Wyoming to Maryland - Vintage Road Trip - July 31 thru Aug 7

dorokusai
dorokusai Posts: 25,577
edited August 2010 in The Clubhouse
I'm sitting at BWI waiting to fly out to Cheyenne, WY to see the old man. I'm getting his old El Camino but only if I drove it back with him. If I don't kill him before Maryland it should be a cool trip. I'm not sure of the actual route but we have to be in Nashville by the 3rd so I can see my brother off to cancer surgery.

I've been cross country before but if you have any suggestions as far as site seeing, feel free to post any suggestions.

Shack - I don't have your email or phone number handy, give me a shout if you'll be around....got some spare garage space? Lol

When we get moving I'll post some pictures along the route. Talk to you folks later and I'm hoping for a tornado along the way WOOT!
CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
Post edited by dorokusai on
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited July 2010
    Sounds like a great adventure. Have a great trip.

    Scott
    I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited July 2010
    Mark, you and the old man have a place to stay in Ohio if you plan to come through. Straight up I75 from Shack's. I think you have my contact, if not let me know.
    _________________________________________________
    ***\\\\\........................... My Audio Journey ............................./////***

    2008 & 2010 Football Pool WINNER
    SOPA
    Thank God for different opinions. Imagine the world if we all wanted the same woman
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited July 2010
    Not in the new phone, send it Ricardo, thanks. How far are you from Shack?
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited July 2010
    Can you get a PM? I sent you my cell# and email address.
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited July 2010
    You're not welcome here. If you do see Shack, please pistol whip him and grab his RT400's for me.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited July 2010
    Only 4 hours at most to Mt Rushmore if you haven't seen it from Cheyenne.
    Review Site_ (((AudioPursuit)))
    Founder/Publisher Affordable$$Audio 2006-13.
    Former Staff Member TONEAudio
    2 Ch. System
    Amplifiers: Parasound Halo P6 pre, Vista Audio i34, Peachtree amp500, Adcom GFP-565 GFA-535ii, 545ii, 555ii
    Digital: SimAudio HAD230 DAC, iMac 20in/Amarra,
    Speakers: Paradigm Performa F75, Magnepan .7, Totem Model 1's, ACI Emerald XL, Celestion Si Stands. Totem Dreamcatcher sub
    Analog: Technics SL-J2 w/Pickering 3000D, SimAudio LP5.3 phono pre
    Cable/Wires: Cardas, AudioArt, Shunyata Venom 3
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,411
    edited July 2010
    cool trip, take your time and and enjoy the time with your Dad

    hoping the best for your brother too
    Dodd - Battery Preamp
    Monarchy Audio SE100 Delux - mono power amps
    Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player
    ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
    DIY Stereo Subwoofer towers w/(4) 12 drivers each
    Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp
    Outlaw ICBM - crossover
    Beringher BFD - sub eq

    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

    "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited July 2010
    Have a good trip Mark, drive safely & all the best thoughts for your brother.
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited July 2010
    Shack - Yeah I'll give u a call.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Vette C6.r
    Vette C6.r Posts: 1,560
    edited August 2010
    The Rock and Roll Museum in Cleveland could be cool.

    Best wishes for your brother.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited August 2010
    Have a good trip and I hope all goes well with your brother.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited August 2010
    Best wishes during your trip and for your brother.
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited August 2010
    Mark - enjoy the time with your Dad, and best wishes for your brother. 2nd the suggestion for Mt Rushmore. Sun Studios in Memphis is also highly recommended.
    DKG999
    HT System: LSi9, LSiCx2, LSiFX, LSi7, SVS 20-39 PC+, B&K 507.s2 AVR, B&K Ref 125.2, Tripplite LCR-2400, Cambridge 650BD, Signal Cable PC/SC, BJC IC, Samsung 55" LED

    Music System: Magnepan 1.6QR, SVS SB12+, ARC pre, Parasound HCA1500 vertically bi-amped, Jolida CDP, Pro-Ject RM5.1SE TT, Pro-Ject TubeBox SE phono pre, SBT, PS Audio DLIII DAC
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited August 2010
    Mark, sounds like an awesome trip, especially in an El Camino. Prayers are being said on this end for your brother to come through and recover quickly.

    Have a safe trip and take care of your pop!

    I haven't been traveling around the country since the '80s/'90s so I can't help you with any siteseeing. Sorry! Hopefully Steve and Ric can give you a little rest stop and some fun.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • shawn474
    shawn474 Posts: 3,047
    edited August 2010
    Mark, have a safe trip man. Hope you travel well and I feel for your dad being couped up in an El Camino with you all that way!!!!:D

    Best wishes to your brother; will keep him in our thoughts.

    Take care and call me when you get back - I'd like to see that El Camino.
    Shawn
    AVR: Marantz SR-5011
    Center Channel: Polk LsiM706c
    Front: Polk LsiM703
    Rear: LSI fx
    Subwoofer: SVS 20-39pci
    Television: Samsung UN58NU7100FXZA
    DVD Player: Sony PS4
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2010
    The ride.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited August 2010
    1976, orig rally wheels, chrome looks great - good straight, correct car.

    Awesome. Makes me want to cut the sleeves off a pearl snap shirt and find a Steppenwolf 8 track....
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited August 2010
    Sweet! Looks like it was kept well in Wyoming. Keep it out of the snow!

    I've been spending alot of time with my dad (he is 76). Yesterday we listened to jazz for about 3 hours.

    Have fun.
    "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it." Neil deGrasse Tyson.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited August 2010
    Safe trip there Strange.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • thebluemonkey
    thebluemonkey Posts: 190
    edited August 2010
    If you are a race fan swing on thru indy and stop at 16th and georgetown
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2010
    I'm back, 2200 miles later. It wasn't so much a sight seeing event as a formal trip from A to B. I wish I could have hooked up with some of you along the route but we were on a mission.

    I was able to hit some family stops on the way, get some peaches, play cribbage until 2am, drink until 4am, sign-in and shake at every Eagles/American Legion/VFW between Wyoming and Maryland, see the giant Superman in Metropolis, never break down, see my brother and a whole host of other cool memories. The kicker is that I didn't kill my father since we don't travel well together....it wasn't too bad.

    Trip over, and I'm happy to be home with my wife and the children....being a dog and cat. WTH I'm gonna do with this ElCamino is another project but at least it's here.

    Thanks folks :D
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited August 2010
    I can't believe you passed up free lodging.

    The wife wanted to see this Doro person she had heard about. She wasn't sure such a person even exitsted (based on my description). She was even willing to kick the dog off the guest bed to make room for you.

    Oh well, maybe next time.
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2010
    I'll get on the demo program labels, new demo stuff posted since I have a bunch of stuff to offer you guys and move all that forward again.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2010
    shack wrote: »
    I can't believe you passed up free lodging.

    The wife wanted to see this Doro person she had heard about. She wasn't sure such a person even exitsted (based on my description). She was even willing to kick the dog off the guest bed to make room for you.

    Oh well, maybe next time.

    Steve, sorry man. I wanted to but we had a timetable that didn't allow much lag time. I appreciate the offer and wish we could get even with you since you destroyed my home in a drunken rage when you stayed with me a couple years ago. The insurance company finally paid so all is well.

    We had three stops in that mileage....Columbia, MO....Nashville, TN....Kingwood, WV.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited August 2010
    Ga State Troopers were waiting if you strayed to far south, they had these signs that said Doro it ain't your Day, along with some grits, peanuts and a rubbermask.....

    cool car.

    RT1
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter