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Old 12-17-2009, 10:52 PM   #52
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Originally Posted by edog View Post
I know we have a number of people in MD, DC, and Va who plan on going. I think it would be safe to start a location for those north of Fredericksburg. I think the entrance of Spotsylvania Mall in Fredericksburg would be a good meeting point for those north of exit 130B on 95south in Va.

Fredericksburg VA exit 130B off 95 southbound. Two lights on the left at Spotsylvania Mall in front of the main entrance. It has a large space for many cars.
Thursday@ 10am

meeting points afterwards
Emporia Va around 1pm if all is well on hwy.
interstate 95s and interstate 40 NC
interstate 95s and interstate 20 SC
interstate 95S and interstate 26 SC
Savannah Ga, get hotel and eat/socialize then sleep.
Friday
Fla interstate 10W and interstate 295 beltway.
open to suggestion on other meeting points?
Drive to Savannah Ga, which is 8 hours, and 5 hours to South Ga motorsport park.

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I would recommend hwy 82 near Brunswick, Ga to hwy 84 to Valdosta, 75 miles shorter, unless you just want to run interstate all the way. Let me know, I can always change it.

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Originally Posted by RickRay View Post
Merge in while the caravan continues to drive because every stop will be 15-30 minutes..Your 8 hour drive will end up being 10-11 hrs drive.. I did a convoy from Montreal to Oshawa and we had a couple of members waiting on the side of the highway and as we drove by they merged. You just need to have the phone #'s of the members that will be merging to let them know how far we are from them...etc... We can chat at the main Destination...
He's right about having too many stops. Every 2 to 3 hrs is plenty as long as you won't be drinking a BIG GULP lol

(Map on 1st page updated) You guys still have plenty of time to plan stops, routes, etc. When you have hard times I'll update the map as we go.

Something else I wanted to mention... 20-30 or even more cars in a caravan is COOOOL! But you start getting a snap-the-whip effect. The lead car can be running 70 and the last cars are running sometimes 40, then 90 to keep with the group. Make tight groups of 5 or so cars that want to run the same speed, and don't worry about keeping up, you can all get back together at the lunch break. Just make sure the leader of your group knows where he's going
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