Poll
Question:
What is your Independence Day, 2025 travel plans?
Option 1: Holiday? I'm working!
votes: 6
Option 2: Stay Home!
votes: 13
Option 3: Day trip only close to where I live.
votes: 2
Option 4: Day trip only, but out of town.
votes: 3
Option 5: Heading out of town for several days.
votes: 10
What are you plans for the United States Independence Day (July 4th) holiday weekend? This is for the United States readers.
Driving on the 4th to PA, no idea what we'll be doing while there (assuming we'll eat some food), driving back on the 8th.
No travel plans. We were going to hit the golf course tomorrow, but I changed the tee time to Saturday because it's rained so much that I figure it'll be too muddy tomorrow.
My mother is coming home tomorrow night from a trip to New England and I told her I'll pick her up and give her a lift home so she doesn't need to get a cab. Exciting stuff, I know.
Heading to Indy on the 3rd for a concert, then to Goshen for a family gathering on the 4th, then back home.
Not traveling this year. Usually I'm heading to camp and hike in the Colorado Mountains, but Phish screwed me up and decided to have 3 nights in Boulder over the 4th instead of their normal Labor Day run. So I'm going Phishing and not camping or hiking.
Stay home and try to make sure the people playing with fireworks don't set anything important on fire.
Complain about them continuing to set off fireworks once it's July 5.
Just a regular Friday for me.
I will be perfectly honest and say I'm more interested in celebrating Nevada Day this year.
No plans on the 4th or 5th. Might take a short day trip on Sunday the 6th, but likely won't have an entry for the "What road did you leave and re-enter your state on?" thread unless I end up near Huntington and decide to visit the nearest Sheetz.
My travel plans are severely curtailed because my mother fell and broke her hip at the beginning of June. She is back home and recovering. Since I'm the caregiver, I can't go too far alone, and she is limited on distance she can travel.
A project that I will be doing this weekend is upgrading the hardware of my TrueNAS server to a faster processor which means new motherboard, new memory (DDR5 ECC from DDR4 ECC), and a new CPU fan. I will also start posting on job sites.
I'm going up to Crystal Cave and Buck Rock in on the day of the holiday. I had my eye on a truss bridge and dirt road in Mariposa County for the 6th.
Staying home and making sure the dogs don't freak out.
I'll be leaving early tomorrow, as I'm planning to spend the weekend in L.A.
As usual, we'll be headed to my parents' house. Taking local streets, it's seven miles; the Canal Route, twelve.
Work 10 hours, go home, fire off some backyard toys, and go to work the next day.
Travelled a lot in June, spending too much money in the process, so we are doing a four day weekend at home.
We have some free passes to the Deere Classic, so we are going tomorrow for our first PGA tour event. Not much for golf, but gotta check it out.
I'll likely be spending it right here, as the neighbors again celebrate their freedom from British Monarchy and make a mockery of restrictive fireworks rules. :cool:
Mike
I have an update! I do have Independence Day travel plans.
I am going to the Walmart on Cheyenne Avenue to buy toilet paper!
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Quote from: SEWIGuy on July 03, 2025, 09:06:39 AMTravelled a lot in June, spending too much money in the process, so we are doing a four day weekend at home.
We have some free passes to the Deere Classic, so we are going tomorrow for our first PGA tour event. Not much for golf, but gotta check it out.
I go to quite a few PGA Tour events. The John Deere Classic is very well organized (some of them, not so much) and is played on a course that's excellent for spectating. That's why I traveled to Moline this weekend. If you don't need to see the superstars, who don't come to this tournament, it's a great one to attend.
I'll be walking all 18 with Kevin Yu, Peter Malnati and Luke List on Friday, 1:11 p.m. tee time, back nine first. If you happen to cross paths with those guys, look for me and say hi! I wear a full-brim gray hat and sunglasses that fit over my regular glasses so I look like a bug, and special for July 4, a rather loud red, white and blue shirt.
Here's Malnati (my favorite player to follow, with such a great attitude on the course) getting out of the greenside bunker to get up and down for par at 18 today.
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Quote from: gonealookin on July 03, 2025, 09:45:02 PMQuote from: SEWIGuy on July 03, 2025, 09:06:39 AMTravelled a lot in June, spending too much money in the process, so we are doing a four day weekend at home.
We have some free passes to the Deere Classic, so we are going tomorrow for our first PGA tour event. Not much for golf, but gotta check it out.
I go to quite a few PGA Tour events. The John Deere Classic is very well organized (some of them, not so much) and is played on a course that's excellent for spectating. That's why I traveled to Moline this weekend. If you don't need to see the superstars, who don't come to this tournament, it's a great one to attend.
