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Old 10-23-2022, 12:04 AM
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Here are some photos from our recent drive from Colorado to New Hampshire and back, a total of 5200 miles over 3 weeks. We did our best to stay off interstates, and explore a few selected areas or places.

After driving through swarms of butterflies on the eastern Colorado plains.


At Tallgrass Prairie National Monument in eastern Kansas. A very cool historic ranch.


At Missouri Mines State Park, in the southern part of the state, and once the center of massive lead mining.


At Browns County State Park lodge, in eastern Indiana. Nice hiking in the woods.


At Johnstown Flood National Memorial, in western Pennsylvania. The valley behind the car was once a man-made lake that breached its dam and wiped out several towns, killing more than 2000 people.


At my childhood home, Long Island, New York. My 95-year-old dad still lives here.


On the ferry from Long Island to Connecticut.


At Springfield Armory National Historic Park, with an amazing collection of rifles, most made here over 200 years.


At a friend's house in Amherst, Massachusetts.


At another friend's house in Pittsford, New York, on the Erie Canal. They bought the Suburban the same year as mine, when we all lived in Alaska. Both trucks still going strong.


At Indiana Dunes National Park, on the shore of Lake Michigan.


A frosty morning in Columbia, Missouri.


At Powell Gardens, just east of Kansas City.

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Would love to take a month or two to do an epic cross country road trip in the 911.
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Very cool trip. Would love to do something like that. Thanks for posting!
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Great trip and great pictures.

Any car issues during your 5200 mile trek?
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Originally Posted by Tier1Terrier
Would love to take a month or two to do an epic cross country road trip in the 911.
We could have easily doubled our time to 6 weeks, and done a bit more back country exploring--and avoided a couple of 600 mile days.
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Originally Posted by Porsche_nuts
Great trip and great pictures.

Any car issues during your 5200 mile trek?
Thanks. No car problems at all. We started with new tires and a new Antigravity battery.
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How do you like the Antigravity battery. Coming up on 8 years on my battery and probably due for a change.
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That’s great! Eastern CO bugs can get pretty bad. Fantastic trip, and thanks for the inspiration! What tires did you use?
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drove from Merryland to CA in 72 after Nam, 70 Duster 6 banger, no AC in 4 days..cured me of driving cross country:}IM still in CA..
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