You'll be passing by on route 20 about 10 miles from our house in Arlington, Tx. If you need anything just call. We can even put you up overnight if you're not allergic to cats.

 

Thanks for the tip, Fogey1

 

Thanks Ernest Sw,

If you want to pm me your number I may take you up on that

 

Jim... S'fest '05 is on the calendar. The 'Boss' wants
to get back down there. So if we're healthy, Lord willin',
and the creek don't rise...

we'll see you & very brown 928 and everyone.

 

I second the V-1 suggestion. Don't leave home without your V-1. And also Jim's suggestion of lots of water. When I broke down on 1-10 in the Arizona desert, I drank a gallon of water while I repaired my broken throttle linkage, and I still was dehydrated. Lots of sand on that road and trucks, so save the bra for the car not your okole. And don't mess with Arizona bears. I don't know why Jim said no radar at night; bears hide in the medians at night so you don't know they are there without your V-1. They get you coming at 'em and you're dead meat, especially in Texas. Rain is another story. Maybe he will chime in and enlighten me. Dr. Ron is all ears when someone is telling bear stories.

 

The Natchez Trace is nice. I use it everyday to go to work. It's Federal property and all that intails. They'll let you do 57 no problem. Even at that it's much faster to Nashville than the interstate. White Ford CrownVic's green strips. Their are a few place and times that higher speeds can be done. When you can see for a distance. They like to run near the cities in pairs. Thinking you'll speed up after the first one.
The new section north of 20 was just opened up a few months ago. The whole thing is like driving through a park, but faster.

LM

 

drove to the Bay Area for July 4th week. went by a sheriff in the median outside of Medford OR (SB I-5) at about 90. must of been napping, he never even looked at me.

came over a rise outside of Yreka CA (NB I-5), doing 80 and there's 2 CHP's in the median, no reaction.

got lucky...

 

That's great ! I love to hear happy endings. Maybe the bears were lunching on Krispy Kremes. My V-1 would have chirped before they were in sight so I would cruise by calmly and slowly, unless they were using instant on and hadn't been using it before I reached them. I still would have dropped anchor instantly. Don't like to drive at night for that reason and for the four legged critters that like to wander around looking for a windshield to break. In Colorado, one ran across the road and I missed him by about 1 second, and was the strangest creature I have ever seen. I hoped he had a mate so he would reproduce.

The bears in Oregon were fun when I went to school there, but now they are not so tolerant. I-5 through Yreka is a great road in the rain when they can't use radar.

 

Thanks for the tips. Ordered the V1 last night. Sounds like "don't leave home without it" is likely to save me a lot of sweats and probably more money than the unit.
I appreciate the input. I'll keep the list posted on "start times" and take pics of the most interesting truck stops along the way.

 

also take a couple cheap fire extinguishers...

 

Thanks Dave,
Already anticipated that after reading the threads on fuel line problems. I checked out all the lines and they look ok, but better safe than sorry.

 

Since the car is "new" to you, check that the lug nuts are not so tight that you can't get them free with the hand wrench. I remember once I was driving on California back roads when I split a tire on a sharp rock miles from the nearest service. The car was an Audi and I'd just had new tires installed all around. Too late I remembered that I had failed to remind the shop tech to use a torque stem on the impact wrench. After walking about 1/2 a mile I found an old steel pipe in a ditch that gave me the leverage I needed. Without that luck, it would have been a very long walk.

 

LarryM Wrote: "The Natchez Trace is nice. I use it everyday to go to work. It's Federal property and all that intails. They'll let you do 57 no problem. "

I guess I've been lucky. I've used it three times in ten years and twice it was on an empty road at 85plus. The third time there was endless construction just north of Jackson and we begged off after 30 miles or so.

 

If you have time before the trip:
- Lay out route sections where you can run on interesting-looking non-interstate roads, but can jump over to the interstate if the local road turns out to be a 30 mph jungle.
- Start a new thread, telling a little more about the trip (when you are going and the proposed route). Ask if you can meet anyone along the way for lunch, dinner, overnight, etc.

A little longer trip might be a lot more fun than 1000 mile interstate grinds!

 

Thanks, Wallyp. I agree about the interest of taking a longer and more interesting excursion. Unfortunately I have to get to "the other end" asap for work. So, I have focused on the "getting there" part for now. the upside is that the S will finally get a chance to stretch her legs.. I look forward to exploring the NC mountains (especially SITM) when I get there.