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Coming from the east to the 2014 Members Gathering? (1/11)
 12/23/13 12:03am
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Check this out to save the hassle of driving around or through Chicago on your return trip:
 
 
 
 
 


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Re: Coming from the east to the 2014 Members Gathering? (2/11)
 12/23/13 11:21am
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Oh good, another decision to makeConfused.  This looks like a nice way to make it back and save a couple of hours.

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Re: Coming from the east to the 2014 Members Gathering? (3/11)
 12/23/13 1:15pm
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very interesting - looks like a nice shortcut. 
 
Jim - will that get us there and back faster from the south ?
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Re: Coming from the east to the 2014 Members Gathering? (4/11)
 12/23/13 2:34pm
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Burke, VT - USA

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SOLD - "The Toy" - '70 Convertible
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I really don't know a good way around Chicago going north and south.  Anytime I have to be in that neighborhood I just try to time my trekking through there to be in the middle of the night when the traffic is the lightest or on the weekends.  Rush hours in the morning and afternoon are simply killers.  Plus you never know which expressway is going to be torn up by construction.
 
As far as the ferry is concerned the first crossing of the season is on Friday, the 16th, so it won't help anyone getting to the gathering.  The timing of it going east though is such that you would arrive at Terry's place (my7t1) in Grand Rapids, MI just in time for evening cocktails...!!!  Beer  Thumbs Up  LOL


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Re: Coming from the east to the 2014 Members Gathering? (5/11)
 1/18/14 8:03am
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Thanks Jim. That would save me 100 miles of driving, but the time would be about the same.

Maybe I can stop and visit with Terry and Patti and then drive thru Chicago at midnight. 


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Re: Coming from the east to the 2014 Members Gathering? (6/11)
 1/18/14 12:55pm
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Hi Dave, don't go thru Chicago. Stay on 94, meets 80 west. Follow 80 to 355 north sub. Will get off at 90 west, Rockford, il. You can get off at Belvidere exit and I can meet you. Or you can stay on 90 north into Wisconsin. Tolls are a kicker, unless you have I Pass.
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Re: Coming from the east to the 2014 Members Gathering? (7/11)
 1/18/14 12:55pm
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Hi Dave, don't go thru Chicago. Stay on 94, meets 80 west. Follow 80 to 355 north sub. Will get off at 90 west, Rockford, il. You can get off at Belvidere exit and I can meet you. Or you can stay on 90 north into Wisconsin. Tolls are a kicker, unless you have I Pass.
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Re: Coming from the east to the 2014 Members Gathering? (8/11)
 1/18/14 12:59pm
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Hi Dave, don't go thru Chicago. Stay on 94, meets 80 west. Follow 80 to 355 north sub. Will get off at 90 west, Rockford, il. You can get off at Belvidere exit and I can meet you. Or you can stay on 90 north into Wisconsin. Tolls are a kicker, unless you have I Pass.
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Re: Coming from the east to the 2014 Members Gathering? (9/11)
 1/18/14 1:00pm
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Re: Coming from the east to the 2014 Members Gathering? (10/11)
 1/18/14 6:44pm
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I think Dick was serious ... stay away from Chicago ... advice heeded ... looks like Belvedere may be a meeting spot ????
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Re: Coming from the east to the 2014 Members Gathering? (11/11)
 1/18/14 8:17pm
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SOLD - "The Toy" - '70 Convertible
SOLD - "The Beast" - '90 ZR-1 (#682)
SOLD - "Betty" - '28 Ford Model A Tudor
Still have - "BLKBRRD" - '78 Pontiac Trans Am

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I took that route Dick suggested around Chi-town coming back from Boston after the 2012 Gathering in Charleston.  It was great for going on to Minne-snow-ta but it does take you a little farther west going up to Appleton.
 
The I-Pass/EZ-Pass/whatever-you-call-it-in-your-state was a great thing to have on that 2012 trek.  Bought it through the Illinois Tollway website and it worked throughout the east coast and mid-west.  If memory serves the only thing it didn't work for was ferryboats.  Great time-saver on the toll roads.  Thumbs Up


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