But that is such a spectacular drive! I loved the sweeping curves and
all from Asheville until you hit flat land.
clay
On Feb 21, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Rich Thomas wrote:
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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