Bidding for the 2009 IDI Rally.

[Darrin Tosh]

Originally Posted by Darrin Tosh
I just did a map quest, it is 525 miles or 8 hours from my house to Bowling Green KY, Just about the exact same as this years Rally, Piece if cake!

Small world 525 miles for me too. But it's 8 1/2 hours

On our route, we hit the highway and head on a pretty straight shot with no mountians, your trip consist of PA backroads and mountians, and lots of curves, that is what probablly makes for an extra 1/2 hour.

 

[69dieselfreak]

But guys.. Us West coasters need a closer location... Gees... I can see the Pacific Ocean from my house. Maybe someplace in the middle would be fair... Like Oklahoma City???

yes id half to second that
that would only be fair
or the west coast guys put together a west coast idi rally for us out here

 

[69dieselfreak]

West Coast guys-
You do realize that this began as a MidAtlantic gettogether.
so what ur saying is this rally is a mid alantic thing only or am i wrong

 

[Russ]

What Michael is saying is that the IDI Rally started as a local get together. If you guys step up and get a couple of West coast rallys going, a National Rally would be feasible. If you host it they will come. It's really not too involved in planning a simple get together. Find a campground, pick a date, have something local to go see. That's the basic foundation to every "Eastern" IDI rally.

 

[69dieselfreak]

i wasnt trying to start any thing at all
so im sorry

 

[Darrin Tosh]

West Coast guys-
You do realize that this began as a MidAtlantic gettogether.
so what ur saying is this rally is a mid alantic thing only or am i wrong

In the past there has been a couple of guys that put together a West Coast Rally, it just takes someone to put it together, put it out there and see who can make it.

The IDI Rally over the 4th has aways been in this area, because it is a MidAtlantic (Eastern) IDI Rally, It has been in Pennsylvania, MI, Ohio, Tenn, etc. When I hosted in 04 here in Mi, we had attendees as far away as Colorado, and New Jersey.

There is usually some type of vote at the Rallys to see who steps up and who is best suited to host the following year, this year Heath got the vote, and he is already planning some great events.

So this particluar Rally will continue to be in this side of the US, and anyone is welcome and encouraged to come. But it would be awesome to see someone stand up and put together a West Coast Rally, Southern Rally, etc.

At this point everyone has a year to plan there vacation for the Rally. I think this is the earliest that it has been annunced where and when it will be for the following year. That gives us all plenty of time to make the necessary plans to see if we can make it. Vacation, Time, Travel, etc. you actually don't have to have a truck to be there and have a great time at the Rally's, It would be feesable to fly in and hang out rent a camper for lodging, and fly back. Like Mel said that may be cheaper to do than drive.

Lots of time, and lots of options,...

 

[69dieselfreak]

well the nice thing about having the ralley out there u guys can have fire works and all that good stuff

 

[argve]

Heath

From talking to some of the attendees and seeing what you have posted I'll tell ya basically what I was told is that we will be KY next year. I may have missed this years event so I'm really looking forward to next years event....

 

[riotwarrior]

Well guys, I would love to go....but based on what I calculated from MS Streets n Trips one way.....

