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Postby LoST RaiNDRoP » Fri Oct 01, 2004 11:00 am

Trunksgirl07 wrote:I WOULD like to go...buuuuut I live in Chicago, IL which is like ....really far away, and I'm not a huggy buddy but I am one of Cloud's friends..........so....well I just don't know what to say....I can save money for next year and maybe my parent's will let me drive there, I would have my permit/liscence by then, but that would take some time, and that plane thing I wouldn't be able to go 'cuz....well I can't tell you.....yet....but I can't go on a plane.

Ideas?.......... I can't think of any.


YAY! alright.. well.. thats a long way O_O ....lol.. you could either go down here and ride with us.. or go directly to NC and meet up with us. ..either way.. its your choice. :wink: ....i dont think the plane thing is gonna happen.. hehe.. so dont worry.. i gota run
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Postby Trunksgirl07 » Fri Oct 01, 2004 11:23 am

Oh! have you asked Cloud yet?.....If he could drive us?
I would most likely go to Oklahoma first and THEN go with you guys to NC, don't know I'll think about it.
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Postby Sentient Satire » Fri Oct 01, 2004 2:16 pm

Well, tell me to not post further here, if need be... But if not, allow me to be a trip advisor. I am not affiliated with the huggy buddies, nor am I going to the con, but I like assisting people when big logistics are involved. TRUST ME, getting ~5 people to NC via the roadways is big logistics. I wish I could attend cons but alas, obligations for this and next year foreseeably prevent me from doing so. Even so, convention goers have a place in my heart.

Simple starting stats:

1. ~1130 miles (not including deviation for pick-ups)

2. People within an appreciable distance of:
State route 51, Oklahoma
Muskogee Turnpike, Oklahoma
I-40, going through eastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina... (southern Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia) (northern Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia) (South Carolina) (Chicago, Illinois will be a northern ascent of ~400 miles)
I-85 (North-South) spanning through NC-southern VA

3. Tolls will be incurred on some segments of road[/b]
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Postby LoST RaiNDRoP » Wed Oct 13, 2004 8:43 pm

Trunksgirl07 wrote:Oh! have you asked Cloud yet?.....If he could drive us?
I would most likely go to Oklahoma first and THEN go with you guys to NC, don't know I'll think about it.

i dont think cloud will drive... kwarber will drive, another huggy buddy.. shes from kansas.
but alright... think about it :) ..it'll be fun
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Postby LoST RaiNDRoP » Wed Oct 13, 2004 8:46 pm

Sentient Satire wrote:Well, tell me to not post further here, if need be... But if not, allow me to be a trip advisor. I am not affiliated with the huggy buddies, nor am I going to the con, but I like assisting people when big logistics are involved. TRUST ME, getting ~5 people to NC via the roadways is big logistics. I wish I could attend cons but alas, obligations for this and next year foreseeably prevent me from doing so. Even so, convention goers have a place in my heart.

Simple starting stats:

1. ~1130 miles (not including deviation for pick-ups)

2. People within an appreciable distance of:
State route 51, Oklahoma
Muskogee Turnpike, Oklahoma
I-40, going through eastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina... (southern Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia) (northern Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia) (South Carolina) (Chicago, Illinois will be a northern ascent of ~400 miles)
I-85 (North-South) spanning through NC-southern VA

3. Tolls will be incurred on some segments of road[/b]


i appreciate that so much. :shock: ...hehehe .you seem to know a lot about highways and stuff like that. :D
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Postby Sentient Satire » Thu Oct 14, 2004 3:26 am

Glad to be of service...

If you need anymore information don't hestitate to ask...
Whether it is out of necessity, business, or lazineness, I'll be more than gleeful to assist.

*Warning* (off topic)
Personally, I make an effort to avoid travel by road over statelines. I always stress, so a result I make it a point to know everything. Yare-yare, in 3 months I'll have to make a road trip up the eastern seaboard and back. Not looking foward to it.
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Postby LoST RaiNDRoP » Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:43 am

Sentient Satire wrote:Glad to be of service...

If you need anymore information don't hestitate to ask...
Whether it is out of necessity, business, or lazineness, I'll be more than gleeful to assist.

*Warning* (off topic)
Personally, I make an effort to avoid travel by road over statelines. I always stress, so a result I make it a point to know everything. Yare-yare, in 3 months I'll have to make a road trip up the eastern seaboard and back. Not looking foward to it.


awww.. thanks so much again for your help. i might have some questions in the near future (next year) ....and i hope your trip turns out better than you think.
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Postby Sentient Satire » Wed Oct 20, 2004 2:00 am

Addendum:
Here's a quick thought I had. Fuel costs... obviously an estimate.
Based on the vehicles you stated earlier, I was able to deduce:

Couldn't figure out the SUV...

Dodge Caravan (the minivan), if it wasn't the minivan you had in mind, it is still ~ equivalent of all the minivans out there averaged together in terms of mpg. So I will use it as a projection for costs.

Highway mpg estimate: $101.30
(figure without tax) (miles without pick-ups)

Combined Hwy/City estimate: $121.48
(figure without tax) (miles without pick-ups)

The actual amount will be inbetween these figures (interchanges, etc.)
These costs are assuming a ~$2.15/gallon cost projected for May 2005. Extrapolated from D.O.E. figures from this years trends. And assuming the oil crisis doesn't get curtailed by then.

That is without taking in to account stop and locations of people to pick up.
Hope it helped.
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