Rich C (in GCLC and here on Long Island) has suggested that we add a Long Island leg to the trip. We could run most of the length of LI and meet up with someone either on the other side of the orient Point Ferry or if we go the other way in the Bronx or Manhattan. I like the idea of a hand-off in Times Square...
@woytovich I think this is an excellent idea... a gathering of a few 40's in some iconic NYC location would be great. Please continue to plan on it... I know I'll be there!
Time Square would be great, but would be hard to photograph... NYPD doesn't have a lot of patience these days!
I was thinking more about potential New Mexico legs, to include sections of the old, original Route 66. Little known to most, politics played a large part of the significant, major realignment of Route 66 in New Mexico:
Santa Fe- Pre 1938 Alignment of New Mexico Route 66
To get from West Texas to Arizona, with a potential northerly leg into Southern Colorado (from Romero on I-25 south of Las Vegas, New Mexico), it could make sense to go through Santa Rosa on I-40 (former Route 66), through Romero, then up over Glorita Pass on I-25, through Santa Fe, then down the original La Bajada Hill (still unpaved) into the Albuquerque area. I'd be willing to change my route to include the section from Bernalillo, New Mexico to Santa Fe/Glorieta Pass/Romero.
@4Cruisers This is exactly what we're talking about! We should all take interesting routes... whenever possible... to enable those of us far away to see places we are unlikely to ever see with our own eyes. The route you outline above seems perfect for this type of event...
is there a date for the south run to Atlanta ?
@Booch I'll come up with a draft timeline on Friday... probably heading South from Maine (and maybe Ohio???) across Atlanta, all the way down to Key West. I'm thinking late September to early October is probable for a kickoff...
Chris, I don't think there is a limit as to how far the baton has to travel from one leg to the other....maybe once it gets to here, we can run tandem with it or trade off and work our way around the ATL.
@GA Architect X2 Agreed.
I am in. My 68 is slow, so dont want to travel very far, but I could relay from Potato Launcher to cbmontgo and/or 1911. I am currently in Chillicothe, TX which is halfway between Amarillo and DFW area
i'm picturing a 1970s vintage hard attache case....complete with spy vs spy hand cuffs on the handle.
contained inside is a stash of the approved event sticker(s?)...this is how you pick up your sticker, a poorly xeroxed copy of travel tips IE types of places to stop for photos, possibly the aforementioned dash gopro, and souvenirs of the places the case has been....anything from a soda cup advertising the go to local burger joint or the local drive in, the local tourist trap or a receipt of a ferry or bridge tunnel whatever the current courier can dream of. and a log book, upon meeting with the new agent, the current agent signs off and the new signs on...perhaps in the middle is an entry including dates and mileage.
at some point perhaps an east case gets handed off for a west case?? perhaps the west doesn't do a case, maybe they do something different?
I'm thinking that the first move is going to be south, down the east coast. Which to me means
@hecrod starts the move, symbolically handing over the epic journey.
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@brian I'd like to ask you to take the Lead in gathering feedback and finalizing the baton conversation. Let me know if you are OK with that... and if you are, run with it!
And while I'm at it, I assume no one has a problem with
@ginmtb (Mike) taking responsibility for the "Art Department"?
Mike, if you are OK, please finalize taking input on the sticker / badge and "send it to the print shop." Let us know on your proposed approach to handle the financial side of it.
I like it!
I will donate a GoPro and needed accessories to the cause!
As far as logistics go, I think something that hasn't been talked about is lodging/camping. Say a group starts out in the morning in LA and drives 5 hours to Vegas. The Vegas group would have the option of starting the next morning, or possibly starting the next leg that afternoon. But if there's not enough time to make it all the way to the next hand off point, the 'group' would be staying together.
In many places this won't be an issue, but it will definitely take some planning to figure out a good time of the day the hand off should occur to make it easier on the next group. Especially out west where towns are fewer and farther between!
As great as it would be to have every hand off planned out, we all know traffic, mechanical, and weather delays will hinder this, so there needs to be built in buffers along the route. Many people will have to ask for time off work in advance to participate, so if the baton is a day or two late, it could potentially make a lot of people miss out. If the delays are early in the trip, it will have a ripple effect because it will be hard to 'make up' time with a pack of 40's on the highway.
@jetranger You're donating a GoPro??? This is kind of getting out of hand isn't it???
Please work with
@brian on how to integrate it with the "baton" idea...
Yes... timing / scheduling is the next challenge. I'm assuming most people, at least those traveling under 200 miles or so, will try to do it over a weekend, with the first Owner leaving on a Friday afternoon, handing the baton to the next Owner say on a Sunday afternoon. This new Owner would leave the following Friday to hand it off to the next Owner Saturday / Sunday and so on. Or something like that. If we do it this way, then there would be some sort of flexibility already built-in into the schedule.
Those travelling longer distances (e.g.
@Booch ) are of course likely to have to travel for more than just a weekend.
I'll come of with a draft schedule on Friday and we can all take it from there.
I will sign on for Charleston, SC to..... Run. Put me down for 200 miles - that could get me from Charleston SC to Aiken / August, GA - near
@GA Architect, or toward the Upsate of S Carolina and connect to the Tennessee group. Additionally, I could connect to the Charlotte, NC area and to Savannah GA - if necessary.
I can't go east - no snorkel. I will encourage
@CharlestonG8R @dbenke @scott johnson @whitenh @77wagon @Trollhole or others to be involved in a caravan of sorts.... Some sorts.
I'm figuring I (we) would be a weekend participant - not necessarily a 'starting' point, or ending point, just segment participant.
You got it!
Hector