DAY 1
09:00 0.0 Depart Osoyoos on Hwy-3 [Crowsnest Hwy] (West) 0.6 mi
09:01 0.6 Turn RIGHT (North) onto Hwy-97 [97th St] 9.8 mi
09:13 10.3 Turn LEFT (West) onto Local road(s) 0.2 mi
09:14 10.5 Bear RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s) 0.6 mi
09:14 11.1 Bear RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s) 0.3 mi
09:15 11.5 Turn LEFT (West) onto Local road(s) 1.3 mi
09:16 12.8 Turn RIGHT (East) onto Local road(s) 0.1 mi
09:16 12.9 Turn LEFT (North) onto Local road(s) 6.6 mi
09:24 19.5 Bear LEFT (North) onto Local road(s) 0.5 mi
09:25 20.0 Bear LEFT (North-West) onto Local road(s) 3.1 mi
09:29 23.1 Bear LEFT (North-West) onto Local road(s) 2.5 mi
09:32 25.6 Bear RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s) 2.2 mi
09:34 27.8 Bear RIGHT (North) onto White Lake Rd 1.2 mi
09:36 29.0 Turn LEFT (North) onto Hwy-97 6.0 mi
09:46 34.9 Turn LEFT (North) onto Hwy-97 [Channel Pkwy] 3.0 mi
09:51 37.9 Turn LEFT (West) onto Hwy-97 [Eckhardt Ave W] 27.4 mi
10:27 65.3 Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto Hwy-97C [Okanagan Conn] 51.1 mi Hwy-97C / Merritt / Kamloops / Vancouver
11:11 116.4 Keep STRAIGHT onto Hwy-5A [Hwy-97C] 14.4 mi
11:27 130.8 Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto Hwy-5 [Coquihalla Hwy] 54.6 mi Hwy-5
12:16 185.4 At exit 374, keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.4 mi Hwy-5 / Jasper
12:17 185.8 Road name changes to Hwy-5 [Yellowhead Hwy] 39.6 mi
13:05 225.4 At Barrière, stay on Hwy-5 [Yellowhead Hwy] (South-East) 39.6 mi
13:54 264.9 Take Ramp onto Hwy-5 [Hwy-97] 54.9 mi Cache CR / Merritt / Vancouver
14:43 319.8 At exit 286, keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.2 mi Hwy-97C / Hwy-5A / Hwy-8 / Kelowna / Merritt / Princeton
14:43 320.0 Keep RIGHT to stay on Ramp 0.1 mi Hwy-97C / Hwy-5A
14:43 320.1 Bear RIGHT (East) onto Hwy-5A [Hwy-97C] 14.6 mi
15:00 334.8 Road name changes to Hwy-97C [Okanagan Conn] 50.6 mi
15:43 385.4 Keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.1 mi Hwy-97 / Peachland / Penticton / Osoyoos
15:43 385.5 Keep RIGHT to stay on Ramp 87 yds
15:43 385.5 Bear RIGHT (South-West) onto Hwy-97 27.1 mi
16:19 412.7 Keep RIGHT onto Local road(s) 76 yds
16:19 412.7 Bear RIGHT (South) onto Hwy-97 [Railway St] 2.9 mi
16:24 415.7 Turn RIGHT (West) onto Hwy-97 [Skaha Lake Rd] 6.0 mi
16:33 421.6 Turn RIGHT (West) onto White Lake Rd 1.2 mi
16:35 422.8 Bear LEFT (South) onto Local road(s) 2.2 mi
16:39 425.0 Bear LEFT (South) onto Local road(s) 2.5 mi
16:41 427.5 Bear RIGHT (South) onto Local road(s) 3.1 mi
16:45 430.6 Bear RIGHT (South) onto Local road(s) 0.5 mi
16:46 431.0 Bear RIGHT (South) onto Local road(s) 6.6 mi
16:54 437.7 Turn RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s) 0.1 mi
16:54 437.8 Turn LEFT (South) onto Local road(s) 1.3 mi
16:56 439.1 Turn RIGHT (South) onto Local road(s) 0.3 mi
16:56 439.4 Bear LEFT (South) onto Local road(s) 0.6 mi
16:57 440.1 Bear LEFT (East) onto Local road(s) 0.2 mi
16:57 440.3 Turn RIGHT (South) onto Hwy-97 9.8 mi
17:09 450.0 Turn LEFT (East) onto Hwy-3 [Crowsnest Hwy] 0.6 mi
17:11 450.6 Arrive Osoyoos
End of day
DAY 2
09:00 450.6 Depart Osoyoos on Hwy-3 [Crowsnest Hwy] (West) 0.6 mi
Check your departure time; the next stop is in a different time zone.
09:01 451.2 Turn LEFT (South) onto Hwy-97 [97th St] 2.7 mi
09:06 453.9 Entering Washington
09:06 453.9 Road name changes to US-97 45.1 mi
10:02 498.9 Turn RIGHT (North) onto Ferry St S 0.1 mi
10:03 499.1 Turn RIGHT (South-East) onto SR-155 [Omak Ave E] 51.1 mi
11:06 550.1 Turn RIGHT (West) onto SR-155 0.2 mi
11:06 550.4 Turn LEFT (South) onto SR-155 [Columbia Ave] 2.6 mi
11:10 552.9 Turn LEFT (South) onto SR-174 19.2 mi
11:34 572.1 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-21 0.5 mi
11:35 572.6 Turn LEFT (East) onto US-2 [SR-21] 62.2 mi
12:43 634.8 Take Ramp onto I-90 [US-2] 300.3 mi I-90
13:05 656.9 Entering Idaho
14:07 730.6 Entering Montana
Check local time; this stop is in a different time zone.
17:00 935.1 End of day
DAY 3
09:00 935.1 Stay on I-90 12.6 mi
09:10 947.7 Road name changes to I-15 [I-90] 7.6 mi
09:17 955.3 At exit 129, road name changes to I-90 228.9 mi
12:30 1184.2 At exit 456, take Ramp (RIGHT) onto I-90 [US-212] 319.7 mi I-90 / Sheridan
13:52 1282.1 Entering Wyoming
Construction near Buffalo (EB) (August 18, 2006 - July 31, 2008)
16:48 1490.7 Entering South Dakota
17:00 1503.9 End of day
DAY 4
Check your departure time; the next stop is in a different time zone.
09:00 1503.9 Stay on I-90 [US-14] 382.9 mi
14:23 1886.8 At exit 396A, take Ramp (RIGHT) onto I-29 184.6 mi I-29
15:34 1971.1 Entering Iowa
Check local time; this stop is in a different time zone.
17:00 2071.4 End of day
DAY 5
09:00 2071.4 Stay on I-29 161.5 mi
09:44 2123.1 Entering Missouri
11:22 2232.9 At exit 14, take Ramp (RIGHT) onto I-435 28.4 mi I-435 / St Louis
11:46 2261.3 At exit 63B, take Ramp (LEFT) onto I-70 [George Brett Super Hwy] 235.6 mi I-70 / St Louis
Construction between O'Fallon and St. Peters (EB) (April 2, 2007 - November 27, 2009)
15:11 2496.9 *Turn potentially restricted* Take Ramp (LEFT) onto I-70 Express Ln 5.8 mi I-70 Express
15:17 2502.8 Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto I-70 0.2 mi
15:18 2503.0 At exit 250A, turn RIGHT onto Ramp 0.1 mi M L King Bridge / Illinois / Arch-Riverfront
15:18 2503.1 Road name changes to N Memorial Dr 0.1 mi
15:18 2503.2 Bear LEFT (East) onto Martin Luther King Mem Bridge 1.5 mi M L King Bridge / Illinois
15:19 2503.6 Entering Illinois
15:20 2504.7 Take Ramp (LEFT) onto I-55 [I-64] 0.6 mi I-55 / I-64 / I-70 / US-40
15:21 2505.3 Keep RIGHT onto I-64 71.2 mi I-64 / IL-3 / St Clair Ave / Louisville
16:22 2576.5 Merge onto I-57 [I-64] 4.0 mi
16:25 2580.5 Keep LEFT onto I-64 40.5 mi I-64 / Louisville
17:00 2621.0 End of day
DAY 6
09:00 2621.0 Stay on I-64 37.0 mi
09:10 2633.3 Entering Indiana
09:34 2657.9 At exit 25A, take Ramp (RIGHT) onto US-41 24.1 mi US-41 / Evansville
09:55 2675.3 Entering Kentucky
10:03 2682.1 At exit 79, road name changes to Pennyrile Pkwy 1.2 mi
10:04 2683.3 At exit 77, keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.9 mi Audobon Parkway / Owensboro
10:06 2684.2 *Toll road* Road name changes to Audubon Pkwy 23.0 mi
10:29 2707.2 Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto US-60 Byp [Owensboro Beltline] 6.1 mi US-60-Bypass / Owensboro By-Pass / William H Natcher Parkway
10:35 2713.2 Road name changes to US-231 [US-60 Byp] 0.5 mi
10:36 2713.8 At exit 7, keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.4 mi William H. Natcher Parkway South Toll Road / Bowling Green
10:37 2714.2 *Toll road* Road name changes to Green River Pkwy S 62.7 mi
11:41 2776.9 At exit 7, keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.2 mi US-231 / Bowling Green
11:41 2777.1 Turn RIGHT (East) onto US-231 1.1 mi
11:42 2778.2 Keep STRAIGHT onto US-231 [Morgantown Rd] 1.6 mi
11:44 2779.7 Turn LEFT (North) onto US-68 [SR-80] 1.3 mi
11:46 2781.1 Arrive Bowling Green

