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Post by Boomer on Oct 4, 2009 10:52:13 GMT -6
OK...time to start this thread...what is the early plans?
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Post by Bonehead on Oct 4, 2009 16:56:05 GMT -6
Let's look at holidays, how far is the trip one way, what do we want to see in addition to the museum?
Goal: Dayton Ohio (Wright Patterson AFB, OHIO)
Mileage (One way): 638 miles (Huddle House to Wright Patterson Gate)
Assumption: This trip appears to be a lot of freeway riding, Cincinnatti and Nashville most congested.
One Path:
82 to Birmingham to I65
I59 to Nashville
Along the Way: Huntsville Space stuff
Along the Way: Nashville (Bill's "Picker" friends and the Spaghetti Factory)
Along the Way: Bowling Green (Corvette factory, if its still there)
Note: Bowling Green is approximately half way
Along the Way: Fort Knox (See the Patton Armour Museum. Bullion Depository closed to visitors (imagine that))
Along the Way: Cincinatti
Destination: Dayton
Weather route: Columbus to Birmingham to Chattanooga to Knoxville to Cincinatti to Dayton. About 50 miles farther but puts a bigger separation for bad weather. Also lends itself to a dash to the Dragon. . . . . . . .
Just a flash of the trip.
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Post by Boomer on Oct 4, 2009 18:44:56 GMT -6
That's two days of solid driving right there by the time you factor in traffic and food stops.
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Post by spruce on Oct 7, 2009 16:55:38 GMT -6
here to bowling green is a heck of a ride in a cage... or atleast to the exit from 65... i went to fort wayne IN to pick up my ninja...eight hours one way...i think i will have to sit this one out..that is asking for a sore butt from being on a sport (ish) bike...lol..
were any of you guys around MSU today around 9:30 am this morning?
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Post by Bonehead on Oct 8, 2009 1:56:08 GMT -6
Wasn't me, might have been Bill.
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Post by netminder24 on Oct 8, 2009 2:53:34 GMT -6
Naw, I was sleeping my butt off bout that time.
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Post by spruce on Oct 8, 2009 18:02:50 GMT -6
nah it wasnt a yellow wing it was silver...
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Post by Boomer on Oct 12, 2009 7:19:54 GMT -6
I am not sure if this is do-able in five days...I would like to be able to stop and see the sites on the way. We missed allot on the BRP because we didn't give ourselves enough time.
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Post by Bonehead on Jul 24, 2010 20:59:04 GMT -6
I was thumbing through a travel magazine today at the swim meet halftime and the back cover showed a good picture inside the Air Museum. Got my mind wanting to revive planning for this trip. Doesn't have to be soon, but I want to see it more now.
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Post by netminder24 on Nov 27, 2010 17:52:24 GMT -6
Let's relook this trip. I'd like to make this one next spring/early summer. My idea would be WPAFB, Springfield Il, St Louis Mo, and home. Would give us 5 new states visited, could visit Lincoln's grave and the Arch along with the museum. Total miles direct is 1517 round trip.
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Post by Bonehead on Nov 29, 2010 9:22:01 GMT -6
I'd like to see the museum and make the ride. Not knowing what the futurewill hold, count me in as of today.
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