Texas Caravan to CFIII - Whos in?

[Happy Pappy]

Originally Posted by Atti2de

What do you think about driving to Memphis the first day? It is a little over 700 miles and leaves 470 miles for day 2?

Memphis is a good stopping point for the first day. I make this trip at least once a year to Indy 500 and sometimes twice with additional family gatherings. Memphis is a good days dive and leaves about 8 hours the second day.

If anyone is interested there are a number of Casinos just south of Memphis in Tunica MS. Might be able to work out something with one of them like AJ did in Biloxi the first year.

[LowLife]

I'm down, just need to pick what car to take.

[2010ABM]

Originally Posted by Happy Pappy

Memphis is a good stopping point for the first day. I make this trip at least once a year to Indy 500 and sometimes twice with additional family gatherings. Memphis is a good days dive and leaves about 8 hours the second day.

If anyone is interested there are a number of Casinos just south of Memphis in Tunica MS. Might be able to work out something with one of them like AJ did in Biloxi the first year.

Did somebody say Casino?!

[firefighter1]

Count me and Missy in....

[SSE 4 2SS]

Originally Posted by firefighter1

Count me and Missy in....

And one hurting duodenum....

[CamaroSkooter]

Originally Posted by SSE 4 2SS

And one hurting duodenum....

[SilverTurtle]

Originally Posted by CamaroSkooter

If we take the I-35 route, we could stop in a few places.

Little Rock:
Day 1 Distance: 590.4 mi.
Day 2 Distance: 581.6 mi.

Memphis:
Day 1 Distance: 718.4 mi.
Day 2 Distance: 453.6 mi.

If we take the I-44 route here's where we could stop: (this route has toll roads)

Muskogee, OK:
Day 1 Distance: 530.9 mi.
Day 2 Distance: 619.1 mi.

Springfield, MO:
Day 1 Distance: 666.4 mi.
Day 2 Distance: 483.6 mi.

I vote for the I-35 route, since there's no toll roads, and it doesn't touch Oklahoma

TAG and I made this trip back in 2008, and we took the I35 route... a lot easier than the I44 and, we thought, faster


oh, and IN for this road trip, too

[SilverTurtle]

oh, and we went all the way to Nashville on the first day, so all we had left was a short drive to Indy for the second day... gave us plenty of time to stop at the Corvette Museum on the way up.

[C4]

Originally Posted by 2010ABM

Did somebody say Casino?!

let do the Casino thing.....
we might hit big and that could pay for the trip.

[SilverSS3108]

Need to pick a place in Rockwall for everyone to meet and eat breakfast on that Tuesday morning and get a hotel in Memphis to play ball with us and everyone stay there, then finish her up weds and be there in plenty of time to get checked in and all that fun stuff.

[racer778]

sign me up

[SilverSS3108]

Hey guys, I stay in alot of Crowne Plaza hotels with my work so I called the Crowne Plaza Down Town in Memphis just to talk to them and see if they would work with us and the said they would go as low as $89 for the night and the parking is gated and only accessible with a room key, and they have a shuttle to take us where ever to enjoy the area so the cars didnt have to come back out. They also said they could take care of us on the way back Sunday night. The Hotel is on I-40 right across the river so the drive couldn't be any easier... If this is something you guys and girls would be intrested in let me know so that I can get an approximate room count and discount code and all the fun stuff that goes into that.



Any list made or room count would not be an obligation to this. If we get enough poss feedback for this place I'll start a cruise thread and get the details lined out. The only time it would be locked in is when you called the hotel to make a deposit on the room to ensure your room is yours and we have until the month before the stay to have it paid in full.

[Camaro21]

Originally Posted by SilverSS3108

Hey guys, I stay in alot of Crowne Plaza hotels with my work so I called the Crowne Plaza Down Town in Memphis just to talk to them and see if they would work with us and the said they would go as low as $89 for the night and the parking is gated and only accessible with a room key, and they have a shuttle to take us where ever to enjoy the area so the cars didnt have to come back out. They also said they could take care of us on the way back Sunday night. The Hotel is on I-40 right across the river so the drive couldn't be any easier... If this is something you guys and girls would be intrested in let me know so that I can get an approximate room count and discount code and all the fun stuff that goes into that.



Any list made or room count would not be an obligation to this. The only time it would be locked in is when you called the hotel to make a deposit on the room to ensure your room is yours and we have until the month before the stay to have it paid in full.

I am up for whatever !! I would love to have a large attendance for the cruise in!!

[SSE 4 2SS]

Originally Posted by SilverSS3108

Hey guys, I stay in alot of Crowne Plaza hotels with my work so I called the Crowne Plaza Down Town in Memphis just to talk to them and see if they would work with us and the said they would go as low as $89 for the night and the parking is gated and only accessible with a room key, and they have a shuttle to take us where ever to enjoy the area so the cars didnt have to come back out. They also said they could take care of us on the way back Sunday night. The Hotel is on I-40 right across the river so the drive couldn't be any easier... If this is something you guys and girls would be intrested in let me know so that I can get an approximate room count and discount code and all the fun stuff that goes into that.



Any list made or room count would not be an obligation to this. The only time it would be locked in is when you called the hotel to make a deposit on the room to ensure your room is yours and we have until the month before the stay to have it paid in full.

Sounds great, I was just looking at the drive and Memphis seems to be the best point...