howlit wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:12:


Thanks.

Greg, I'll be thinking of ya.

Clive W  

Greg, is that your current place? the one you're moving out of? Man, that's a gorgeous vista!!! the walkways, the trees... is the road paved across from the trailer? where is it? how many acres is your land? just curious about it, I can´t buy you out of there now, but maybe sometime in the future, if I'm lucky enough... and move over to the States, I would consider something like that...
Best wishes,

Red Wine

Red Wine wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:12:


OH YEAH,  START A BIDDING WAR WILL YA,  


drive safe happy holidays

Red Wine....it may look very "country" in this picture, but the area is surrounded by "urban sprawl" as they say.  There are deer and foxes wandering around from time to time, but 1/4 mile away is busy highway....out west I'm eager to see real country

Mr650...Yep, it's an adventure about to happen.  I have snow chains for both vehicles and we plan to go the trip slowly.  Especially considering all the snow in the mid-west right now.  I just figure that if a tractor trailer can make it to Portland, then so can I

Sluggo....here's the trailer with 2 Savages that are coming your way.  The handlebars look weird because I had to reposition them so they'wouldn't bump eachother in this 5 x 9 trailer.  Good sturdy trailer.  They are strapped down on "4 corners" and locked with a cable too.

Thanks to all....we leave today.  And we'll check back on our way there  8)

Greg,
This likely is too late but I would consider going down to Atlanta, taking I-20 across to Dallas and then on up to avoid a wicked load of ice dumped from AR to Michigan.
Good Luck!

So far so good,  
Paducah, man there is not much along the Bluegrass Parkway. 11 hours was
good, the refreeze after dark made it treacherous after dark. I don't envy you; it took me three hrs to go to Wal-Mart fot  last-minute shopping w/ cars & semis in the ditch along the way.
It must be some adventure.
I heard KY got it worse and I-40 was closed west of here across AR. The sun is out today and it is supposed to get above freezing here. I hope that will clear most of this up. I am glad to see by the "cool" photos that you have avoided the cell-phone-talking idiots.
Missouri got some of this but you should be able to motor on whenever you get clear of that. We have had black ice since Wed. night. All the hotels were/are full of folks that were abandoned by air and bus that never got home for Christmas.
This is unusual weather and my initial concern for ya'll was when you headed up thru the mountains
Take care.

From the map it looks as it you are planning on going through Los Angeles, maybe on I10.  You might consider a shortcut across the high desert on State Route 58 from Barstow to Bowerbank (just past ButtonWillow) where you can pick up Interstate 5 North.

While I haven't done that leg, Yahoo Maps pegs it at about three hours.  It'll be two- or maybe four- lane highway rather than multi-lane limited access.

IMHO, Los Angeles is to be avoided if at all reasonably possible.  You can ask Sluggo about the courtesy of Los Angeles Freeway Drivers.

p.s.  you are backtracking the route Wendy drove with Helena last June.  If you have a few hours to spare you might consider a little sightseeing in Arizona -- you'll be driving past the Petrified Forest and the Arizona Meteor Crater.