NEO CARAVAN to 2009 NASSM- Denver Wed/Thurs. June 17-18 2009

[druid-2]

It's never too early to start a Caravan thread.....

Gives people an idea of who else is going at the same time they are.

so here we go


One CAVEAT....pack food and water...in order to cover this kind of mileage there will be stops for gas and lavitories only. If you decide to have a sit down meal you can catch up at your own speed.

We will travel at the speed limit the entire time...so 70 means 70-72...nothing higher

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NEO CARAVAN Timetable (times & rendezvous spots are approximate and WILL Change )

Wed. June 17, 2009 6 a.m. leave Greater Cleveland area via I80/90 (Initial rendezvous is MIDDLE RIDGE REST AREA...Exit 140))

Hook up #1 8:30 a.m. - Toledo area at US23 & I80/90 (Exit 59)

Hook up #2...10.am I69 at I/80/I90 (for Michiganders)

Hook up #3....12 noon CDT Greater Joliet ...I55 @ I80 (for Illinois gang)

Hook up #4.....1 pm CDT Peru Illinois (Flying J..exit..2m west of I39 interchange)
to pick up GWG and her gang..plus any interested Wisols

Hook up #5.....West Omaha Ne...stop for night approx 7 pm (850 mile first day)


btw...if there are rest areas close to these hook up points then the hook ups will be there

DAY 2

Lv West Omaha 6 a.m. with potential hook ups in Lincoln and North platte if interested


Arrive Denver early afternoon Thursday afternoon

[ihawk95]

Nearest rest area to Peru, IL is about 30-40 miles west. Flying J will work.

I'll be there with any interested Central IL Kappas!

[whitefang]

This pdf link will give you where the state of Nebraska Rest Areas are located:

http://www.nebraskatransportation.or.../restareas.pdf

If you go to the Flying J website you can download the station site locations.

[druid-2]

thanks John....gawd ain't this fun!!!!

[dashark]

Leaving on that morning train to Denver! Count me in!!

[ihawk95]

I'm working on Crundell to join the caravan!

I believe mikep may be in as well.

[druid-2]

Might even get a couple of "Joisey girls" joining us then for Day 2 of their adventure

[dengel]

Originally Posted by druid-2 Might even get a couple of "Joisey girls" joining us then for Day 2 of their adventure

Well, I might start the caravan with you guys, but you'll probably lose me at a food or bathroom break somewhere along the way. I don't do too well surviving on just granola bars for a whole day. I may feel the need for "real" food somewhere along the line. (And I pee a lot! )

I just ask that where ever you stop for dinner, save me seat. I'll catch up to you somewhere (so long as the Indiana troopers don't get me! )


On a more serious note, though, I'll have to look at your drive lengths each day. I may want to take a day or two longer to get there, so that there are less miles/hours of driving per day. Maybe meet up with you in Omaha for the last leg of the trip. I figure there's no need for me to laze around home all weekend, work one day on Monday and then leave Tuesday to drive like a Bat out of Hell just to arrive in Denver exhausted. I may as well take the whole week off and leave home Sunday or Monday, so that I can enjoy the drive a little bit more.

With all that said, I guess you can count me as a maybe for right now.

[ihawk95]

Yeah...I sometimes require lots of pit stops, but sometimes I don't. Just depends on how excited I am and if I've drank any tea that day!!

Watch out for Indiana's finest!!!

[druid-2]

Originally Posted by dengel Well, I might start the caravan with you guys, but you'll probably lose me at a food or bathroom break somewhere along the way. I don't do too well surviving on just granola bars for a whole day. I may feel the need for "real" food somewhere along the line. (And I pee a lot! ) I just ask that where ever you stop for dinner, save me seat. I'll catch up to you somewhere (so long as the Indiana troopers don't get me! ) On a more serious note, though, I'll have to look at your drive lengths each day. I may want to take a day or two longer to get there, so that there are less miles/hours of driving per day. Maybe meet up with you in Omaha for the last leg of the trip. I figure there's no need for me to laze around home all weekend, work one day on Monday and then leave Tuesday to drive like a Bat out of Hell just to arrive in Denver exhausted. I may as well take the whole week off and leave home Sunday or Monday, so that I can enjoy the drive a little bit more. With all that said, I guess you can count me as a maybe for right now.

Diane...respecting the fact that you have an extra leg....
There will be food breaks...just not the big sit down kind.....everybody's got to eat.
On driving days I don't DRINK anything because i'm like you...gotta pee a lot

There's still lots of time to plan this out....maybe you and Solli can bunk at my place at the end of Day 1....but seriously too...what's the point of stopping at 4 pm...when there's 4 more hours or more of daylight and the opportunity to put another 300 miles under our belts

[dengel]

Originally Posted by druid-2 There's still lots of time to plan this out....maybe you and Solli can bunk at my place at the end of Day 1....but seriously too...what's the point of stopping at 4 pm...when there's 4 more hours or more of daylight and the opportunity to put another 300 miles under our belts

Well, it isn't so much stopping at 4:00pm, as getting to sleep in a little later than 4:00am.

I am more of a "late to bed - late to rise" kind of person. To hit the road at 6:00am, I would need to wake by 5:00am to have enough time for showering, coffee, etc. (Can't really skip those as I need to be alert enough to drive.) I don't usually go to bed until 11:00pm - midnight, and trying to force myself to fall asleep earlier than by body is used to doesn't usually work.

Five hours of sleep a night is simply not enough for me, and if I go with that little sleep for 3 days in a row, I'll be arriving in Denver with a head-splitting migraine.

Like you said, we definitely have some time yet to work out the details. We may end up with two packs of cars - one departing early, and the other leaving a little later and catching up at end of day.

[ihawk95]

I'm also not an early riser Diane. And I get really sleepy on long drives. Someone is going to need to keep me awake.

Oh and I'm super cranky at 6:00 am in the morning!!!

[mikep77]

I'm in for the caravan, I'm not an early riser for the most part either, but I can deal for a few days. 5 hours of sleep is usually enough for me, but that varies on the amount of activity in a given day.

[druid-2]

two points....

#1...I'll make sammiches for the early birds on the Wednesday.
Basically anyone we pick up from Indiana west will already have had some kind of brekkies.

#2 I don't know about you Diane...but after 800 miles behind the wheel and a beer or two to unwind...I'll be able to go to sleep by 10 pm

lots of time to plan the details FOR SURE....and two packs may just be the ticket

[MomsSol]

Originally Posted by ihawk95 Yeah...I sometimes require lots of pit stops, but sometimes I don't. Just depends on how excited I am and if I've drank any tea that day!! Watch out for Indiana's finest!!!

Especially when traveling in LARGE groups .... nasty little story tellers!