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myboynoah · 01-18-2008, 11:46 AM

Why stop at Mississippi when Tennessee and civilization are only a few more miles down the road?

marsupial · 01-18-2008, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by myboynoah

Why stop at Mississippi when Tennessee and civilization are only a few more miles down the road?

Hey--watch it buddy!

myboynoah · 01-18-2008, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by marsupial

Hey--watch it buddy!

Traveling back and forth from here to visit my wife's family near Chattanooga we traverse northern Mississippi and Alabama. You don't know the relief I feel when I see that "Welcome to Tennessee" sign. Kind of like when they turn the lights up in the temple when going from Telestial to Terrestrial (or is it Terrestial to Telestial?).

Celestial will always be reserved for "Welcome to Utah"

ute4ever · 01-18-2008, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by myboynoah

Traveling back and forth from here to visit my wife's family near Chattanooga we traverse northern Mississippi and Alabama. You don't know the relief I feel when I see that "Welcome to Tennessee" sign. Kind of like when they turn the lights up in the temple when going from Telestial to Terrestrial (or is it Terrestial to Telestial?).

Just for that, you and your teenagers are hereby obligated to spend an hour on Monday helping to unload my truck. I am moving into a third story and have hundreds of books!

hyrum · 01-18-2008, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ute4ever

Head east on the 8 for 349 miles
Merge onto the 10 for 488 miles
Merge onto the 20 for 421 miles
Merge onto the 30 for 326 miles
Merge onto the 40 for 126 miles
Turn right onto the 55 for 15 miles
Exit freeway (0.8 mile from destination)

Sounds easy enough.

After you get out of California you can drop "the" before the Interstate highway number, replace with "I-".

RockyBalboa · 01-18-2008, 03:39 PM

In regards to going through Flagstaff...if you're wanting to avoid hills be VARY wary there.

The elevation is very high up there and the snow is crappy and the roads are just as crappy.

I drove a U-Haul truck from SLC to Mesa several years ago and had no idea the treachery that awaited me driving through that area this time of year. Be careful.

myboynoah · 01-18-2008, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ute4ever

Just for that, you and your teenagers are hereby obligated to spend an hour on Monday helping to unload my truck. I am moving into a third story and have hundreds of books!

Sadly my teenagers are girls. You're going to South Haven, right? We are scared to go south of Poplar.

Once you get settled we should get together.

ute4ever · 01-21-2008, 12:59 AM

Day one: San Diego to Pecos, TX, about 917 miles.
Day two: Pecos to Little Rock, about 750 miles.

The width of Texas is nearly as large as the height of California. There is a 450-mile stretch in-between El Paso and Abilene that is seven hours of a whole lot of nothing, and I mean seriously. The speed limit was 80 and I was passing 18-wheeler after 18-wheeler; very few passenger cars on that stretch.

I am averaging 8.1 miles per gallon.

Sigh.

01-18-2008, 11:46 AM	#11
myboynoah Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Memphis freakin' Tennessee!!!!! Posts: 4,530	Why stop at Mississippi when Tennessee and civilization are only a few more miles down the road? __________________ Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!! Religion rises inevitably from our apprehension of our own death. To give meaning to meaninglessness is the endless quest of all religion. When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith.

01-18-2008, 03:39 PM	#16
RockyBalboa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 7,297	In regards to going through Flagstaff...if you're wanting to avoid hills be VARY wary there. The elevation is very high up there and the snow is crappy and the roads are just as crappy. I drove a U-Haul truck from SLC to Mesa several years ago and had no idea the treachery that awaited me driving through that area this time of year. Be careful. __________________ Masquerading as Cougarguards very own genius dumbass since 05'.

01-21-2008, 12:59 AM	#18
ute4ever I must not tell lies Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,103	Day one: San Diego to Pecos, TX, about 917 miles. Day two: Pecos to Little Rock, about 750 miles. The width of Texas is nearly as large as the height of California. There is a 450-mile stretch in-between El Paso and Abilene that is seven hours of a whole lot of nothing, and I mean seriously. The speed limit was 80 and I was passing 18-wheeler after 18-wheeler; very few passenger cars on that stretch. I am averaging 8.1 miles per gallon. Sigh.