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My wife and I are doing the entire route, in her R57. In MTTS 2010 we tried to do the entire route, but had to start in Pittsburgh instead of NY. We did that run in my R55, with more room for stuff and more electronics (radar, CB, etc). We had a full-size spare on the roof then. This time, we'll run a full-size spare on the boot, thanks to MINI Fini.

If you use Waze (iPhone and Droid), I have a MTTS group established. We can use that to spot LEOs, hazards, traffic, etc and to send quick notes to whomever else is in the group. If you have radios, I strongly suggest you take them. (If I run in any group larger than 4 I want some means to communicate, at least with the sweep car.) MINIUSA doesn't seem to believe in / rely on comms with the group. Heck, I don't even know if they have comms with each other.

-Jim

 

"Stuck on Minis" will be making the whole trip, we leave the LA area on June 29th and will arrive in NJ on July 3rd.
Then travel with MTTS all the way back to LA.

We look forward to seeing all our MINI friends along the way.

Bill & Joanne

 

After Pittsburgh to Denver (MTTS 2010) in my month-old 2010 MCS (just traded her in with a lot of miles on her...52K..lol),
we now ambitiously plan to do the entire route to LA.

Kim, my wife-nav, two traveling dogs (as in 2010), Cerise, a goldendoodlem and Siobhan my lovable collie.

Unfortunately, unless we kennel our backseat friends, we can't take the highways in my new 2012 Coupe S so...
This time we travel in Kim's R53 MCS, "Clover", named although she is Chili Red/White, and we have devised a slight deviation form the MTTS route.

Too many hours traveling I-40 thru the Kansas heartland made me plan this route outward:
NJ---DC---NC----TN----then Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and finally hooking up again in Albuquerque, NM with the Minis!

See you all on the road...and Jim, I am checking out WAZE right now!

packimocity

 

Be careful, there sure is some interesting weather blowing up most afternoons as of late.

 

I think the real question here is: Can I find a good enough excuse to not put 6K miles on my car?

 

now I just want an enchilada...

 

<<< Hey see you along the way (Black JCW Conv) >>>
Will be going 1/2 way LA to IA back to LA...
CH7 - 21!

 

Excellent...we're always all about this, great thing to have. Thanks!

 

Funny but I drove KC to NE PA in one shot coming home from MTTS 2010
No nab, just a few quick pullovers for some shut eye

It was about 18+ hours of driving and I used a more Northern route (I80) than you will need but here is a cardinal rule about driving thru PA

Avoid it at all costs, construction and semis crawling up one lane mountain road closures on the interstates

You might want to stay south

pac

 

The cool thing about the I-70 is the road and the tunnel. That's the only cool thing.:biggrin5:

I'd follow Fred's advice and go the southern route. See ya on the route!

 

I'm tempted to do the whole enchilada too..

But, can I justify 2.5 weeks away. Sure, I can work from anyplace I can get a good internet connection. Yet, will there the time to do anything besides the daily transits and the evening events. And, do I want to put 6K miles on the car?

 

Re: peace of mind for loved ones, from my long-distance motorcycling activities, folks have used SPOT devices (and associated tracking), along with a service like Spotwalla (SpotWalla - Home) which can be setup to track your location based on SPOT or even your smartphone's location. Can be as private as you like, but it can be helpful to family to see that you're HERE or THERE or have stopped for the night, etc.

 

Interesting app for finding great eats on the road? Do tell! Very interesting in such, I too plan routes that way. Which app was helpful? Thanks!

 

You could run with us and have someone to come back to Ohio with. We have booked rooms for the whole event unless something comes up.