28 August 2011

Roadtripping II


GTS-2/Game Transport Shuttle : 25CENT Arcade Express II




12 states - 3260 miles - 15 days - 11mpg - 9 games

Missions accomplished. Sometimes you have to just do it.

14AUG11 0900 MDT : I wish I could have left today -must get all this work/plan here done so I can be away so long.
(thinking I gotta stay back here already)
15AUG11 0430 MDT : an extra day to finish stuff here and pack smartly, get some rest. Early loaded with guitar and tools, hook the trailer up at the shop 10 minutes N and strap down the games. Grab a #3/coffee and hit the interstates’ sunrise somewhere in Nebraska.
(thinking I gotta get back here already)
15AUG11 0733 MDT : 89306, Sterling, CO $52.02
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15AUG11 1217 CDT : 89517, Elm Creek, NE $75.20
15AUG11 1527 CDT : 89710, Omaha, NE $65.81
15AUG11 1827 CDT : 89863, Colfax, IA $51.80
15AUG11 2100 CDT : Calls fwd - got to get a room for safety’s sake tired - I’ll get there, Chicago, sometime before noon -- not in one-shot this time with the trailer.
15AUG11 2124 CDT : 90031, Geneseo, IL $61.24
(thinking I gotta get back home already)
16AUG11 1130 CDT : Chris! Great day conversing shops and games and all folks between. : ) Tapper is now -literally-on the tongue. 2x now, stunned collector comments ahead!
16AUG11 1849 CDT : 90172, Orland Park, IL $49.15
16AUG11 2250 EDT : 90349, Marshal, MI $50.93
16AUG11 2330 EDT : sleep Holiday Inn, Chelsea, MI.
(thinking I gotta get back home already)
17AUG11 1100 EDT : Shane! Thanks buddy .. good conversation the whole day with games and good time planning and chatting real-time. Thanks for picking up and holding onto these 2 games for me!
18AUG11 1400 EDT : check-in Detroit digs, drop T/Tranquility Base Arcade, contact friends Gratiot Ave, steak dinner & good beer, crash
19AUG11 1200 EDT : Bill! Killer BBQ lunch and greet .. back to Gratiot Ave for the pinball! : )
(thinking I gotta get back home already)


19 AUG 11 1800 EDT : Alan! Wow have we got a lot of catching up to do. Games are played and much is talked about and then midnight. May the force be with you!
20 AUG 11 1100 EDT : Bill! Ahhh the gameroom! Mad Planets and Q*bert, in the house! Thanks for picking up and holding on to the Food Fight. Awesome.
20AUG11 1641 EDT : 90576, Roseville, MI $65.83
21AUG11 0730 EDT : I-94.. I-75.. I-70.. I-44.. HWY43..
21AUG11 1046 EDT : 90777, Troy, OH $67.29
21AUG11 1354 CDT : 90985, Marshall, IL $66.48
21AUG11 1731 CDT : 91183, St. Clair, MO $63.96
21AUG11 2226 CDT : 91414, Joplin, MO $72.60
21AUG11 2330 CDT : Grove, OK .. drop T/CoC .. home by the lake. Lots to do.
26AUG11 2000 CDT : 150 miles rural hunting old pinball = success!
27AUG11 1045 CDT : 91668, Grove, OK $ 58.65
27AUG11 1055 CDT : home-packed Tundra move stuff shuffle loaded bed/trailer hitched/all strapped in tight.
27AUG11 1500 CDT : Brent! Tempest glass, KC. Awesome gameroom! Thanks for the time!
27AUG11 1620 CDT : 91843, Olathe, KS $69.39
27AUG11 2035 CDT : 92064, 237 HWY 232, KS $77.50
28AUG11 0000 MDT : 92276, Burlington, CO $ 83.04
28AUG11 0130 MDT : Deer Trail 50 miles shy rest stop safe sleep wacky nice to be back in the dry not humid breeze gonna close my eyes 20min sleep 4hrs surreal.
28AUG11 0530 MDT : curb landing and good doggie greetings! Kiss the wife. Tempur... . . . z z z
(thinking I’m glad I’m back home already)
29AUG11 1400
29AUG11 2100 MDT: ...steep in good ale, play home pinball gems, comfy digs with the wife. Home.

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“For it is in giving that we receive... it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.” -a prayer of St. Francis

For Bob & Elaine

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