Roadtrip…
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TexasBigBlue
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El Paso Jay
JayQQ97
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El Paso Jay
is that where UR going?
TexasBigBlue
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I haven't been there since 2018. Now that I've settled down & married, I have no desire to take anymore roadtrips going West.
JayQQ97
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Looks like the north side of chicagoLand is next
found a good deal on pts for a SAT SUN overnighter x2
test that new clutch out on the freeway stay off tollway
Series6
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Stay tuned. Trip down will be a repeat. Return will some backroads to Monument Valley staying in a motel on the Res. Photograph sunset and sunrise then secondary to Grand Canyon. Bypass Interstate 40 for a stretch of Route 66. Seligman, Peach Springs etc. from there…? No route picked yet. Wing it. UFO country Nevada?
TexasBigBlue
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You go Series6 ! I'm following you on this here thread. Ya know we love the pictures. Thanks for the update.
Series6
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Thanks Texas. I’m hoping other members here will share their roadtrips too.
JayQQ97
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no route picked... wing it...
do you just look for road signs/shields and wonder 'where does that road go'?
i was on some of route 66 in the ChicagoLand mess and didn't even know it LOL
going through Bishop CA?
TexasBigBlue
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Roadtrip…
I gotta really process my next roadtrip Series6. My cousin Cindy's Memorial Service is on the 18th or the 26th of May is coming soon and will be in metro Chicago somewhere. The family can't decide which date is best. It's a 14-hour drive so there will be one or two hotel stays on the 1st leg and then the same way back to Texas on the 2nd leg.She was 55 years old and my cousin Mark from Loup City was visiting her in Illinois over the April fool's weekend. They returned to her home from shopping all day and she fell to the floor dead. I honestly thought my cousin was playing an April fool's joke and i hung up the phone on him. The autopsy said she had a Widow-maker heart attack and killed her instantly.
I'm trying to keep it most Interstate so i can drive fast but i'm really getting tired of the speeding tickets. This girl suffered the most horrendous car wreck in Sandwich, Illinois about 20 years ago and survived. If you can zoom in her picture you will see the most unbelievable scars on her face. And now this….
JayQQ97
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what part of ChicagoLand?
sunday afternoon traffic./.
i have been to Sandwich on a few... one time was a special side adventure to get just a sandwich in sandwich after hearing some weird PaneraB radio spot in St Louis LMAO
JayQQ97
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quite interesting!
i have not ever tried that before.
TexasBigBlue
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Well I'm not sure. The only daughter wants it Naperville but Cindy's siblings want Aurora or even Omaha which is where she grew up. We'll see. And funny you mention Sandwich, Illinois, that's where her and he ex got hit by an uninsured motorist on highway 34. Completely totaled both vehicles.
Series6
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I’m sorry for your family’s loss. I had to make a trip like that for my mom. Hours of driving remembering good times and others.
TexasBigBlue
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That's a good way of looking at it.
TexasBigBlue
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Took a roadtrip this morning to Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. 3-hour drive (191 miles) from Denton County Texas. I completely forgot my Air Force son (and his new bride) are TDY in Oklahoma for a mandatory aviation course for KC-46 flight crews. The plan was to spend a couple hours at the driving range and smack some balls, then find a nice Mexican Restaurant for some tacos.
The incoming storm across multiple states changed all that. Dark skies and winds between 40-50 mph. We decided to go the Base Bowling Alley and embarress ourselves. None of us have touched a bowling ball in 10 years. My newly, and only, daughter in law beat us by 30+ pins in both games.
We say our goodbyes in the parking lot and I head back to Texas. The severe storm alerts starting screaming on the am radio saying the storm was in my path. Rain pouring down so hard it was hard to see 30 feet in front of you at around 25 mph. Turns into a hailstorm and every overpass has 20 cars parked under them. I have no choice but to push forward. Thankfully it was pea size hail and no damage to BigBlue. I wish I remembered to take some pictures but I simply forgot.
The incoming storm across multiple states changed all that. Dark skies and winds between 40-50 mph. We decided to go the Base Bowling Alley and embarress ourselves. None of us have touched a bowling ball in 10 years. My newly, and only, daughter in law beat us by 30+ pins in both games.
We say our goodbyes in the parking lot and I head back to Texas. The severe storm alerts starting screaming on the am radio saying the storm was in my path. Rain pouring down so hard it was hard to see 30 feet in front of you at around 25 mph. Turns into a hailstorm and every overpass has 20 cars parked under them. I have no choice but to push forward. Thankfully it was pea size hail and no damage to BigBlue. I wish I remembered to take some pictures but I simply forgot.
