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#31
Road Enthusiasts Meetings / Re: 2025 road meets
Last post by Laura - Today at 05:29:19 PMHi everyone... I was going to postpone it because of my surgery recovery but now I'm seeing people booked flights and rooms and I'm thinking that an alternative person should instead host it. I'll talk it over with Mike and let you all know ASAP. He might be able to step in, or I will pass it off to someone else.
#32
General Highway Talk / Re: State Clinches - Various C...
Last post by Rothman - Today at 05:18:25 PMAnother minor update due to the ferries that connect IL, KY and MO:
Been in, including visits where you never left the vehicle or landed plane
All 50.
Set foot in, including airport only visits
All 50.
Set foot in, excluding airport only visits
All 50.
Set foot in, excluding clinch motivated border crossings with less than a mile of penetration
All 50.
Spent the night in
48. All, except OK and AR. (CT's off the list)
Spent more than one night in a row in
Ones I'm sure about, 37: AK, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY.
Driven a vehicle in
49. All except Oklahoma, where I was driven within the state.
Ridden a plane in (landing or taking off only)
31: IN, UT, CT, PA, GA, MI, KY, CO, VA, MD, IL, MO, WA, CA, NC, ID, MN, WI, HI, MA, NJ, NY, AZ, TX, OR, NV, FL, OH, IA, AK, LA.
Ridden a helicopter in
None.
Ridden a train in
13: MA, CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, UT (Heber Creeper), NH (Cog Railway), CA (BART), AK (White Pass Yukon Route). If Oscar can count monorails, then so can I: FL and WA. [emoji14] And what about the unmanned "Plane Train" at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Int'l Airport? GA, if it counts.
Ridden a moving boat in
MA (including ferries to MV and Nantucket), NY, NJ, WI, MN, WY (across Jenny Lake), WA (San Juan Island ferries and boat up to Stehekin on Lake Chelan), FL (one of those swamp skimmers and Dry Tortugas ferry), OH (ferry to Perry's Victory and now Kelleys Island as of Sept. 10, 2023). Oh wait, vehicle ferries, too: NC (can't believe that's it...I'm forgetting somewhere). AK - Alaska Marine Highway. Now the KY portion of the Augusta Ferry (Sept. 29th, 2023). IL: Cave-in-Rock Ferry; state border is just off the river bank . CA: San Diego-Coronado ferry. Also rode a steamboat somewhere that I can't remember now . Adding MO due to Golden Eagle and Dorena-Hickman Ferries.
Been on a boat in
Same as prior.
Ridden a roller coaster in
Still surprisingly few, given that I've ridden almost 50: CA, FL, OH, MA, NY, PA.
Been in, including visits where you never left the vehicle or landed plane
All 50.
Set foot in, including airport only visits
All 50.
Set foot in, excluding airport only visits
All 50.
Set foot in, excluding clinch motivated border crossings with less than a mile of penetration
All 50.
Spent the night in
48. All, except OK and AR. (CT's off the list)
Spent more than one night in a row in
Ones I'm sure about, 37: AK, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY.
Driven a vehicle in
49. All except Oklahoma, where I was driven within the state.
Ridden a plane in (landing or taking off only)
31: IN, UT, CT, PA, GA, MI, KY, CO, VA, MD, IL, MO, WA, CA, NC, ID, MN, WI, HI, MA, NJ, NY, AZ, TX, OR, NV, FL, OH, IA, AK, LA.
Ridden a helicopter in
None.
Ridden a train in
13: MA, CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, UT (Heber Creeper), NH (Cog Railway), CA (BART), AK (White Pass Yukon Route). If Oscar can count monorails, then so can I: FL and WA. [emoji14] And what about the unmanned "Plane Train" at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Int'l Airport? GA, if it counts.
Ridden a moving boat in
MA (including ferries to MV and Nantucket), NY, NJ, WI, MN, WY (across Jenny Lake
), WA (San Juan Island ferries and boat up to Stehekin on Lake Chelan), FL (one of those swamp skimmers and Dry Tortugas ferry), OH (ferry to Perry's Victory and now Kelleys Island as of Sept. 10, 2023). Oh wait, vehicle ferries, too: NC (can't believe that's it...I'm forgetting somewhere). AK - Alaska Marine Highway. Now the KY portion of the Augusta Ferry (Sept. 29th, 2023). IL: Cave-in-Rock Ferry; state border is just off the river bank . CA: San Diego-Coronado ferry. Also rode a steamboat somewhere that I can't remember now . Adding MO due to Golden Eagle and Dorena-Hickman Ferries.Been on a boat in
Same as prior.
Ridden a roller coaster in
Still surprisingly few, given that I've ridden almost 50: CA, FL, OH, MA, NY, PA.