I'll be walking all 18 with Kevin Yu, Peter Malnati and Luke List on Friday, 1:11 p.m. tee time, back nine first. If you happen to cross paths with those guys, look for me and say hi! I wear a full-brim gray hat and sunglasses that fit over my regular glasses so I look like a bug, and special for July 4, a rather loud red, white and blue shirt.
Here's Malnati (my favorite player to follow, with such a great attitude on the course) getting out of the greenside bunker to get up and down for par at 18 today.
(https://i.imgur.com/FMpYL2t.jpeg)
Nice! I will look for you, but otherwise have no idea what you are talking about. :sombrero: :sombrero: :sombrero:
Well I had my fun. I experimented with artillery shells for the first time, and next year is going to be even better.
My holiday travel plans were canceled (my wife went to Walmart without me).
Instead I made tacos.
Crystal Cave was breeze getting to. Probably doesn't hurt the bulk of traffic on Generals Highway enters on CA 198. I almost always enter on CA 180. I spent the evening swimming and eating ribs at friend's house.
Really regretting not scheduling a Canadian trip for this weekend. The idiots are doing idiot things.
Quote from: Bruce on July 05, 2025, 02:24:11 AMThe idiots are doing idiot things.
This is America—that doesn't narrow down who you're talking about any.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 03, 2025, 05:14:19 PMI am going to the Walmart
I'd have pegged you for one of the anti-Wal-Mart crowd.
Quote from: kphoger on July 05, 2025, 10:13:30 AMQuote from: Scott5114 on July 03, 2025, 05:14:19 PMI am going to the Walmart
I'd have pegged you for one of the anti-Wal-Mart crowd.
I could see Scott being more anti-Target.
Quote from: kphoger on July 05, 2025, 10:13:30 AMQuote from: Scott5114 on July 03, 2025, 05:14:19 PMI am going to the Walmart
I'd have pegged you for one of the anti-Wal-Mart crowd.
I generally avoid it. However, they have a delicious cherry-limeade Sprite, which WinCo doesn't carry. Also, my wife is really bad about putting anything on the WinCo list—I'll usually start one a few days before and add to it when I think of something we're out of, whereas she just waits until five minutes before work on the day I go and tries to write down everything she's run out of the past week before she ends up being late to work, meaning she usually forgets five or six things—so it's easier to just have her do a Walmart pickup order once a month or so, so she can actually remember what she needs from the store.
I'm not really happy about it but it's a solution that works.
I'm in Europe for about a week.
In RI for the long weekend.
My wife was going to head up to the Lewis Creek Trail with her friends this morning around Oakhurst. At the last minute she requested that I drive and promised me lunch. We got to the trailhead around 8 AM before any of the crowds and had an early lunch in Coarsegold. I did have to detour off CA 41 via Madera County Road 211 and Friant Road due to holiday traffic. Fortunately, Road 211 is a fun mountain drive.
Quote from: ZLoth on July 02, 2025, 07:58:24 PMA project that I will be doing this weekend is upgrading the hardware of my TrueNAS server to a faster processor which means new motherboard, new memory (DDR5 ECC from DDR4 ECC), and a new CPU fan. I will also start posting on job sites.
Because of an error on my part, the new ATX motherboard does not fit the old Fractal Design Node 804 (https://amzn.to/4eLEzh9) which uses a mATX motherboard. A new case with internal 3½" drive bays (https://amzn.to/4eA9v3P) had to be ordered and should arrive Tuesday. A new power supply was also ordered, and since the price difference between the 750W (https://amzn.to/4nxil6q) and 850W power supply was $4 (now $10), I ordered a 850W power supply (https://amzn.to/44AppH1). This will allow me to run a memory test for several days prior to transferring the drives over from my old TrueNAS box.
Ended up not going anywhere. The wife wanted the garage cleaned out.
Went out to Galena IL for a few days, checked out Dubuque IA as well
Quote from: ET21 on July 07, 2025, 09:12:18 PMWent out to Galena IL for a few days, checked out Dubuque IA as well
Hey I was in Dubuque Saturday. Seriously underated place.
My wife and I always take vacation the week of Independence Day. This year we were down at Oak Island, North Carolina. We stopped at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park on the way down. While there, my boys and I went to the USS North Carolina (BB-55) and Moore's Creek National Battlefield.
Minneapolis -> Madison on Wednesday 7/2, Madison -> northern WI on Friday 7/4, northern WI -> Minneapolis on Sunday 7/6. All quite pleasant drives, no traffic to speak of as the first and third legs were in the evening and the second was in the morning.
