If you're worried about it breaking down, take the I5 route, otherwise 84 to
15 to 93 would probably be a lot more fun. If breaking down is a concern
though, you really might not want to chance the desert route, you can get a
long way from nowhere on some of those roads.
Risk/Reward at its finest...
----- Original Message -----
From: <HD883HUGGR@aol.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 11:22 PM
Subject: Cross Country Adventure (maybe)
>
> Hi Spitophiles. This may a tad premature, but currently John Weber and I
are
> romancing a deal for his ("my") 75 Spitfire. Nobody took him up on his
deal
> last fall, so he's been holding the car for me as we look forward to nicer
> weather.
> Part of what made me decide to purchase the car was his claim that
"This
> car will drive to Florida if need be." Because I (1) never grown up
> completely and (2) always love to play the outside odds, I instantly
became
> entranced with the thought of flying to Portland and driving the car back
to
> Phoenix just to see of ol' John was full of beans or not.
> Because I work weekends, my goal is to fly to Portland on Sunday or
> Monday and spread the 30-hour drive over a 3- or 4-day period so as to
maybe
> catch a few sights and not damage my buttocks too terribly. This way, if
the
> little beastie breaks down, I still have time to catch a bus or a plane
back
> to Phoenix in order to handle my weekend contract.
> I am currently considering scheduling this birdbrained adventure for
> Feburary 4 thru 8, or (more probably) February 26 thru March 1...but may
push
> it as far back as March 26 thru 29 if weather looks frightening. (or
maybe
> August...)
> So why do I bring it up? Because I need some advice from you
> Northerners. There seem to be only two logical routes to follow: either
I-84
> though Idaho, then I-15 through Utah to Las Vegas, and then Hwy 93 back to
> Phoenix... or else hotfoot it south on I-5 all the way to L.A. and then
take
> I-10 east to Phoenix. The Oregon route looks more pictuesque on the map,
but
> the California route strikes me as less snowy. Since I arrived at this
> opinion after looking at a road map, I could be completely off-base (which
is
> why I'm looking for advice).
> In addition, I will probably be making this journey alone, so it would
be
> nice to know if there are any Listers on either route who might wish to
> generously offer (a) a warm bed, or (b) SOS assistance in case of
mechanical
> failure.
> Please contact me off-list if you wish to become a part of this
> foolishness. Thanks!
> Scott (and Hobbs, 77 Spit, who looks forward to adopting an older
brother)
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