ANOTHER SIDE TRIP BEFORE HEADING HOME

[Tom Seitz]

John, What size fuel tank you got?? I have been told there is a
way around the bottom of Mt eagle but I have not looked in to it.
I have a 200 gal tank and have driven from my place to North of
the quad cities up and over Mt.Eagle.With 1/4 tank left. From where
you are you should make it to Atlanta easy and there is fuel here
now. It was crazy for a couple of days but it has setteled down a
bit now. Let me know if I can help. Tom 90 SP36 Alpharetta GA

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "John"
wrote:
> Thanks George,
>
> What routes did you take to Ft. Valley? Where did you get your
fuel
> in route, or did you even have to get fuel? I'm going by what has
> been posted on the Flying J web site and actual reports to
trucking
> company dispatchers by their drivers, as I know the ones that I
have
> talked to personally, I was in that business for over thirty
years.
> The situation will most likely be better by the first of the week,
> when I leave here.
>
> he fuel gauge on my 'Bird is not working, so I'm figuring my fuel
> mileage in the worst senario of 5mpg to determine how far I can go
> between fillups, so this will mean that I have to make at least
one
> fuel stop on my way home. I am not going to go by any route that
has
> long steep grades, as I don't want to put such a strain on my
> 3208NA, so that is why I'm going a little further in my route
home.
> I don't think that I couldn't make it on the steep grades, I just
> don't like putting unecesary strain on the drive train, nor do I
> want to become a rolling road block to the traffic that would be
> coming up behind me on the roads, I consider that to be an unsafe
> condition that I can avoid by going around the long steep grades.
>
> I'm just going to enjoy my stay here and the friends that I have
> here too, the terminal manager is a close friend of mine and I
will
> unload my motorcycle from the trailer and go for a cruise on
Sunday
> with him and his father, around the area.
>
> There are no complaints here, as both Buddy and I are safe and
> sound, with no threats to our lives, I thank God for that and my
> prayers go out to those that are suffering along the Gulf Coast.
>
> John Finn
> "FINN'S INN EXPRESS"
> '82 Bluebird Wanderlodge 35FCRB
> Hopkins, SC
> "ON THE ROAD IN MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS"
> To Visit the Finn's Inn Express Remodeling Adventure go to;
> http://www.pbase.com/iamflagman/image/24977457
>
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, George Lowry
> wrote:
> > John,
> >
> > We left Alamo, TN yesterday morning and took the most direct
route
> to
> > Ft. Valley, GA. We ran into none of the problems you thought
> might
> > exist. Worst part was the high gas prices in GA and the large
> lines of
> > people waiting to fill up. The refugees did not appear to be
> anyplace
> > around, only the price gougers.
> >
> > George Lowry
> > '95 WBDA 4203
> > Spearfish, SD currently in the Birds Nest
> >
> > John wrote:
> > > I have decided after watching the weather channel for the past
> two
> > > days, to wait a while longer before going back home by my
normal
> > > route through Tupelo, Mississippi, Birmingham, Alabama and
> Atlanta,
> > > Georgia. There may be flooding in that area, due to heavy
> amounts of
> > > rainfall after Katrina turned into a tropical storm and also
> some
> > > congestion from people that had gone that far north to escape
> the
> > > hurricane, I remeber what it was like the week following Hugo
> when
> > > it hit South Carolina. I had my doctors appointment
rescheduled
> to
> > > next month, so there is no rush to get back home by this
Friday.
> > >
> > > I took a slight detour back over to the Quad Cities to see my
> sister
> > > again, before going back home and I will travel a little south
> of
> > > here to Mount Pleasant, Iowa to attend the Old Threshers
> Reunion,
> > > which is held there every year
> http://www.oldthreshers.org/index.cfm?
> > > fuseaction=home.frameset, Mike and Chris Hohnstein will also
be
> > > attending the event, so I will also have some familiar faces
> there.
> > > I will leave Mount Pleasant to head back home after the event
is
> > > over.
> > >
> > > John Finn
> > > "FINN'S INN EXPRESS"
> > > '82 BLUEBIRD WANDERLODGE 35FCRB
> > > Hopkins, SC "ON THE ROAD IN MOLINE, ILLINOIS"
> > > To Visit the Finn's Inn Express Remodeling Adventure go to;
> > > http://www.pbase.com/iamflagman/image/24977457
> > >
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