What would you want to take with you on the ultimate road trip,if you could make one ?

If you got to make the ultimate road trip (and money, geographic
location of the trip and the make / model of the desired car you'd
most want to use wasn't a limitation), what things or person/s would
you most want to take with you and please say why.

You can take any high profile person/s you admire, irrespective
whether anyone named is living or is presently deceased and could be
brought back to life.

On Thu, 15 May 2008 02:44:47 -0700 (PDT), Brett <velocity0@gmail.com>
wrote:

>If you got to make the ultimate road trip (and money, geographic
>location of the trip and the make / model of the desired car you'd
>most want to use wasn't a limitation), what things or person/s would
>you most want to take with you and please say why.

I'd take a Stealth vehicle that was invisible to RADAR and LIDAR,
camoflaged from VASCAR, went from 0-60 in 2 seconds, and got 500 miles
per gallon. Oh, and it would have a robot pilot and mobile Internet
access so I could ride in the back and sleep or surf USENET. :)
--
"Dave's not here, man!"
- Tommy Chong

I did this a few years after graduating college.

Drove a '65 Chevy II around the country for four months, spending time
with friends and relatives, camping, staying with new friends.

The two items I brought with me of note: my complete stereo and record
collection, and my cat.

Tara Reid, in the largest bus-based RV I could find. :) -Dave

On May 15, 10:22 am, "Mr. V" <allagosh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I did this a few years after graduating college.
>
> Drove a '65 Chevy II around the country for four months, spending time
> with friends and relatives, camping, staying with new friends.
>
> The two items I brought with me of note: my complete stereo and record
> collection, and my cat.

Based on my experiences road tripping with an ex-GF and her '69
Valiant, I'd leave the cat at home. said cat was totally cool but
very, very unhappy in the car.

I remember once having to make an unscheduled stop at my parents'
house to hose out the cat carrier, as George the Cat got tired of
expressing his displeasure vocally and moved on to less subtle forms
of communication.

nate

Brett wrote:

> If you got to make the ultimate road trip (and money, geographic
> location of the trip and the make / model of the desired car you'd
> most want to use wasn't a limitation), what things or person/s would
> you most want to take with you and please say why.
>
> You can take any high profile person/s you admire, irrespective
> whether anyone named is living or is presently deceased and could be
> brought back to life.

My 'who' is easy. Benjamin Franklin.

Carl
1 Lucky Texan

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In article
<8e118857-9825-4520-9d46-a7469d3d52f8@s33g2000pri.googlegroups.com>,
Brett <velocity0@gmail.com> wrote:

> If you got to make the ultimate road trip (and money, geographic
> location of the trip and the make / model of the desired car you'd
> most want to use wasn't a limitation), what things or person/s would
> you most want to take with you and please say why.
>
> You can take any high profile person/s you admire, irrespective
> whether anyone named is living or is presently deceased and could be
> brought back to life.

I would go solo and take the usual stuff such as my car, clothes,
camping gear, folding bike, my laptop, camera gear, and my credit cards.
Although I would go solo, I would love to meat people on the way who
know the local areas and who would be willing to spend time showing me
around their community. I have no interest in meeting a "high profile"
person on such a trip.

On May 15, 5:44 pm, Shawn Hirn <s...@comcast.net> wrote:
> In article
> <8e118857-9825-4520-9d46-a7469d3d5...@s33g2000pri.googlegroups.com>,
>
>  Brett <veloci...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > If you got to make the ultimate road trip (and money, geographic
> > location of the trip and the make / model of the desired car you'd
> > most want to use wasn't a limitation), what things or person/s would
> > you most want to take with you and please say why.
>
> > You can take any high profile person/s you admire, irrespective
> > whether anyone named is living or is presently deceased and could be
> > brought back to life.
>
> I would go solo and take the usual stuff such as my car, clothes,
> camping gear, folding bike, my laptop, camera gear, and my credit cards.
> Although I would go solo, I would love to meat people on the way who
> know the local areas and who would be willing to spend time showing me
> around their community. I have no interest in meeting a "high profile"
> person on such a trip.

Join a large hobby car club devoted to one marque, Jaguar, Model T,
Studebaker, (Nissan/Datsun) Z, Vette (Owning, but not necessarilly
driving one) and cal names from the roster for the town you'll be in
the next day.
You better know he Marque damn well, though.

On Thu, 15 May 2008 02:44:47 -0700 (PDT), Brett <velocity0@gmail.com>
wrote:

>If you got to make the ultimate road trip (and money, geographic
>location of the trip and the make / model of the desired car you'd
>most want to use wasn't a limitation), what things or person/s would
>you most want to take with you and please say why.

