Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari Digest, Vol 36, Issue 14

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Dennis:
 
Ken R. has some great suggestions. Since I spent a lot of time assigned to  
the Native American Reservations of the Southwest and in SE Arizona (right 
near  where Tom used to live) around Ft. Huachuca I am prejudiced to a 
serious extent. 
 
I have to disagree with Ken as to your available distance if the 5-6 days  
is for a round trip. Either you will be so busy driving that you won't have 
time  to do anything else or you will be so tired you won't be up to 
enjoying  yourself. If that time frame is for going each way that is a 
different  
proposition.
 
Down and dirty, I'd head west on I-70 until it I would intersect old Route  
66 (lots of tourist trap stuff but a nice baseline for traveling), spend 
some  time in N.M. at stops in Albuquerque and Santa Fe and then catch old 
Rte. 666 up  to the Four Corners area. From there you can make a time based 
decision as to  whether spend some time touring the "res", though without a 4x4 
it might  not be as exciting, taking the narrow gauge railroad, hitting 
Hoover Dam,  the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, etc.
 
In any event, if that is a roundtrip time frame consider being a little  
less ambitious and finding a destination closer to home unless driving is, in  
and of itself, the vacation.
 
And, my guess is that Clyde's trip might span a little longer time  frame.
 
Dr. Steve
 
 
In a message dated 7/13/2009 9:49:11 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
ferrari-request [at] ferrarilist.com writes:

Date:  Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:55:02 -0400
From: Dennis Liu  <bigheaddennis [at] gmail.com>
Subject: [Ferrari] Suggestions for  cross-country trip
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Howdy, all.  Will be  making a cross-country drive in early August from
Boston to Manhattan then  out to Monterey, CA.  Should take 5-6 days.
Looking for  suggestions/advice on good routes to take.  Will be four of us
in a  convoy, driving some very cool machinery (details to be announced
later, he  said with a grin).  Possible stops include Las Vegas, Moab,
Denver,  Grand Canyon, Chicago, St Louis, and more.  

Basically, want to  get as West as fast as possible, as our thinking is that
the more enjoyable  parts of the trip would be further west, but open to
ideas.  Could  take the more northerly route through Chicago and then 
Denver,
but a more  southerly route is also a possibility. 

Places to stop/stay, cool  car-gatherings, GREAT ROADS, etc., would be
appreciated.  (And, if  this works out, we'll probably be a rolling
car-gathering/cool thing  too.)  :-)

Thanks,

--Dennis

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1980 MB  450SL..................................1982 RR Corniche
1985 MB 280 GE  G-Wagen................. 1985 GMC Brigadier 20 Ton 
Winch/Wrecker
1988 Rolls  Royce Silver Spur................1990 Cadillac "Eagle" Hearse
1994 F-350  Powerstroke 4x4................1995 Ferrari 348 Spyder
1996 Bronco  ......................................2000 Lincoln Town Car
2004  Excursion...................................(+ Audrey's 2x MB's)
and  a
1976 Fire Truck...................................HAHN, WARNER &  SWASEY- 
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