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Re: [TR] Upcoming long range trip

To: "dconnitt@fuse.net" <dconnitt@fuse.net>, "grglmn@gmail.com" <grglmn@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [TR] Upcoming long range trip
From: DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey@cs.com>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2023 16:37:02 +0000 (UTC)
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 You must be retired!=C2=A0 I'm looking forward to trips like that.=C2=A0 Y=
ears ago I had a friend who had a sailboat and he would sail for a few week=
s, fly home for a few weeks, fly back out and sail some more.=C2=A0 He sail=
ed from Florida up the east coast to the Eire Canal into the great lakes an=
d back to St. Louis.=C2=A0 Took him a couple years.=C2=A0 I plan on a Rt66 =
trip along those lines.=C2=A0 I figure there are some members on the list t=
hat would babysit my car for a few weeks while I go back home to keep the w=
ife happy.
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Dave=20


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-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Connitt <dconnitt@fuse.net>
To: Greg Lemon <grglmn@gmail.com>
Cc: Triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tue, May 9, 2023 7:30 am
Subject: Re: [TR] Upcoming long range trip

Hi Greg,I have traveled quite a bit in my TR4A over the years having gone t=
o Watkins Glen twice, Stowe, Vt. once, and Pitt Raceway twice to watch the =
Vintage Sports Car races.=C2=A0Those were all solo trip through. This is th=
e first time my wife is coming along.She wants to continue on to see Yellow=
stone then head back east through the badlands.Besides that first, this is =
our first road trip where we know what day we=E2=80=99re leaving but have n=
o clue when we will be returning home. Colleen says if we see a sign that s=
ays =E2=80=9Cworld=E2=80=99s largest ball of string ahead=E2=80=9D, we=E2=
=80=99re stopping =F0=9F=98=82.I=E2=80=99ll keep you guys posted!Dave Conni=
tt

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On May 9, 2023, at 1:31 AM, Greg Lemon <grglmn@gmail.com> wrote:



=EF=BB=BFGood to hear about someone getting good use out of their Triumph.=
=C2=A0 Hard to explain, but the total sensory overload of a day out in an o=
ld British sports car with the top down on the highway is a good way to cle=
ar your head and reboot the old noggin.
Greg LemonTR250
On Mon, May 8, 2023, 9:52 PM Dave Connitt <dconnitt@fuse.net> wrote:

Hi list,
I want to pass on an upcoming Triumph trip we are about to start. I own a 1=
967 TR4-IRS that I finished restoring back in 2015. I restored it for relia=
bility and not so much to be =E2=80=9Canother pretty face=E2=80=9D at car s=
hows.=20
Anyway, our local club (TriState Triumphs) does monthly =E2=80=9Cspirited d=
rives=E2=80=9D after the salt is gone. After one of our recent drives we we=
re partaking in an adult beverage and one of the guys announced that one of=
 his =E2=80=9Cbucket list=E2=80=9D goals was to drive his TR6 up Pikes Peak=
. Well, we all looked at each other and asked, =E2=80=9Cwhen when are we le=
aving?=E2=80=9D So the main group of 5 TR6=E2=80=99s and one Lotus Elese ar=
e leaving July 3 from Cincinnati to Kansas City the first day and continuin=
g on to Manitou Springs, Co. the second day traveling west on I-70. Colleen=
 and I are leaving for Nashville,Tn. on May 26, then west on I-40 through L=
ittle Rock, then Oklahoma City, then Amarillo, Tx. to our nephew in Edgewoo=
d, NM. After a few days there we are driving north to Manitou Springs, Co.=
=20
We have plans beyond that but we=E2=80=99ll talk about them later.
Can=E2=80=99t wait to get on the road!
Dave Connitt


