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Now that I've gotten through this year's "Ohio road meet," its on to next year.
In a perfect world, I'd like to hold next year's get-together in April, but couple of the choices I've provided will dictate their own schedule (Oh 823 happens whenever it is open, if we do Cleveland bridges, I'd want to hold it in August in conjunction with the Detroit-Superior bridge walk)
That said, I'm not beholden to the choices I presented above. If someone else wants to host a get-together in Cincy, Akron, or other location, I'll be more than happy to step aside. Heck, if someone else wants to lead any of the choices I've presented, I'll be happy with that as well.
Any which way, we can manage.

Wasn't there supposed to have been a road meet in Toledo? I-75 in Downtown Toledo and the Disalle Bridge is a new project according to OHDOT District 2.

Quote from: kevinb1994 on October 03, 2018, 05:58:32 PM
Wasn't there supposed to have been a road meet in Toledo? I-75 in Downtown Toledo and the Disalle Bridge is a new project according to OHDOT District 2.

Last roadmeet in Toledo would have been in 2014, for 'Fort to Port' (aka US 24).
I have heard nothing about any new bridges up that way.

Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on October 03, 2018, 07:56:39 PM

Quote from: kevinb1994 on October 03, 2018, 05:58:32 PM
Wasn't there supposed to have been a road meet in Toledo? I-75 in Downtown Toledo and the Disalle Bridge is a new project according to OHDOT District 2.

Last roadmeet in Toledo would have been in 2014, for 'Fort to Port' (aka US 24).
I have heard nothing about any new bridges up that way.

Okay. Well, I wouldn't mind a Cleveland/Cuyahoga Bridge Tour, which would require me and a family member to fly in and out of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) from JAX (depending on the season), or fly in and out of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) while transferring at either Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) or Charlotte-Douglas International Airport (CLT), which would be the only two options otherwise.

Portsmouth interests me the most. That would make it really easy to get a ton of new counties, including most of the ones I miss in Ohio. I haven't been in that region since the mid-2000s.

I voted for Portsmouth too. H.B. was talking about hosting something in that area, and I've been interested since he first brought that up. I'd like to spend some time checking out the Portsmouth area.

Fort to Port didn't make it anywhere close to Toledo. I attended a meet at Tony Packo's in Toledo many years ago, but it was well before Fort to Port.

The poll only allows for one choice, so I didn't vote. If multiple votes were permitted, I would have chosen Portsmouth and Zanesville.

I have done preliminary scouting on Portsmouth and know where the best stops are to view construction. I was going to fold that in with a trip across the new Ironton bridge, which we saw under construction during the Tri-State meet I did a few years ago. If the idea is to wait until the road is done, then it should just be a simple matter of driving it.

Quote from: hbelkins on October 04, 2018, 11:06:05 AM
Fort to Port didn't make it anywhere close to Toledo. I attended a meet at Tony Packo's in Toledo many years ago, but it was well before Fort to Port.

The poll only allows for one choice, so I didn't vote. If multiple votes were permitted, I would have chosen Portsmouth and Zanesville.

I have done preliminary scouting on Portsmouth and know where the best stops are to view construction. I was going to fold that in with a trip across the new Ironton bridge, which we saw under construction during the Tri-State meet I did a few years ago. If the idea is to wait until the road is done, then it should just be a simple matter of driving it.

That was my suspicion about the Fort to Port road meet. Tony Packo's would still work for another Toledo road meet. I almost voted for one of the other choices, but suddenly recalled the possibility of another Toledo road meet. On the other hand, having the road meet in Portsmouth would require me and a family member to fly in and out of Tri-State Airport (HTS) near Huntington from JAX, with a transfer at Charlotte-Douglas (CLT) via American Eagle.

Quote from: hbelkins on October 04, 2018, 11:06:05 AM
Fort to Port didn't make it anywhere close to Toledo. I attended a meet at Tony Packo's in Toledo many years ago, but it was well before Fort to Port.

The poll only allows for one choice, so I didn't vote. If multiple votes were permitted, I would have chosen Portsmouth and Zanesville.

