I think I40 is closed at the NC/TN border due to a rockslide in the
mountains. It was in Dec, don't know if they have cleared it yet or
not. Google maps shows it as missing. Hmmmm....
--R
On 2/21/2010 5:49 PM, Redghost wrote:
Schedule two weeks for this tour. Maybe you can head to visit Kaleb
and purchase a car in his name, then sell it to him at the end of the
trip. Or, I would love to purchase an SDL and lend it out for a fee,
then buy back.
Rent the car. The train is akin to 1942 Nazi rail cars to Poland,
packed with future Auschwitz residents. Private berth will cost as
much as a fair condition used car with a family of four. The car tour
allows you to see a bunch more and you can make stops to visit the
locals and really take in the ambiance. Smoke as much as you desire
and visit all the Walmarts along the way.
Plan a loop tour instead of the criss cross you have laid out. Less
doubling back will give you a better chance to see things. Try LA
to SF up the 101. Then get on Interstate 80 to ChiTown. Three or
four days at 80mph. Do the competition then head east to NYC. Go
down I-95 to Washington DC, then on to SC until you hit I-40 and do
the South and Southwest until you get to the turn to Vegas. Back to LA.
There is no real public transport anywhere in the US unless you are in
Boston or NYC.
Just my $0.02
On Feb 21, 2010, at 12:56 AM, Hendrik & Fay wrote:
Joy to the world the mouth of the south will be coming to your little
backwater.
OK so my hand has been forced, my daughter and some school mates
(buddies in your language, which I must learn) entered a secondary
school based competition and gained second place in the national
finals. Which means they have been invited to compete in the
international finals to be held in La Crosse Wisconsin
http://www.fpspi.org/International%20Conference.html from June 10th -
13th.
Anyway we figured that we might as well all go (Me, the missus,
daughter and son) and have a gander at the US.
Seeing all I know about the States is what I have learnt from Bruce
Willis movies and he doesn't mention much about the nuts and bolts of
traveling around the states, especially since 911.
The original plan was to stay in LA for a few days and then fly over
to Chicago and buy a cheap car (preferably with a star hanging off
the bonnet (hood)) but looking into this a bit more has revealed that
registration and insurance is a nightmare to get without a permanent
US address, so we have shelved that idea and gone to plan B which is
the choo choo train.
I love train travel but apparently the anti smoking Nazis have been
busy in the US and apparently now you have to row three miles off
shore in order to light up, well perhaps not 3 miles off shore but I
am led to believe that Amtrak has a no puffing in their cattle trucks
policy and you can only smoke when the train is stopped and you are
in a designated smoking area on the platform?
Has anyone here used the train lately? Is it any good or is car
rental a better option?
For instance we plan to travel from Chicago to Milwaukee to visit
the HD museum and a couple of breweries, there is a train service
between the two but then we have to get around Milwaukee as well,
spose they have public transport.
So any hints on traveling or anything will be appreciated, our
itinerary at this stage is LA for a few days - Chicago - Milwaukee -
New York across to San Fran, down to Los Vegas (my 9 year old Son
requested this one =-O ) and then back up to LA, with a few stops in
between I guess.
I'll probably have more questions for you later, so pay attention :-)
Hendrik & Family
who really only wants to see a big Walmart (maybe make it onto the
people of walmart site) and a huge Gunshop (sort of like this
http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/gunvault.asp )
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