GMC2500HD
05-30-2005, 09:01 PM
Have a good time and be safe on the road out there.. Lots of stuff to see and maybe you will have time to take some pics along the way... Good luck..