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This is why I'm making plans so far ahead. If I get my way we'll finish at a Pomona swap.

Originally Posted by 61bone

AHA, the crux of the problem. I've lived here for 63 years or all my life. I've traveled a lot and have seen all of the USA and practically none of it. Best advice- You know how long you have to get where your going. Stop and explore accordingly. Made a trip to the East coast a few years ago. Had 3 weeks to do it. About a 3,000 mile round trip or about 6 days of driving. Covered 900 miles last day going out and over a thousand last day coming back. We saw- Palisades park (we were the only people there, lovely park),
Wisconsin Dells. Swam in the Mississippi River, Drove through the Southside of Chicago (not recommended), Saw the Dayton Air Muesum, Niagara Falls, the worlds largest ball of string and had a glass of wine in a Vermont gay bar. Missed the house built like a shoe, bummer. On the way back, Saw the lighthouse on the tip of Cape Cod, Picked a Lobster out of the pound on the Vermont coast and had it steamed and ate it on the beach, Bought maple syrup straight out of the cooker,Watched a Revolutionary war cannon being fired, Got threw out of a Burger King in Canada, drove down the St. Lawerance Seaway, rode a ferry across one of the great lakes, drove through downtown Chicago ( not recommended) Saw a cardboard sign the said "cheese ->" and bought some Cheddar that had been in this cave so long it had a coating of calcite on the top of it. Said it was over 20 years old. Delicious.
Anyway, there is so much to see and do that the best way to travel is to go where your heart takes you. Just make sure you can cover the remaining miles on the last day. I'd love to see The Sydney Opera house, but I wouldn't want to miss seeing a Opal miners house if the opportunity presented itself.

This is why I'm making plans so far ahead. If I get my way we'll finish at a Pomona swap.Don't know how I posted this twice DOH

Originally Posted by 61bone

AHA, the crux of the problem. I've lived here for 63 years or all my life. I've traveled a lot and have seen all of the USA and practically none of it. Best advice- You know how long you have to get where your going. Stop and explore accordingly. Made a trip to the East coast a few years ago. Had 3 weeks to do it. About a 3,000 mile round trip or about 6 days of driving. Covered 900 miles last day going out and over a thousand last day coming back. We saw- Palisades park (we were the only people there, lovely park),
Wisconsin Dells. Swam in the Mississippi River, Drove through the Southside of Chicago (not recommended), Saw the Dayton Air Muesum, Niagara Falls, the worlds largest ball of string and had a glass of wine in a Vermont gay bar. Missed the house built like a shoe, bummer. On the way back, Saw the lighthouse on the tip of Cape Cod, Picked a Lobster out of the pound on the Vermont coast and had it steamed and ate it on the beach, Bought maple syrup straight out of the cooker,Watched a Revolutionary war cannon being fired, Got threw out of a Burger King in Canada, drove down the St. Lawerance Seaway, rode a ferry across one of the great lakes, drove through downtown Chicago ( not recommended) Saw a cardboard sign the said "cheese ->" and bought some Cheddar that had been in this cave so long it had a coating of calcite on the top of it. Said it was over 20 years old. Delicious.
Anyway, there is so much to see and do that the best way to travel is to go where your heart takes you. Just make sure you can cover the remaining miles on the last day. I'd love to see The Sydney Opera house, but I wouldn't want to miss seeing a Opal miners house if the opportunity presented itself.

Originally Posted by Blow by

As above there is tons to see and do,you just need to figure out what interests you.If you want a Kiwi perspective of travel etc over here just let me know,we live up in the mountains of Lake Tahoe CA and are always up for showing off our beautiful area.

Hold the door open Roger,we are comin.... right now,if we could afford it,,,will we see you at beach hop next year?? let me know if you are comming and we will catch ya there somewhere..
As for the rest of you guys,I am getting itchy just reading the posts on here.Might have to try for six weeks when we do finally get there.

would love to get over there one day & one day it will be I just havent figered out when that day will arrive yes when are you comming back down Roger

Originally Posted by c cab

would love to get over there one day & one day it will be I just havent figered out when that day will arrive yes when are you comming back down Roger

Happy birthday John...aha,you wanted more birthday greetings from Roger,,didnt you?glad ya found ya password..Shall we make it a mass ANZAC take over guys??

Hemitee beat me to it but living here in St.Paul Minn "Back to the 50's" would be high on the list. There were about 11,900 hotrods at the 2009 event. You can't possibly see all of them in one day. Doesn't matter, there a lot who go cruising a couple of the main streets in the evenings for the whole week. It can be wall to wall people watching for many blocks Friday and Sat nights.

There are a couple dozen popular rod building shops too. You will have to get a Linechaser magazine from MSRA to get a complete list. Send them a note and I'm sure they would send one to you. In the magazine there is a complete list of events going on in the area. You can go to a rod event every night of the week in the summer. If you plan carefully you can hit 3 a day on weekends.

Here is the website again.

http://www.msra.com/

Bentwings,your state is one place I would love to get to.I have been on the msra site once before,truly amazing sight in having 11000 rods in one place,doesnt NSRA Nats in Louisville do similar numbers?Or did once or twice before?You have no idea what a sight that would be to the average Kiwi,or Aussie for that matter...

That would make the Summernats look like a small cruise.

Originally Posted by lamin8r

Bentwings,your state is one place I would love to get to.I have been on the msra site once before,truly amazing sight in having 11000 rods in one place,doesnt NSRA Nats in Louisville do similar numbers?Or did once or twice before?You have no idea what a sight that would be to the average Kiwi,or Aussie for that matter...

Also... If you attend the "Back to the 50's" in June, you need to stay until Sunday so that you can catch the swap meet. It's not the largest swapmeet but it is rather impressive.

Yeah it's probably 10+ acres or more. There is more junk than a huge junk yard. It would be hard not to buy something there. The only thing I can say is if you do buy something make sure you get a well written receipt. You may need it come title time.

Originally Posted by bentwings

Yeah it's probably 10+ acres or more. There is more junk than a huge junk yard. It would be hard not to buy something there. The only thing I can say is if you do buy something make sure you get a well written receipt. You may need it come title time.

Ten acres of swap meet?Back in a minute..........Sorry,had to get a towel,was starting to dribble on the key board..
Nah,not allowed any more toys yet,gotta get these done,wife wants her Customline back..