I have done preliminary scouting on Portsmouth and know where the best stops are to view construction. I was going to fold that in with a trip across the new Ironton bridge, which we saw under construction during the Tri-State meet I did a few years ago. If the idea is to wait until the road is done, then it should just be a simple matter of driving it.

2014 Ohio Meet thread (Toledo/Fort to Port) -
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=12116.0

As far as having a roadmeet in Portsmouth, if you feel reinvigorated about hosting it, H.B. go for it. I don't know that area of the state like you do.

Quote from: hbelkins on October 04, 2018, 11:06:05 AM
Fort to Port didn't make it anywhere close to Toledo. I attended a meet at Tony Packo's in Toledo many years ago, but it was well before Fort to Port.

H.B., I remember the Toledo meet at Tony Packo's. That was the first time I met you. September 2007.

When I think of the Fort to Port meet that took place, I don't think of the meet that Dan Garnell and Sean Lyons hosted in 2014. (That was kind of a U.S. 24 meet that went southwest of Toledo.) Instead, when I think of "Fort to Port", I think of the meet that Brian Rawson-Ketchum hosted in November 2009 that started in Fort Wayne and headed northeast from there along U.S. 24.

Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on October 04, 2018, 08:24:32 PM
As far as having a roadmeet in Portsmouth, if you feel reinvigorated about hosting it, H.B. go for it. I don't know that area of the state like you do.

Sandor... if you don't mind me asking, why was Portsmouth one of the options in your poll if that's not a meet you'd be comfortable hosting? I guess I assumed that, when you created the poll, all options in the poll were on the table as far as meets you could potentially host.

I guess I should ask... where would YOU want to host an Ohio meet in 2019? There's no rule that says there must only be one Ohio meet per year. One can be yours, and one could be someone else's... like H.B. if he so desires.

Brian's meet that started in Fort Wayne is the one I was thinking about, as well. That's the one where the Indiana state cop chased us off a construction zone.

No, I'm not reinvigorated about doing a Portsmouth meet, but would certainly lend any advice I could to anyone who wanted to do one. I would have done lunch at Fat Patty's in Ashland again, but one of my co-workers races dirt tracks and he's a frequent customer of a restaurant called the Scioto Ribber in Portsmouth that he gives high marks.

How about Cincinnati? There hasn't been a Cincinnati meet since 2013.

Quote from: bandit957 on October 05, 2018, 04:02:05 PM
How about Cincinnati? There hasn't been a Cincinnati meet since 2013.

Put one together. I don't have the wherewithal to assemble a Cincy meet.

Well, if a Cincinnati road meet does happen, then me and a family member would have to fly in and out of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) from JAX.

Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on October 05, 2018, 10:59:16 PM

Quote from: bandit957 on October 05, 2018, 04:02:05 PM
How about Cincinnati? There hasn't been a Cincinnati meet since 2013.

Put one together. I don't have the wherewithal to assemble a Cincy meet.

Is there anything going on in the Cincinnati area, that hasn't been seen before, that would merit a meet?

Maybe the KY 9 relocation. I don't know of anything else.

I actually would not mind seeing a meet in either Findlay or Zanesville. I know I voted for Portsmouth, but I would be very open to Findlay or Zanesville as well.  :nod:

Quote from: A.J. Bertin on October 06, 2018, 05:53:22 PM
I actually would not mind seeing a meet in either Findlay or Zanesville. I know I voted for Portsmouth, but I would be very open to Findley or Zanesville as well.  :nod:

Zanesville would require me and a family member to fly in and out of Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK) from JAX (depending on the season), or fly in and out of John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) while transferring via either Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) or Charlotte-Douglas (CLT), which would be the only two options otherwise. Findlay would also require transferring via Charlotte-Douglas (CLT), and require me and a family member to fly in and out of Toledo Express Airport (TOL), which would be the same airport for a Toledo road meet.

I've already done Zanesville, but would recommend it and the National Road Museum. Ohio also has a good guide to the NR and all the old bridges and alignments.

Quote from: US71 on October 07, 2018, 08:33:35 PM
I've already done Zanesville, but would recommend it and the National Road Museum. Ohio also has a good guide to the NR and all the old bridges and alignments.