SUMMARY
Driving distance: 2781.1 miles
Trip duration: 5 days, 2 hours, 46 minutes
Driving time: 42 hours, 58 minutes
Cost: $1,005.92

And thats at a fuel cost based on $1.43 L and 15 MPG UK gallon....one way.....OUCH!

The best I did was PEI to BC through Canada in a car 3700 miles 5 days on my own...the rolling Detox....AKA Greyhound bus...does that same trip in 92 hours with max 1.5H lay over....so I did ok..

The idea of getting there is awesome...but me thinks this ones outta my legue

 

[subway]

wuss

 

[riotwarrior]

wuss

Well...how bout ya'll come here....to say Abbotsford near Rubberfish and we can go to BD and get on their Dyno maybe?......

Then do a PNE and lots of other kewl things in the Lower Mainland AKA Vancouver BC!

 

[FordGuy100]

Well...how bout ya'll come here....to say Abbotsford near Rubberfish and we can go to BD and get on their Dyno maybe?......

Then do a PNE and lots of other kewl things in the Lower Mainland AKA Vancouver BC!

That would be awsome.....cut my driving time if I were to go by about 75%

 

[TLBREWER]

Twelve hundred thirty six miles for me one way. Closer than this years and most of it on I-40. Probably a no-go again. We are booked solid this summer through labor day, two weeks off, then solid thru Halloween with the photography business. I'm projecting it to be much better next summer.

Gary and all west coasters. I threw out the idea of a southwest rally here in New Mexico last year and didn't get many biters. At least not enough to pursue it. But, as several have said, build it and they will come. Unfortuantely, I have run out of build time. Business for us is really taking off. Any time that I thought I have, Carla reminds me that I really don't. If someone puts something together that we could make it to in less than a day, we might attend. We could make a photo shoot out of the trip and write it off.

Ryan, you listening???

Tom

 

[69dieselfreak]

id love to put something on but it seems to be the thing that everyone is to busy and thats me to

 

[Agnem]

Just remember, all it took to get this started was me parting out a truck with Rob, Doug and Mark. We decided to get together again, and moved the venue to Mark's neck of the woods, and invited anybody who wanted to come to join us. We got Victor from Texas! Just get 3 or 4 of you who are close enough to do it every year, and just keep inviting people. That's how rallies happen.