Drove 3000 Miles [Archive] - NewCelica.org Forum

larryd

12-16-2003, 08:44 AM

So yeah I just drove my girlfriends car across the country from California to Delaware. I drove the entire way myself and 90% of it alone (unless you count the cat). So I took a few pics along the way :)

1st pic is a picture of my average speed from California to Lincoln Nebraska. The speed limit is 75 out there then drops to 65 East of Lincoln, NE.

larryd

12-16-2003, 08:45 AM

This pic was actually taken before my drive when we had been in Tahoe for the weekend a month prior but its relevant :)

http://www.newcelica.org/temp/13.jpg

This pic is the sunrise over the mountains in Nevada just outside of Reno at about 6am when my journey really started.

larryd

12-16-2003, 08:46 AM

This is some mountain I had to drive through in Nevada.

larryd

12-16-2003, 08:47 AM

This is still in Nevada as I was getting closer to Utah.

larryd

12-16-2003, 08:48 AM

And still in Nevada to show you the nothingness

larryd

12-16-2003, 08:49 AM

YAY.... UTAH!

larryd

12-16-2003, 08:49 AM

The Salt Lake Flats which are amazingly flat. I swear you could see as far as you could see perfectly flat and nothing.

larryd

12-16-2003, 08:51 AM

YAY, WYOMING!

larryd

12-16-2003, 08:52 AM

The absolute nothingness of Wyoming.

larryd

12-16-2003, 08:52 AM

YAY, NEBRASKA!

larryd

12-16-2003, 08:53 AM

And more nothingness in Nebraska.

MicaCeli

12-16-2003, 08:59 AM

Woman came back with you?

Come to the 20th meet or I will blow up your battery.

larryd

12-16-2003, 09:05 AM

So anyway thats all of the pictures I took from the ride.

Wednesday
Drove From Santa Rosa CA to Lake Tahoe NV (220 miles)

Thursday
Drove From Lake Tahoe NV to Rock Springs WY (760 miles)

Friday
Drove From Rock Springs WY to Lincoln NE (720 miles)

Saturday
Drove From Lincoln NE to Chicago IL (524 miles)

Sunday/Monday
Hung out with Peter aka Static in Chicago

Tuesday
Drove From Chicago IL to Newark DE (760 miles)

So 4 major days of driving, 5 total day driving and a total of 2984 miles.

The drive actually wasnt as bad as I thought it would be and its kinda cool to say Ive done that now. I have a few stories that Ill relay later when I feel like typing more :)

WillyK

12-16-2003, 09:06 AM

I would like to drive across the country someday.

larryd

12-16-2003, 09:08 AM

Oh another thing.. I couldnt get pics of the welcome to signs for

CALIFORNIA
IOWA
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
OHIO
PENNSYLVANIA
DELAWARE

so if anyone could take pics of those I would be UBER happy :)

Bobbeh

12-16-2003, 09:18 AM

Looking good there Larry :thumbup: We thought about driving across the US when we went over for a month, took you 5 days huh? Thats pretty good going :)

WillyK

12-16-2003, 09:30 AM

Originally posted by larryd
Oh another thing.. I couldnt get pics of the welcome to signs for

Why didn't you get pics of them?

DopeCelicaGT

12-16-2003, 09:38 AM

Wow look at all them trees out there LOL. Yeah I remember pics like these when I drove to Arizona a few years back took me 3 days from AL. Man I cant even imagine driving 5 thats a little to far for me LOL but its nice to see u got some good picsof how barren the west is LOL.

Zensoku

12-16-2003, 10:05 AM

You drove through this and the fastest speedometer reading you took a picture of was 100mph....

http://www.newcelica.org/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=1613599

Psyc0

12-16-2003, 10:08 AM

Originally posted by Zensoku
You drove through this and the fastest speedometer reading you took a picture of was 100mph....

http://www.newcelica.org/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=1613599

:werd: If there was a cop u could see him lol

FriedRice

12-16-2003, 10:21 AM

there are leaves inside the car.... o_0

TRD Liquid Silver

12-16-2003, 10:31 AM

didn't know that you had access to another gts. so, what does she have done to the car or should i say what did you do to her car.

driving coast to coast is something that everyone should do at least once. my wife, my then girlfriend drove from nyc to san diego 4 years ago and it took us 7 days stopping to take it the sites everyday.

baNanA_ryCe

12-16-2003, 10:32 AM

dead roses...w00t.