Quote from: SEWIGuy on July 08, 2025, 09:17:40 AMQuote from: ET21 on July 07, 2025, 09:12:18 PMWent out to Galena IL for a few days, checked out Dubuque IA as well
Hey I was in Dubuque Saturday. Seriously underated place.
I thoroughly enjoyed the Moline trip for the John Deere Classic over the weekend. I've done it before and it's on the list for future repeat visits. I'm sorry I didn't connect with you there.
As those river towns go, though, I kind of doubt Moline is commonly listed among the "underrated" ones. The golf course where the tournament is played is really nice, and it's a great place to get to at 7:30 or 8 a.m. and stay until play concludes, and then you go find a place for dinner. On Saturday they moved up the golf schedule so play concluded at 3 p.m., to avoid forecasted thunderstorms later in the afternoon (which did happen after the golf was done), and I was left with some extra time that I couldn't really find a way to fill.
Although Moline is one of the cheaper out-of-town PGA Tour trips I take, I bet it has a nice economic impact on that Quad Cities area that probably doesn't have too many other comparable events. Oh, and that's a nice bridge over the Mississippi on I-74.
Quote from: gonealookin on July 08, 2025, 07:26:06 PMQuote from: SEWIGuy on July 08, 2025, 09:17:40 AMQuote from: ET21 on July 07, 2025, 09:12:18 PMWent out to Galena IL for a few days, checked out Dubuque IA as well
Hey I was in Dubuque Saturday. Seriously underated place.
I thoroughly enjoyed the Moline trip for the John Deere Classic over the weekend. I've done it before and it's on the list for future repeat visits. I'm sorry I didn't connect with you there.
As those river towns go, though, I kind of doubt Moline is commonly listed among the "underrated" ones. The golf course where the tournament is played is really nice, and it's a great place to get to at 7:30 or 8 a.m. and stay until play concludes, and then you go find a place for dinner. On Saturday they moved up the golf schedule so play concluded at 3 p.m., to avoid forecasted thunderstorms later in the afternoon (which did happen after the golf was done), and I was left with some extra time that I couldn't really find a way to fill.
Although Moline is one of the cheaper out-of-town PGA Tour trips I take, I bet it has a nice economic impact on that Quad Cities area that probably doesn't have too many other comparable events. Oh, and that's a nice bridge over the Mississippi on I-74.
I drive across it every day!
Anyway, Moline isn't underrated. It is pretty much what it is. The QC is nice but I don't think there is much for visitors to do here - not exactly a tourist destination.
Quote from: SEWIGuy on July 08, 2025, 09:17:40 AMHey I was in Dubuque Saturday. Seriously underated place.
Quote from: gonealookin on July 08, 2025, 07:26:06 PMAs those river towns go, though, I kind of doubt Moline is commonly listed among the "underrated" ones.
Quote from: SEWIGuy on July 08, 2025, 08:02:54 PMAnyway, Moline isn't underrated. It is pretty much what it is.
Glad we got that straightened out. ;)
Quote from: SEWIGuy on July 08, 2025, 09:17:40 AMQuote from: ET21 on July 07, 2025, 09:12:18 PMWent out to Galena IL for a few days, checked out Dubuque IA as well
Hey I was in Dubuque Saturday. Seriously underated place.
Was very quiet Saturday, almost a ghost town in certain sections of downtown
Quote from: ET21 on July 09, 2025, 12:05:54 PMQuote from: SEWIGuy on July 08, 2025, 09:17:40 AMQuote from: ET21 on July 07, 2025, 09:12:18 PMWent out to Galena IL for a few days, checked out Dubuque IA as well
Hey I was in Dubuque Saturday. Seriously underated place.
Was very quiet Saturday, almost a ghost town in certain sections of downtown
We were down in the Millwork District and it was fairly decent.
Spent the long weekend in the Finger Lakes - stayed along the east shore of Seneca Lake, did some waterfall hikes at Taughannock Falls & Watkins Glen State Parks, and visited several of the breweries & wineries clustered along NY 414. Didn't go to the official fireworks show in Watkins Glen, but it worked out as we saw tons of fireworks being launched over the lake from where we were staying.
I was reminded during the drive how much I enjoy the stretch of US 15 between Williamsport & Corning - great scenery and not too busy despite the added holiday traffic. I was also reminded how much I can't wait for the CSVT to be fully completed - the slog thru Hummels Wharf & Shamokin Dam was extra busy and had backups approaching the stretch from either side.