majors epic cross country road trip....

[Rhodie Ranch]

Me neither Thistle. I went to HS in upstate NY and left the week after graduation for California. I have no idea if they had a reunion lo those many decades ago.

 

[majorcatfish]

day 15...
the bbq was outstanding was able to meet more of the class..

of course my 2 running buddies....

 

[Carol Dee]

A beautiful setting for a class reunion.

 

[baymule]

That is a nice place to have a reunion! I like the kayak and private moment with your Dad's ashes. Nice. This trip is a one in a lifetime trip.

 

[flowerbug]

Good to hear about your sibling reunion. I think the way you all were able to say goodbye to your dad was memorable and inspired.

I've never been to any HS reunions.
My name changed (witness protection program, haha) so they probably couldn't find me. I doubt I would have gone anyway. I graduated in 3 years and never looked back.

same here (except for the 3yr thing )...

gonna be the 40th in a few years, i'm not sure they have my current address but they may have my e-mail address now.

was glad to get away when i did and haven't looked back much. i don't live that far away now but for 15yrs i was way up north and 5 yrs down south. hard to believe how fast time goes by just puttering around.

 

[Zeedman]

There have only been two times I was notified of a reunion. The first time I was still in the Navy, and on deployment... so that one was a wash. The second time was last year... at a coach's house. It seems that one was mostly a team reunion, and since I didn't run with that crowd, I passed on that one too. I might go to the 50th (if they have one) just to see who's still around. All of my friends from HS moved far from the area, so chances are I wouldn't recognize anyone, or have anyone recognize me. Which means I could claim to be anything, and have fun with it.

 

[majorcatfish]

day 16 and 17..... heading home
had a late start needed to get an oil change in reno,nv. basically a boring drive to salt lake city about the only excitement was driving by the bonnieville salt flat race track.

layover in salt lake city stayed at the ramada on state st what a sh!t hole took 3 rooms to stay in, 1st smelt like sewer gas,2nd the bed was not made,third fridge did not work but i had my cooler.when checking out at 5;45 am there was no coffee in the lobby...so glad to get out of that place...

once on the road it a slow going over the mountains, it was raining cats and dogs till hitting Wyoming. would really like to wyoming in the spring time when everything is green..
was interesting to see all the mini oil refinery's along the interstate

of course the big ones were in the larger cities...
made it to north Platte,ne staying at a really nice ramada... well time to get a shower and get back on the road.

 

[majorcatfish]

day 18....
nice drive till getting to Kansas city they had road under construction poor navi system dont know which way to send me. put in a 754 mile 11.5 hr day stay at the holiday inn at Vernon il, sweet hotel i wont mind moving in permanently,but would think the commute would be a killer...

mt.vernon is one of the continental tread rubber plants tried to get a tour in the morning but there was no one available on such short notice...
oh well have only 654 miles tomorrow will get home around 3-4pm

time for dinner and bed.....night all

 

[ducks4you]

Kansas City on I-80 is ALWAYS a mess, worse with construction. My ears were ringing last night, since Mt. Vernon is only a few hours from my house, and NOW I know why!

 

[majorcatfish]

day 19..... this epic journey has come to an end....
after...

18 states later this was a beautiful site..

and then this..