Posted on 07/19/2004 5:09:20 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
We're working on finalizing the plans for our next series of road trips on our coast to coast freedom tour. We hope to visit all 50 states during the full tour (may take a couple two or three years to accomplish this) and visit as many of our chapters as we possibly can.
We were hoping to visit all of the Pacific Northwest states this year including Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah and possibly the Dakotas, but Chris is not going to get enough time off from his classes, so this trip will be broken up over several weekends and limited to the Pacific States. We'll have to complete the rest of the Northwestern States trip next year.
Here is our tentative itinerary:
July 23 - 24 - San Diego - to meet with the San Diego Chapter and welcome the USS Ronald Reagan to her new homeport and to man a voter registration booth. Dinner on Saturday with the San Diego FReepers.
July 31, Aug 1 - Ventura and Simi Valley - to meet with the Southern California Chapters and tour the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. BBQ on Sunday afternoon.
August 7 - 8 - Seattle and Tacoma - to meet with the Puget Sound Chapter. BBQ on Sunday afternoon.
August 9 - Portland - would like to meet for dinner with the Portland area FReepers on Monday night, the 9th of August.
August 10, 11 - Lincoln City and Bandon - lunch in Lincoln City on the 10th and then on to Bandon to meet with 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (Tonk) and tour his Coast Guard base on Wed the 11th.
Aug 12 - 15 - Northern California Coast - Eureka, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Monterey - hope to meet up with Syncro somewhere along the Ave of the Giants and caravan down the Northern California Coast from Eureka to Monterey. Would be grate to have a FReep Meet in Monterey!
We're also planning on traveling across the South in January and down into Florida, then caravan up the Eastern Coast to Washington, DC, in time for the Free Republic George W Bush Inaugural Ball II. Woo hoo!
And then next Spring, Summer and Fall, we'll make three more trips to visit as many of the remaining lower 48 states and chapters as we possibly can and then it's on to Canada, Alaska and Hawaii the following year!!
See you next Sunday.
Thanks for the ping!
Free Republic Coast to Coast Freedom Tour ~ 2004 ~ Pacific States Division
Dinner with Jim Robinson - Portland , Monday, August 9th, 7:30pm
Please RSVP via Freepmail before Wednesday so I can get you details and directions and I can determine a fairly reliable head-count. 
Please FReepmail Mr. Atos if you can come!
Jim, please don't go the way of Rand McNally and leave out Oklahoma!
Bump!
Cool graphic!
It's Mr. Atos' graphic -- LOL!
Alas, His erstwhile shadow, Senator Bizarro, will be here that day as well. So Let's scramble the folks from all over the State and make an impact at W's rally... because the Bizarro rally here will be huge.
Atos
Howdy everyone! Checking in from Medford, Oregon. Will be in Seattle tomorrow night.
Jim
Ah, Medford! Lovely place. (Actually, I love southern Oregon, the weather, the high desert feel).
Have a safe journey I-5ing it up. Stick close to the truckers.
Just watch out in the Rogue River area, there's way more deer there than people.
See You Wednesday!
See you Wednesday!
See you tomorrow!
Next stop, Seattle!!
Howdy everyone! Checking in from Seattle!
Hope you all are having fun! Chads and I want all of you from the Fresno Chapter to come up and see our new home in the mountains! That is if you ever stop traveling! :-) We could have a big BBQ up here!
Welcome! Did you bring the rain yesterday?
Yummmm ..... sounds great!!
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