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This years summer vacation

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  • JollyJ Offline
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    Jolly
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    #80

    Not to get too personal, but has the wife enjoyed the long drive?

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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    • bachophileB Offline
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      bachophile
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      #81

      Hahaha yea she was great with it. It was actually nice having time together for hours at a stretch. We talk, we listen to podcasts, she warns me about my driving…and she was always in charge of finding the right place to spend the night. We drove max 6-7 hours a day, divided up for rest stops every two hours or so. Really it was a pleasure.

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        bachophile
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        #82

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        Right now at a bed and breakfast in upstate NY for the weekend. Sunday we fly back.

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        • JollyJ Offline
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          Jolly
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          #83

          Glad it's been a good trip and you both enjoyed it.

          As much as I love my wife, if we were in a car together for a week or more it would be on Cops.

          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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          • bachophileB Offline
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            bachophile
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            #84

            Last update of this trip

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            View from an outlook into the Catskills.

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            New York City

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            Car return. I set the tripometer in San Francisco Airport. This is the return.

            4651.8 miles.

            The end.

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            • MikM Offline
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              Mik
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              #85

              That’s a lot of miles in a short time. Nice trip!

              Safe journeys home.

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              • George KG Offline
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                George K
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                #86

                Very nice.

                I would enjoy that.

                Average about 350 miles a day, right? I imagine the "interstate" days were higher milage.

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • bachophileB Offline
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                  bachophile
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                  #87

                  Yes it was varied per day and plan. Longest day was 7 hours behind the wheel. Easiest was just 2 or 3. All depended on the plan for the day.

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                  • bachophileB bachophile

                    Yes it was varied per day and plan. Longest day was 7 hours behind the wheel. Easiest was just 2 or 3. All depended on the plan for the day.

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                    #88

                    @bachophile said in This years summer vacation:

                    Yes it was varied per day and plan. Longest day was 7 hours behind the wheel. Easiest was just 2 or 3. All depended on the plan for the day.

                    Cool vacation. Thanks again for the pictures and descriptions.

                    (I actually like driving distances. Maybe I was a truck driver in a previous life!)

                    Have a good trip back to your home.

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                    • AxtremusA Away
                      AxtremusA Away
                      Axtremus
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #89

                      Glad you completed the trip safely.
                      34.2 mpg ... was it a hybrid?

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                      • 89th8 Offline
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                        89th
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #90

                        Nice ending to the trip. Thanks!

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                        • JollyJ Offline
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                          Jolly
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #91

                          That's seeing a lot of the country.

                          If you had to move to some place you visited during your trip, where would it be?

                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                          • AxtremusA Axtremus

                            Glad you completed the trip safely.
                            34.2 mpg ... was it a hybrid?

                            bachophileB Offline
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                            bachophile
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                            #92

                            @Axtremus nope. Chevy Malibu. Got it basically brand new with 2000 miles on it. Put it only 87 regular the whole trip.

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                            • JollyJ Jolly

                              That's seeing a lot of the country.

                              If you had to move to some place you visited during your trip, where would it be?

                              bachophileB Offline
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                              bachophile
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #93

                              @Jolly that’s a hard one. Saw a lot of beauty.

                              For me the big surprise was Iowa. Really gorgeous. Not drama. Just endless rolling fields.

                              But I still like the north east. New England.

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                                @Jolly that’s a hard one. Saw a lot of beauty.

                                For me the big surprise was Iowa. Really gorgeous. Not drama. Just endless rolling fields.

                                But I still like the north east. New England.

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                                Doctor Phibes
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                                #94

                                @bachophile said in This years summer vacation:

                                For me the big surprise was Iowa. Really gorgeous. Not drama. Just endless rolling fields.

                                But I still like the north east. New England.

                                Clearly a man of rare taste. Rhode Island: Gateway to America.

                                Incidentally, Mrs. Phibes has a friend she likes to visit in Iowa. She loves going there, both for the environment and the pace of life. Apparently, they're even friendlier than people from Massachusetts if such a thing is possible.

                                I was only joking

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                                • bachophileB bachophile

                                  @Jolly that’s a hard one. Saw a lot of beauty.

                                  For me the big surprise was Iowa. Really gorgeous. Not drama. Just endless rolling fields.

                                  But I still like the north east. New England.

                                  JollyJ Offline
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                                  Jolly
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #95

                                  @bachophile said in This years summer vacation:

                                  @Jolly that’s a hard one. Saw a lot of beauty.

                                  For me the big surprise was Iowa. Really gorgeous. Not drama. Just endless rolling fields.

                                  But I still like the north east. New England.

                                  Probably a little more to do in New England than Iowa. 😊

                                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                  • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                                    @bachophile said in This years summer vacation:

                                    For me the big surprise was Iowa. Really gorgeous. Not drama. Just endless rolling fields.

                                    But I still like the north east. New England.

                                    Clearly a man of rare taste. Rhode Island: Gateway to America.

                                    Incidentally, Mrs. Phibes has a friend she likes to visit in Iowa. She loves going there, both for the environment and the pace of life. Apparently, they're even friendlier than people from Massachusetts if such a thing is possible.

                                    MikM Offline
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                                    Mik
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                                    #96

                                    @Doctor-Phibes said in This years summer vacation:

                                    @bachophile said in This years summer vacation:

                                    For me the big surprise was Iowa. Really gorgeous. Not drama. Just endless rolling fields.

                                    But I still like the north east. New England.

                                    Clearly a man of rare taste. Rhode Island: Gateway to America.

                                    Incidentally, Mrs. Phibes has a friend she likes to visit in Iowa. She loves going there, both for the environment and the pace of life. Apparently, they're even friendlier than people from Massachusetts if such a thing is possible.

                                    It’s the Pluto of states.

                                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                      89th
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                                      #97

                                      I'd hate to know what the Uranus of states is

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                                      • jon-nycJ Online
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                                        jon-nyc
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                                        #98

                                        Alabama.

                                        Only non-witches get due process.

                                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                        • MikM Mik

                                          @Doctor-Phibes said in This years summer vacation:

                                          @bachophile said in This years summer vacation:

                                          For me the big surprise was Iowa. Really gorgeous. Not drama. Just endless rolling fields.

                                          But I still like the north east. New England.

                                          Clearly a man of rare taste. Rhode Island: Gateway to America.

                                          Incidentally, Mrs. Phibes has a friend she likes to visit in Iowa. She loves going there, both for the environment and the pace of life. Apparently, they're even friendlier than people from Massachusetts if such a thing is possible.

                                          It’s the Pluto of states.

                                          Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                                          Doctor Phibes
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #99

                                          @Mik said in This years summer vacation:

                                          It’s the Pluto of states.

                                          Close to Mickey Mouse?

                                          I was only joking

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