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Let’s find out how far you are from Americas Mother Road “Route 66” ... the "Coastal Highway" ... or the "Northern Route"

Below are 3 maps simply find the closest major town or city and reply to this thread like for example ...

My home town / base is ..... XXX Miles from Amarillo, TX.

Let me start ...

My home town / base is  403 Miles from Chicago.

PS. Perhaps we can organize a country cruize sometime in the future where we can meet along the route and exchange knowledge about our beloved Pagoda.

If nothing else it would provide members here an idea how close you are to other members and the end result might be a planned shorter route amongst members within a certain area of the country.

Edit ---> Enlarged the maps as best as I could :)







« Last Edit: June 28, 2013, 15:34:48 by Alter Peter »
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Re: How far away are you from one of those Major US Routes?
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2013, 16:11:34 »
Iam 90 miles southeast of St. Louis MO.

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Re: How far away are you from one of those Major US Routes?
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2013, 08:45:18 »
Are we missing a route from Maine to Florida...or has the East Coast fallen into the ocean?

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Re: How far away are you from one of those Major US Routes?
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2013, 10:18:29 »
East coast of USA,  He has forgotten about the rest of the world.   ???

I am sitting by my Kombi on a beach in north west of Australia at the moment and I think Google said it is 14,272km to LA CA :D

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Re: How far away are you from one of those Major US Routes?
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2013, 13:51:54 »
Sorry fellows ... by no means have I forgotten any of you :) ... it started with the US Mother Road "Route 66" and then one has to get back home again ... you understand ~ big grin ~

After I posted it originally I knew this was a bad idea ... 
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Re: How far away are you from one of those Major US Routes?
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2013, 16:20:12 »
Meet for coffee in St. Pau/Mpls, MN. Just say when

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Re: How far away are you from one of those Major US Routes?
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2013, 22:16:44 »
I am 721 miles to Chicago, and to the start of Route 66.  We did Route 66 in our '58 220s with MBCA for their 50th anniversary in 2006.
It was one of the best trips ever! I would go again in a heart beat with the pagoda!!!!!!  Actually met Naj on that trip, and he was the one who made me aware of this group! Thanks Naj!

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Re: How far away are you from one of those Major US Routes?
« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2013, 00:18:24 »
Not a bad idea Alter, just a lot of us a long way from the three highways listed. And the poor East coasters ;D ;D

 I have actually driven quite a bit of 66 twice on returning from PUB in Ohio, once in a Pagoda and once in an E Type.  Great trips both.

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