[QUOTE=CCasey] Tux,

[/QUOTE] LOL....


From the looks of our signature pics it looks like we both know that you drive 1 for the nostalgia and 1 for comfort..... LOL...

Glad you guys made the trip... Hope to see you again in the future...

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Hit the road yesterday 6 am with Dave and Mary, Dan the car wash man, and the Ebo's (Al & Lori). Most of the day running together until everyone fanned off in their own direction. A quick stop at Dave & Mary's to load up, out for pizza together and back on the road again until 9:30 Pm. Got soaked at a motel (no not the rain, that came today) on I80 in PA in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of chain smoking construction workers hanging out.
Took a coffee to go in one of the motel's miniature cups at 6 am again and finally landed about 7:30 pm. Traffic in Southern New England can really stink.  On the bright side the first moron to pull out in front of me happen within 2 miles of getting home.
1,250 miles each way, a gazillion gallons of gas and 4 long days traveling for a 3 day event? Was it worth it? Some things in life are priceless and just have to be done.

Joel, I'm wondering if the storms you hit were the same ones that devastated Joplin, MO later on.  Glad the two of you made it through safely. 

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I wanted a Corvette my whole life, but I never dreamed of all the wonderful people I would meet because of it!

[QUOTE=manget1]That is a GREAT picture Chuck.  Wish I had thought of that with my car. [/QUOTE]

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Chuck

I left about 9 AM to try and get ahead of the storms.  Going North it was not bad at all, just a few showers North of Effingham.  I went as far as Pontiac, IL Sunday. (about half way for me)  Had a get-together at the family farm.  Too wet to do any farming, so drove home on Monday. 

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Chuck

After lots of goodbyes we pulled out of Days Inn on our own heading for Plymouth, IN to stop off and visit relatives, hitting rain several times along the way and having to sit out a severe storm there before leaving for an overnight stop in Mansfield OH. Caught up to the storm we sat out in Plymouth and drove in it for hours since it was traveling in the same direction we were. Thankfully we pulled into Mansfield about 11:30 pm without rain having passed the storm we travelled in most of the night. Woke to more rain in the morning and drove in it for several more hours....really beginning to hate rain!...rest of the day dry and uneventful until arriving home around 5:00 pm and having a severe thunder storm and tornado warnings! Got the Vette unloaded and in the garage just in time before it hit. Had 2 funnel clouds during the storm but thankfully none seemed to touch down....Tornados kind of rare for eastern PA! Woke to rain again this morning but right now sun is out!! HOPE IT STAYS!!!  

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DanT

No rain ! Beautiful drive through Indiana & Kentucky on 64 to 75 through Louisville & Lexington through the Cumberland Gap into Tenn to 40 through the Appalachian gap between Knoxville & Asheville NC and then down the escarpment to G'ville. Took 10.5 hours to get to F'ingham  via 40 thru Nashville and the speed run home was 9 hours (avg 75 mph - much better route and all Interstate after 45 from F'ingham). Picked up a CanAm trike on the way home and he ran with me for about 400 miles. Roads were clear of radar and V1 picked up the only one out there. Fabulous ride home. 

[QUOTE=DStoffel]We made it home about 4:30 without any problems. Brakes are good !!! [/QUOTE]    

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[/QUOTE]     [/QUOTE] Holy cr@p yes!  What the heck was that?  I thought he was going to get me, then I saw Dave on the shoulder!!  Dave, everything good?

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I wanted a Corvette my whole life, but I never dreamed of all the wonderful people I would meet because of it!

We were behind Dave - good thing I was in the vette & not our truck - I'd a given hima taste of his own stupidity.  He had no intentions of stopping - Dave's lucky there was enough room for him to move over - what a d$#%@&*^ !! (use your imagination) - (sorry I have zero tolerance for road idiots - especially those that drive for a living)

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