[TR] Upcoming long range trip

[DAVID MASSEY]

 You must be retired!  I'm looking forward to trips like that.  Years ago I had a friend who had a sailboat and he would sail for a few weeks, fly home for a few weeks, fly back out and sail some more.  He sailed from Florida up the east coast to the Eire Canal into the great lakes and back to St. Louis.  Took him a couple years.  I plan on a Rt66 trip along those lines.  I figure there are some members on the list that would babysit my car for a few weeks while I go back home to keep the wife happy.
 
Dave 


 
 
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From: Dave Connitt <dconnitt at fuse.net>
To: Greg Lemon <grglmn at gmail.com>
Cc: Triumphs <triumphs at 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 to Watkins Glen twice, Stowe, Vt. once, and Pitt Raceway twice to watch the Vintage Sports Car races. Those were all solo trip through. This is the first time my wife is coming along.She wants to continue on to see Yellowstone then head back east through the badlands.Besides that first, this is our first road trip where we know what day we’re leaving but have no clue when we will be returning home. Colleen says if we see a sign that says “world’s largest ball of string ahead”, we’re stopping 😂.I’ll keep you guys posted!Dave Connitt

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



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

Hi list,
I want to pass on an upcoming Triumph trip we are about to start. I own a 1967 TR4-IRS that I finished restoring back in 2015. I restored it for reliability and not so much to be “another pretty face” at car shows. 
Anyway, our local club (TriState Triumphs) does monthly “spirited drives” after the salt is gone. After one of our recent drives we were partaking in an adult beverage and one of the guys announced that one of his “bucket list” goals was to drive his TR6 up Pikes Peak. Well, we all looked at each other and asked, “when when are we leaving?” So the main group of 5 TR6’s and one Lotus Elese are leaving July 3 from Cincinnati to Kansas City the first day and continuing 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 Little Rock, then Oklahoma City, then Amarillo, Tx. to our nephew in Edgewood, NM. After a few days there we are driving north to Manitou Springs, Co. 
We have plans beyond that but we’ll talk about them later.
Can’t wait to get on the road!
Dave Connitt


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