Archive through November 28, 2002
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Tntitanfan

Saturday, November 23, 2002 - 03:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I was trying to wait until Tess, the geography major, dropped by to guess!

I will post the correct answer tomorrow morning, and there are some VERY close guesses!!

Teatime

Saturday, November 23, 2002 - 04:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Kstme, that's so cool! Thanks for letting us know!

Okay, this isn't the prettiest chart but here's how the guesses stand so far on Tnt's trip mileage:

Urgrace-4880
Teatime-6200
Wargod-7500
Kstme-over 12,000
Lancecrossfire-6300
Buttercup-6237

Kstme

Saturday, November 23, 2002 - 04:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok...LOL...my REAL guess is 6832!

Wargod

Saturday, November 23, 2002 - 05:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't know, Kstme....I wonder if they ran out and drove around the parking lot to add to the mileage to throw us off!

Tntitanfan

Saturday, November 23, 2002 - 06:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I truly would guess that there is not much - if any - more than about 100 miles of non-travel mileage, like my trips to the mall to walk or to the grocery store, etc. I didn't think of that parking lot thingy!!

Teatime

Saturday, November 23, 2002 - 06:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Also, Tnt you said mileage measured was from "driveway out to driveway in"...so would you say you had a loooonnnggg driveway, or just a regular one? You gotta help us narrow this down a little

Urgrace-4880
Teatime-6200
Wargod-7500
Kstme-over 12,000. Or 6832.
Lancecrossfire-6300
Buttercup-6237

Kstme

Saturday, November 23, 2002 - 06:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Teatime...please take the 12000 guess out...I was trying to be silly. Thanks for putting up our guesses!!

Teatime

Saturday, November 23, 2002 - 06:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, okay, but I thought you were brilliant to up your chances of winning by guessing twice! If this turns out like the Price is Right, I want to add the guess 6301 to my own.

Is Juju going to Texas by plane, train or auto?

Urgrace-4880
Teatime-6200
Wargod-7500
Kstme-6832
Lancecrossfire-6300
Buttercup-6237

Tntitanfan

Sunday, November 24, 2002 - 07:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ta-da! It is hard to type a drum-roll!

Lance's guess is the closest to our actual mileage of 6489. I am amazed at how close several of you all came!!

LOL, Teatime! Our driveway is short enough to not be a major factor in the trip!!

Tntitanfan

Sunday, November 24, 2002 - 07:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think I remember that Juju and hubby are driving to AK or AL or someplace similar to pick up her MIL. Then the three of them will drive to south TX -

How cool that you got to meet Juju and dh, Kstme!

Juju2bigdog

Sunday, November 24, 2002 - 08:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Flew to Arkansas to drive to Texas with Bigdog's 98 year old Momma, so she wouldn't drive herself again this year as she has done past three years. We figure we are helping out the citizens of Arkansas and Texas.

It was wonderful meeting Kstme and hubby in the Las Vegas airport yesterday. We managed to follow through with our plan of Kstme and I talking and Bigdog and Mr. Kstme talking. Bigdog and I have not had a chance to catch up with each other yet though to find out the details.

I thought we were leaving plenty of time to get to the gate for our plane, with 40 minutes, just in case the security line was long. We barely made it. Security line was very long, and of course they decided they wanted to look at my cuticle clippers in my backpack and they had to run my purse through twice! Ack! We did also manage to grab a quick sandwich to go, but as we got to the gate, they said, "Oh, here they are." They had been looking for us! We were the almost last ones on the plane, and we both had to take middle seats in the back.

We arrived in Little Rock fine, and on time, had a bit of trouble finding the rental car places, got a rental car and went to meet our friend in the Walmart parking lot to follow him back to his house. Oh, we got a complimentary rental car upgrade to a brand new Jeep Liberty, nice, smallish SUV. Okay, so we meet our friend in the parking lot of Walmart in a town about 50 miles from Little Rock. I decide to ride with the friend, so I go get my purse out of the Jeep, shut the door, and suddenly the keys are locked inside the Jeep with us outside. So we call the police because they are close by and carry slim jims to unlock locked cars. Policeman comes, car has anti-slimjim devices. We call AAA, fellow finally comes. We arrive for dinner at the friend's house at 9 p.m. BUT dinner was good, and we slept well. Gonna do a little Arkansas touring today.

Kstme

Sunday, November 24, 2002 - 09:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Whooohooo...Juju! What an adventure! Glad to hear you made it to Arkansas.

Congrats to Lance!!

Urgrace

Monday, November 25, 2002 - 01:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Way to go Lance!

Teatime

Monday, November 25, 2002 - 02:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yay, Lance!

Urgrace

Tuesday, November 26, 2002 - 08:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Alrighty! My new road trip will include a get together with Spygirl! Yay! Another thing on my list to be thankful for.

My DIL, the babies and I will be leaving for Sheppard AF Base tomorrow morning. Son has started his training and will have base liberty during the holiday and weekend. He is doing great, but the DIL is lonesome and the babies need to see their daddy.

We hope to arrive before the start of Survivor!

Have a wonderful, blessed and safe Thanksgiving everyone! (and eat an extra bite of turkey for me)

Spygirl

Tuesday, November 26, 2002 - 09:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
See you soon, Gracie!!! :)

Sabbatia, are you out there? Would you like to get together, too???

Tess

Tuesday, November 26, 2002 - 10:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well you two just hug the stuffing outta each other for me,okay? Have a blast! and a safe trip. :)

Schoolmarm

Wednesday, November 27, 2002 - 03:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoo Hoo another tvch reunion. Y'all have a great time!

Tntitanfan

Wednesday, November 27, 2002 - 06:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OOOOH, Gracie, I am jealous! I am convinced we will meet sometime though!

Juju2bigdog

Wednesday, November 27, 2002 - 03:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Made it to Dallas yesterday on a lovely cold perfect driving day.

Tntitanfan

Wednesday, November 27, 2002 - 04:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
South Texas is a kinda big place, Juju! What part are you all going to? I love South Padre Island and Brownsville!!

Spygirl

Thursday, November 28, 2002 - 09:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Juju! We probably passed each other along the way :) I picked up my brother and SIL at the D/FW airport last night. If I would have known you were gonna be there, I would have left Louisiana sooner and met you!! Take care!

Juju2bigdog

Thursday, November 28, 2002 - 09:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Spygirl, sorry we didn't know we were both going to be in the same city. On the other hand, this is kind of a whirlwind trip through the state, and it would have been quite difficult to meet.

Tnt, we are going to Rio Grande Valley, South Padre Island/Brownsville area, not sure exactly where yet.

Draheid

Thursday, November 28, 2002 - 09:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tntitanfan: Texas isn't all that big ... for a country! txflag :O

Schoolmarm

Thursday, November 28, 2002 - 02:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK, travelers, I need some travel advice.

I've been wrestling with whether to drive or fly to see my parents at Christmas here's the pertinant info.

1. I live 2 hours from an airport.
2. They live 2 hours from St. Louis airport and an hour from a couple of commuter airports.
3. It's about 675 miles to drive.
4. I have to play a 7pm Christmas Eve service.

So, I could start driving at about 9pm on Christmas Eve and drive through the night (UGG) OR wait until Christmas morning to fly out. Airfare is fairly reasonable, but if I flew, my Dad would have to drive on Christmas to get me.


HMMMMmmmmm.....help!