CARAVAN - West meets East

[QUOTE=spielman5]My trip planner says 427.2 miles from Memphis to Pigeon Forge, TN. I hope this means you are thinking about the Corvette Caravan, West Meets East..Terry

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Wow thats alot further then I imagined  

Raccoon Stole?  I don't know, i did get her a Sequin Christmas Vest  ask Larry (1BadLT1) about it, he got his wife on also

And you boys looked so good with those vests.

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I may travel with you guys if the trip is in August. I have been agonizing over to go or not. I have a trip to Baton Rouge on the 14th to work with 15 other guys from our church on a commercial building. A pastor down there is setting up a job training and placement center to help the displaced people from Katrina. We will be the first team in and do all the rough in of electrical, plumbing and frame in the day care, computer  lab and offices. Maybe some sheet rock and repair of the eves. So there is one week of vacation time. Then in June I take the family to a resort on the Washington coast for a week. In November we go for a week to Portland to be with family. Then do the same thing in December. I think I need to invest in a oil company

My wife did tell me she was taking the kids to Clarksville Tennessee this summer to see her sister(she was keeping this a secret, figured I would say no). So I guess I could time it with this gathering. Now for the logistics. My insurance limits the annual miles I can drive so I either have to change my insurance or find a trailer to haul it on. I also will have to get the A/C working or roast.

 

Glen, Another one from Washington, we need you in the Corvette Caravan, West meets East, Vehicle insurance? My Corvette policy is with a company called Aon, collector Car Insurance, Bellevue Washington. Phone 877-765-7790. Full coverage for $100.00 per year, no mileage limits..Give them a call..A/C Sorry, I just gave away my Working A6 compressor off my 1976. installed a new Compressor from Hot Rod Air in Selma Texas, $ 219.00. Car is now in the paint booth, will charge A/C after every thing is complete on the car. spielman538725.7096412037

June 23-25, wow thats looking good for me  I really really hope i can make this trip.  Even if I don't make it, I was thinking of traveling part of the way with the convoy

With the dates now being June 23-25 that puts me out. My daughter is a little bummed but she is young and will get over it. I will have to make up for it with a different trip. Just one question why the vote for the month and then get written over anyway? We still could have gone through the process for location but then why not have the powers that be choose the dates (as it happened anyway) then we could have just said yeah or nay. Just my 2c make sure and take lots of pics to post for all to see.

Even with the date change there will be Corvettes that will drop out and Corvettes that will join in the, West meets East Caravan. The first post in this thread has a trip planner and a map of the route the West meets East Caravan will take. Myself and others are determined to see this thru. My email address is spielman5@gci.net  I will continue to make a list of caravan members, workout details on were and when to join the caravan as it passes your area and answer any other questions that you may have. My hope is that this Corvette Caravan will now grow larger than before, the fun and expectations of the road trip is still here, we are just sorry some have to drop out. Now time is shorter to prepare your vehicles, the weather will not be so hot? A good time will be had by all please join me and I hope Iron82 for a blast of a life time..

 

P.S. I'm from ALASKA, I like it hot..

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Thanks Terry for the info. I may look into new insurance this summer. The limitations on collectors insurance concerns me. I don't know how to lock the vette in a garage if I am staying in hotels while driving across the country. Its also hard to stay under the mileage limitations. Any event I go to is at least 1-1/2 hrs away. If I head to Seattle its 3hrs and Portland is 5-1/2 hours. 

If things work out I will be driving my truck and towing the vette on a trailer. I am going to make it a family vacation and take 3 weeks off from work. Figure if I am driving that far, I should stop and smell the roses. At least that's what the wife says.

My wife's sister and her husband lives in Clarksville, TN so we will probably spend the 4th with them. I also have a time share which I am going to try and trade for a place in Gatlinburg. So if that works we will stay a few days after the event.

Should be a fun trip. I will try and hook up with you around I82 and I84. I'll through some tools and supplies into the truck just in case.

  You like it HOT, huh?  Tell you what. You drive MY car and I'll drive yours. You'll be happy to get back to Alaska.

[QUOTE=dwright]
Sounds like the west coasters are going to have a good caravan.
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Sounds more like the cannonball run!!!!!