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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-11-07 06:56 PM
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I drove DC to Westlake, Ohio in 5.5 hrs...
Edited on Sun Mar-11-07 06:56 PM by WCGreen
That's 370 miles...

Only stopped once...

Hey, you get to be my age and this kinds thing get's you excited...
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-11-07 07:10 PM
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1. Damn Skippy
:wow:
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-11-07 07:11 PM
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2. you a highway star!
:hi:
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-11-07 07:13 PM
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3. Not bad at all. One does NOT need to be old to appreciate a strong drive.
Redstone
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-11-07 08:02 PM
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7. It was a beautiful day.... The tribe was one the radio....
And I was driving a rental...
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YDogg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-11-07 07:23 PM
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4. If you'd worn your Depends, you coulda made the trip without stopping.
Sheesh. You ain't no astronaut.


:hi:
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-11-07 08:01 PM
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6. I stopped for Gas....
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-11-07 07:37 PM
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5. Omigod!
What were you driving? A rocket?

Holy cow, Chris......I'm surprised you didn't get a ticket for speeding!

Glad you got home OK, though..........

I wouldn't be excited as much as I would be exhausted!

Glad you're safe.......:hug:
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RedCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-11-07 09:18 PM
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8. My dear California Peggy,,,
decorum at times like these...
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BlueStorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-11-07 10:00 PM
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9. Wow you must have driven really fast....
I wish I could take drives like that but I don't have a good car and the gas is too high }:(

Blue
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-11-07 11:41 PM
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12. It was a rental....
A KIA SUV...
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-11-07 10:03 PM
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10. I did downtown Cleveland to Silver Spring in 5 hrs once.
There were some scary stretches where I would top 90 mph over a 10-mile run. Thankfully, I had my little friend the fuzzbuster with me.

Aren't winding-ass road trips across the PA turnpike a barrel of monkeys?

Old Bessie (the 1997 Cavalier) doesn't do the road trips to DC anymore. We take the '03 Corolla now. If it's just me, I fly Southwest, although they're starting to take away the $49 Internet fare for Mondays. Bastards.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-11-07 11:40 PM
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11. I can't fly cause of all the germs that get cirulated on planes....
I love to drive and risk...

I think the fastest I hit today was 84 mph....

The PA turnpike is, how shall I say it, not boring...
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 12:12 PM
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17. You can't sleep on it.
All that constant construction and winding makes it impossible to get a straight sleep. Although my kid finds some way to do it.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-11-07 11:42 PM
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13. Doing bennies again?
I keed, I keed.
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-11-07 11:42 PM
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I don't even have to be your age to know that one stop was for a pee.
:)
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 11:32 AM
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15. Nah, just for gas....
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-11-07 11:42 PM
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14. Dupe. I hate it when that happens.
Edited on Sun Mar-11-07 11:43 PM by crim son
:)
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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-12-07 11:38 AM
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16. I drove from Downtown DC (Hilton) to Fredericksburg (ex. 133) in 35 minutes
Oh, yes, I did.

mikey_the_rat
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