The National Road was built upon Zane's Trace from Wheeling to Zanesville.

Looks like I don't need to keep the voting booth open any further.
Portsmouth it shall be.
I'll pencil it in for Saturday, May 18 (Lunch location yet to be determined)
Points of interest to include....
Oh 823 (duh)
U.S. Grant & Carl Perkins bridges
Portsmouth flood wall murals
Labold Field - First home of the Detroit Lions.
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Maybes include...
The only I-73/74 sign in Ohio (US 52 EB just before the exit for Oh 140)
Otway Covered Bridge (http://bridgehunter.com/oh/scioto/bh50113/)
Portsmouth Earthworks (Indian mounds at several locations in & around Portsmouth) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth_Earthworks)
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Recommendations for lunch/dinner & other tour stops will be considered.

Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on November 20, 2018, 12:50:28 PM
Looks like I don't need to keep the voting booth open any further.
Portsmouth it shall be.
I'll pencil it in for Saturday, May 18 (Lunch location yet to be determined)
Points of interest to include....
Oh 823 (duh)
U.S. Grant & Carl Perkins bridges
Portsmouth flood wall murals
Labold Field - First home of the Detroit Lions.
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Maybes include...
The only I-73/74 sign in Ohio (US 52 EB just before the exit for Oh 140)
Otway Covered Bridge (http://bridgehunter.com/oh/scioto/bh50113/)
Portsmouth Earthworks (Indian mounds at several locations in & around Portsmouth) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth_Earthworks)
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Recommendations for lunch/dinner & other tour stops will be considered.

Might want to venture on down to Ironton to see the new bridge there, which was under construction when I did my tri-state meet in 2013. (And would have been included on the tour had I done a Portsmouth meet, as I had planned to do lunch in Ashland at Fat Patty's again).

Speaking of, Fat Patty's is a possible lunch spot, if Ashland isn't too far away. I have heard great things about a place called the Scioto Ribber in Portsmouth. A co-worker of mine races dirt tracks, and he often goes to race or watch at Portsmouth, and he tries to eat there whenever possible.

This one is definitely do-able for me, since Portsmouth is only about 2.5 miles away. If the new bypass opens next month as scheduled, I'm probably going to go up and check it out sometime over Christmas, depending on how my days off fall.

As with next year's Pittsburgh meet with only Allegiant Air (which we will not be using due to not enabling the choice of the day after this meet for our return flight and not having the ideal flight times for the day before this meeet for our departing flight; we will be using American Airlines instead, with a transfer at CLT) having direct (or non-stop) flights to and from PIT via our nearby international airport (JAX), only American Airlines has flights to and from HTS via JAX, with a transfer at CLT.

EDIT: Due to having to travel through Kentucky and along and over the Ohio River in order to get to and from Portsmouth (and Ohio) via HTS, we're out.

I'm very interested in attending this. Right now I'd give myself at least an 80 percent chance of making it.

Interested too, see how my toy show schedule plays out

There's still a lot of button copy along US 52 between Portsmouth and South Point, for anyone who's interested.

There's also this barn along OH 335 south of Minford, near there the new exit is being built (Shumway Hollow Road, maybe?) that's adorned with a bunch of signs, including a KY 7 sign from late 70's-early 80's vintage.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4230/35082770834_3bddb0ec0c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Vs9nvd)2017 Various KY pics Jan-June - 1053 (https://flic.kr/p/Vs9nvd) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr

Interested, but will have to see closer to time.

That continuous sign I believe was at the interchange with the Ashland bridges along US 52. The sign would have been along US 52 westbound.

Way too early for me to commit, but I'm definitely interested. Depends on a million other things at home.

Should be able to make this one as it's only two hours away.

I've got my eye on this one.  I'd be able to get a couple of new Ohio counties on the trip.  Not sure what new mileage I could get traveling to/from this without consulting maps more closely.

I expect I'll be able to attend Portsmouth as well. My dad lives nearby, in McDermott.

Sandor - is it really only a rumor that this meet is happening?

No rumor.
I was being silly in the other thread, following up others who were mentioning this meet.

Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on January 27, 2019, 11:52:35 PM
No rumor.
I was being silly in the other thread, following up others who were mentioning this meet.

