Topic: Re: 2019 Gathering Location
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manchestershark said: So.....Ladies, In your opinion, as you have traversed the country multiple times, What is the best route for us to travel to your Saskatoon outing. Many of us will be starting from the eastern portion of the US of A.🚗↕↔❓
Have to agree with Cindy that going over the top of Lake Superior through Ontario would be a beautiful drive it will add a lot of time to the drive. I'd suggest this:
- if you live north of (or near) the New York/Pennsylvania border zip through southern Ontario into Michigan (reenter the US at Point Edward/Port Huron), take I-69 to Flint and then catch I-75 north. After crossing the Mackinaw Bridge jump on US Hwy 2 and ride it through the Upper Peninsula, Wisconsin and Minnesota to Grand Forks, ND. Then take I-29 north to the border and Hwy 75 to Winnipeg. The rest is easy from there. This route will take you through some beautiful country (not all 4 lane freeways either) and it avoids Chicago. (an alternate would be to zig-zag through North Dakota from Grand Forks, cross the border in the middle of no-where, and return to civilization at Regina)
- if you live south of the New York/Pennsylvania border or south and east of Lake Erie and want to avoid Chicago swing around the west end of Lake Erie, head north through Ann Arbor to Flint and follow the rest of the route above.
- if you live farther south into the east coast the route above will probably be a bit out of the way. There are other options to the west for avoiding Chicago (can you tell I'm not a fan of the Chicago area - getting around or thru the Minneapolis/St Paul metro area is no picnic either during construction season).
Haven't paid attention to how the US/Canadian exchange rate has been doing lately but be aware that north of the border petrol is sold by the liter so don't be shocked when the numbers on the pump appear to be zinging by in a blur!
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up I 29 by winnipeg is the route sara and i take when we travel east that port is a 24 hr port I do believe. gas is more expensive up here but at the moment your dollar is about .35 cents more than ours.
When I use to live in Maine, and cross over to the Canuck side, we would be held hostage until we traded fiddleheads for a LaBatts, or a dollar for a Moosehead, or dad would farm us out for child labor for a Molsen. 
I just peeked at the poll tally and would like to offer a couple of observations.
- If you live in the eastern part of the USofA AND you attended any of The Gatherings held in Nevada, Oregon or Washington state you actually traveled farther than going to Saskatoon.
- If you live in the eastern part of the USofA and a location is selected in either the western half of the Mountain time zone or in the Pacific time zone (for the most part anywhere west of the Rocky Mountains) you will most likely travel farther to that location than to Saskatoon.
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All good points, Norsky. We really just need about 10 members (plus guests) to make it worth it. We only had about 25 for Cincy, and it was a great time. Seems most of our gatherings have been in the 20-30 range the past few years. So with 11 members already saying they'd go, we're pretty close having enough to make it worth it. In my opinion, anyway.
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Norsky said: I just peeked at the poll tally and would like to offer a couple of observations.
- If you live in the eastern part of the USofA AND you attended any of The Gatherings held in Nevada, Oregon or Washington state you actually traveled farther than going to Saskatoon.
- If you live in the eastern part of the USofA and a location is selected in either the western half of the Mountain time zone or in the Pacific time zone (for the most part anywhere west of the Rocky Mountains) you will most likely travel farther to that location than to Saskatoon.
Don't forget DaveM and the Mrs. They live in NJ and have made all the trips out west too. Like me, they make it a vacation.
I am sure we can put together a caravan from the east coast.
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We plan to stop in South Dakota on the way to Saskatoon. 
so are you saying the decision has been made and Sara and I, Sara who is now a member of c3vr, should get busy with plans? Hard to believe Sara has 3 of these gatherings under her belt now, I think she has caught the corvette bug!
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cinor said: so are you saying the decision has been made and Sara and I, Sara who is now a member of c3vr, should get busy with plans? Hard to believe Sara has 3 of these gatherings under her belt now, I think she has caught the corvette bug!
Well, there are 12 members saying they are interested. That's 20-24 attendees. I think anything over 20 is worthwhile. As Jim mentioned above, just being anywhere in the west region is going to be a hike for many of the northeast folks that go to all gatherings. So the only difference with a Canadian location is we're gonna need passports.
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