I'd leave the car home and fly my Beech Sundowner from small field to
small field, across the US and Canada.

My companion would be my wife, who in a perfect world would be as
comfortable flying as I am.

On Thu, 15 May 2008 02:44:47 -0700 (PDT), Brett <velocity0@gmail.com>
wrote:

>If you got to make the ultimate road trip (and money, geographic
>location of the trip and the make / model of the desired car you'd
>most want to use wasn't a limitation), what things or person/s would
>you most want to take with you and please say why.

A nice cushy Bentley or Rolls Royce convertible, my laptop with one of
those Verizon (or ATT or whomever) cards that connect to the cellular
network so I wouldn't be at the mercy of wifi hotspots, a refrigerator
full of mountain dew to keep me going, a GPS unit that has accurate
maps and the locations of every mom and pop pizza joint on my route
programmed in, the best police radar/lidar detection/jamming unit
money could buy, maps to bypass the states of VA, DC and anywhere else
that radar detectors are banned and Paris Hilton's credit cards to pay
for it all.

>You can take any high profile person/s you admire, irrespective
>whether anyone named is living or is presently deceased and could be
>brought back to life.

Ginger *and* Mary Ann.... ;-P

--
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speculation and a weakening dollar than supply
and demand in the market. In terms of fundamentals,
fear of supply reliability is overblown."

--Exxon-Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson

On May 15, 5:44 am, Brett <veloci...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you got to make the ultimate road trip (and money, geographic
> location of the trip and the make / model of the desired car you'd
> most want to use wasn't a limitation), what things or person/s would
> you most want to take with you and please say why.
>
> You can take any high profile person/s you admire, irrespective
> whether anyone named is living or is presently deceased and could be
> brought back to life.


To answer "What" I would take, it would be the usual stuff needed to
make a long trip, but the particulars would depend on the locales
visited. No snoeshoes needed on a trip to death valley. Binoculars
and camera would be nice, etc.

To answer "Who" I would take, it would likely be my spouse and
possible the kids and grandkids depending on the location. Or maybe
my spouse and brother-in-law and sister-in-law. I can't imagine why
anyone would want to take a "High Profile" person who they presumably
had never met on an extended trip like that. How dull for both...

On May 16, 9:20 am, Roadie <hjs...@cs.com> wrote:
> On May 15, 5:44 am, Brett <veloci...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If you got to make the ultimate road trip (and money, geographic
> > location of the trip and the make / model of the desired car you'd
> > most want to use wasn't a limitation), what things or person/s would
> > you most want to take with you and please say why.
>
> > You can take any high profile person/s you admire, irrespective
> > whether anyone named is living or is presently deceased and could be
> > brought back to life.
>
> To answer "What" I would take, it would be the usual stuff needed to
> make a long trip, but the particulars would depend on the locales
> visited.  No snoeshoes needed on a trip to death valley.  Binoculars
> and camera would be nice, etc.
>
> To answer "Who" I would take, it would likely be my spouse and
> possible the kids and grandkids depending on the location.  Or maybe
> my spouse and brother-in-law and sister-in-law.  I can't imagine why
> anyone would want to take a "High Profile" person who they presumably
> had never met on an extended trip like that.  How dull for both...

Do not go to Death Valey. It is horrible - no place to stay and
Scotty's Castle is a cardboard cut-out, Badwater will give you AIDS
just by driving past it, Zabriskie Point will clog your air filter,
and the sand ants will steal your wallet.

To each his own, but I find Death Valley beautiful and there is an
abundance of places to camp "rough" - free - but bring a large
container of water, like 6 gallons.

Scotty's Castle is a story as much as it is a building. Walter Scott
was one of Buffalo Bill's "Big Six" cowboys and decided to become the
"Greatest One Man Show on Earth." Part of that was spinning a yarn to
the New York bankers that hung around the Big Six Cowboys like teeny
boppers tailed the Beatles a half century later. Scotty let slip that
he had a secret gold mine in Death Valley that would make Rockerfeller
look like a pauper. "Send me $8000 a month and we will both be richer
than King Midas!" he would brag. That was good money in 1904.

Scotty never had a gold mine. A lot of us never had a gold mine, but
the thing about Scotty is that he wound up perhaps the most famous
common American of his time and with a castle, something most of us
have to do without . . .

Death Valley National Park is one of the most ruggedly mountainous
places on the planet. I walked 150 miles through the Karakoram
Mountains of Pakistan last summer and in many places the Karakoram
reminded me of the mountains in Death Valley National Park.

