First two years to Shasta, I did a solo straight through at 1000 miles only to
stop for gas and food. I
think spacey was the word of the day when I showed up at the table in the
campground to register.
Ron
Gordon Glasgow wrote:
> That's why they call them "roadsores". ;-)
>
> I drove mine straight back to Seattle from Shasta two years ago. Usually we
>stop to visit friends
> overnight, but there was a timing mixup and we decided to just drive on home.
>That's about 550
> miles. I was tired but survived, even at my age. And that was with comp
>suspension. You could
> probably break it up into 3 days each way and not be too dead by the end.
>
> Ken Pearce obviously gets the "Iron Buns" award, but he's not an old f*rt
>like some of us. ;-).
>
> Side note: a friend of mine once drove straight through from Seattle to Long
>Beach for the F1 race
> in his comp-suspended 280Z. 16 hours down on Friday night, 15 1/2 hours back
>on Sunday night. That's
> hardcore flying.
>
> Guy wrote:
>
> > Ron Hamilton wrote:
> > >
> > > Maybe if we all start prepping now, some more from AZ could go HINT
> > > HINT!!!. I just spent the day maintaining the blue car and now to pull
> > > the axle on the black one. At least it keeps me out of the bars!
> > >
> > > Ron
> >
> > Hi Ron,
> > I'm sure going to give it a real good try. I am still a little
> > intimidated by the mileage to Shasta (980 miles, one way, from my
> > house). I think I would have a major case of rigor mortis of the
> > kiester if I did that in my 1600.
> >
> > Guy
>
> --
> Gordon Glasgow
> http://www.gordon-glasgow.org
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