Since I do not have vacation until October this year, I've missed out on several events ... Monte Carlo- and heart-related. I'm also not at our family reunion this weekend in Pennsylvania (Holsopple/Johnstown/Pittsburgh area), a trip that usually includes stops in Ohio (Akron area), Michigan (Detroit area), New Jersey (east of Philadelphia PA), Maryland (Baltimore), and Virginia (Alexandria) ... all to see auto-enthusiast friends, heart-related friends, college friends, and, of course, family.

Ssssooo...I'm hoping I will be able to take this trip, my 2007 Road Trip.... Below is my TENTATIVE itinerary...including traveling through/stops in Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee and Illinois. If you are interested in meeting along the way, be it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or the evening, or whatever, let me know....


FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23 (day after Thanksgiving)
* leave Elgin about 8am, bound for Kentucky
* stay in Kentucky (near Lexington...) overnight


SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24
* leave KY between 8a and 9a, bound for Charlotte NC


SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25
* stay in Charlotte NC


MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26
* leave Charlotte NC about 8a
* arrive in Anderson SC about 11a
* lunch in Anderson SC
* leave Anderson SC about 3p
* arrive in Atlanta GA about dinner time
* stay in Atlanta GA


TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27
* leave Atlanta GA between 6a and 7a, bound for Orlando (area) FL.
* arrive in Orlando around 1p.
* leave Orlando about 3p, bound for Tallahassee
* arrive in Tallahassee around 7p for dinner (cookout)
* stay in Tallahassee FL


WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28
* leave Tallahassee FL between 8a and 9a, bound for Birmingham AL
* stay in Birmingham AL


THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29
* leave Birmingham AL between 10a and noon, bound for Nashville TN
* stay in Nashville TN


FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30
* leave Nashville TN about 8a, bound for Big Sandy TN
* lunch in Big Sandy TN
* leave Big Sandy about 3p, bound for Jackson TN
* dinner and stay in Jackson TN


SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1
* leave Jackson TN between 5a and 6a, bound for home


I'd love to meet more people ... and, of course, visit with "old friends" along the way as well. So ... let me know if you want to meet.... Yes, I'll post a reminder as it gets closer .


I've had fun on my previous road trips, including these 3...

Oct 2004:
http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/0410/0410.html

Aug 2005:
http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/0508/0508.html

Oct 2006:
http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/1106/1106.html



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"The life I love is making music with my friends" ... Willie Nelson ... 'On The Road Again'

 

Chris....I will be arriving in Charlotte later in the day on Saturday, but will be there all day Sunday. That a possibility for you?


And, SR, thank you! I certainly will post about it.... If you saw the links I posted in the original thread, those will take you to pictures and a "trip recap" of each of those 3 trips.... I love road trippin' .



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Awesome!


I'll be staying with my best friend and her husband there in the Charlotte area, but I also know I have quite a few other friends to see _sometime_ on Sunday. I'm thinking now that perhaps a lunch or early dinner might be a good opportunity to get people together.... We'll see . I've done that before in different locations ... and it really has worked out well. In fact, in Dallas TX, a few of the ones now are good friends themselves and help each other out regularly.



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FYI ... some opportunities to meet people along the way have developed, including a BBQ in Tallahassee:

Friday evening in Kentucky may have a dinner somewhere....

Sunday in Charlotte may have a lunch or early dinner meet...

Monday in SC for lunch and Atlanta area for dinner....

Tuesday ... BBQ in Tallahassee ... a friend of mine from several Monte Carlo groups, Ken, is hosting this. The BBQ is open to anyone interested in coming. Let me know if you want to join us ... I just need to give Ken a number of people....

Wednesday ... dinner in Birmingham, perhaps

Thursday ... dinner in the greater Nashville area. Might actually be taking the "long way" to Nashville from Birmingham for a stop near Chattanooga TN....

Saturday ... will have a couple of stopping points along the way in Illinois, along the I-57 corridor....

Sure hope to meet as many people as I can....



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"Let me slip away" ... Gordon Lightfoot ... 'Carefree Highway'

 

OK, I've started a list of people to meet along the way, as well as a tentative route for the road trip....


