40 Hours to California

**PedoSoob** · 08-19-2008, 10:24 AM

This will be a running blog of our travels across the country as we drive our lightly modified 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STI across 3,000 miles of highway and winding roads from Little Ferry, NJ to Los Angeles, CA. Estimated driving time, 40 hours.

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The 40 Hours begins on Tuesday, 3pm.

PARTICIPANTS
2006 Impreza WRX STI
Mike (PedoSoob)
Jake
Craig

ROUTE

Since time is of the essence, the route will be mostly interstate highways all the way to Los Angeles.
Major cities and attractions we'll pass along the way: Pittsburgh, Cleveland, SIA Plant, St. Louis, Kansas City, The Great Plains, Colorado Springs, Pikes Peak, Las Vegas, Los Angeles.

LODGING

I'm planning three-four days at most of lodging. One in Chicago, another in Kansas City, then in Colorado Springs, and finally in Las Vegas. This should divide our trip into 600 mile chunks.

August 19-20 (Tues night)
Super 8 Lafayette
4301 STATE RD 26
LAFAYETTE IN US 47905
765-447-5551

August 20-21 (Wed night)
Red Roof Inn Kansas City - Overland Park Convention Center
6800 WEST 108TH ST
Overland Park, KS 66211

August 21-22 (Thurs night)
Days Inn Colorado Springs Garden of the Gods
4610 RUSINA ROAD
Colorado Springs, CO 80907

August 22-23 (Fri night)
Excalibur Hotel and Casino
3850 LAS VEGAS BLVD SO
Las Vegas, NV 89109-1050

GOOGLE MAPS

Clifton, NJ to Lafayette, IN

Lafayette, IN to Subbie of Indy Plant

Subbie of Indy Plant to Kansas City, MO

Kansas City, MO to Colorado Springs, CO

Colorado Springs, CO to Pikes Peak

Pikes Peak to Las Vegas, NV

Las Vegas, NV to Los Angeles, CA

FLY BACK (For Jake and Craig)

August 25 (Monday)
US Airways Flight 687
Departing Ontario Int'l Airport 6:40AM
Arriving Phoenix Int'l Airport 8:00AM

US Airways Flight 1574
Departing Phoenix Int'l Airport 8:49AM
Arriving Pittsburgh Airport 3:55PM

US Airways Flight 3998 (Canadair Jet)
Departing Pittsburgh Airport 4:40PM
Arriving Newark Airport 6:09PM

August 19

Little Ferry, NJ
The Subaru loaded up

Saying goodbye to the place I called home for 2.5 years.

Last Chow in Jersey

Jake

My dinner

This is what PA is all about aparently. Farms.

and weird street signs

and long ass tunnels

August 20

Columbus, Ohio at midnight

Indianapolis at 2:30AM

Lafayette, Indiana motel at 6AM

The Eternal Dragstrip that is Middle America

Not fun at all when taken at 80mph

August 21

Cracker Barrel blueberry pancakes. Racist as hell, but damn is it tasty.

Sausage, gravy, biscuits, n grits

Jake blends in

Craig... not quite

Cracker Barrel enV

**el_jefe** · 08-19-2008, 10:46 AM

The drive across Kansas sucks balls, bring a couple good books or a DVD player. Colorado Springs is cool, get there early if you want to go up pikes peak cause they close the road at night. Also, going from the Springs to Vegas is a fucking long haul.

**BoostinChick** · 08-19-2008, 10:51 AM

Are you selling the car in CA?

**TTsupra911** · 08-19-2008, 10:56 AM

what is the reasoning behind this drive, other then to just do it

**Tunnelrush** · 08-19-2008, 10:58 AM

Do not give whores money in vegas UNTIL services are rendered. Ask SRT ACR.

Have fun man.

**srt acr** · 08-19-2008, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Tunnelrush

Do not give whores money in vegas UNTIL services are rendered. Ask SRT ACR.

Have fun man.

troof. haha

sounds like its gonna be a good road trip. u got a radar detector?

**PedoSoob** · 08-19-2008, 11:21 AM

No radar detector. I got a job in Los Angeles, so I'm relocating. I might sell the STI once I get there; trade it in for a WRB WRX wagon. Not likely, but if I see a kick ass deal, I'll do it.

Well, gotta assemble the troops. Talk to you all at Indy.

**BoostinChick** · 08-19-2008, 11:23 AM

Oh wow Congrats you lucky sumbitch. I want to move to the west coast badly.

**srt acr** · 08-19-2008, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by BoostinChick

Oh wow Congrats you lucky sumbitch. I want to move to the west coast badly.

why would u wanna move to CA with all their beaches and sunshine when you already live in beautiful abington???

**Broken** · 08-19-2008, 11:30 AM

is this jake and craig from tst? they live across the street from me

08-19-2008, 10:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
el_jefe SOT Post Whore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: BFE Arizona Posts: 13,886 gXboxLive Leaderboard: 20^th	The drive across Kansas sucks balls, bring a couple good books or a DVD player. Colorado Springs is cool, get there early if you want to go up pikes peak cause they close the road at night. Also, going from the Springs to Vegas is a fucking long haul. __________________ SOT- Where all the real negus be at.

08-19-2008, 10:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
TTsupra911 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: an Amish barn Posts: 10,007 gXboxLive Leaderboard: 55^th	what is the reasoning behind this drive, other then to just do it __________________ Xbox Live... what's that XBL SN - axSRT05 In Dallas for the Dallas vs. San Fran Game 11/22-11/24 Dallas Cowboys - never mind... this season was a complete failure

08-19-2008, 10:58 AM	#5 (permalink)
Tunnelrush I'm quieres BurrrrRitos Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern Cali Posts: 21,907 gXboxLive Leaderboard: 15^th	Do not give whores money in vegas UNTIL services are rendered. Ask SRT ACR. Have fun man. __________________ Evolvebeats.com Genre: Make you drive fast-Core

08-19-2008, 11:21 AM	#7 (permalink)
PedoSoob SOT Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: HH (or pretty damn close to it) Posts: 390	No radar detector. I got a job in Los Angeles, so I'm relocating. I might sell the STI once I get there; trade it in for a WRB WRX wagon. Not likely, but if I see a kick ass deal, I'll do it. Well, gotta assemble the troops. Talk to you all at Indy. __________________

08-19-2008, 11:30 AM	#10 (permalink)
Broken SOT Administrator Join Date: May 2006 Location: 345T C045t Posts: 28,999 gXboxLive Leaderboard: 31^st	is this jake and craig from tst? they live across the street from me __________________ SOT- where men are men, women are men, and childern are police

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BoostinChick Does Not Sound Like Gook Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 8,833 gXboxLive Leaderboard: 62^nd	Are you selling the car in CA?

08-19-2008, 11:23 AM	#8 (permalink)
BoostinChick Does Not Sound Like Gook Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 8,833 gXboxLive Leaderboard: 62^nd	Oh wow Congrats you lucky sumbitch. I want to move to the west coast badly.

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