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08-30-2015, 05:40 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire
Trailer: 5.0 TA - Sept. 2015, 2016 Silverado 2500 Duramax
Posts: 334
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Leaving NH for Chilliwack pickup
We thought the day would never come... But it has arrived and we are finally on the road, making the mad dash across the country to Chilliwack to pick up "Casa Blanca"!
First night's goal is Erie PA!
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08-30-2015, 06:23 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southwick, Massachusetts
Trailer: None, sold my 2014 5.0TA
Posts: 7,124
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Have a safe drive and keep an eye out for another TA on your travels.
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Happy Motoring
Bob
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08-30-2015, 07:02 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 11,045
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Safe, safe travels Charlie & Lucy! You know, we do like "before the pickup" pictures too, don't you? 
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Ten Forward
2014 Escape 5.0TA
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08-30-2015, 07:03 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie & Lucy
We thought the day would never come... But it has arrived and we are finally on the road, making the mad dash across the country to Chilliwack to pick up "Casa Blanca"!
First night's goal is Erie PA!
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What is your planned routes east and west?
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Jim
Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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08-30-2015, 08:02 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire
Trailer: 5.0 TA - Sept. 2015, 2016 Silverado 2500 Duramax
Posts: 334
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Thanks guys!
Padlin... Would be great to hook up with you and Deb once we pick up!
DonnaD.... I will def post pics along the way. I take too many(at least Charlie thinks so). Will prob post in the evening when I have wifi and can use my iPad instead of my iPhone. Tried to add a photo to original post... It kept kicking me out.
Cpaharley... Planning on mostly i80. We're stopping in CA before heading north!
Currently on the way to Troy....
To be continued!!
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Charlie & Lucy
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"I can't complain... but sometimes I still do."
Joe Walsh
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08-30-2015, 08:11 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Midcoast, Maine
Trailer: 2016 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 435
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Thank goodness you will be able to breathe soon!  Enjoy every second of the experience and every one that follows! 
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08-30-2015, 09:34 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Tampa Bay Area, Florida
Trailer: 2015 Escape 5.0TA (Little Elsie) Extensively Personalized
Posts: 2,973
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Long drive, but you should be able to make it in 4 or 5 days. I did Tampa to Ferndale, just nirth if Bellinham in 4 days. Past St. Louis in day 1, Fort Collins, CO on day 2, Twin Falls, ID on day 3, and Ferndale on day 4, late afternoon. The trip home was a bit slower. Took 6-1/2 weeks.
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What a long strange trip it’s been!
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08-30-2015, 09:34 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Trailer: 2015 Escape 19 "Seventy Degrees"
Posts: 3,495
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Wow, how exciting. Can't wait to see pics of the new 5.0 on ur hitch! Be safe.
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08-30-2015, 09:48 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Canyon Lake, Texas
Trailer: 2015 19 "Past Tents", 2021 F150 Lariat 2.7L EB
Posts: 10,222
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Congrats Charlie and Lucy. Have a wonderful trip!
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"You can't buy happiness, but you can buy an RV. And that is pretty close."
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08-30-2015, 11:51 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Highland Park, New Jersey
Trailer: Escape 19 February 2014
Posts: 975
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waterfront
If you have time in Erie, there is a nice waterfront area -- last year we sat outside a restaurant there and listened to music. This year we had the camper and stayed at Sara's Campground just outside the city and never made it in.
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08-30-2015, 12:18 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Trailer: 2015 Escape 17B - 2009 Chevy Tahoe Hybrid
Posts: 551
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See you in Cleveland!!! 
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You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
–– C.S. Lewis
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08-30-2015, 02:24 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Olathe, Kansas
Trailer: 2015 21ft Escape "Spirit of the Plains", 2014 GMC Sierra with max tow package
Posts: 1,100
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Hi Charlie and Lucy. We're pulling out a week from today and will be parking alongside of you the 10th of Sept. in Bayview. Looking forward to meeting you guys. Have a safe trip. Loren
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08-30-2015, 03:46 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Trailer: April 2016 21' "Ramble On"
Posts: 281
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Loren and Cathy. Shoot us a message if you happen to pass near Lincoln, NE on your way home. We'd love to see your 21. Thanks!
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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Theodore Roosevelt
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08-30-2015, 06:10 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire
Trailer: 5.0 TA - Sept. 2015, 2016 Silverado 2500 Duramax
Posts: 334
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Ellen... Yes 8am, we'll be there!
Loren & Cathy... It will be great!!
Ruthe... We would have loved to have gone down to the waterfront... But we are both pretty tired.
Upstate NY is pretty!
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Charlie & Lucy
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"I can't complain... but sometimes I still do."
Joe Walsh
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08-31-2015, 12:39 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire
Trailer: 5.0 TA - Sept. 2015, 2016 Silverado 2500 Duramax
Posts: 334
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It was GREAT to meet Ellen for breakfast! On the road I said to Charlie that we should have taken a photo of the 3 of us. Bummer that we didn't!!
It's now 1:30. We counted 134 camper trailers of all sorts so far today. None have been fiberglass. We are just outside of South Bend on I 80.
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Charlie & Lucy
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"I can't complain... but sometimes I still do."
Joe Walsh
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08-31-2015, 12:48 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Trailer: 2015 Escape 17B - 2009 Chevy Tahoe Hybrid
Posts: 551
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It WAS great! Look forward to camping with you guys one of these days. We can make up for lost photos then! And drink wine instead of coffee! 
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Originally Posted by Charlie & Lucy
It was GREAT to meet Ellen for breakfast! On the road I said to Charlie that we should have taken a photo of the 3 of us. Bummer that we didn't!!
It's now 1:30. We counted 134 camper trailers of all sorts so far today. None have been fiberglass. We are just outside of South Bend on I 80.
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You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
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08-31-2015, 12:54 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie & Lucy
It was GREAT to meet Ellen for breakfast! On the road I said to Charlie that we should have taken a photo of the 3 of us. Bummer that we didn't!!
It's now 1:30. We counted 134 camper trailers of all sorts so far today. None have been fiberglass. We are just outside of South Bend on I 80.
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The RV capital of the world!!
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Jim
Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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08-31-2015, 02:55 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Benton County, Iowa
Trailer: 2013 Escape 21 Classic Number 6, pulled by 2018 Toyota Highlander
Posts: 8,257
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I-80 and points west.
Where will you be staying tonight. If in Eastern Iowa I can give you sone recommendations. Let me know.
Dave, he's visited all 99 counties and camped in well over half, Smith
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08-31-2015, 03:27 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire
Trailer: 5.0 TA - Sept. 2015, 2016 Silverado 2500 Duramax
Posts: 334
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Thanks Dave!! I had just finished booking a room in Iowa City on my iPhone while Charlie is driving. Less than 2 hrs away!!
Much appreciate it! 
Lucy
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08-31-2015, 06:28 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Benton County, Iowa
Trailer: 2013 Escape 21 Classic Number 6, pulled by 2018 Toyota Highlander
Posts: 8,257
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I-80 Escape Express
Glad to hear you are set up for the night. I guess I hadn't thought about whether you were staying in hotels/ motels or camping. When we went to Tucson to pick up our 19, we took the tent. It was kind of like a farewell tour cause we haven't been in a tent since and don't look for it to happen anytime soon. If you haven't seen enough corn yet, tomorrow through the rest of Ioway and nebrasky ought to do it. Then the fun starts. Best of luck in your travels, I know you will love your new rig.
Dave
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