Oh okay... haha! I started to say... I'm looking forward to this meet and would have been bummed if it's not actually happening.

Tentative route for Portsmouth Meet:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7899/47181421992_1bacd8d4bb_b.jpg)

My Delormes map program predates Oh 823, thus the routing along local roads near 823's routing.
Lunch will most likely be held at either Portsmouth Brewing Company or Scioto Ribber (H.B. has referenced this restaurant). I'm going to make another trip to Portsmouth in March or April (date depending on weather and work availability) before I finalize this decision.

Besides 823, other stops to include...
http://bridgehunter.com/oh/scioto/carl-d-perkins/ (Carl Perkins Bridge)
http://bridgehunter.com/oh/scioto/us-grant/ (US Grant Bridge)
http://bridgehunter.com/oh/scioto/bh50113/ (Otway Covered Bridge)

As well as
Portsmouth flood wall murals
Labold Field - First home of the Detroit Lions.

Scioto Ribber is a steak place. That seems a bit over the top for lunch. Maybe dinner (it's also a bar).

The Scioto Ribber (having been there many times since it was down the highway) is dark in the front and has some odd seating arrangements in the back. It wasn't very spacious - booths that could hold four, some tables scattered. It was also noisy. Portsmouth Brewing is a far better option for a meet, IMO.

I have never been to the Scioto Ribber. I'm just going on the food recommendation of a co-worker who races and/or attends races at Portsmouth fairly frequently.

A reminder for those who came to my Tri-State meet that the new Ironton-Russell bridge is now complete, if anyone wants to go check it out before or after the meet. There's one of the metal piers for the old bridge still standing on the Ohio side, as well. The old yellow "Yield" sign is gone, however.

Hopefully there won't be major flooding ongoing in May.

Quote from: hbelkins on February 28, 2019, 07:23:09 PM
Hopefully there won't be major flooding ongoing in May.

Main reason I went with a May date instead of April. Less chance of high water along the Scioto and Ohio Rivers.

Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on February 28, 2019, 10:12:51 PM

Quote from: hbelkins on February 28, 2019, 07:23:09 PM
Hopefully there won't be major flooding ongoing in May.

Main reason I went with a May date instead of April. Less chance of high water along the Scioto and Ohio Rivers.

I hope that's the case. The worst flooding I can remember in my lifetime happened in May 1984. One community here lists last weekend's flooding as the eighth-worst flood ever. If the ground stays as wet as it is, it won't take but a couple of inches of rain to trigger massive flooding upstream again along the Big Sandy and Kanawha/New basins.

Just chiming in to see if a lunch time and location has yet been set.

Also, trying to figure out from the map what the order of the tour will be. Bridges first then 823? Or the out-and-back to Wheelersburg, then the bridges? I'm hoping it will be the bridges and downtown stuff first, because if so, my plan is to keep going down to Ironton after the tour reaches the end of the bypass, then up OH 93 to Jackson, then down US 35 so I can eyeball the construction south of Point Pleasant. Lunch time also might play a part on if I come up on Friday night, or get up early Saturday morning to make the drive.

Per Facebook, I am now going, already booked my hotel room, just me going, Steph has to work on Friday, looking forward to it, don't get to this part of the Ohio Valley very much except passing through on I-64

Quote from: jpi on April 17, 2019, 05:11:29 PM
Per Facebook, I am now going, already booked my hotel room, just me going, Steph has to work on Friday, looking forward to it, don't get to this part of the Ohio Valley very much except passing through on I-64

Is there a Facebook event page?

Quote from: hbelkins on April 17, 2019, 04:11:18 PM
Just chiming in to see if a lunch time and location has yet been set.

Also, trying to figure out from the map what the order of the tour will be. Bridges first then 823? Or the out-and-back to Wheelersburg, then the bridges? I'm hoping it will be the bridges and downtown stuff first, because if so, my plan is to keep going down to Ironton after the tour reaches the end of the bypass, then up OH 93 to Jackson, then down US 35 so I can eyeball the construction south of Point Pleasant. Lunch time also might play a part on if I come up on Friday night, or get up early Saturday morning to make the drive.

