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Posted on 01/16/2006 6:56:15 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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I don't like the idea of sleeping in the car...just worry about someone trying something, for one. I figured I'd probably stop at a Motel 6 in Utah, most likely, depending how how exactly I go.
Hey - remember that dip you drove through in thenewrig out in the back forty? This is that dip today, would have been more fun :~D
Ya know...that thought hadn't occurred to me. Duh. I could probably even put the litter box on the floor there. Then the back could really be packed.
*snicker*
Yeah, he'd enjoy that. Trouble is, Halvah is water resistant. I can spray her right in the face and she just blinks.
So maybe keeping them in the carrier but making fairly frequent stops is best. Though I could try seeing how they do if I start the car and just sit for awhile. That's not a bad idea.
The route I'd looked at stays on I-80/I-84 most of the way. Any thoughts on that?
Mapquest estimates it at 18.5 hours... would be three easier days, two really long ones, assuming good road conditions.
5: Merge onto I-25 N / US-87 N toward CHEYENNE. 38.6 miles
6: Merge onto I-80 W via EXIT 8B toward LARAMIE. 388.6 miles
7: Merge onto I-84 W via EXIT 168 toward OGDEN. 763.5 miles
8: Merge onto I-205 N via EXIT 9 on the LEFT toward SEATTLE. 14.8 miles
9: Merge onto I-5 N. 96.2 miles
Yeah, that's the route I was looking at. Expedia gives a bit more detail, but it requires actual addresses...didn't want to post that for obvious reasons.
I'd worry more if it was going up through Montana, but I'd *hope* that wouldn't be horrible.
We did about six hundred miles a day on the way out here, or a bit over that. So really it'd be nicer to do it in three days, but I'm thinking since I'll be alone, I may push it if the road conditions are good.
That's the same route Ramius and I drove across once before Christmas. We got lucky and had no snow anywhere. I don't remember the Rockies being hairy, in fact, there's a wide gap there in the mountains in WY where we could see the mountains on each side of us in the distance but we weren't in them. We drove from Denver to Pocatello ID in one day, and Pocatello home the next.
I wonder most about the bits in Idaho and Oregon - that goes through some pretty mountainous areas, doesn't it?
It'd be nice if he just got in with a friend and rode off...I'm monitoring the news tonight.
Heh...reading the Alito thread. DU is sure funny at times like this...
Last year there was a lot of snow here in April when I got here - some of the local folks I talked to said that was typical. It's very dry this time of year, so it may not be such a bad time to travel, I dunno.
Yes it's hilly, and it's high... it could get snow anytime, but compared to real mountains, I don't remember it being bad. And the route through the Columbia Gorge to Portland like it does is the easiest way across the Cascades, you follow the river so it's not steep or particularly winding ;~D.
Are they melting down at DU? I haven't been over there today... yesterday they were so hopeful! "I BELIEVE"
Well, you can't get in right now, they have it on the proverbial lock down...but Kent and I are having a bit of fun with some of his quotes...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1568198/posts?page=464#464
Rats...they aren't gonna get the van in today. Should be tomorrow.
Not as if I have anywhere to go, but just becaust I *can't*, I want to.
At least there shouldn't be much traffic, I wouldn't think, except maybe near Salt Lake City and probably near Portland. So there's that...
I do need to decide if I'm gonna do it in two days or three. I'd rather three...but that does add to the overall costs. Still, it'd give me more leeway for bad weather and all, and I could arrive fairly early on the third day, most likely.
Well, I usually think of open sights as being the only kind of much use on a boat gun, so in that case the rail is prob'ly not much use at sea, though the boat gun surely comes ashore at times where it finds entirely different applications.
I'm not too familiar with red dot sights, never really seen one, but it seems maybe they would be of some use at sea, since they are advertised for close quarters use.
I think you can play it by ear too... know how far apart the towns are, and when you drive through one, you can make the decision if you can make it to the next one.
Heheheh... That in itself is funny.
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