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#1 Mark W. Ingalls

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Posted 17 July 2007 - 07:56 PM

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This is our planned trip, based on advice from forum members and church family. We'll be leaving Thursday morning and checking in whenever the mood hits.

Points:
1. Home
2. Tombstone
3. Pick up Hawk
4. Goleta
5. Lompoc
6. Morro Bay
7. Lovers Point Park
8. Sequoia NP
9. Las Vegas
10. Hoover Dam
11. Grand Canyon NP
12. Winslow, AZ
13. Home

tah!

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#2 erod

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Posted 17 July 2007 - 08:07 PM

impressive...keep us posted and travel safe!
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#3 chnlisle

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Posted 17 July 2007 - 08:48 PM

Great trip Mark and I feel somewhat responsible so drive safely and enjoy.
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Posted 17 July 2007 - 08:58 PM

Mark,

Excellent map and description. Have fun and good luck.
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Posted 18 July 2007 - 04:04 PM

Mark,

Looks like a great trip. We did a similar one last summer from Denver. Grand Canyon, down to San Diego then, up to Monterrey and back through Vegas. We stayed at State Park campgrounds along the coast. We really liked the Morro Bay area.

Have a wonderful trip and congratulations on the camper.
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#6 kcowyo

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Posted 18 July 2007 - 04:47 PM

One of the longest one day drives I ever did was from Beaumont (left at 4am) to El Paso (arrived 11pm), with a stop in Del Rio. Man, that's a big state!

But you know that already. I've only gotten two speeding tickets in the last 15 years, one was on that stretch from Amarillo to Fort Worth. The other was north of Amarillo in Dumas or maybe Dalhart. So watch out for those Lone Star state troopers, but you probably already know that too. ;)

Hope you have a great and safe trip!
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#7 Mark W. Ingalls

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Posted 18 July 2007 - 05:18 PM

One of the longest one day drives I ever did was from Beaumont (left at 4am) to El Paso (arrived 11pm), with a stop in Del Rio. Man, that's a big state!

But you know that already. I've only gotten two speeding tickets in the last 15 years, one was on that stretch from Amarillo to Fort Worth. The other was north of Amarillo in Dumas or maybe Dalhart. So watch out for those Lone Star state troopers, but you probably already know that too. ;)

Hope you have a great and safe trip!


Heh.

I have known state troopers in several states back East who all told me that as long as I keep my speed limited to the posted limit plus 10% I wouldn't get a ticket. This is easy to do with GPS and cruise control.

One time in the middle of Nowhere, TX, on I-10 I got stopped going 77 in a 70. The State Trooper, who was evidently bored, asked me how fast I was going. I replied, "No faster than 77, sir." He let me off with a stern warning not to speed through his desert.

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Posted 20 July 2007 - 06:11 PM

When we moved to Tucson last month I registered both vehicles with veteran plates. I've been told it gives you an additional 10 MPH.
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#9 Mark W. Ingalls

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Posted 28 July 2007 - 08:14 PM

Here are some words and pictures from the early part of the trip...

As you can see, it has been very rainy in Houston this summer. Rain is one reason we decided to go away from tent camping-- drying wet gear can really slow down progress.
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We tried to travel as light and fast as possible on the way out to pick up the Hawk. We decided to take the tailgate along for security reasons.

Speaking of rain, it even rained in the desert...
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We decided to motel it on the way out to save time and avoid getting wet.

Our first scheduled stop was Tombstone. We can plainly see the yen for puns runs long and deep in this area...
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Tombstone was founded as a mining claim by Ed Schieffelin, who, oddly, is not portrayed in any of the now tourist trap's dramatization insofar as we could tell.
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Posted 28 July 2007 - 08:15 PM

Anyway, the first thing we did was pay our respects to the local watering hole...
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...where I of course ordered whiskey...
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...but that was all, because I had already thought to bring my own Mexican girl--
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