Lunch will be at Portsmouth Brewing Company. High Noon.

Bridges first, then north to 823.

I know the map, upthread, looks confusing (mainly because it predates Oh 823 construction and Google Maps was giving me hassles once I get to 10 POIs). I'll work on something more discernible before the end of April.

Is there a Facebook event for this meet? If so, someone please send me an invite. Not sure if I can make it or not, but I'd like to be able to keep up with the discussion there too.

Quote from: hbelkins on May 02, 2019, 01:37:13 PM
Is there a Facebook event for this meet? If so, someone please send me an invite. Not sure if I can make it or not, but I'd like to be able to keep up with the discussion there too.

You're missing nothing. Anything that has been posted on FB has migrated to here.

Made a trip to Portsmouth on Thursday to re-scout the area.

• Unless we go over 20 attendees (again), parking won't be an issue. There is a parking lot across the street from Portsmouth Brewing Company.
• Alexandria Point is within walking distance of PBC and provides viewing of both bridges over the Ohio River.
• Seeing the water level for the Scioto & Ohio Rivers was down from when I was last down there after Christmas, I'm hoping we can access the boat ramp & back parking lot of Portsmouth Raceway Park (other side of the Scioto from Alexandria Point)
• There is a bluff overlooking Ky 8 & US 23. H.B, do you know if we can access that without any grief from the fireworks shop? Though that dirt lot is very rough for anyone not using a jeep or pickup truck.
• Found the garage with the roadsigns facing out (towards the road) that H.B. had mentioned. They are located on 'Lester Farms,' just north of the entrance to Portsmouth Airport & Shumway Hollow Rd (and access to Oh 823).

Now Lester Farms is private property, so I'm not sure we can get access to the signs. https://goo.gl/maps/GnVZEp47XQCYePGw7
Maybe we can all park along the ditch and point camera out the windows.

Dinner plans and traveling to the new Ironton Bridge will be left up to attendees at the end of the scheduled travels.
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The real problem I'm having right now is coming up with a map of the proposed route. My Delormes map program predates Oh 823, and Google maps is giving me grief when I go past 10 POIs. So if anyone has any suggestions to help me with plotting out the itinerary, I would appreciate it.
Google Map link to Itinerary: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Gfh8B6uqkZ_sQYy8ILRxngbO0SGynmmi&usp=sharing

Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on May 03, 2019, 04:10:34 PM

• There is a bluff overlooking Ky 8 & US 23. H.B, do you know if we can access that without any grief from the fireworks shop?
  

Unknown. In all honesty, I had forgotten that place was there.

Quote from: hbelkins on October 06, 2018, 02:11:48 PM

Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on October 05, 2018, 10:59:16 PM

Quote from: bandit957 on October 05, 2018, 04:02:05 PM
How about Cincinnati? There hasn't been a Cincinnati meet since 2013.

Put one together. I don't have the wherewithal to assemble a Cincy meet.

Is there anything going on in the Cincinnati area, that hasn't been seen before, that would merit a meet?

Maybe the KY 9 relocation. I don't know of anything else.

Unless you haven't seen thousands of orange barrels before, no, there isn't much going on around here.  Maybe in five to ten years after I-75 is completely re-done "thru the valley" or the I-75/I-74 interchange is re-done will there be worth having a meet for.  Oh yeah, the Queen City Ave area just west of the Western Hills viaduct has had a lot going on also.

We've gotten close enough to the date that 10 day forecasts cover our date.  As of right now, low 70s and clearing skies (low chance of rain on Thursday & Friday prior to the meet). Before anyone interjects, subject to change.
As of now, I'm going to tell Portsmouth Brewing Company to expect 10 for lunch (unless a bunch of "fence-sitters" change their minds)
I'll have an itinerary ready by Friday (tomorrow) at the latest.