Psyc0

12-16-2003, 10:37 AM

if i wind up going to college back east i think i'm gonna drive my Z from here in cali to the school

nemrac

12-16-2003, 10:51 AM

Originally posted by WillyK
Why didn't you get pics of them?

some places didn't have them as dumb as that is.

Originally posted by FriedRice
there are leaves inside the car.... o_0

those are my dried up flowers which all fell apart

Originally posted by TRD Liquid Silver
didn't know that you had access to another gts. so, what does she have done to the car or should i say what did you do to her car.

everything that's on my car has been on before him. the only thing he got for my car was a CF hatch handle.

12-16-2003, 11:04 AM

Originally posted by larryd
YAY, NEBRASKA!

Yeah baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chiznarles

12-16-2003, 11:06 AM

Originally posted by larryd
So yeah I just drove my girlfriends car across the country from California to Delaware. I drove the entire way myself and 90% of it alone (unless you count the cat). So I took a few pics along the way :)

1st pic is a picture of my average speed from California to Lincoln Nebraska. The speed limit is 75 out there then drops to 65 East of Lincoln, NE.

Looks like russ's gauges! Nice!

the picture of the sunrise is amazing.. you got a high res version of that??

oONoGoAutoOo

12-16-2003, 11:35 AM

awesome pics!

S|Lv3rBu||et

12-16-2003, 11:39 AM

Very awesome..... yeah, I have to drive that someday too.
Good for you larry!

larryd

12-16-2003, 02:15 PM

Welcome signs, lets see here...

CALIFORNIA - never thought of snapping the picture.

IOWA - never saw it???

ILLINOIS - damn thing snuck up on me right after a bridge over the mississippi river.

INDIANA - didnt feel like stopping.

OHIO - it was dark

PENNSYLVANIA - it was dark

DELAWARE - i live here, can get it myself :)

As for a high res pic of the sunrise in Nevada sure do. 1600x1200 is the original size taken at 2.1 megapixel

http://www.newcelica.org/temp/156-5668_IMG.JPG

Chiznarles

12-16-2003, 04:33 PM

awesome larry.. its my new desktop..

Jersey Jay

12-16-2003, 06:34 PM

Nice pics Lar but a real longgggggg drive by yourself. Hope your feelin better and happy happy!

InfoJunky

12-16-2003, 10:11 PM

Originally posted by larryd
Oh another thing.. I couldnt get pics of the welcome to signs for

CALIFORNIA
IOWA
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
OHIO
PENNSYLVANIA
DELAWARE

so if anyone could take pics of those I would be UBER happy :)

I didn't take these, but found a few. Might help :confused:

http://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/20010629/iowa.jpg

http://www.roadfan.com/welcome.jpg

http://www.discoveringthe6.com/images/IN%20Welcome%20Sign.jpg

http://www.aaroadtrips.com/ohio/i-076_wb_welcome_to_ohio_sign.jpg

http://home.earthlink.net/~lmattox2/FSSNOC99_PennsySign.jpg

http://www.myroadtrips.com/sf/stateline.jpg

http://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/20010313/delaware.jpg

http://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/states/

Aracheon

12-17-2003, 08:40 AM

Well dammit, if I woulda known that you were coming this way I could have set up a meet here with all the Colorado Celica guys.

Dammit Larry. :wtc:

:D

wickedpete

12-17-2003, 10:09 AM

Originally posted by InfoJunky
I didn't take these, but found a few. Might help :confused:

http://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/states/

why did they bother putting this one up: http://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/states/arkansas.jpg

kxtim5

12-17-2003, 02:47 PM

you let a cat in the celica?

nemrac

12-17-2003, 04:01 PM

Originally posted by kxtim5
you let a cat in the celica?

how else would you get a cat from one side of the country to the other?

Tikked Again

12-17-2003, 05:20 PM

Originally posted by LooksFastGTS
how else would you get a cat from one side of the country to the other?

