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!

[ladyinred]

And ladyinred will be a stowaway in the luxurious motor home/ Limo getting out in Colorado never to return! :[} Opps, guess I am supposed to keep that a secret from you and Sheila!

Seriously, have a great trip. You will love Colorado!

[Trteamer]

Fort Collins will be honored to have you as our guest. It is on my calender. See You There!

[ladyinred]

Everyone who gets to meet Jim and Sheila and Chris must remember to bring a flower for Sheila's hair. She just LOVES to wear them! So bring your state or area flowers for her gang!!!!

[WVNan]

Humpf......ignore us po folk in the Midwest till next year. See if we care. Seriously Jim, we seem well on our way to having an Ohio/Western West Virginia Free Republic Chapter. We have a good core group. 12 are meeting in Newark, Ohio tomorrow for lunch and a Party for the President. Pray you have a safe and enjoyable trip. God bless.

[SwinneySwitch]

"...possibly spend a night in Corpus Christi."

All right, I was kidding about the Lower Colon of Texas Chapter, but there are freepers here in Northern Mexico who would like to see you too. Corpus has a lot of good restaraunts and maybe we could all break bread or tortillas together? (If you go from Corpus to San Antonio on I-37, you'll pass right by Swinney Switch!)

[Bahbah]

Good idea. I am soooo ready.

[chadsworth]

Since Shiela is such "flower in her hair fan", be sure and take some shears so she can continue to pick flowers for her hair, like she does when we go eat dinner.:>)

Should I get some plastic flowers for her to put in her hair for the trip? Fresh flowers don't stay fresh or should we get her a Texas cowboy hat and put flowers in the hat band?

You guys or Y'all have a good and safe trip - hear now.

[Jim Robinson]

LOL. Boy are you guys ever in trouble with Sheila.

[chadsworth]

Boy are you guys ever in trouble with Sheila.

Well, I am sure she will cool off by the time you return. If she is still hot when you visit Corpus, give her a little dunk in the Gulf, that will help cool her off.LOL

[CyberAnt]

Wow! That's great news. I've written to Duncan Hunter's office .. he was primarily responsible for the ship being docked here. I haven't heard from him. Guess I'll have to call his local office and see what they can tell me.

I've been wondering about the exact date in July too .. but for security reasons they may not be giving it out. I'll see what I can find out and let you know. It would be great to have you and your family here.

[SerpentDove]

Hope to meet you (finally) in Dallas.

Have a safe trip!

[Senator Pardek]

OK - Ben Franklin.

[nutmeg]

This sounds like a wonderful trip, Jim! Be sure to visit us here in the Northeast during the fall ("leaf-peeping season"). Early to mid-October is usually pretty nice. In the meantime, I really look forward to reading about and seeing photos of your travels! :-)

[nutmeg]

ping!

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my infrequent ‘miscellaneous’ ping list.

[Libertina]

LOL Cooking for the Big guy! (He's great, Jim!) The Puget Sound Chapter will be ready - August right? Just get us the date and we'll put it together :) BTTT Yoo hoo, Cyber, we have visitors! Pings please, official cyber-pinger!

[LurkerNoMore!]

[Brad’s Gramma]

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.

TERMITE!! LOOKIE HERE!!

[LurkerNoMore!]

I've got the kitchen! And the pans you got for me last time! lol

[Brad’s Gramma]

WHOO HOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[Gracey]

Hi Jim,

Just trying to figure out the timeframe you'll be in Austin. I surely hope it's not the 3-5 of June as our State Convention will be in San Antonio during that timeframe and there will be many freepers there as delegates (thanks to FR's political activism). Maybe you'll be in SA also around that time? We want to get a big crowd out for you. We've very excited that you're coming to our home town.

When time get's closer let us know what you'd like to visit or do, such as visiting our capitol, having a freep, etc.

I think I'll ping the Texas list.