Link for Itinerary
https://docs.google.com/document/d/15eRj0xznRypdeEx9CwCCXAxi9IxcDCia-rxNcTC9n90/edit?usp=sharing

Google Map link for the event
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Gfh8B6uqkZ_sQYy8ILRxngbO0SGynmmi&usp=sharing

Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on May 10, 2019, 01:25:01 PM
Google Map link for the event
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Gfh8B6uqkZ_sQYy8ILRxngbO0SGynmmi&usp=sharing

Updated the Google map with some sort of routing for the tour.
Google's routing from 'Lester Farm' (Portsmouth Airport) to Lucasville gets murky (to say the least). All we're doing is going south on Oh 335 to Shumway Hollow Rd west to Oh 823 north. NOT the histrionics Google has us going.

Hi Everyone,
Most of you may know by now my cousin in York, PA passed away yesterday and it looks like the funeral will be Sunday or Monday, if its Sunday I still plan on attending this event but just for lunch and maybe some of the tour then I have to peal off and start working my way to York, PA I will know more later today.

Quote from: jpi on May 16, 2019, 10:50:30 AM
Hi Everyone,
Most of you may know by now my cousin in York, PA passed away yesterday and it looks like the funeral will be Sunday or Monday, if its Sunday I still plan on attending this event but just for lunch and maybe some of the tour then I have to peal off and start working my way to York, PA I will know more later today.

Jason, I'm sorry to hear about your loss. I'm going to be up north for a family trip this weekend starting tomorrow evening/night, but not in and around York, PA.


I am also not going to be at the Portsmouth meet for the same reason.

I was certainly sorry to hear about your cousin. I was also sorry about your kitty. One of our dogs crossed the Rainbow Bridge Monday night, and we've been in the same boat about making that tough decision way too many times in the past, so the Elkins household certainly understands.

Unless something changes, and that's not likely at this point, I will not be at the Portsmouth meet, for a variety of reasons.

Quote from: hbelkins on May 16, 2019, 03:19:08 PM
I was certainly sorry to hear about your cousin. I was also sorry about your kitty. One of our dogs crossed the Rainbow Bridge Monday night, and we've been in the same boat about making that tough decision way too many times in the past, so the Elkins household certainly understands.

Unless something changes, and that's not likely at this point, I will not be at the Portsmouth meet, for a variety of reasons.

I won't be there, if it helps.

Quote from: Alps on May 16, 2019, 03:26:13 PM

Quote from: hbelkins on May 16, 2019, 03:19:08 PM
I was certainly sorry to hear about your cousin. I was also sorry about your kitty. One of our dogs crossed the Rainbow Bridge Monday night, and we've been in the same boat about making that tough decision way too many times in the past, so the Elkins household certainly understands.

Unless something changes, and that's not likely at this point, I will not be at the Portsmouth meet, for a variety of reasons.

I won't be there, if it helps.

No, and it would be fine if you were. Just too many things going on in my life to be able to make the trip or justify the expense.

ADDENDUM: If you, or anyone else, care to know why I opted not to attend...

*We had a dog die Monday night, and my wife is heartbroken over it. It would be incredibly selfish for me to run off so soon afterwards and leave her home alone. Even if this hadn't happened, he had been in rapidly declining health for a couple of weeks and I would have stayed home if he hadn't died.

*I keep having small little issues pop up with my vehicle and it's not as trustworthy as it used to be. Even a direct up-and-back to Portsmouth is about 140 miles one-way, and I'm a little uneasy about driving that distance right now. And I can't afford any major vehicle repairs.

*I can't really justify the expense. I could have cashed in a couple of free hotel nights, but the trip up and back (plus the auxiliary trip over to see the US 35 construction that I was planning) would use the equivalent of a week's worth of gas to get to work and back. Plus the cost of meals. When finances are tight, you cut frivolous expenses.

*It's a struggle anymore just to get up and go to work or do the things I have to do. There's no motivation to do anything other than what's absolutely necessary, and even then it's difficult.

*Finally, I've seen everything on the tour except the Otway covered bridge, and it was the very last stop. Without the other factors, I might have considered coming if it had been first on the tour, and I would have kept on going at Wheelersburg to go check out US 35. The way the tour was structured, I would have had to see a bunch of stuff I've already seen and then end up on the west side of Portsmouth and then have to backtrack to head east.