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<div> <font size=3D"3">You must be retired!&nbsp; I'm looking forward to tr=
ips like that.&nbsp; Years ago I had a friend who had a sailboat and he wou=
ld sail for a few weeks, fly home for a few weeks, fly back out and sail so=
me more.&nbsp; He sailed from Florida up the east coast to the Eire Canal i=
nto the great lakes and back to St. Louis.&nbsp; Took him a couple years.&n=
bsp; I plan on a Rt66 trip along those lines.&nbsp; I figure there are some=
 members on the list that would babysit my car for a few weeks while I go b=
ack home to keep the wife happy.</font><br>
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 size=3D"2">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Dave Connitt &lt;dconnitt@fuse.net&gt;<br>
To: Greg Lemon &lt;grglmn@gmail.com&gt;<br>
Cc: Triumphs &lt;triumphs@autox.team.net&gt;<br>
Sent: Tue, May 9, 2023 7:30 am<br>
Subject: Re: [TR] Upcoming long range trip<br>
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<div>Hi Greg,
<div>I have traveled quite a bit in my TR4A over the years having gone to W=
atkins Glen twice, Stowe, Vt. once, and Pitt Raceway twice to watch the Vin=
tage Sports Car races.&nbsp;</div>

<div>Those were all solo trip through. This is the first time my wife is co=
ming along.</div>

<div>She wants to continue on to see Yellowstone then head back east throug=
h the badlands.</div>

<div>Besides that first, this is our first road trip where we know what day=
 we=E2=80=99re leaving but have no clue when we will be returning home. Col=
leen says if we see a sign that says =E2=80=9Cworld=E2=80=99s largest ball =
of string ahead=E2=80=9D, we=E2=80=99re stopping =F0=9F=98=82.</div>

<div>I=E2=80=99ll keep you guys posted!</div>

<div>Dave Connitt<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">
<div dir=3D"ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div>

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<div id=3D"yiv3830375741yqtfd02390" class=3D"yiv3830375741yqt9991529898"><b=
r clear=3D"none"><blockquote type=3D"cite">On May 9, 2023, at 1:31 AM, Greg=
 Lemon &lt;grglmn@gmail.com&gt; wrote:<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none"=
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<div>Good to hear about someone getting good use out of their Triumph.&nbsp=
; Hard to explain, but the total sensory overload of a day out in an old Br=
itish sports car with the top down on the highway is a good way to clear yo=
ur head and reboot the old noggin.
<div><br clear=3D"none"></div>

<div>Greg Lemon</div>

<div>TR250</div>
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<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"yiv3830375741gmail_attr">On Mon, May 8, 2023, 9:5=
2 PM Dave Connitt &lt;<a rel=3D"nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape=3D"rect=
" ymailto=3D"mailto:dconnitt@fuse.net"; target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:dco=
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<blockquote style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-l=
eft:1ex;" class=3D"yiv3830375741gmail_quote">Hi list,<br clear=3D"none">
I want to pass on an upcoming Triumph trip we are about to start. I own a 1=
967 TR4-IRS that I finished restoring back in 2015. I restored it for relia=
bility and not so much to be =E2=80=9Canother pretty face=E2=80=9D at car s=
hows. <br clear=3D"none">
Anyway, our local club (TriState Triumphs) does monthly =E2=80=9Cspirited d=
rives=E2=80=9D after the salt is gone. After one of our recent drives we we=
re partaking in an adult beverage and one of the guys announced that one of=
 his =E2=80=9Cbucket list=E2=80=9D goals was to drive his TR6 up Pikes Peak=
. Well, we all looked at each other and asked, =E2=80=9Cwhen when are we le=
aving?=E2=80=9D So the main group of 5 TR6=E2=80=99s and one Lotus Elese ar=
e leaving July 3 from Cincinnati to Kansas City the first day and continuin=
g on to Manitou Springs, Co. the second day traveling west on I-70. Colleen=
 and I are leaving for Nashville,Tn. on May 26, then west on I-40 through L=
ittle Rock, then Oklahoma City, then Amarillo, Tx. to our nephew in Edgewoo=
d, NM. After a few days there we are driving north to Manitou Springs, Co. =
<br clear=3D"none">
We have plans beyond that but we=E2=80=99ll talk about them later.<br clear=
=3D"none">
Can=E2=80=99t wait to get on the road!<br clear=3D"none">
Dave Connitt<br clear=3D"none">
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