good idea - little backtracking for some folks, but when you're among friends and "on a misssion from God", it would work. Chris
"Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The ArticQ can coordinate with the OkieQ that year, everyone shows up at the OkieQ, then the trip for ArcticQ begins. Kill 2 birds with 1 stone. Plus, we are the center of the country pretty much. Christopher McCann wrote: > this upcoming summer or the summer after that - would be grad school or work? > > I definitely have a limit...let's see. 3 weeks of vacation per year...would > need to keep at least one for other things, so 10 work days, which if I > leave on a Friday after work and return on a Sunday (and sleep at my desk > the folowing monday!!! :-) that would give me 16.5 days. > > I'm thinking that we OFFICIALLY schedule the trip from the main rendezvous > point - XYZ, Canada - wherever...we will then all decide collectively, how > much time we want to spend from that point until we get BACK to that point. > To and from that point to your house, would have to be your own plan, or in > coordination with someone nearby you...e.g. I could coordinate with someone > from St. Louis passing through KC and we could coordinate with someone in > Nebraska - but that would be up to us - the OFFICIAL ARCTIC-Q schedule would > start and begin at the main rendezvous point and the time frame depends on > where that point is. > > I would say we make as much progress as possible on big paved highways, > leaving extra time for problems on the Dalton and little Alaskan > excursions...like sitting on the tops of tors. > > Chris > > John Robbins wrote: Christopher McCann wrote: > >>I'm not much for camping either...where there are bears and your food >>has to be 1/4 mile from your tent...even with a rifle. There ARE >>places to stay along the way - not many though, but enought that you >>would not HAVE to camp. There is always sleeping in the >>car/wagon/unimog (omagosh that would be awesome)/G-wagen (even >>better...unimog is over-kill). > > > How about a small pop-up camper trailer? Dunno if that helps out with > the bear thing or not... > > My wife and I haven't had our honeymoon yet, and I have been campaigning > for a trip to Alaska... she doesn't trust the car that much, and if she > did she also doesn't want to sit in it that long (seat needs rebuilt). > Wonder if having a bunch of MB enthusiasts would help or hurt ;) > > I would love to make the trip. Hopefully money and jobs can align > themselves so that it could happen... I think that most of the people > who've commented on the trip work full-time. Is there a limit to the > time you guys can take off? I'm still in college, but next summer would > be either grad school or work.... > > John > '79 300SD > > > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > > > Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri > -2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose" > -1987 300TD, 150K, "Rotkäppchen" > -1985 300SD, 210K, "Wulf" > -1976 240D, ?K, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen) > -1972 Jacobsen 21" Turbo Vent > -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, Snowcaster, "One Banger" > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Personals > Let fate take it's course directly to your email. > See who's waiting for you Yahoo! 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Just $16.99/mo. or less From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 07 17:16:33 2005 Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net ([63.240.77.81]) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Ek2u9-0006wi-Ry for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 07 Dec 2005 17:16:33 +0000 Received: from ringbill.gull.us (gull.us[24.18.9.231]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with ESMTP id <20051207171627011005gdf0e>; Wed, 7 Dec 2005 17:16:27 +0000 Received: from [69.88.113.178] (helo=[192.168.1.101]) by ringbill.gull.us with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.51 (FreeBSD)) id 1Ek2tz-0008BR-Oi for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 07 Dec 2005 09:16:25 -0800 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 09:17:22 -0800 From: David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050715) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.6 X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "ringbill.gull.us", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. Content preview: Curt Raymond wrote: > I've heard but not verified that they had to take the manditory passports thing off the table because it would take like 5 years to process all the passports needed... > Last I heard it was still supposed to go forward, but the official deadline hasn't hit yet. There was just a news article the other day about the B.C. government being concerned about the potential loss of tourism revenue. 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X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes mailing list <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 17:16:34 -0000 Curt Raymond wrote: > I've heard but not verified that they had to take the manditory passports > thing off the table because it would take like 5 years to process all the > passports needed... > Last I heard it was still supposed to go forward, but the official deadline hasn't hit yet. There was just a news article the other day about the B.C. government being concerned about the potential loss of tourism revenue. There's a serious tug-of-war over this stuff. One of the strongest forces pulling for keeping the borders open is the Big Three in Detroit. They have suppliers in Ontario, and thanks to modern "just-in-time delivery" production methods, border delays hit them hard. The Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor is the busiest crossing on the northern border.
