100 is doable...should be a blast...and to all Indiana XF's....we will gtg in the spring for sure to plan a drive out...should be a fun 4 hrs drive....

 

Count me in buddy. Trying to get my parents to drive up the roadster from south florida too.... don't think it will happen.

 

I'm in Lafayette, Indiana With enough lead time we are good to go.

 

Hey, sorry guys, had a lot going on in my life recently, haven't been able to keep up with the thread. I'll make sure to try and work on that from now on. As for routes, looking at the map, I was thinking about stopping in Albuquerque, NM the first day, Oklahoma City, OK the second day, and then finishing the drive into St. Louis the third day. Sorry I hadn't posted this up on the thread yet, had been PM'ing various people for ideas and routes before trying to throw anything up.

Makes each leg of the trip (at least, for us AZ'ers), right around an 8 hour drive a day. If that's good, then it works. If not (more, less) someone let me know. Right now, I have it planned out to meet up with the TX group in OK City, and then convoy up to St. Louis the next day together. It does make for a bit longer first day for those coming from SoCal, if SRT_SIX and his folks want to drive with the Phoenix people and meet up in Albuquerque.

tighed1, sorry that I haven't called or anything to cement times to leave yet. It's looking like either the 18th or 19th of June. Depends on whether we want to be driving into St. Louis on the 22nd, or get there on the 21st. Either / or works for me (this is, of course, a question for the SoCal people as well, if we all are going to be convoying out there together). I'll try to get a call out to you sometime this week, and we can talk over the phone or maybe meet up somewhere and discuss things.

Another question, to concern those of us that are convoying together to St. Louis - has anyone thought about how to stay in contact with those in the convoy? I mean, if we need to stop for drinks / food / bathroom breaks / gas? Granted, we can plan out 'scheduled' stops, but that won't account for everything / everyone. I was thinking maybe those in each convoy can get long-range walkie-talkies to stay in touch. Easier than cell phone calls to one another, especially in some places that may not have service / those that don't have phones. Was just a thought, maybe get some input from others on the board?

Anywho, sorry everyone for the long post! Just had a bit to say, since I'd been out of the loop for a bit!

 

When the wife & I drove separate Merkur XR4Ti's up to the All-Ford Nationals in Carlisle, PA every year, we stayed in touch using 2-way Cobra walkie-talkies. These worked really great! And I think my set, since it's probably 8-9 years old, has a range of only 2-3 miles. But for only a couple of cars, it's all we needed back then. And probably still takes care of a larger group today, as long as you're not trying to make contact with someone who's remotely located from your spot.

I'd encourage anyone planning on making this trip from any & all points to go out & purchase a set of portable 2-way radios. Expense is less than $100 and can be used for many activities outside of this event. Roberta & I have used these at car shows, county & state fairs, concerts, whatever.

Just be aware that you're using a device on an open channel that can be scanned by anyone out there with a similar device. Roberta & I occasionally found our conversation interrupted by someone with a scanner unit that could pick up our frequency. The truckers nearly all have a scanner unit and could listen in on your conversation. And if I was one of them out there on an open road by my lonesome, I'd want a scanner too to be able to reach for help or pass along a message.

 

Although it shouldn't really matter, might want to get a consensus on radio types, perhaps a particular brand. Would be best to try and keep them the same, just to be sure we don't get any snags along the way with one brand not being able to talk to another, or some other such thing. Not that it's probable, but anything's possible.

 

I think that the earlier we arrive in STL the better. Will allow time to get situated and acquainted with others.
Heck I don't know!

 

That's fine by me. We can leave earlyish on the 18th. I mean, 8 hours or so of drive time (possibly more, factoring in rest, gas, and food stops) isn't too bad. If you'd like to drive more, we can, or less.

 

I just received the following PM.....

Please add me to the get together in June.
I live in warrensburg MO, about 90 min east of St Louis

I have added to the list:
97) green-ghost - Warrensburg, Missouri

 

3 to go....woo hoo....

 

Re concerns about staying touch.....

We still have some time to get this sorted out. That is why we set this up originally for a year in the future.

Besides the Discovery channel deal I am working on, I am also working to see if my company will provide netbooks for each group. They would be connected 3G systems so we can actually post progress, problems and situations daily for those not attending to follow along, LIVE.

Along with this we may contact a company that provides "push to talk cells" for the groups.

Keep the ideas coming.

Karl

 

I'm in....taking the whole week off to help out anyway I can...logistics, whatever...

 

We may have to factor in a trip to bring green-ghost in, he is not East of STL, he is very West of it...did you read the PM wrong Gary?

 

I copy and pasted exactly what he sent me.

 

Will only take us 1 day to get there from VA. Will get there Sunday at the latest, and stay through to Friday at least.

 

I'm driving the 5 hours on Monday morning and will arrive around noon.
Leaving sometime Friday afternoon I suspect
I've already booked my room at Harrahs for M,T,W & Th nights.

 

It's only a 10-hr drive for us from SC. But we plan to take our time and do the trip in 5-6 hour segments over a couple of days. We'll get there mid-afternoon on Monday. Plan to leave late afternoon on Thursday - have to be back at work on Saturday. We booked our rooms already for M,T,& W, but we'll stay at Homewood Suites just down the road from Harrah's. Simple decision - stay at Homewood is free!

 

Looks to be about an 8 hour drive for us. We'll leave early on Monday and get there about 4-5 oclock that afternoon. Would be great to catch up with anyone coming in from the west on I-40 or up from the south on I-35.
If not, then we'll see everyone there.

 

I received a PM and just added #98
98) fridge - Pinehurst, North Carolina

 

Almost to the big '100'.. Wow, this is really going to be quite the turnout (assuming everyone on the list is still committed to going)! Still really excited about going!

On a side note, do we have any radio geeks out there that know more about walkie-talkies than I do? Mil-spec stuff, I can help with, but I doubt most of us can get our hands on that kind of stuff.