Cannon....:gap:

That's a lot of driving on a lot of nothing..........

nemrac

12-17-2003, 05:36 PM

Originally posted by Tikked Again
Cannon....:gap:

:nono: no kitty cannon, haha

celica_2

12-17-2003, 06:56 PM

Hey Larry, where'd you get them gauges, im thinking about buying me some if they dont cost a fortune

Aracheon

12-17-2003, 08:51 PM

Originally posted by Tikked Again
Cannon....:gap:

:chuckles:

djTOY_2000

12-17-2003, 11:08 PM

Originally posted by kxtim5
you let a cat in the celica?

quick question..... what is up with the celica in your sig ??

static

12-18-2003, 06:13 AM

Originally posted by larryd
Sunday/Monday
Hung out with Peter aka Static in Chicago

Clearly the best time of the trip ;)

larryd

12-18-2003, 09:20 AM

Originally posted by celica_2
Hey Larry, where'd you get them gauges, im thinking about buying me some if they dont cost a fortune

Mind you, the car is Carmens not mine so she got everything for it but I do believe they are Russ's gauges.

Originally posted by djTOY_2000
quick question..... what is up with the celica in your sig ??

You mean my old Celica?

Originally posted by static
Clearly the best time of the trip ;)

:werd:

nemrac

12-18-2003, 09:41 AM

Originally posted by static
Clearly the best time of the trip ;)

long islands and dancing = good times :chuckles:

Originally posted by celica_2
Hey Larry, where'd you get them gauges, im thinking about buying me some if they dont cost a fortune

rjautorworks.com

12-18-2003, 06:58 PM

Originally posted by Tikked Again
Cannon....:gap: :rofl:

KrazY-2K

12-19-2003, 08:43 AM

Nice pics... loving the gauges :)

kxtim5

12-19-2003, 04:09 PM

Originally posted by djTOY_2000
quick question..... what is up with the celica in your sig ?? I dissasembled it and painted it bittersweet pearl. its now together and done

J2KGTS6

12-20-2003, 12:32 AM

Originally posted by kxtim5
you let a cat in the celica?

whats wrong with kitty in the celi? my cat rode in my lap a couple weeks ago to go to the vet for her vaccinations.

nemrac

12-20-2003, 12:34 AM

Originally posted by J2KGTS6
whats wrong with kitty in the celi? my cat rode in my lap a couple weeks ago to go to the vet for her vaccinations.

:werd:
that's where my kitty likes to ride when we're in the car, i bought a kennel for no reason

wickedpete

12-21-2003, 06:44 PM

..... ..

Jusone36

12-23-2003, 05:19 AM

the pics and quotes are hilarious larry!

Logan

12-23-2003, 03:48 PM

did you drive through missouri?

phaqgm

12-23-2003, 06:24 PM

That was weak, Larry! :fawk:

I left Gainesville, FL at 3:00am Sunday, and arrived in Seattle, WA at 9:45pm on Tuesday. Just a tick over 4000 miles. (I went I-10 to I-5 to avoid snow conditions).

Here are a few pics from my adventure....

http://www.remleyracing.com/misc/IMG_1431.JPG

http://www.remleyracing.com/misc/IMG_1441.JPG

http://www.remleyracing.com/misc/IMG_1397.JPG

nemrac

12-23-2003, 09:59 PM

phaqgm

12-23-2003, 10:00 PM

Originally posted by LooksFastGTS
well aren't you special :chuckles:

Yes, Carmen. I am.

nemrac

12-23-2003, 10:01 PM

Originally posted by phaqgm
Yes, Carmen. I am.

do you know any slow or special people..hehe i'm glad you think that :D

larryd

12-24-2003, 08:58 PM

Originally posted by phaqgm
That was weak, Larry! :fawk:

I left Gainesville, FL at 3:00am Sunday, and arrived in Seattle, WA at 9:45pm on Tuesday. Just a tick over 4000 miles. (I went I-10 to I-5 to avoid snow conditions).

Here are a few pics from my adventure....

http://www.remleyracing.com/misc/IMG_1431.JPG

http://www.remleyracing.com/misc/IMG_1441.JPG

http://www.remleyracing.com/misc/IMG_1397.JPG

I could have done my trip in 3 days if I wanted too as well, but your nuts :)