For my road trip, if I didn't have to use jeep trails to get to a
destination, I would drive my restored 1982 300 TDT Mercedes diesel
station wagon. The "T" in TDT stands for "Touring" because station
wagons in Germany are called "Touring cars." If jeep trails were part
of the itinerary, like my upcoming trip to Toroweap at the Grand
Canyon, I would have to drive my restored 1989 Toyota short wheelbase
4Runner.

I have custom sound systems in all my vehicles with subwoofer cabinets
and external power amps. I have 2000+ watts in my Benz and 1400 watts
in my 4Runner.

I write and take photographs for a living, so I would have my
assortment of cameras and a notebook computer. I see below someone
suggests bringing Hunter S. Thompson along. I lived in Aspen when
Hunter was running for Sheriff. I didn't keep a copy, and apparently
no one else has either, but I remember Point 8 of his "Ten Point
Platform" was "All Deputies shall take mescaline."

If she could make it, I'd bring Fräulein Karin. She's a twin for the
actress in the 3rd Indiana Jones movie. The one who falls into the
crevasse at the end.

On May 17, 1:49 pm, Studemania
>
> Do not go to Death Valey. It is horrible - no place to stay and
> Scotty's Castle is a cardboard cut-out, Badwater will give you AIDS
> just by driving past it, Zabriskie Point will clog your air filter,
> and the sand ants will steal your wallet.

> If she could make it, I'd bring Fräulein Karin. She's a twin for the
> actress in the 3rd Indiana Jones movie. The one who falls into the
> crevasse at the end.
>
I like the way Karin reverts to her native German at certain intimate
moments.

On May 19, 8:37 am, heav <p...@inyopro.com> wrote:
> To each his own, but I find Death Valley beautiful and there is an
> abundance of places to camp "rough" - free - but bring a large
> container of water, like 6 gallons.
>
> Scotty's Castle is a story as much as it is a building.  Walter Scott
> was one of Buffalo Bill's "Big Six" cowboys and decided to become the
> "Greatest One Man Show on Earth."  Part of that was spinning a yarn to
> the New York bankers that hung around the Big Six Cowboys like teeny
> boppers tailed the Beatles a half century later.  Scotty let slip that
> he had a secret gold mine in Death Valley that would make Rockerfeller
> look like a pauper. "Send me $8000 a month and we will both be richer
> than King Midas!" he would brag.   That was good money in 1904.
>
> Scotty never had a gold mine.  A lot of us never had a gold mine, but
> the thing about Scotty is that he wound up perhaps the most famous
> common American of his time and with a castle, something most of us
> have to do without . . .
>
> Death Valley National Park is one of the most ruggedly mountainous
> places on the planet.  I walked 150 miles through the Karakoram
> Mountains of Pakistan last summer and in many places the Karakoram
> reminded me of the mountains in Death Valley National Park.
>
> For my road trip, if I didn't have to use jeep trails to get to a
> destination, I would drive my restored 1982 300 TDT Mercedes diesel
> station wagon.  The "T" in TDT stands for "Touring" because station
> wagons in Germany are called "Touring cars."  If jeep trails were part
> of the itinerary, like my upcoming trip to Toroweap at the Grand
> Canyon, I would have to drive my restored 1989 Toyota short wheelbase
> 4Runner.
>
> I have custom sound systems in all my vehicles with subwoofer cabinets
> and external power amps.  I have 2000+ watts in my Benz and 1400 watts
> in my 4Runner.
>
> I write and take photographs for a living, so I would have my
> assortment of cameras and a notebook computer.  I see below someone
> suggests bringing Hunter S. Thompson along.  I lived in Aspen when
> Hunter was running for Sheriff.  I didn't keep a copy, and apparently
> no one else has either, but I remember Point 8 of his "Ten Point
> Platform" was "All Deputies shall take mescaline."
>
> If she could make it, I'd bring Fräulein Karin.  She's a twin for the
> actress in the 3rd Indiana Jones movie.  The one who falls into the
> crevasse at the end.
>
> On May 17, 1:49 pm, Studemania
>
>
>
>
>
> > Do not go to Death Valey. It is horrible - no place to stay and
> > Scotty's Castle is a cardboard cut-out, Badwater will give you AIDS
> > just by driving past it, Zabriskie Point will clog your air filter,
> > and the sand ants will steal your wallet.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Ahh, you ruined it! I was trying to keep people away so folks like you
and your / me and mine can enjoy it without too many others in the
way.

One place I love is Golden Canyon (?)- the tilted walls on both sides
are maybe twenty or so feet aapart - yet maybe many million of years
apart in date of formation.

PS The idea aboyut the Potemtkin Village / Scottys Castle came from a
woman calling Garison Keilor and giving him the low-down on SC. When
asked, she admitted that she had never visited there, despite being
only an hour or so away.