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2008 Member Gathering Master Caravan List

Posted: 11/17/07 9:46pm Message 1 of 2
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Norsky
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Vette(s): SOLD - "The Toy" - '70 Convertible
SOLD - "The Beast" - '90 ZR-1 (#682)
SOLD - "Betty" - '28 Ford Model A Tudor
SOLD - "BLKBRRD" - '78 Pontiac Trans Am
"BLUBYU" - '04 Coupe

(This is an active thread - just locked to limit updates - Norsky)

Here's a list of the main caravans heading for Hot Springs in alphabetical order so before starting another caravan thread look through this list to see if one of the existing ones is a fit for you.  If not feel free to start a new thread.  This will be a reference list only so please send any additions and/or updates to me and I'll keep this list as current as possible. 

All information listed here has either been gathered from the caravan threads or supplied by the caravan coordinators.  Cell phone and/or CB/FRS Radio contact information is especially helpful to have for anyone wishing to hookup with another group while enroute.
 
If you're interested in being a point person on a caravan please let me know via PM or e-mail (click here to send).
 
 
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Dallas/Fort Worth Area Caravan  (click here to see caravan thread)
 
coordinator(s):
 - Joel Adams (Adams' Apple) Duncanville, TX
          phone#: (c) 214-236-5980
          email: (click here to send)
 - ?? (?)
          phone#:
          email:
 
Caravan overview:
Will have a CB radio in "the Apple" and two-way radios (channels TBD)

Eastbound route:
  • Wednesday, 4/16 - Depart D/FW around 10:00 AM heading east on I-30.  Fuel stop at Texarkana and connect with other C3VR members and then continue east on I-30 to H.S. arriving approx. 3:00 PM 
Westbound route:  TBD
 
 
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Great Northwest Caravan (click here to see caravan thread)
 
coordinator(s):
 - Terry Spielman (spielman5) Anchorage, AK
          phone#: (h) 907-345-0778  (c) 907-244-6960
          email: (click here to send)
 - ?? (?)
          phone#: 
          email:

Caravan overview:
Main route mapped out below.  Several other routes are still possible to cross the Rockies - weather will dictate which one is taken.  If forced to take an alternatee route over the Rockies the route will be adjusted accordingly.  Plan to be in Hot Springs on Wednesday, 4/16
 
Eastbound route:
  • Friday (or Saturday), 4/11 (or 4/12) - depart Tacoma for Montesano and the "1 Bad BBQ"
  • Sunday, 4/13 - depart Montesano heading south on I-5 to Portland, OR then east on I-84 (overnight stop in Idaho or Utah TBD)
  • Monday, 4/14 - continue east on I-84 to I-80 to Cheyenne, WY then I-25 south into Colorado (overnight stop TBD)
  • Tuesday, 4/15 - east on I-70 to Wichita, KS or Tulsa, OK (overnight stop)
  • Wednesday, 4/16 - connect with the Oklahoma Caravan at the Love's Travel stop in either OKC or Webbers Falls, OK then caravan into Hot Springs.
 Westbound route:  TBD
 
 
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Midwest Chicagoland Caravan
 
coordinator(s):
 - Mike (Huss691981) and Mitch 
          phone#: (c)
          email: (click here to send)
 - ?? (?)
          phone#:
          email: 
 
Caravan overview:
Leaving around 4:00AM on Wednesday.  Dad (Mitch) wanted me to let you know.  If you want more detail just let me know.  We do have the radios but I don't know much about them, Mitch has them.


Southbound route:
  • Wednesday, 4/16 - departing 4:00AM from Bradley, IL heading south on I-57, then south on I-55, then west on I-40, then southwest on I-440 and I-30 to Hot Springs. 

Northbound route: 

  • Sunday, 4/20  *** More details to come.   

     
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coordinator(s):
 - Dave Wright (dwright) Victor, NY
          phone#:
          email: (click here to send)
 - Dave Mooney (DaveM) Flanders, NJ
          phone#: (c) 973-479-4445
          email: (click here to send)
 
Caravan overview:   
We are planning to meet somewhere around Carlisle, PA and take interstates to Hot Springs.  We are flexible on time and route, but plan to arrive in HS on Wednesday afternoon.  Any and all are welcomed to join us.  btw - we will have cell phones and two-way radios along (monitoring channel 5.3, will help for gas stops & such).
 
   Dave Wright/Dave Mooney
 
Westbound route:
  • Monday, 4/14 - DaveM, DaveW leave Shartlesville PA about 9:45 west on I-78, meet Manchestershark at 10am at next exit, then continue west on I-78 to I-81 south.  May meet Tricer at Front Royal VA at 1:30 for lunch, then continue south on I-81.  Stay overnight just south of Roanoke, VA at the Super8 Motel, I-81 exit 137.
  • Tuesday, 4/15 - continue south on I-81 to I-40 then west on I-40.  Connect with the Southeast Caravan about noon at Perkins Resturant I-40 exit 417 - Rt 92.  Connect with Marion (eurodesk) at I-40 exit 196 (just west of Nashville) around 4:30.  If we can't make the times match we will meet at the hotel.  Overnight stop at the Ramada Limited, I-40 exit 82A (between Nashville & Memphis).
  • Wednesday, 4/16 - connect with Deljperk before leaving Jackson, continue west on I-40 to Little Rock, connect with Jimiam (phone call in AM) between Jackson & Memphis, connect with SGM2004 (phone call in AM) somewhere west of Memphis, continue on to Little Rock, then west on I-30 to Hot Springs arriving early afternoon.
Eastbound route:
  • Sunday, 4/20 - head north to Branson, MO. and spend the night there.
  • Monday thru Friday, 4/21-25 (overnight stops TBD enroute)
        - Head north to Springfield and then NorthEast along old Rt. 66 and the Interstate to St. Louis.
        - Then east on I-70 to Effingham (maybe a stop at Mid-America)
        - Then on to Indy (stop at "The Brickyard")
        - Then east to Dayton, OH. (stop at the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AF Base).
        - Then east to Columbus, then north on I-71 to see Ken Styer on Friday 4/25 (hopefully).
 
