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I hope that Carlos' documentary and cinema graphic thread will inspire others to do like expeditions for C7 Forum. Carlos has set the bar at a very high level.
You have some great roads and sights out that way, totally jealous.
As my Wife would say, “We are blessed”.
Originally Posted by Skid Row Joe
I hope that Carlos' documentary and cinema graphic thread will inspire others to do like expeditions for C7 Forum. Carlos has set the bar at a very high level.
Thank you for the kind words. I will try to add other trips of our first American car here on the forums. Like our “Warm Up” trip to Napa Valley.
Wow how did you manage to already put on 1956 miles on a 2019? You must love driving that GS. As you should
I bought it to drive it into the ground. Not beating it into the ground and having it look dirty nor being a daily driver...but whenever the opportunity comes about, I take it out. Being here in the SF Bay Area there are many good riding days.
Leading up to our 4,172 mile road trip, we did three one day trips to build up our “sea legs”. We did a trip to Point Reyes, which was unsuccessful (see video below), a trip to Napa Valley, Sacramento and then a trip south on PCH 1 past Big Sur. Those were about 200 to 300 miles each. So that is how we got to 1,900 so fast.
Speaking of rocks, I got caught driving on fresh chip and seal in western Washington after driving from Portland on Hwy 14 driving the Columbia River Gorge. Millions of rocks flying everywhere. No damage except for a few very minor nicks. The next day I was on I-90 driving east, with practically no traffic, when a SUV passed me and when it moved back over into the right lane right in front of me, it threw a rock giving me a bullseye in my Z06. I stopped in Rapid City at a glass shop and they injected the resin and it really helped. I was lucky that the bullseye was at the every bottom edge of the windshield.
Unfortunately, there are those on this forum that like to make fun of the Corvette owners that enjoy driving their Corvettes from Nowhere to Nowhere, while enjoying scenic America. Dinah Shore was right when she sang "See the USA in your Chevrolet" instead of "See the USA from 20,000 feet in a Douglas DC3". Just doesn't have the same ring to it.
Thank you for sharing your experience with us. I kinda feel like I was there because of your attention to detail. Your pics and video are absolutely amazing. I'm glad y'all had an amazing and memorable experience!
I wouldn't normally take the time to read through a post this long, but your trip map caught my eye, as it's something my wife and I have discussed for a year or two. I went through your entire post, it was absolutely stunning. I can't speak for every Corvette owner, but your trip is a dream come true with a Vette. I want to thank you for taking the time to post and share your trip with us, I recognize the effort it takes to submit this post. Curious, how did you decide this particular route? I'm just amazed at the photography and I am not one that impresses easily, kudos to you and your wife!
Curious, how did you decide this particular route?
The original route was to leave San Francisco and head to Vancouver, BC and follow the coast line north. Then return on Interstate 5 all the way back home. Once I looked at the map, I thought that we could hang a right and head east towards Yellowstone, then work our way back to San Francisco. So I plotted it in Google Maps. I added my "planned" route on another thread that someone else started. Then folks started to recommend places to go and routes to take. That is how it blossomed into what it was. I also read on other sites like Trip Adviser and "Thru My Lens" to get ideas of where to stop.
After that it was all about do we go counter clockwise or clock wise with our loop. At first we where going to go clock wise. Then we said we will go the direction that offers the best weather. Then the question was where are we going to sleep each night. The areas with the national parks were harder to book. So we ended up going counter clock wise and booking all of our travel for the first part of the trip and locking that in.
I created a Google Spreadsheet and shared it with my Wife so we could see the trip visually in terms of when we plan on departing each day and arriving. Where we were staying and various activities we knew we really wanted to do. The times were more of a guideline versus a hard schedule. We just knew that we needed to be in a certain town at night. We only drove in the day time.
Here is my Google Spreadsheet so you can see what I put together. Have a look on both tabs (Week 1 & Week 2) and scroll down to see the entire sheet.
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