Lexington KY ... Wise (vr); bigkat (mcss); Dino (nmcoa); ... others?? [Janet (mcss)?]

Knoxville TN ... Andreas (1gmc); ... others?

Charlotte NC ... Jay (mcml); Steve (acha); Future Of GM (C&G); Bryan (Racing1); scc24540 (mcf); Heather; ... others?? [Falcon (carnuts.us); Donald T (mcss); Tweak (2kmc); members of SMCC?]

Anderson SC ... Jared (1gmc); Kevin (1gmc); ... others?

Atlanta GA ... Delia (acha)...en route to Atlanta; Danny (vr); Drachen (carnuts.us); Brian (carnuts.us); ... others?? [Chris (ecml); Bonnie (vr)?]

Orlando FL ... Justin (mcss); ... others?? [Dalt (mcss); hExx (2kmc)?]

Tallahassee FL ... Jeff (mcml); Ken (mcss)...OPEN INVITE BBQ...let me know if you want to join us!; ... others?? [Ann (vr)?]

Birmingham AL ... Brandon (mcss); ... others??

En route to Nashville TN, possibly ... 256pimpin (mm, Huntsville AL); jlb/mizz jlb (Racing1, Chattanooga TN); knightwing (mcss, Lynchburg TN); ... others??

Nashville TN ... Stephen (mcss); blue02ss (2kmc); Kevin/Lori; ... others??

Big Sandy TN ... John/Dot; ... others??

Jackson TN ... Richard O (mcml); ... others??

En route home ... darndot (GMI, S IL); montecl (nmcoa, Ashburn IL area); 2manymontes (nmcoa, Champaign IL area); Joe (CT's TooMany2count, St Louis); ... others?? [otto (carnuts.us, S IL)?]


[Also plan to meet up with YellowJacket (C&G), but not sure where along the route you are....]


As for the tentative route....

FRI, NOV 23 (day after Thanksgiving)...Elgin to near Lexington KY
... IL RT 47 S
... SR 24 E
... I-65 S
... I-64 E
... SR 27 S

SAT, NOV 24...near Lexington KY to Charlotte NC
... SR 27 N
... I-75 S
... stop in Knoxville TN
... I-40 E
... I-77 S

MON, NOV 26...Charlotte to Anderson SC to Atlanta GA
... I-85 S
... SR 28 (Anderson SC)
... I-85 S

TUE, NOV 27...Atlanta to Orlando FL to Tallahassee FL
... I-75 S
... tollway (arg) ... into Orlando
... tollway (arg) ... back north
... I-75 N
... I-10 W

WED, NOV 28...Tallahassee to Birmingham AL
... SR 27 N
... RT 82 W
... I-65 N

THU, NOV 29...Birmingham AL to Nashville TN
... I-65 N
(or)
... I-59 N (w/stop in Chattanooga)
... I-24 W

FRI, NOV 30...Nashville to Big Sandy TN to Jackson TN
... I-40 W
... SR 641 N (to Big Sandy)
... SR 641 S
... I-40 W

SAT, DEC 1...Jackson TN to home
... RT 45E N
... I-24 W
... I-57 N
... SR 24 W
... IL RT 47 N
(BUT ... if possible side trip to St Louis, then I-64 W then I-55 N to I-39 N to SR 64 E)

Anyone else along my route want to meet up?
Any suggestions on changes to ... or things to watch out for on ... the route?



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"Take my way, it's the highway, that's the best" ... John Mayer ... 'Route 66'

 

The Atlanta stop may include a few more people ... namely Danny (VR) and Larry (MCML).


Considering a few changes to the route/schedule...

...add a stop in Columbia SC?

...shorten the Orlando FL stop?
...to add a brief stop in Tampa FL?


Among places suggested for me to visit...
...Tallahassee Antique Car Musuem
...Birmingham's Barber Motorsports Park
...a few place around Atlanta
...etc.


Hmmm...we'll see how this works out....

Any other suggestions?

Anyone else along my path?



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