Then DaveW will head NEast on I-90 home in NY.  DaveM will head back to Columbus to spend time there with my son and hopefully new Grandchild. Then around 4/29 return to NJ on I-70 east. 
 
Anyone who wants join in, or meet us in your area for a meal or join in on one of our stops just drop a post on the caravan detail thread.
 
  
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Northern Midwest Caravan  (click here to see caravan thread)
 
coordinator(s):
 - Jim Olson (Norsky) Orono, MN
          phone#: (c) 612-518-4416
          email: (click here to send)
 - ?? (?)
          phone#:
          email: 
 
Caravan overview:
Quickest route is to head south out of the TC metro area on I-35 to the east side of Kansas City, then along the western Missouri border (mostly on US 71) to Fort Smith, AR, and then cross country to Hot Springs.  Approximately 865 miles and 14 hours from my driveway to the resort.  The return trip will follow the same route in reverse (direction not gear).  Will have FRS radios along monitoring channel 3.3 (C3).

Southbound route: 
  • Wednesday, 4/16 - 5:45/6:00 AM meet in the 1st parking lot on the west side of Nicollet Court (just south of County Road 42 in the "Burnsville Triangle" between I-35E (exit 88B) and I-35W (exit 1)), continue south on I-35 through Iowa to the Kansas City, KS area, then south on US 71/I-540 through Fort Smith, AR to US 270, then east to Hot Springs. 
Northbound route:  
  • Sunday, 4/20 - leave Hot Springs at "o-dark thirty" retracing southbound route to the Twin Cities.
 
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Oklahoma Caravan
 
coordinator(s):
 - Tim Francis (71Shark) Edmond, OK
          phone#:
          email: (click here to send)
 - Dennis Smith (dnv) Eastern Oklahoma County, OK
          phone#: (c) 405-550-4469
          email: (click here to send)
 
Caravan overview:
Plan to gather mid-morning at Love's Travel Stop parking lot on the north side of I-40 at Exit 166 (Choctaw Road).  We will have two-way radios (Channel 2, sub-channel 4) while on the road and in HS.

Eastbound route:
  • Wednesday, 4/16 - depart around 10am east on I-40 toward Fort Smith (Roland) Arkansas (158.6 mi).  Planned noontime stop at the Webbers Falls, OK Love's Travel Stop (exit 287) to meet up with other C3VR travelers.
        - At Exit 325 take US-64E toward Roland (6.6 mi)
        - Turn right on US-71 BR S/AR 28/US-71 S (60.2 mi)
        - Turn left on US-270 E (63.6 mi) to Hot Springs

     Est Mileage 289.5
     Est Time (MAPQUEST) 5hr 10min 
     Est Time (Caravan) 6hr+/-
 
Westbound route:
  • Sunday, 4/20 - depart after breakfast (9-10 am) following eastbound route in reverse direction. (if enough are interested in a longer, slower, twistier, hillier, more fun drive we can take Hwy 7 north out of Hot Springs instead)
  
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Southeast Caravan  (from the Carolinas)
 
coordinator(s):
 - Clint Eastham (ceastham1) Greer, SC
          phone#: (c) 864-616-2930
          email: (click here to send)
 - ?? (?)
          phone#:
          email: 
 
Caravan overview:
Westbound route:
  • Tuesday, 4/15 - depart mid-morning from northwest SC via I-26 then west on I-40.  Connect with the Northeast Caravan about noon at Perkins Resturant I-40 exit 417 - Rt 92.  Overnight stop at the Ramada Limited, I-40 exit 82A (between Nashville & Memphis).
  • Wednesday, 4/16 - continue west on I-40 to Little Rock, then west on I-30 to Hot Springs.
Eastbound route: 
  • Sunday, 4/20  *** More details to come.  
 
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Norsky2008-04-14 21:19:12


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2008 Member Gathering Master Caravan List

Posted: 4/14/08 8:58pm Message 2 of 2
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Vette(s): SOLD - "The Toy" - '70 Convertible
SOLD - "The Beast" - '90 ZR-1 (#682)
SOLD - "Betty" - '28 Ford Model A Tudor
SOLD - "BLKBRRD" - '78 Pontiac Trans Am
"BLUBYU" - '04 Coupe
Any caravan updates or additions?  Got to be someone traveling from the southeast or midwest or southwest...?!?!?!?
 
Please let me know.

 
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Dave and Clint - Thanks for the updates!
 
Any more...???  April is coming up fast...!!!


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Terry - Thanks for the update!
 
Any others?


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Adam has shown me a "safe method" for putting an e-mail link into the list (thanks Chief!) so those have been updated.  It uses the e-mail address entered on the main C3VR member profile so hopefully everyone's is current.
 
For those of you comfortable with listing your cell phone number send it to me and I'll update the list.  A home number is good for pre-trip planning but once you're on the road or at the gathering it isn't of much use.
 
Also if you'll have two-way radios with you that info is good to know.  When travelling with a group on the open road they're great for letting the group know when a pit stop (fuel, food, or ???) is needed or if someone develops a problem unexpectantly.

 
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Thanks for the update DaveM! 

 
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Terry - thanks for the update on the Great Northwest Caravan!
 
 
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Thanks for the update DaveM! 

 
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Thanks for the update Dennis! 

 
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Any more updates or additions...???  The clock's a-tickin'..........  (tic toc tic toc....)



Jim Olson 

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