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Sun, 19 February 2017 12:57 |
Kosier
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Mac,
I-44 becomes the Will Rogers Turnpike when you get to Oklahoma.
The charge for 5 axles sorta' ruins the trip.
Gary Kosier
77PB w/500Cad
Newark, Ohio
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From: "D C _Mac_ Macdonald"
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2017 1:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] GMCMI (International) rallies mapped out
> Regarding a recommendation to get to Shawnee!
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>
> If you are coming from the northeast, just pick up I-70 wherever
> convenient and stay on it until you get to the northwest of St Louis.
> Then take I-270 south to I-44 and head west. Do NOT pick up I-55 at Troy.
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> If you are coming from southeast on I-64, turn south on I-255 and then
> west on I-270 north to I-44 west.
>
> No East St Louis!
>
> Mac in OKC, OK
> GMCMI and Classics
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>
> ________________________________
> From: Gmclist on behalf of Matt Colie
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> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2017 08:55
> To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] GMCMI (International) rallies mapped out
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> Ken Henderson wrote on Sat, 18 February 2017 22:59
>> BINGO! I've figured it out: The geographic center of the contiguous 48
>> United States is near Lebanon, Kansas. So, what we need to do is have
>> all future rallies there! Here's a reference for at least most of the RV
>> parks near there:
>>
>> http://www.rvparky.com/search?l=Lebanon%2C+KS+66952%2C+USA&x=39.809734&y=-98.555620
>>
>> Now all we have to do is find the biggest of those, or, probably more
>> likely, the group of them large enough to accommodate all of us -- we can
>> drive toads to somewhere for group get togethers. You'll notice that
>> none of the parks within 40 miles are burdened with ratings of more than
>> ONE
>> star -- and only one of those! It's obviously a prime location -- what
>> with all that nice flat land around there.
>>
>> An added bonus of that location is that a LOT of us in the East will get
>> to travel through E.St.Louis, which is always a thrill I can barely
>> resist (having gotten off of the interstate there once). Those finding
>> that to be too far from their present locations will just have to move
>> closer! Or at least arrange to be nearby in the Spring and the Fall.
>>
>> I hope everyone appreciates this brilliant suggestion -- I DID come up
>> with it all by myself here in the middle of the night!
>>
>> Ken H.
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> Ken,
>
> It is not that I don't think you are brilliant, but everybody knows that
> Lebanon, KS is the geographic center of the (continental) USA. There is
> even
> a monument there to commemorate the fact. Alaskans and Hawaiians may have
> a varied opinion here.
>
> But there is a nice is a nice cramp ground (according to RV Park Reviews)
> in Webber. That is about 30 miles (as a crow flies - I don't know how far
> if the crow is walking and rolling a flat tire). That would be Lovewell
> State Park (454 slips and a 4.5 star). The actual monument is another 2
> miles northwest. The roads only go north and west, you have to figure out
> the distance on your own. I learned all about this when I was trying to
> arrange a family reunion. Too Late Now.
>
> Now, the population center of the USA is in south east Missouri. Not that
> far from New Madrid. (Remember 1815 earthquake). The census does this
> calculation and it has been in Missouri since the 1980s.
>
> What we could do is do as Mary did for GMCES and do a centroid of North
> American GMCMI members. I don't think we want to include those outside of
> North America or that will probably be in a ocean and there won't be any
> hook-ups and only satellite internet there.
>
> Matt
> --
> Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
> Still Loving OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
> SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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