#33
Weather / Re: The Wildfires thread
Last post by gonealookin - Today at 05:16:39 PMQuote from: Scott5114 on Today at 04:56:58 PMEyeballing Cal Fire maps...The Mandalay fire appears to just be burning some undeveloped land near the Santa Ana River. The Lake fire is on the opposite side of the mountains from San Bernardino.
Writing off the entirety of Southern California over these fires would be hysterical behavior.
I was at a minor league baseball game in San Bernardino on Saturday evening. There had been a big plume of smoke from the Lake Fire in the late afternoon. The ballpark is close to the San Bernardino airport, which was being used as the base for the aircraft dropping the retardant, and it was kind of cool to watch the planes, both jets and prop-driven, take off every few minutes and make the turn toward the mountains.
By sunset Saturday that plume of smoke was pretty much gone, and I didn't see any smoke at all as I drove north on I-15 yesterday. These aren't all ragers that cover many square miles and burn intensely for days. The last report I see on the Lake Fire says 483 acres and 15% contained, but the containment figure is just the perimeter they've put a final extinguishment line around. Full extinguishment is probably some time down the road, but that doesn't mean it's likely to spread very much more.
#34
Mountain West / Re: Interstate 11
Last post by Bobby5280 - Today at 05:16:01 PMIt's also visible in Google Earth. Pretty recent imagery too (5/2/2025).
#35
Road Trips / Re: What road did you leave on...
Last post by Rothman - Today at 05:10:01 PMNY/PA: I-81
PA/MD: I-81
MD/WV: I-81
WV/VA: I-81
VA/TN: I-81
TN/GA: US 411
GA/TN: I-75
TN/GA: I-24
GA/TN: I-24
TN/AL: I-65
AL/TN: I-65
TN/KY: TN 5/KY 125
KY/MO: Dorena-Hickman Ferry
MO/IL: US 60/62
IL/MO: I-255
MO/IL: US 54
IL/MO: I-72
MO/IL: I-72
IL/MO: Golden Eagle Ferry
MO/IL: I-270
IL/IA: US 34
IA/IL: US 34
IL/IN: I-80/I-94
IN/OH: I-80/I-90
OH/PA: I-90
PA/NY: I-90
PA/MD: I-81
MD/WV: I-81
WV/VA: I-81
VA/TN: I-81
TN/GA: US 411
GA/TN: I-75
TN/GA: I-24
GA/TN: I-24
TN/AL: I-65
AL/TN: I-65
TN/KY: TN 5/KY 125
KY/MO: Dorena-Hickman Ferry
MO/IL: US 60/62
IL/MO: I-255
MO/IL: US 54
IL/MO: I-72
MO/IL: I-72
IL/MO: Golden Eagle Ferry
MO/IL: I-270
IL/IA: US 34
IA/IL: US 34
IL/IN: I-80/I-94
IN/OH: I-80/I-90
OH/PA: I-90
PA/NY: I-90
#36
Mountain West / Re: Interstate 11
Last post by The Ghostbuster - Today at 04:58:45 PMConstruction of the US 93/future Interstate 11-to-Interstate 40 connector has finally appeared on Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2000925,-114.0744966,1860m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDYyNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D.
#37
Weather / Re: The Wildfires thread
Last post by Scott5114 - Today at 04:56:58 PMEyeballing Cal Fire maps...The Mandalay fire appears to just be burning some undeveloped land near the Santa Ana River. The Lake fire is on the opposite side of the mountains from San Bernardino.
Writing off the entirety of Southern California over these fires would be hysterical behavior.
Writing off the entirety of Southern California over these fires would be hysterical behavior.
#38
Weather / Re: The Wildfires thread
Last post by The Ghostbuster - Today at 04:44:23 PMNow there is a Mandalay Fire in Riverside, California, a Lake Fire north of San Bernadino, and a Wolf Fire south of Banning: https://www.google.com/maps/@34.093327,-117.4496242,85306m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDYyNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D. It makes me wonder if the entire Los Angeles Metropolitan Area is going to burn to a cinder.
#39
Northeast / Re: New York
Last post by kalvado - Today at 04:30:25 PMQuote from: Rothman on Today at 03:32:28 PMQuote from: kalvado on Today at 11:16:20 AMNYSDOT is developing the Transportation Master Plan, in coordination with transportation agencies throughout New York.
https://nystransportationmasterplan.com/
Public input period ends in about a month.
One thing that did catch an eye - their survey on priorities seems to be done in NYC mostly (makes some sense as significant part of NYS population is concentrated in NYC area) - and shows public transportation, walking, biking as the main priorities. My gut feeling that would end up same way as "instagramability" of thruway service areas...
[redacts his own comments on it here]
*personal opinion emphasized*
Would be really interesting to know your opinion though.
#40
Off-Topic / Re: Changing one letter of a t...
Last post by Big John - Today at 04:25:10 PMMetric Sighs - ho hum