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Quote from: Alps on May 16, 2019, 03:26:13 PM

Quote from: hbelkins on May 16, 2019, 03:19:08 PM
I was certainly sorry to hear about your cousin. I was also sorry about your kitty. One of our dogs crossed the Rainbow Bridge Monday night, and we've been in the same boat about making that tough decision way too many times in the past, so the Elkins household certainly understands.

Unless something changes, and that's not likely at this point, I will not be at the Portsmouth meet, for a variety of reasons.

I won't be there, if it helps.

No, and it would be fine if you were. Just too many things going on in my life to be able to make the trip or justify the expense.

Anyways.....
Thanks for the suggestion concerning 'Lester Farms,' AKA - Barns with the roadsigns, near the Portsmouth Airport.

Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on May 18, 2019, 11:33:55 PM

Quote from: hbelkins on May 17, 2019, 11:58:42 AM

Quote from: Alps on May 16, 2019, 03:26:13 PM

Quote from: hbelkins on May 16, 2019, 03:19:08 PM
I was certainly sorry to hear about your cousin. I was also sorry about your kitty. One of our dogs crossed the Rainbow Bridge Monday night, and we've been in the same boat about making that tough decision way too many times in the past, so the Elkins household certainly understands.

Unless something changes, and that's not likely at this point, I will not be at the Portsmouth meet, for a variety of reasons.

I won't be there, if it helps.

No, and it would be fine if you were. Just too many things going on in my life to be able to make the trip or justify the expense.

Anyways.....
Thanks for the suggestion concerning 'Lester Farms,' AKA - Barns with the roadsigns, near the Portsmouth Airport.

That was pretty good, and made a bit more cool due to the owner actually inviting us to get a bit closer to photograph the signs.

Quote from: Brandon on May 19, 2019, 04:18:16 PM

Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on May 18, 2019, 11:33:55 PM

Quote from: hbelkins on May 17, 2019, 11:58:42 AM

Quote from: Alps on May 16, 2019, 03:26:13 PM

Quote from: hbelkins on May 16, 2019, 03:19:08 PM
I was certainly sorry to hear about your cousin. I was also sorry about your kitty. One of our dogs crossed the Rainbow Bridge Monday night, and we've been in the same boat about making that tough decision way too many times in the past, so the Elkins household certainly understands.

Unless something changes, and that's not likely at this point, I will not be at the Portsmouth meet, for a variety of reasons.

I won't be there, if it helps.

No, and it would be fine if you were. Just too many things going on in my life to be able to make the trip or justify the expense.

Anyways.....
Thanks for the suggestion concerning 'Lester Farms,' AKA - Barns with the roadsigns, near the Portsmouth Airport.

That was pretty good, and made a bit more cool due to the owner actually inviting us to get a bit closer to photograph the signs.

I was only aware of the one building, the one with the KY 7 sign on it. I saw the photo of the one with the US 68 sign on it. I didn't know about it. Did the owner give you guys any history about his collection?

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I was certainly sorry to hear about your cousin. I was also sorry about your kitty. One of our dogs crossed the Rainbow Bridge Monday night, and we've been in the same boat about making that tough decision way too many times in the past, so the Elkins household certainly understands.

Unless something changes, and that's not likely at this point, I will not be at the Portsmouth meet, for a variety of reasons.

I won't be there, if it helps.

No, and it would be fine if you were. Just too many things going on in my life to be able to make the trip or justify the expense.

Anyways.....
Thanks for the suggestion concerning 'Lester Farms,' AKA - Barns with the roadsigns, near the Portsmouth Airport.

That was pretty good, and made a bit more cool due to the owner actually inviting us to get a bit closer to photograph the signs.

I was only aware of the one building, the one with the KY 7 sign on it. I saw the photo of the one with the US 68 sign on it. I didn't know about it. Did the owner give you guys any history about his collection?

No, the guy who encouraged us to come closer, drove in with one vehicle, drove out in another vehicle after he picked up something else that he moved.

Denny Gibson's recap of the Portsmouth meet.
http://www.dennygibson.com/blog/2019/05/portsmouth-road-meet/?fbclid=IwAR18KWFlHOclr1OyWsVdGtBCCZ0EP24j4l2eroMf5x-oT6iTS9DF-uwHl6E

I think we need a public relations agent.