1229 miles......

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Don 79 TA

Still Fat....
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Madision/Huntsville AL
From the Tenessee event, to GA and home within 24hrs.....

I will never attempt that again, especially by myself.....

I had a great time there, and a great time meeting everyone, but now i need to recover from that drive. the rains from VA upward were so hard. How the hell i was able to see i have no idea....

lesson learned...... take your time driving

i stopped 3 times total for gas, and one 15 min snooze (it was raining so freaking hard to get out of the car).
drank 2 frosty shakes, which gave me an incredible sugar rush and got me sick (not to mention motion sickness setting in).
i don't:
smoke
drink
do drugs
or take alot of sugar or caffine (hence the rush)

but those shakes were a kicker, and so was some of the tea's
biggest mistake was drinking a cup of tea on an empty stomach, i am so sick from that

was making excellent time until i got stuck in the DC traffic, and then rain northward bound. just missed the NYC traffic. sucked that i didn't have the e-z pass, but all in all not bad

gas in SC was like 2.30ish, i wanted to take a tanker home.

over the last 2.5 weeks, i made that trip 3 times from NY to GA, GA to NY, flew to GA, and then TN to GA to NY
that'll take the driving bug out of anyone

but at least i was able to ski in fresh water for the first time in my life.
I don't think i can ever ski in salt water again

i gotz a few other threads i'll be starting shortly, including what i thought of the tenessee event from a first time prespective.

gotta spend time with my other half now :)
I've been dying to do that.......

LaterZ
 
Matt_E

Matt_E

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Heh....having someone in the vehicle with you really helps.
I drove WA to IL and back in four days, the return trip without stops (other than gas). That's over 4k miles, but just having someone to talk to made it possible.

Oh yeah, plenty of coffee & energy drinks.
 
Matt_E

Matt_E

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BTW, pop (Pepsi, whatever) never works a caffeine number on me, either.

Then again, I drink double-bagger coffee's in the morning. (3)
 
parrdaddy

parrdaddy

No he will not!
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always be a TEXAN!
Don, it was fun hanging out with you last weekend. Thanks for all your help getting my ski in and out of the water, getting the new motor in, cheering me on, etc. :cheer: Maybe we'll be seeing you around the ATL area more often :wink:

And BTW, your ski RIPS for only having 44's and an enhancer iginition :bigeyes: Paul is the master motor builder :biggthumpup:
 
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TB

NOTHING IS EVER PROMISED
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Grand Rapids, MI
last crazy trip i took like that was to bring my little brother home for my mom for christmas....grand rapids,mi to orlando florida and back to gr...left at 11:30 friday morning...mind you one hour after getting out of my big truck from a little 300 mile trip....drove down hung out for 4 hours or so then came back arrived in grand rapids at 6:00am sunday morning...3 mountain dews and 32 energy drinks later..went to bed got up at 11 that night drove another 300 miles in the big truck....i was pretty good and cashed out after that
 
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Don 79 TA

Still Fat....
Location
Madision/Huntsville AL
parrdaddy said:
Don, it was fun hanging out with you last weekend. Thanks for all your help getting my ski in and out of the water, getting the new motor in, cheering me on, etc. :cheer: Maybe we'll be seeing you around the ATL area more often :wink:

And BTW, your ski RIPS for only having 44's and an enhancer iginition :bigeyes: Paul is the master motor builder :biggthumpup:
Click to expand...

Paul did an awesome job on my ski
and it's still going as strong, if not stronger that it was when it was first done.

however since it is a stroker, i think i will shed Paul's advice and do a tear down.
 
hangtime

hangtime

Speak up ,don't kiss azz
Location
WORCESTER,MASS- HAMPTON N.H.
I did 20 hrs straight from Daytona Beach to Massachusetts and I feel your pain.1200+ miles by myself .I was towing a 4 place trailer and driving my 15 passenger van all the way .

I did this so I could atttend my first surf fest and it was well worth it :arms:
I drank red bull the first 12 hrs and on will power alone the rest of the way .

it's better having a friend with you for conversation at least :banghead:
 
meatball

meatball

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Maryland
I once knew someone that rode her bike all the way from the Cape of good hope South Africa, to the Northern tip of Somalia...
 
SJBrit

SJBrit

Extraordinary Alien
Location
Bradenton, FL
I thought the title of the thread was how far you drove the four wheeler helping everyong with their skis! Great to meet you.
 
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Don 79 TA

Still Fat....
Location
Madision/Huntsville AL
SJBrit said:
I thought the title of the thread was how far you drove the four wheeler helping everyong with their skis! Great to meet you.
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it was great to meet you too

actually driving the ATV around was like an added bonus....

Besides.... Megan did most of that driving

in order to beat her (at something) i had to ride in the front of the quad....
after i said i'll beat you back to the site since i was in the front of it... she gets to the site, pulls up in reverse and says i still beat you....
she's one tough cookie and pretty smart too
 
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All Stock

Keyboard Freestyler
Location
Houston
It was great getting to hang out with you this weekend.
Parr wasn't lying, I think my arms are an inch longer after riding your ski. Thanks for all the help with lifting and towing. I don't know if Pauls trailer would be unloaded so easy if we did't have you there.
I am glad you made the trek.
 
Nascency Chris

Nascency Chris

The Nascency Project
nice to have met ya don and we hope you guys roll down here again soon...



*please note the you guys instead of the y'all...we gotta break him into this southern thang slow lol...:biggrin: *
 
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Don 79 TA

Still Fat....
Location
Madision/Huntsville AL
i almost slipped out with a ya'all at work today
we started talking between the two of us about moving
and i started talking to work about it too

we truly enjoyed meeting and talking with everyone.
 
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