The faux-hippies have them here. Perhaps we could borrow one!
On Sunday, March 14, 2004, at 03:29 PM, Michael Kaufman wrote:
> Heh heh heh. My cousin once had an orange microbus
> from the early 70s that he bought for like $500.
> Unfortunately, I don't think it's around anymore.
>
> --- Doug Murray <doug@...>
> wrote:
>> 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
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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