To all,
First, updated group count…
Barrow – 5
Camden – 8
Hinesville – 8
Covington – 11
Forsyth/Dawsonville –9
Gainesville - 21
Great Bend – 29
Manteca – 6
Wisconsin – 6
MTech – 8
Oakdale -3
Corporate – 12
Savannah Media - 3
MNC of Tennessee – 16
Statesboro/AMS USA – 9
Turlock – 2
WCBI – 6
WDEF – 11
WMGT – 2
WTVQ – 12
WWAY – 14
WXXV - 20
Exciting progress since earlier in the week:
Atlanta Group – from Kewanee Mississippi, headed west to Meridian, Mississippi then I-59 south through Hattiesburg and Piscayne, MS, before redirecting west on I-12 once hitting Slidell, Louisiana. Continuing on I-12 until reconnecting in the LA capital, Baton Rouge. Trekking on they continue on I-10 past Lafayette until reaching Rayne, LA in/near the Bayou. Knocking out Tuscaloosa one day and Baton Rouge the next…if that was UGA, we’re talking national championship contention!!! 337 miles since the last measurement.
Savannah Group – off to an early start, the low country GA contingent sprints (OK, walks fast) west on I-10 through the balance of Florida, through Mobile, Alabama and past the Gulf Coast of Mississippi (including WXXV, whose staff hands out bottled water to return the favor from Katrina). The Savannah group continues on to Bridge, LA, just short of Lafayette, LA. Though a team effort, there may indeed be a contest brewing for which Georgia group arrives in Brownsville, TX first.
Sunset Beach NC Group – WWAY and Camden step past Camden on I-20, on to and past the state capital at Columbia, farther west to the Georgia border at Augusta, lamenting that this contest couldn’t be scheduled for say the first full week of April…..then with vigor through the Peach State until completing their 205 added miles just 5 miles short of …..Covington, GA. Enjoying a quiet dinner in the square….
Bonnaroo in TN (Manchester, TN) – From Woodstock, AL, MNC of Tennessee and WDEF continue on I-20 past The Crimson Tide, trace the steps of the Atlanta group until the trek west on I-12 in Louisiana. They come to a rest on their 304th mile of this section on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana. Will there be a nighttime venture to the Big Easy…mums the word!
Bienville NF Group – From the Holden district in Louisiana I-12 west of Hammond (apologies to the Mississippi contingent who were wondering if they had been mislead into the depths of the bayou), crawfish and gumbo are great, but the taste buds are longing for some beef brisket. Crossing the Texas border, the Mississippians clear all the way to beautiful Houston, Texas. WOOHOO!
Arch of St. Louis Group – From St. Robert, Missouri, WTVQ and Wisconsin continue on I-44 past Springfield, past the rebuilding town of Joplin, MO before crossing the border into Oklahoma and finally concluding their 231 miles just short of Claremore, OK, with Tulsa in the distance. Will it be Glarus/Potosi microbrewed beer or Kentucky bourbon? What do you mean both?!?!?!
Arches National Park Group – Little did MNC of California, Great Bend and Ellsworth know what was in store for them on Day #2. After continuing from the Pueblo Reservation on I-40, through Albuquerque with picturesque New Mexico, suddenly the group leaves the interstate and heads down US 285. This gives them the opportunity to go through Roswell, New Mexico and its UFOs, before arriving at dusk at Carlsbad, a quick jaunt to Carlsbad Caverns to see the thousands of bats emerge from the cave at dusk, then crossing the high desert border with Texas before finally arriving at I-10 about to head east in the town of Ft Stockton, Texas, which by the way, supposedly sports a ghost town. 457 miles covered…over the “X-files highway.”
Great job all – by the end of the weekend all the groups should be in Texas!!!
First, updated group count…
Barrow – 5
Camden – 8
Hinesville – 8
Covington – 11
Forsyth/Dawsonville –9
Gainesville - 21
Great Bend – 29
Manteca – 6
Wisconsin – 6
MTech – 8
Oakdale -3
Corporate – 12
Savannah Media - 3
MNC of Tennessee – 16
Statesboro/AMS USA – 9
Turlock – 2
WCBI – 6
WDEF – 11
WMGT – 2
WTVQ – 12
WWAY – 14
WXXV - 20
Exciting progress since earlier in the week:
Atlanta Group – from Kewanee Mississippi, headed west to Meridian, Mississippi then I-59 south through Hattiesburg and Piscayne, MS, before redirecting west on I-12 once hitting Slidell, Louisiana. Continuing on I-12 until reconnecting in the LA capital, Baton Rouge. Trekking on they continue on I-10 past Lafayette until reaching Rayne, LA in/near the Bayou. Knocking out Tuscaloosa one day and Baton Rouge the next…if that was UGA, we’re talking national championship contention!!! 337 miles since the last measurement.
Savannah Group – off to an early start, the low country GA contingent sprints (OK, walks fast) west on I-10 through the balance of Florida, through Mobile, Alabama and past the Gulf Coast of Mississippi (including WXXV, whose staff hands out bottled water to return the favor from Katrina). The Savannah group continues on to Bridge, LA, just short of Lafayette, LA. Though a team effort, there may indeed be a contest brewing for which Georgia group arrives in Brownsville, TX first.
Sunset Beach NC Group – WWAY and Camden step past Camden on I-20, on to and past the state capital at Columbia, farther west to the Georgia border at Augusta, lamenting that this contest couldn’t be scheduled for say the first full week of April…..then with vigor through the Peach State until completing their 205 added miles just 5 miles short of …..Covington, GA. Enjoying a quiet dinner in the square….
Bonnaroo in TN (Manchester, TN) – From Woodstock, AL, MNC of Tennessee and WDEF continue on I-20 past The Crimson Tide, trace the steps of the Atlanta group until the trek west on I-12 in Louisiana. They come to a rest on their 304th mile of this section on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana. Will there be a nighttime venture to the Big Easy…mums the word!
Bienville NF Group – From the Holden district in Louisiana I-12 west of Hammond (apologies to the Mississippi contingent who were wondering if they had been mislead into the depths of the bayou), crawfish and gumbo are great, but the taste buds are longing for some beef brisket. Crossing the Texas border, the Mississippians clear all the way to beautiful Houston, Texas. WOOHOO!
Arch of St. Louis Group – From St. Robert, Missouri, WTVQ and Wisconsin continue on I-44 past Springfield, past the rebuilding town of Joplin, MO before crossing the border into Oklahoma and finally concluding their 231 miles just short of Claremore, OK, with Tulsa in the distance. Will it be Glarus/Potosi microbrewed beer or Kentucky bourbon? What do you mean both?!?!?!
Arches National Park Group – Little did MNC of California, Great Bend and Ellsworth know what was in store for them on Day #2. After continuing from the Pueblo Reservation on I-40, through Albuquerque with picturesque New Mexico, suddenly the group leaves the interstate and heads down US 285. This gives them the opportunity to go through Roswell, New Mexico and its UFOs, before arriving at dusk at Carlsbad, a quick jaunt to Carlsbad Caverns to see the thousands of bats emerge from the cave at dusk, then crossing the high desert border with Texas before finally arriving at I-10 about to head east in the town of Ft Stockton, Texas, which by the way, supposedly sports a ghost town. 457 miles covered…over the “X-files highway.”
Great job all – by the end of the weekend all the groups should be in Texas!!!