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We made it to Colorado! #1
smirkinwill William McCurdie Royersford, PA, USA 1969 MG MGB "Lady Jane" 1971 MG MGB GT "BluThor"	Posted: August 03, 2012 10:18AM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 2,442

Rolled in yesterday afternoon.

Boring drive through 8 states, but the most boring were Missouri & Kansas.

Anyway, spotted a white MGB on route 24 between Limon and Peyton, Colorado. Only one I saw the whole way.

Later,
Bill

1969 MGB "Lady Jane"
1971 MGB GT "BluThor"

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Re: We made it to Colorado! #2
wyatt Wyatt W penguin point, drift ice, Antarctica 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1960 MG MGA 1966 MG MGB	Posted: August 03, 2012 10:41AM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 23,301

...shudda takin the ferry at Ludington Mi to Wis across Lake Michigan.and toss in a line ...maybe catch a steelhead....whats money for anyway........

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Re: We made it to Colorado! #3
Billava Bill Heath Ava, Missouri, USA 1969 MG MGB 1973 MG MGB V6 Conversion	Posted: August 03, 2012 11:24AM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 72

If you found Missouri boring you took the wrong route. Kansas, on the other hand........... Never mind, no need to offend my neighbors to the West!
Bill

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Re: We made it to Colorado! #4
smirkinwill William McCurdie Royersford, PA, USA 1969 MG MGB "Lady Jane" 1971 MG MGB GT "BluThor"	Posted: August 03, 2012 12:21PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 2,442

Billava,

St. Louis was interesting. Took I-70 all the way from where the PA Turnpike ends near Pittsburgh to Colorado. About 1,600 mles from Philadelphia to Colorado Springs.

1969 MGB "Lady Jane"
1971 MGB GT "BluThor"

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Re: We made it to Colorado! #5
John D. Weimer Cape Girardeau, MO, USA	Posted: August 03, 2012 01:40PM Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 21,577

No wonder you found Missouri and Kansas boring by taking I-70. Both states are interesting if you cut across the top or bottom main routes across them, across the middle just sux. I seldom use I-70 myself, I usually take US 60 and cut across Northern Oklahoma mostly on 60 unless I'm in a hurry which I seldom am while on a trip.

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Re: We made it to Colorado! #6
angliagt Doug Milota Eureka,California, USA 1967 MG MGB GT ""The MG""	Posted: August 03, 2012 01:53PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 1,728

Wait until you drive through central Colorado -
excellent scenery.Take the road that goes over Loveland Pass,
at the top of the Continental Divide.
What's your plans/route for the rest of the trip?

- Doug

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LaVerne LaVerne Downey Colorado, USA 1952 MG TD "Black Bitch" 1954 MG TF "Green Hornet" 1969 MG MGB	Posted: August 03, 2012 05:20PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 4,332

Where were you when I was broke down in Hays, Ks. Sunday? Gotta agree....I-70 from Kansas city to Denver ...zzzzzzz.....If your going on west I-70 I concour. Take Loveland pass over the divide. 12000 plus feet. Never been through the tunnel? Here's what ya miss. Only add a lot more traffic...they had the approach closed down to one lane for construction.

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Re: We made it to Colorado! #8
wyatt Wyatt W penguin point, drift ice, Antarctica 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1960 MG MGA 1966 MG MGB	Posted: August 03, 2012 05:21PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 23,301

...btw,hope ya brought yer own water with ya....yer gonna miss it bein from penna.......

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Re: We made it to Colorado! #9
gooser Drake Myers Danville Va, USA	Posted: August 03, 2012 05:51PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 6,926

when we went from virginia to denver in my mg we also took i-70. loved it so much that we took a different route home.

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Re: We made it to Colorado! #10
9146 rick dentel yardley, pa, USA 1970 Porsche 914 1978 MG MGB 2002 Mini Cooper	Posted: August 03, 2012 06:16PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 1,358

I use to live in Leadville and Dillon and made the trip dozens of times to eastern Pennsylvania to visit my parents. I confess never in an MG however I took my first wife to Colorado and back in my Porsche 914-6. The boring states on I70 were made very interesting and much quicker on the return trip. I drove straight thru (1854 miles) and in Kansas at night I blew by a Dino and we had a great high speed ride.
I did have a Austin 1300 while I lived in Colorado equipped Kleber pro winter rally tires and it was unstoppable.

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Re: We made it to Colorado! #11
wyatt Wyatt W penguin point, drift ice, Antarctica 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1960 MG MGA 1966 MG MGB	Posted: August 03, 2012 08:55PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 23,301

In reply to # 2136776 by gooser when we went from virginia to denver in my mg we also took i-70. loved it so much that we took a different route home.

...florida with a coppla horses??

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Re: We made it to Colorado! #12
gooser Drake Myers Danville Va, USA	Posted: August 03, 2012 09:14PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 6,926

In reply to # 2136931 by wyatt

In reply to # 2136776 by gooser when we went from virginia to denver in my mg we also took i-70. loved it so much that we took a different route home.

...florida with a coppla horses??

that sounds interesting but i've never seen anyone drive an mg with a horse trailer hooked up to it.

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Re: We made it to Colorado! #13
9146 rick dentel yardley, pa, USA 1970 Porsche 914 1978 MG MGB 2002 Mini Cooper	Posted: August 03, 2012 09:22PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 1,358

I think he meant his MG only had a couple of horses.

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Re: We made it to Colorado! #14
riversidedan Dan burnett puyallup, USA	Posted: August 03, 2012 09:50PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 349

stay away from crowds and movie theatres

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