This sounds like a great trip! Let me find a 1968 VW Van...
On Saturday, March 13, 2004, at 03:56 PM, Michael Kaufman wrote:
> No way. Blaine, WA to Campobello Is. is just over
> 4000 by Mapquest, taking into account all of the
> stops. Adding a segment of Skagway to Blaine adds
> 1500 miles. So that makes 5500 miles. A Yukon
> crossing near Beaver Creek could be done in 1700 miles
> (distance to Blaine), which would make 5700. Even if
> you were thinking of a round trip segment from Blaine
> to Yukon to Blaine, you would still only get 7400
> miles. Any of these figures are much closer to 6000
> than 11,000. Were your calculations done while on the
> aformentioned cocaine? heh heh heh ;)
>
> --- m06079 <barbaria_longa@...> wrote:
>> yes awful high
>> especially if you move gold rush park from skagway
>> to practically
>> anywhere else
>> since that alone could save you over 2000 miles of
>> driving
>> & make your guess of closer to 6000 miles than 10000
>> correct
>>
>> but if you moved gold rush park to the yukon
>> as it appears you may still be intending to do
>> then you would be closer to 11000 miles than 6000
>>
>> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Michael
>> Kaufman"
>> <mikekaufman79@y...> wrote:
>>> Hmm 10,000 seems an awful high estimate. Closer
>> to 6,000 I
>> think.
>>> But regardless it seems Gold Rush is not the park
>> I was
>> looking for
>>> as that borders on BC, not YK.
>>>
>>> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com,
>> "acroorca2002"
>> <orc@o...> wrote:
>>>> hahaha
>>>> hey it wouldnt be impractical to just remember
>> them
>>>> would it
>>>> hahaha
>>>> as if an alaska to new brunswick motor tour
>> could actually be
>>>> done in the same 2 weeks anyway
>>>> hahaha
>>>> even without any of the other mentioned side
>> trips & stops
>>>>
>>>> well maybe if you had enough cocaine
>>>>
>>>> but it looks like you are already pushing 10000
>> miles there
>>>>
>>>> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Michael
>> Kaufman
>>>> <mikekaufman79@y...> wrote:
>>>>> Hmm some of those I think would have to be
>> precluded
>>>>> due to practicality. And the Binational tps
>> would be
>>>>> more a subject of another trip I think.
>>>>>
>>>>> --- acroorca2002 <orc@o...> wrote:
>>>>>> nice lists all
>>>>>> & if we are really going to do the full
>> 2week
>>>>>> great north american border expedition
>>>>>> without mexico but with a bazuco
>>>>>> then lets at least remember
>>>>>> hans island cadk
>>>>>> isle verte cafr
>>>>>> & the diomedes ruus
>>>>>>
>>>>>> also
>>>>>> the twin virgin idaho british columbia
>> tripoints
>>>>>> & others equally causal
>>>>>> sometimes practically coincident with your
>> choices
>>>>>> tho i wont spoil it by telling you which
>> ones til we
>>>>>> get close
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Doug
>> Murray
>>>>>> <doug@d...> wrote:
>>>>>>> I can't believe I missed Haskell, Beebe, &
>>>>>> Canusa... and lunch
>>>>>> with the
>>>>>>> Hurtibuse's! And dinner at Hoagie's Pizza
>> in
>>>>>> Newport,
>>>>>> Vermont.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at 10:31 PM,
>> Michael
>>>>>> Kaufman
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Nice job. I have been constructing
>> (made it
>>>>>> several
>>>>>>>> months ago and added here and there) my
>> own list
>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>> very similar to yours. Though there are
>> a few
>>>>>>>> differences.
>>>>>>>> Here it is:
>>>>>>>> CA-US:
>>>>>>>> Gold Rush Int. Park - YK/AK
>>>>>>>> Pt. Roberts, Peace Arch, 0 Ave.
>>>>>>>> North Portal, SK - Portal, ND Golf
>> Course
>>>>>>>> International Peace Gardens
>>>>>>>> International Peace Park - Waterton
>> Glacier,
>>>>>> Alberta
>>>>>>>> International Falls - MN
>>>>>>>> Pinecreek/Piney Airport - Pinecreek MN,
>> Piney MB
>>>>>>>> Detroit/Windsor Tunnel
>>>>>>>> Niagara Falls
>>>>>>>> Zavikon Bridge & 1000 Islands
>>>>>>>> NY/Que bar with pool table
>>>>>>>> Haskell, Beebe, Canusa
>>>>>>>> Campobello - NB/ME
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --- Doug Murray <doug@d...>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> We are definitely due for a Great North
>>>>>> American
>>>>>>>>> Border Expedition
>>>>>>>>> (though, Mexico would not be included
>> this
>>>>>> time).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Highlights:
>>>>>>>>> Stewart BC-Hyder AK ( a toughie, as it
>> is so
>>>>>> far
>>>>>>>>> north)
>>>>>>>>> Point Roberts
>>>>>>>>> Sleeping at the Smugglers Inn on Zero
>> Ave.
>>>>>>>>> Zero Ave!
>>>>>>>>> Peace Arch (BC-WA)
>>>>>>>>> Peace Garden (MB-ND)
>>>>>>>>> The Pineycreek (MB-MN) Airport
>>>>>>>>> Angle Inlet
>>>>>>>>> International Falls, MN - Fort Frances,
>> ON
>>>>>>>>> Windsor, ON - Detroit, MI
>>>>>>>>> Niagara Falls
>>>>>>>>> The intersection of Douglas & Murray in
>> Fort
>>>>>> Erie,
>>>>>>>>> ON (though for
>>>>>>>>> personal reasons!)
>>>>>>>>> Akwesasne Reserve
>>>>>>>>> The Border Bar (Fort Covington, NY -
>> Dundee,
>>>>>> QC)
>>>>>>>>> The Border Golf Course (ME-NB)
>>>>>>>>> And Campobello Island (ME-NB)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2 weeks for this one!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Doug
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Monday, March 8, 2004, at 06:27 AM,
>> Peter
>>>>>> Hering
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I've just added a picture to the photo
>> section
>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> BP:
>>>>>>>>>> taken in Ft. Covington - border
>> Québec/NY.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Wouldn't it be nice to have a real
>> party
>>>>>> here??
>>>>>>>>>> Playing billiards - one leg in each
>> country,
>>>>>>>>> drinking bourbon in
>>>>>>>>>> the US, while smoking a nice cigar in
>>>>>> Canada...!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> well, just say when - I'll be there!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> all yours
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> MafiapeteDk
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Peter Hering
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> de bedste hilsener
>>>>>>>>>> best regards
>>>>>>>>>> mit freundlichen Grüssen
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> <image.tiff>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> <image.tiff>
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