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!

[txradioguy]

Seriously though. If you find oyurself in Kansas anywhere near Ft. Riley I would love to give you a personal copy of the pictures I shot in Iraq and copies of my print stories that the folks in the Canteen so graciously posted for me. The Canteen and FR in general helped me a great deal in fufilling my mission in Iraq of getting the word out about what was REALLY going on over there.

[SwinneySwitch]

ping!

[Ms. AntiFeminazi]

I'm taking down names and locations so we can plan something in a central location (if possible). Please let me know if you plan on coming and where you'll be coming from. (I may have that written down somewhere, but remind me please?)

I hope you make it. It would be nice to visit with you and your wife again.

[Professional Engineer]

Good to hear from you! We'll be coming from Allen, and do plan to attend. We'll also have a new FReeper with us. She ought to be about 5 weeks old.

[Professional Engineer]

ping to #124

[Ms. AntiFeminazi]

A new freeper! GREAT! Okay, I have you down. You just helped swing things to the north too. lol

[zip]

That would be cool if Jim can come to Columbia on May 31st..Memorial Day Parade in downtown Columbia starting at 9:55 am. :D

Exactly, we do have a great parade. I am looking forward to this and will be there with Sunnyside-1 and Mrs Zip. (Bobwade is having surgery on Monday before that so won't be there). Keep us all informed.

[potlatch]

Will be in Dallas - Monday June 7th.

From Corpus Christi, we'll drive up to San Antonio and stay at the historic Menger Hotel across from the Alamo

Sounds like a wonderful trip Jim, don't let the GHOST get you at the Menger!!

[amom]

Heads up here gal!

[Freedom2specul8]

Where in missouri and/or Kansas? I wanna meet him! :)

[zip]

Kim, we haven't firmed it up but I'm sure Bluesage woman, Dogrobber, GulfWar1Vet or I will have specific info shortly. The following is from Mr Robinson's tentative schedule: "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. "

Keep an eye on "our locale" posts. BTW, I miss you on the 2nd Amendment threads.

[zip]

You got it.

[Jim Robinson]

Hello Gracey, Basil and Austin area FReepers,
We've decided to stay an extra night in the Dallas area so we've adjusted our schedule a bit. Looks like we'll now be in Austin on the nights of the 9th and 10th. If we have time on the drive from Dallas to Austin, we're hoping to swing by Crawford to snap a couple pictures. But if we're running late we'll skip that. So, we're open for a lunch or dinner meeting and or if there's an opportunity for some sort of FReep on Thursday the 10th, that would be great! Have FReep, will travel.
Jim

[basil]

Sounds good to me! It's a bit early to plan it, but I'm open to having dinner at my house for everyone.

[Jim Robinson]

That sounds great to me!

[Gracey]

Sounds GREAT to me too. Jim, will you have access to computer on your trip, or is that a real dumb question? How about a phone # where we can reach you and we'll give you our # too by Freep mail.

We surely do look forward to spending some time with you and your family.

[Jim Robinson]

Yes, we will have a laptop and cell phones with us. Will login at least each morning and evening assuming we can get connected.

Looking forward to seeing y'all again.

[Freedom2specul8]

Hi! Sorry it took so long to reply. Thanks for the info... Is there anyway to find out where he's visiting in Kansas? I figure if that since I can't make it to Columbia, maybe I can meet him there...it's much closer.

I miss the 2nd amendment threads too! Hopefully, one of these days I'll get back into the swing of things.. :) It's good to see you! Have fun at the meeting with Jim Rob!

[AuntB]

This is the first I've heard of this big adventure!! Let us know if you need a stopover place when you get to No.Calif. So. Oregon! What fun!

[austinrepub]

Las Cruces PING!