Dreamapalooza 2001 Caravan Info
From Illinois (the HERD):
If you are coming through the Chicago
area on your way to Dreamapalooza and want to hook up with the HERD caravan,
Garry Forman is putting plans together.
The schedule may change a little, but the plan is to leave on
Sunday morning, at 9:00 a.m. from the Lincoln oasis on the Tri-
State tollway. The Lincoln oasis is at the south end of the
tollway, between the exits for Halsted and I-80/I-94. We will
take I-80/I-94 east and follow I-80 when they split, to I-69.
At I-69 we'll go north to the town of Coldwater and meet up
with the Indianapolis convoy for lunch. From there, we'll take
I-69 to I-94 and head east again, all the way to Livonia. We
should arrive at the Holiday Inn between 3:00 and 3:30 Sunday
afternoon.
Please try to get to the oasis by 8:45 a.m. so we can have a
final planning meeting before we depart. The use of CB radios
while we caravan is strongly encouraged, we will again be using
channel 2.
Contact Garry Forman, the HERD
From South Florida and regions Southeast:
The Southern contingent of Impala's will leave S.Florida on the
morning
of Saturday, August 11th. We will lay-over just north of Chattanooga that
night. Sunday morning we will rendezvous at our hotel with the Atlanta
SS'ers and make the run to Detroit, arriving there Sunday night. The route
will be the Florida Turnpike to I-75 all the way. All those interested in
joining this Caravan along the way, please contact me.
If you thought the "St. Louis" Caravan was fun, "You Ain't SSeen
Nothing Yet". Let's make this the greatest yet.
Update 7/21/01:
We will be leaving the Miami area early Saturday A.M., hooking-up with
others in the Orlando area around 10:30 A.M. then to I-75 North. Our
overnight stop will be at the Econo Lodge at exit 25 of I-75, North of
Chattanooga. When we get ready to move out Sunday morning we will be joined
by Howard Rothstein and the great bunch of SS'ers from the Atlanta area.
Let's make this the largest Northward caravan yet. We had 22
B-bodies when we entered St. Louis last year. We know we can top that. If
you haven't signed on yet, let me know where you want to join us along the way.
Update 7/24/01:
Howard Rothstein and Roger McKay have added this great pdf file of their itinerary for the trip north.
Contact
Roger McKay for the latest information.
From New England:
There are a few of us coming from the New England area
on Saturday August 11th arriving in Detroit that night.
The current plan, unless we get in a war with Canada, is to cut across
Canada from the upstate New York Area. We're not sure just where yet.
We will have CB's and FRS capabilities along with cellular phones.
It will not be a high speed caravan, 70-75mph will be the norm.
Contact Paul Roswell ,
CT TRI-9 Impala SS Club
From Indiana:
"The IndipalaSS caravan will be leaving Indianapolis from the NE side of town near I-465 & I-69 (place
to be determined) at approximatly 7:00 AM on Sunday morning Aug. 12th. We will travel north up I-69
to Coldwater Michigan just north of I-80 & I-69.
There we may rendezvous with the Herd caravan for lunch (depending on their arrival time). Any clubs
traveling from the west or south wishing to join us are invited. We can recommend accommodations in
and around the Indy area if needed."
Contact Dave Bass,
President IndipalaSS
From the Carolinas:
CarISSMA (NC/SC)
CarISSMA will be leaving on Sunday morning the 12th.
More information coming when the final route is planned.
Contact Don Pusso,
CarISSMA
From California:
This is from Ed Runnion:
Tully Gould and I will be DRIVING from the West Coast to Dreamapalooza!
Yep, about 2400 miles worth (EACH WAY!) from the start of I-80 in San
Francisco (or close enough) all the way to ALMOST Chicago, then I-94
to Detroit. Here is a VERY rough schedule of where we will be and when.
Folks are more than welcome to join in as we head east!
Wed 8/8 -
Drive to Reno/Sparks NV (Tully and I separately since I won't get off
work until that evening)
Thu 8/9 - Sparks NV to somewhere in western WY
(all I-80)
Fri 8/10 - Western WY to around Omaha NE (all I-80)
Sat 8/11
- On to Detroit, driving I-80 until we GO AROUND Chicago and hit I-94
somewhere. Tully will go to the host hotel, I'll break off shortly before
Detroit to go see a college roommate of mine in Deckerville MI
(about 120 miles north/NE of Detroit) and head back to the host hotel
on Sunday Afternoon If anyone wants to join our caravan, drop me an email
at Ed_Runnion@RegionOfDoom.com
Contact Ed Runnion,
Region of Doom
From VA/MD/PA:
From Gerry Massie:
I'll be heading up from the Washington DC area Saturday AM 8/12 at 7:30 AM
or so. Going up to the PA Turnpike's Breezewood exit #12 to meet up with
Mike Sabol {POSSI) and a couple of others to head west on the turnpike.
Mike says there is another group meeting at the Portage Service Plaza on
the Ohio Turnpike later in the day.
Contact Gerry Massie
From New Jersey:
From Howie Hoffman:
Here are the plans for the NJ BEASST/POSSI group.
The NJ gang will be meeting at the truck rest area on route 80 West near
Hackettstown at 3:30 am. We will then be traveling along 80 west across PA
and be meeting up with the POSSI group at the Portage Service Plaza on Route
80 west (Mile marker #197.0) in Ohio at 12:30 PM. We will be having lunch
there and leaving for Michigan at 1:30 Sharp. We will have CB's on Channel
19 and FRS Radios on Channel 14.
This will be a low speed caravan (65-75 MPH)
UPDATE 7/31/01: We all will meet at the Rest Area right past the Delaware Water Gap
bridge
in PA at 4:30am.
We will be leaving promptly at 4:45 and heading 80 west.
Plan on stopping somewhere between mile marker 145-155 for breakfast
and a
fuel stop. (7:00am)
Hit the road again by 8:15am and will proceed along 80 to the first
Rest
Area at the Ohio/PA border. (Ohio Mile Marker 238) Arrival Time
10:30-10:45am
Leave Rest Area at 11:15am and proceed to the Portage Service Plaza on
the
Ohio Turnpike and arrive there by 12:30pm and meet with the POSSI
Caravan for
lunch.
There will be 4 of us in the Caravan from the Delaware Water Gap.
They are: Howie Hoffman '96 DGGM, Rob Yengst '95 DCM,
Joe Pagnotta '96 DCM, Matt Hjembo '95 DCM
If anyone else is meeting us there please let me know! We have to stay
as close as we can to this time table to make the POSSI meet in Ohio
without
having to rush. Remember we are doing a low speed caravan. (65-75 MPH)
We will all be CB and FRS Radio equipped. CB's will be on Channel 19 and
FRS Radios on Channel 14.
Contact Howie Hoffman
More information coming soon.
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