Author Topic: Mileage calculator site (Read 965 times)

Danny_S · « **on:** June 12, 2004, 03:22:50 pm »

What's a good site to go to to find out distances and driving routes. It needs to include Canada. I wanna know how to get to Jeff B's for da pig roast...

Fla._Deadheader · « **Reply #1 on:** June 12, 2004, 03:41:53 pm »

We use the big Road Atlas. You know, the BIG Book.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #2 on:** June 12, 2004, 03:46:23 pm »

Try Yahoo maps, if ya know the address. If your a CAA member they have maps and trip tick charts to help also. They have mileage between towns on the trip ticks, and routes and intersections.

Fla._Deadheader · « **Reply #3 on:** June 12, 2004, 03:50:41 pm »

"Trip Ticks"

They anything like "Deer Ticks"

Must hafta have a perfectly straight route mapped out, to make any time

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #4 on:** June 12, 2004, 04:21:59 pm »

For those of us not in the know. erm...

and an excerpt

A long way from the piggy roast

Tom · « **Reply #5 on:** June 12, 2004, 04:36:24 pm »

Check this out.

http://www.mapquest.com/

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #6 on:** June 12, 2004, 05:07:55 pm »

Yup, Tom, that's setup like yahoo maps. Both sites are good for well known routes, not so good on secondary routes. But, most of us want to stick to the beatin trail if we want to make good time.

Tom · « **Reply #7 on:** June 12, 2004, 05:10:19 pm »

Mapquest probably works pretty good once you get south of the border and onto paved roads.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #8 on:** June 12, 2004, 05:14:12 pm »

WHAT?! No cordroyed roads south of the border? Yippee!!

Tom · « **Reply #9 on:** June 12, 2004, 05:28:50 pm »

The farther south you go, the better they get. They got some big holes in the roads from N.Y. up the coast.

I almost lost my motorcycle in one of them one time.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #10 on:** June 12, 2004, 05:39:54 pm »

Yup, know what ya mean Tom. You can only rely on Route 2 and the coast highways here, the rest are 'enter at your own risk'. The truck traffic and farm equipment tear the h%^$% out of'm.

In Maine, I been on alot of secondary paved roads and they are light years ahead of ours in my area. Our secondaries are nothing much than chip seal over clay with deep ditches. I actually enjoy driving Maine's roads. I dunno what they are like up Termites way, but they can't be worse than here.

Tom · « **Reply #11 on:** June 12, 2004, 05:53:59 pm »

Here in Florida the State and locals pave the main drags real often. The side roads are good but they don't get much traffic. We don't complain too much about the rough roads, just the construction.

Jeff · « **Reply #12 on:** June 12, 2004, 06:29:32 pm »

Just go to the soo Ontario and Kevin can point ya the way from there. He blows right by here quite often.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #13 on:** June 12, 2004, 06:45:43 pm »

Been there, done that. I wonder if he knows the Pines Hotel. I stayed there once. And the Ramada Inn. I got there in an ice storm in April, when I left home it was 85 degrees the day before. I got all the Triptiks to the Saulte fer ya Dandy, but its all Canadian roads. Right from Woodstock, NB.

etat · « **Reply #14 on:** June 12, 2004, 07:40:10 pm »

Sorry, gonna get off topic for a minute.

Tom, as a non motorcycle rider for some reason I just can't picture you on one. Just can not get it in my head. Not saying this in any kind of bad way.

My self, never been on one of them motorcycles much. NOT that I didn't want one, when I was a kid couldn't have one, and my parents probably couldn't have afforded one anyways. Recon I just made do with horses, and bicycles.

Now I did buy myself a motorcycle one time. Been a long time ago but I'm a thinking it was a Kawasaki 400, two stroke. Probably oh, about '76 or '77. For about 45 minutes I rode fast. Then I missed a curve. Big time. Rode it down and stayed on top as long as I could. Wasn't long though cause it throwed me off into a ditch just before it hit a bank and folded up. Ditch was full of soft mud, no doubt that saved my life. Skidding around tore off my shirt, my shoes, and scared me up some but I walked away. Sore and I never been on a motorcycle since. I do think about motorcycles some and though I got back on every horse that ever throwed me, just never wanted a bike since.

Danny_S · « **Reply #15 on:** June 12, 2004, 08:27:47 pm »

YEEEEESH! Pasted from mapquest...

Total Est. Time: 18 hours, 9 minutes Total Est. Distance: 960.17 miles

I better go warm the car up....

Jeff · « **Reply #16 on:** June 12, 2004, 08:33:04 pm »

That aint so bad Danny. You leave now and you could be here for supper tomorrow. I'll be expecting ya for the piggy roast. We are going to have to do a hard count in the next week or so. I gotta get a real good idea of whos coming so we can have enough food and stuff.

Danny_S · « **Reply #17 on:** June 12, 2004, 08:53:15 pm »

Naaa, not that bad, I could shorten it up ALOT... it wants me to stay on Canadian Highways for that distance. I figure I can go almost straight from here into USA, running other roads other that interstates ect.. and probably cut a couple hours off of that. I really cant say for sure right now If I will be there. I will let you know asap.

Furby · « **Reply #18 on:** June 12, 2004, 09:27:16 pm »

CK, my dad did just about the same thing a few years ago. Hasn't been back on the bike since, it's just sitting in the garage.

Jeff, how hard of a count

Jeff · « **Reply #19 on:** June 12, 2004, 09:33:10 pm »

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Author Topic: Mileage calculator site (Read 965 times)