Skritch
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This is our route and all changes, updates, etc will be added to this 1st post on this thread so those interested in joining will not have to search all the posts on this thread.
Please refer to thread listed below for motels for each night's stay, rates negotiated, info for booking a room, etc. Basic motel info also listed at end of this post.
http://www.nloc.net/vbforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=100470
First day out, Sunday Sept 18th. Leave your homes and meet at the junction of highway 97 and I-90 between 10 AM and 11 AM. Continue on I-90 to I-82 (nice road with hilly and curvy sections) to Highway 221, a shortcut and scenic to the Oregon border. Pickup I-82 again and continue to I-84 (another nice road with hilly and curvy sections). Turn left onto I-84 (east) and travel to Ontario, OR for the first nights stay. Travel miles approximately 479. This will vary slightly from my route to I-90 vs those traveling I-90 out of Seattle (yours will probably be a little less).
Second day, Sept 19th leave Ontario, OR to enter Idaho. Continue on and around Boise pick up Tom & Sarah. We will be stopping at Performance Solutions Inc. to meet Matt Compton & his employees and tour his shop. Then it's on to Evanston, WY via I-84 to I-15/I84 south into Utah, picking up I-84 east just south of Ogden, UT. Real nice rest area in this area also. Curvy roads ahead for awhile but good pavement and on to Evanston, WY for Monday night. Travel miles approximately 433.
Third day, Sept 20th leave Evanston, WY and travel through the Rockies and into the plains state of Nebraska to stop at Ogallala, NE for the night. This is a beautiful drive! Travel miles approximately 525.
Fourth day, Sept 21st leave Ogallala, NE and travel to St Joseph, MO. At Lincoln, NE we will pick up highway 2 east from I-80 which will connect with I-29 in the southern tip of Iowa and then on into Missouri. I-29 is a little curvy and follows the Missouri river part of the time. Travel miles approximately 415.
Fifth day, Sept 22nd leave St Joseph, MO and motor on in to the HEADQUARTERS motel ! From St Joseph we are only 70 miles away so in the morning we will want to find a car wash and get them cleaned up so we can make a proper entrance. We will end up being early for check in but Big D and Nan should be roaming around and we can check in with them, get our appropriate parking spaces in the L reserved area of the parking lot and hassle the motel staff for our rooms ! WE ARE THERE ! Let the fun begin !!!
Sept 18th Best Western in Ontario, Oregon gets the nod. Reserve a room under my name (Scott Cedergreen in case you forgot). Here are the rates: King bed $62.10, 1 queen bed $ 57.60, 2 queen beds $72.90. All but 6 rooms have wireless internet connections, all rooms have data ports. These rates are under the published rates. Call during the day if possible and ask for Ashlee. She assured me that if you mention the rate to anybody you talk with it will be honored. Book the room under my name. You can pay for it on checkin individually.
Phone number to motel (541)889-2600
Sept 19th in Evanston, Wyoming. Days Inn - $54.99. They want some business so for the 2nd night out, They have 1 King bed rooms and 2 Queen bed rooms and the price is the same on either room. You must speak with Maria and request this rate with the room you want and reference my name once again. She will be working until 9 PM the rest of this week, August 21-27 and then switches to days next week and will be at work until 3 PM. They have wireless internet connections in each room.
307 789-0783 and ask for Maria.
Third night's stay, Sept 20th will be at the Comfort Inn at Ogallala Nebraska. Ask for Sherry or Ken when you call to book your room. Here it is. 1 person Queen bed room $41.50. 2 people with either a queen or king bed $45.20. Call and reserve your room now !!! Try to talk with Sherry and reference my name.
Telephone number (308) 284-4028
Fourth night's stay September 21st. The Comfort Suites in St Joseph, MO. We have a group I.D. at this place ! Call and tell them you are part of the Lightning group block. Room rates are: 1 king $65, 2 queen $65. You must make the reservations by September 11th. The person I spoke with is Tiffany and she appears to be the day manager there.
