First ever GruppeB Midwest to West Coast Caravan of DOOM!!!
 

By Caravan I mean Mini-Van. The wife, two kids, a .40 caliber handgun, some China, and an English Bulldog…what could possibly go wrong?
My family will be piling into a rented Mini-Van on the morning of June 3rd and heading west. Our cars and stuff will have a one day head start. We plan on driving around 800 miles a day and ending up in Tustin, CA the afternoon of June 6th. I will post a link to our planned route as soon as it is finalized. Anyone on or near our route can PM me their # in case our van pukes. I will post our cell# before we head out. I will try to update our progress from the road if I can find a WI-FI connection. :)

hope all is well on the trip, only Chevy Chase could have more fun! =o)

Yeah, didn't they make a movie based on this scenario (minus the 40 S&W)? Just remember to untie the dog from the rear bumper.

Good luck.
Troy

If I don't untie Flash that little tractor would probably pull the van backwards!

Visit Wally World for us :)

Wally World....Do Christy Brinkley for me!

Here is our planned route. Anybody on the route?

http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=41.2393725197%2C-85.8618333315&daddr=33.7343370879%2C-117.791312866&ip=192.168.1.102

Excellent, now I know exactly were to put the serveral traps and road blocks I have spent weeks planning.

did chevy chases brother in laws dog SNOTS get to go?????

"Welcome to IOWA.....Gateway to NEBRASKA"

Nothing like a road trip in a rental car to get all that built up car abuse out of your system.

There are plenty of us in Denver you can call for assistance/ammo/prozac.

Good luck and have fun.

thrown_hammer,

Bring some sunshine to the coast, it has been pretty gray around this place.

Michael

Godspeed my Son.

Sir John, I bring with me the way of the B.

Four days and counting until we roll out in the mini-van. How’s the weather shaping up out there? My plan is to make it in 3 ½ days. Driving 10 to 11 hours a day.

Click along your route on this map to see all the local weather forecasts.

Sunny, and getting warmer. It's been perfect for the last couple days, but they are predicting it will warm up a bit by the end of the week.

We are at 84° now and tomorrow is looking like an 87° day so the sun is coming through. Many of my co-workers including myself are sunburned now.

Shawn,

From Denver, through Utah make sure to take in the view. We drove that route on our recent RGruppe road trip and the Rockies along with Utah are really spectacular.

Don't rush through that if you can help it. Plan a few little side trips like Bryce Canyon in Utah. I really wanted to check this out but mechanical issues prevented the side trip. Either way I wish you, Becky and the kids a safe trip. See you in SoCal sometime soon.:)

momz lives in Orange...lemme know when ya gets there....