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#4005 of 4024 Re: Just some things to think about. [fezo] by steve_ HOST

Feb 13, 2012 (6:56 pm)

Replying to: fezo (Feb 13, 2012 6:32 pm)
I've been to all of them.
 
Betcha every one of them had some government loan money floating around too.

#4006 of 4024 Re: Just some things to think about. [steve_] by fezo

Feb 13, 2012 (7:16 pm)

Replying to: steve_ (Feb 13, 2012 6:56 pm)
All 49 or all 50?
 
I've only done about 42.

#4007 of 4024 Re: Just some things to think about. [fezo] by steve_ HOST

Feb 13, 2012 (7:19 pm)

Replying to: fezo (Feb 13, 2012 7:16 pm)
Hit them all but Hawaii before I was 30. Couldn't drive to it, and I was 31 or so before I could come up with the airfare to tick it off the list.
 
Unfortunately (for this topic), I hit most of them in a VW Bug or the Tercel. Nothing like cheap gas, tenting in gravel pits and "borrowing" bags of groceries out of Mom's cupboards to live on when you're twenty-something.

#4008 of 4024 Re: Just some things to think about. [steve_] by fezo

Feb 13, 2012 (8:20 pm)

Replying to: steve_ (Feb 13, 2012 7:19 pm)
Would that I were more adventurous at that age - or any age. I do have several states (that I don't count) that I've only been to because I changed planes in an airport there - Missouri (KC airport), Colorado (Denver) and Hawaii. I'll manage them all yet. A could nail a bunch of the missing states with one dull trip- Kansas, Oklahoma, North Dakota.....

#4009 of 4024 Re: Just some things to think about. [fezo] by steve_ HOST

Feb 13, 2012 (8:37 pm)

Replying to: fezo (Feb 13, 2012 8:20 pm)
Big sky country - fun place to watch the weather develop. Somehow I always managed to go through Oklahoma City at 2 am. Guess we should move this to Road Trips....

#4010 of 4024 $7 billion? No thanks. by steve_ HOST

Feb 17, 2012 (3:21 pm)

"In a surprising turnabout, Chrysler has withdrawn its application for loans from the U.S. Department of Energy to build greener cars.
 
Ford received $5.9 billion under the program while Nissan North America was awarded $1.4 billion. Electric car start-up Tesla Motors received $465 million, while hybrid start-up Fisker Automotive got $529 million.
  
Chrysler originally had sought as much as $7 billion in loans under the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing loan program, according to Automotive News. It subsequently lowered that request to less than $3.5 billion."
 
Chrysler Withdraws Application for U.S. Department of Energy Loans (Inside Line)

#4011 of 4024 Re: Just some things to think about. [fezo] by andre1969

Feb 17, 2012 (3:56 pm)

Replying to: fezo (Feb 13, 2012 7:16 pm)
The ones I haven't done yet are;
Alaska
Hawaii
Oregon
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Massachussetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
 
So, I'm at 41 out of 50.

#4012 of 4024 Re: Just some things to think about. [andre1969] by fezo

Feb 17, 2012 (5:33 pm)

Replying to: andre1969 (Feb 17, 2012 3:56 pm)
I'm amazed that an east coast boy like yourself has managed to miss all of New England. Nice area. I'm usually up there at least once a year.
 
Let's see, I'm missing North Dakota (south is really nice in the west and very dull in the east), Kansas, Missouri (except KC airport), Colorado (Denver airport), Oklahoma and Hawaii (Honolulu airport).
 
There's several states where my presence was of short duration but at least I drove through a piece....

#4013 of 4024 Re: Just some things to think about. [fezo] by steve_ HOST

Feb 17, 2012 (5:45 pm)

Replying to: fezo (Feb 17, 2012 5:33 pm)
I'd have all of Canada too, if Nunavut hadn't split off from the Northwest Territories. No roads going there, and airfare is out of sight.
 
Hm, there might be an ice road....

#4014 of 4024 Re: Just some things to think about. [andre1969] by pf_flyer HOST

Feb 17, 2012 (5:54 pm)

Replying to: andre1969 (Feb 17, 2012 3:56 pm)
I'm at 48 ...all continental. We did 4 cross country camping trips in addition to all sorts of road trips when I was a kid!
 
We always wanted to drive the Alcan to Alaska...

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