Announcing the Free Republic Freedom Tour ~ 2004 ~ Rocky Mountain & South Western Division

Free Republic | April 27, 2004 | Jim Robinson

[Jim Robinson]

Announcing the Free Republic Freedom Tour ~ 2004 ~ Rocky Mountain & South Western Division

Well, we've finally set the starting date and a rough itinerary for the first leg of our nationwide Free Republic Freedom Tour!

We'll be departing Fresno on Thursday, May 27th heading south, then east across California's Mojave Desert, through Las Vegas, and across Utah. We'll spend our first night on the tour somewhere around the midway point between Fresno and Ft Collins, Colorado, possibly near Cedar City or Beaver, Utah. Have never been in the area, so don't know exactly what to expect. It'll be a new adventure for us.

Hope to arrive Ft Collins, Colorado, Friday night the 28th and look forward to attending the Saturday Support Our Troops Rally in Ft Collins and spending some time with the Colorado FReepers.

Will be on the road again later that day hoping to get a head start on our way to Kansas. Will probably stay somewhere around Burlington, CO, on Saturday night. The Lord willing and the creek don't rise, will drive through Kansas and arrive in Columbia, Missouri, on Sunday night in time to observe the Memorial Day Holiday on Monday with the Missouri FReepers.

It's then on to St Louis where we hope to stay Tuesday night the first of June. Hopefully, we can meet for lunch with the FReepers in the St Louis area on Wednesday, after which we'll depart for Little Rock, Arkansas.

While in the Little Rock area, we'd like to stay a night in Pine Bluff so we can give Budge a hard time and wish him well. After visiting with the Pine Bluff FReepers, it's back to Little Rock and then on to the Ft Smith/Van Buren area by Friday night.

Will spend Friday night in Ft Smith. Have an Annual Morton Family Reunion to attend on Saturday, the 5th of June, in Tecumseh, Oklahoma, and then we're going back to Ft Smith where we hope to stay a couple more nights. My parents and grandparents on both the Robinson and Morton sides of the family are from this area and I'd like to take a full day to explore and visit with some of the family.

On Monday, June 7th, we hope to arrive in Dallas where we'll spend the night and visit with the Dallas/Ft Worth Chapter FReepers.

Hope to spend a couple nights in Austin meeting with the Heart of Texas Chapter FReepers (assuming Basil and Gracey will still have us) and possibly visit Crawford, TX, and the Texas White House.

Then it'll be off to Houston for a night where we hope to meet with Uncle TC and the Texas Termite and family. After Houston, we hope to visit and possibly spend a night in Corpus Christi.

From Corpus Christi, we'll drive up to San Antonio and stay at the historic Menger Hotel across from the Alamo where we stayed on our last trip to Texas and then we'll start the home trip the next day.

On the way home, we plan to spend at least one night in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and then it'll be on through Phoenix and up to Lake Havasu City where we'll spend the last night of our tour.

Hope to arrive safely back home in Fresno after a three week, ten state tour, with lots of pictures and great memories.


Then, later in the Summer comes the Pacific Northwest, Rushmore & Yellowstone Tour where we hope to visit Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming and then on through Salt Lake City, Carson City and home.

And that will be followed by our Winter Southern Tour across the South and down into Florida for a few days and then back up the east coast through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia to Washington DC, just in time for the Free Republic George W. Bush Inaugural Ball II.

Next year it'll be the Plains States, Midwest, Great Lakes, Bluegrass & Northeastern Tours. Eventually, we hope to visit all 50 states and every chapter we can possibly reach. It'll be fun driving through Canada and up to Alaska and even more fun yet driving out to Hawaii.

We're looking forward to a great trip. Hope to meet as many FReepers as we possibly can.

Wish us luck!

[Sir Gawain]

and even more fun yet driving out to Hawaii.

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[Action-America]

You guys should arrange your schedule so you could be in San Antonio on June 3-5, to coincide with the Texas GOP Convention. I'm sure that with some notice, some Texas FReeper could get you a pass to get in to hear some of the great speakers that we will have. Then, of course, there are the banquets, parties and hospitality rooms... Hmmm? Maybe you shouldn't be there for the convention. It could take you a week to recover from three days of convention hospitality, Texas style.

Whatever your schedule, I look forward to seeing you. Be safe.

[Gracey]

Hear Ye, Hear Ye. Guess who's coming to town.

Let's give Our JIM ROB a big welcome when he comes to your town. Let's show him our appreciation for this priceless website, our "addictive" political home.

[The Shrew]

Heck, I'd fly down for that! When's he coming to Dallas?

We have to add to your collection ;-)

Regards,

TS

[SwinneySwitch]

"and even more fun yet driving out to Hawaii. ???"

[Jerr]

Please keep me up to date of any precise arrangements. I will make sure I take a visit out to meet our traveling FREEPERs.

As I have said earlier, I am pretty busy until after the first week of June, but I will make the extra time.

See all of you soon.

[AGreatPer]

Your route plan sounds good.

However, I was hoping you could get to D.C. BEFORE the election. Maybe a rally with the D.C. Chapter to help get President Bush elected for the second time. Please consider changing your schedule so you can help.

[Spyder]

It'll be fun driving through Canada and up to Alaska and even more fun yet driving out to Hawaii.

Be sure and ping me when you do that one so I can reward you with a lei when you ?land? ?arrive? ?pull in? Reminds me of a few good tourist jokes I don't have the time to type out at the moment...

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

PING!

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

PING!

[Jim Robinson]

If everything goes to schedule, we'll arrive in Austin on Tuesday night the 8th of June and will depart for Houston on the afternoon of the 10th. That gives us a full day and two wonderful thrill filled nights in Austin to accomplish whatever amount of mischief we can possibly achieve. LOL

We're sceduled to be in Arkansas on the earlier dates so guess we'll have to miss the convention.

[Jim Robinson]

Yup, should be up your way in August. See you then!

[Allegra]

Let's give Our JIM ROB a big welcome when he comes to your town. Let's show him our appreciation for this priceless website, our "addictive" political home.

Please convey my thanks and addiction to JimRob for me and tell him I said "Hey!"

[beaversmom]

Thanks for the ping!

[Monty22]

Dallas eh? I may try to make that one.

[jobshopper]

HOT and HAT bump

[Professional Engineer]

On Monday, June 7th, we hope to arrive in Dallas where we'll spend the night and visit with the Dallas/Ft Worth Chapter FReepers.

pING A LING!

[Professional Engineer]

Thanks!

[katykelly]

Thanks for the heads up!

[txradioguy]

JIM ROB is welcome to stay at my house anytime. Would love to give him a tour of Ft. Riley.