[Phone number (816) 232-6557
Scott
Please refer to thread listed below for motels for each night's stay, rates negotiated, info for booking a room, etc. Basic motel info also listed at end of this post.
http://www.nloc.net/vbforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=100470
First day out, Sunday Sept 18th. Leave your homes and meet at the junction of highway 97 and I-90 between 10 AM and 11 AM. Continue on I-90 to I-82 (nice road with hilly and curvy sections) to Highway 221, a shortcut and scenic to the Oregon border. Pickup I-82 again and continue to I-84 (another nice road with hilly and curvy sections). Turn left onto I-84 (east) and travel to Ontario, OR for the first nights stay. Travel miles approximately 479. This will vary slightly from my route to I-90 vs those traveling I-90 out of Seattle (yours will probably be a little less).
Second day, Sept 19th leave Ontario, OR to enter Idaho. Continue on and around Boise pick up Tom & Sarah. We will be stopping at Performance Solutions Inc. to meet Matt Compton & his employees and tour his shop. Then it's on to Evanston, WY via I-84 to I-15/I84 south into Utah, picking up I-84 east just south of Ogden, UT. Real nice rest area in this area also. Curvy roads ahead for awhile but good pavement and on to Evanston, WY for Monday night. Travel miles approximately 433.
Third day, Sept 20th leave Evanston, WY and travel through the Rockies and into the plains state of Nebraska to stop at Ogallala, NE for the night. This is a beautiful drive! Travel miles approximately 525.
Fourth day, Sept 21st leave Ogallala, NE and travel to St Joseph, MO. At Lincoln, NE we will pick up highway 2 east from I-80 which will connect with I-29 in the southern tip of Iowa and then on into Missouri. I-29 is a little curvy and follows the Missouri river part of the time. Travel miles approximately 415.
Fifth day, Sept 22nd leave St Joseph, MO and motor on in to the HEADQUARTERS motel ! From St Joseph we are only 70 miles away so in the morning we will want to find a car wash and get them cleaned up so we can make a proper entrance. We will end up being early for check in but Big D and Nan should be roaming around and we can check in with them, get our appropriate parking spaces in the L reserved area of the parking lot and hassle the motel staff for our rooms ! WE ARE THERE ! Let the fun begin !!!
Sept 18th Best Western in Ontario, Oregon gets the nod. Reserve a room under my name (Scott Cedergreen in case you forgot). Here are the rates: King bed $62.10, 1 queen bed $ 57.60, 2 queen beds $72.90. All but 6 rooms have wireless internet connections, all rooms have data ports. These rates are under the published rates. Call during the day if possible and ask for Ashlee. She assured me that if you mention the rate to anybody you talk with it will be honored. Book the room under my name. You can pay for it on checkin individually.
Phone number to motel (541)889-2600
Sept 19th in Evanston, Wyoming. Days Inn - $54.99. They want some business so for the 2nd night out, They have 1 King bed rooms and 2 Queen bed rooms and the price is the same on either room. You must speak with Maria and request this rate with the room you want and reference my name once again. She will be working until 9 PM the rest of this week, August 21-27 and then switches to days next week and will be at work until 3 PM. They have wireless internet connections in each room.
307 789-0783 and ask for Maria.
Third night's stay, Sept 20th will be at the Comfort Inn at Ogallala Nebraska. Ask for Sherry or Ken when you call to book your room. Here it is. 1 person Queen bed room $41.50. 2 people with either a queen or king bed $45.20. Call and reserve your room now !!! Try to talk with Sherry and reference my name.
Telephone number (308) 284-4028
Fourth night's stay September 21st. The Comfort Suites in St Joseph, MO. We have a group I.D. at this place ! Call and tell them you are part of the Lightning group block. Room rates are: 1 king $65, 2 queen $65. You must make the reservations by September 11th. The person I spoke with is Tiffany and she appears to be the day manager there.
[Phone number (816) 232-6557
Scott
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