Ken,
If it makes you feel any better I'm considering the drive from
Washington (State that is!).
Only wish it wasen't the same week as the local ABFM.
-jimb
http://snovalley.com/~monica/jbtr6.html
Ken Streeter wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> You're getting this message, either because you are
> one of the people that I've talked about with respect
> to caravaning to/from VTR '97, or because you just happen
> to be on the VTR mailing list.
>
> Whatever the case, this message is to let you know
> what plans I have, so that if you are so inclined, we
> can ride together if your plans overlap for any of the
> trip.
>
> I'll be riding down from Bedford, NH, and, as far as
> I know, am the only person driving down from the New
> England area. (Bob Lang: I know you aren't going, but
> do you know of anybody else from New England going?)
> I'll be traveling with my 8-year-old son, Benjamin,
> in our Damson 1970 TR6.
>
> I haven't yet sat down with a map and tried to
> figure out how I'm getting there, but I've been
> trying to put a schedule together, even if not
> a route. I currently have no plans for July 7/8,
> which I had planned to be my last two days of the
> drive to Ft. Worth. I also don't have a plan for
> getting back to NH from Texas, other than wanting
> to do it in three days (yes, this is about 600
> miles a day) and possibly going through the
> heartland of America, possibly up the Mississippi
> and along the Ohio rivers.
>
> If you'll be covering any of the same territory
> on either my trip down or back at around the
> same time, it may make sense to try to hook up.
> My rough schedule is listed below:
>
> July 3 -- Drive to Stafford, VA
> July 4 -- Spend with sister-in-law in Stafford
> July 5 -- Drive to Maryville, TN, hopefully along
> the Blue Ridge Parkway, depending on what
> kind of time we make on the BRP.
> July 6 -- Spend with brother-in-law in Maryville, TN
> July 7 -- Drive more of the way to Ft. Worth,
> stay somewhere along the way.
> July 8 -- Finish drive to Ft. Worth, spend night
> at Green Oaks Inn
>
> July 9-12 Convention
>
> July 13 -- Day 1 of return trip
> July 14 -- Day 2 of return trip
> July 15 -- Day 3 of return trip, arrive in NH
> July 16 -- go to work, business as usual...
>
> As I said, I really haven't thought about the
> details much, as the car I'm taking still has
> its rear suspension, half-shafts, and brakes
> spread all over the garage as I'm fixing various
> things back there (bushings, springs, bump stops,
> brakes, boots, etc.) and getting a minor case of
> shipwrights disease while I'm at it...
>
> In any case, I hope to see you in Ft. Worth!
>
> --ken
> VTR TEC Editor & WWW Maintainer -- http://www.vtr.org
> '70 & '74 TR6 Daily Drivers
>
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