Guest

Well dang it, give em up, let's see em! :jester Somebody has to be coming back home today, with digital photos from Thursday, Friday and today. I'd sure like to be up there, but I'm short on time and too much to do. :cheers:

Mac

At least you're within reasonable striking distance, Patrick. I wonder how many driving hours it would be from Vancouver? Or even flying hours, for that matter.

I know what it's like to be busy. Last week, I dropped 18 trees, most of them alders which had outlived their span and were rotting from the inside out. The largest was more than 2 ft diametre which, for an alder, is amazing.

The people who owned this place before us didn't believe in yardwork or maintenance. These alders don't look like they were planted, just random seeding, I guess, but all were in the middle of a nice laurel privacy hedge. I'm afraid I made a mess of the laurel but it grows back quickly.

At any rate, the municipality I live in doesn't allow open burning, regardless of the time of year. I know because I tried burning some deadfall in the spring and had a visit from the fire dept. sigh. So I have to either bundle or bag all desbris for free curbside pickup or haul it to the 'green' dump myself and pay a tipping fee. The workers who do the curbside pickup must just hate me as I've bagged & bundled about 5 years worth of deadfall and accumulated leaves and yard mess in the past few months. :eek:

I've spent more hours doing yardwork since moving in here than in years before. At our last house, the yard was a mess but it was 1/4 the size. :eek:

ANYWAY, enough of my woes. I, too, hope someone posts some Carlisle pics. I'm sure 67 will accomodate once he gets back. :cheers:

Mac

According to MapQuest, it's only 48 hours driving time from White Rock, BC to Carlisle PA.

JohnZ

Goes right through my house - stop in on the way and we'll tip a few! :D

Guest

Yep Mac, time is short..... tomorrow, I have to change in the oil and filter in the C-5, and the Blazer. Then gotta get the Ford tractor out of the barn, change the oil, drop the mower deck, take off the blades and sharpen them, and then mow 2 acres of grass. Man, I get tired just thinking about it. :nopity

After that, I gotta drive 10 miles to get some beer, because I live in a dry town! :cry :cry

Guest

Maybe 48 hours as the crow flies! :jester I drove from D.C. to San Diego and it took 4 days.....15 hours a day @ about 75 mph +/-. Jeez, it took 15 hours and 900 miles just to drive across Texas, from Texarkanna to El Paso!

Heck, I probably drove right by Chucks place, would have stopped there if I knew him then. :lol:

Mac

Like I said, this is according to Mapquest, so take from it what you will.

The neat part of Mapquest is that it gives you directions including turn-offs and the distance between them etc. with details maps generated by the website. The one I posted was the overall which can be broken down into much smaller maps.

I don't see how they figure you can drive almost 4800 km (3000 miles) in 48 hours. You'd have to maintain an average of 60 mph minimum to keep that pace. While 60 mph doesn't sound all that hard, doing it as an average means most of the time, you're driving 80+ mph to make up for those times when you're driving at less than 60 mph, like at every intersection, speed zone, you name it. It's possible but not if you wanna keep your licence.

Besides, you have to figure in stops to visit Forum buddies. Thanks for the invite, JohnZ!

clem zahrobsky

the mapquest maps are fine but the directions stink because they say when you leave my house you take cupp drive to rt#66 and cupp drive is a dead end street. i ran into the same problem this week at carlisle finding my motel,the map was correct but the directions were wrong. they had you taking steets that you did not need to get to the motel. :chevy

Mac

I've never used the directions in town. I normally ask for directions from generic locations (ie: White Rock, BC to Carlisle, PA) and they've never messed me up on highway directions- so far. :D

JmpnJckFlsh

I never did FOUR days before. I did two plus days once...1800 miles from Schenectady, NY to College Station, Texas. The first day is not bad. The second day is pretty tough. By the third day, you're hoping you'll have an accident and be killed so you will be out of your misery. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Next time you are through this way, Patrick, let me know...I will introduce you to Shiner Bock beer and Mexican food that even Texans proclaim to be the best in the state. :D


[Modified by Chuck Sangerhausen, 3:07 PM 8/25/2002]

67's

Mac,

I did meet a guy there from B.C. and he drove, he said he knew Ron, does resto's at his home, and ownes a '67 435 coupe and said he might know where there were a couple of cars for me, but he didn't stop back by like he was supposed to.

Patrick, when one of the other Forum members (Belly's 72) was in the Army he drove from Potsdam Ny to 29 Palms california in 36 hours.

Tom

Mac

It would be easy enough to get distracted in Carlisle! Hmmmm, I wonder who it was? There's not that many 67 325 coupes running around; only about twice as many as were manufactured.... :D

Ron has been active in the business side of the Vette hobby for quite a while so he could likely put you back in contact with the guy if you wanted to follow up.

67HEAVEN

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack..... :D
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=373834

Mac

Welcome home! Did you remember to wipe your feet on the mat at the front door? :D

67's

Mac,

Has Ron Been around at all lately? I would like to get back in touch with the guy as it seemed he knew what he was talking about, if he could set me up with a car I would be happy, he also knew quite a bit about that dealer near you and said most of the cars are consighnment cars.

Tom

Mac

RonD has been conspicuious by his absence for a couple months but I have his e-mail and other contact information. I'll e-mail him and ask him to get ahold of you. I expect he still has your contact information. Besides, he still has some of my interior parts.... :D

When I checked with the local dealership by phone, the person who answered basically said cars are coming up all the time. Like I said- Proteam North.