running the numbers

[iridium]

google tells me that Charleston to DC is a bit over 11 hours, which may be more than i can manage alone in one day. Charleston to Durham is pretty much on the way, and is ~6 hours. *sigh* i was hoping to borrow/rent a car and make it to Georgia, Asheville, & Durham between Saturday and Wednesday, then drive straight up to DC as soon as Matilda's ready, but doing all of that may be beyond my capabilities. i'll very likely go back out to Bowman/Peyton Ferry this weekend, and i might make it out to Asheville, but i'm not sure.

sholladay, you up for a visit sometime either this weekendish, early next week, or late next week? if Matilda's ready to go by the end of the workday on Wednesday, i may head out up the east coast on Thursday...

also, i need to check and see if a new/rebuilt engine requires any particular sort of care for breaking it in.

current extremely-tentative schedule:
today - 4/22 or 23: charleston
4/22-3 - 4/25: middle-of-nowhere, GA; maybe asheville
4/26: charleston
4/27: to durham
4/28: to DC
4/29: to NYC
4/30: in NYC
5/1: to boston
5/2 - 5/12-13: in boston (roast = 5/5-7)
5/13-16: boston to minneapolis-ish(not sure of route; might include syracuse, oberlin, ann arbor/ypsilanti, chicago; also tempted by niagara falls and little canadian highways)
5/17: house on the rock, minneapolis
5/18: to badlands
5/19: badlands (also: devil's tower, mt rushmore, what else?)
5/20: to yellowstone
5/21-22: yellowstone
5/23-25: to seattle (might shift this around to get up to Glacier NP, if it's open)
5/26-27: seattle
5/28: to portland
5/29-30: portland (might shift this to spend more time on the coast drive)
5/31-6/1: to oakland, as much of the coast drive as possible.
6/5: start work again

Comments

[plymouth.livejournal.com]

I know a good mechanic in Cohasset, which is about 40 min outside of Boston. He took care of syren72 before I drove cross-country to move out here and I had no problems with her (other than the known problem of oil consumption which I am putting off dealing with). But that's definitely outside public transit range of the city so you'd need to carpool there somehow and I imagine you can find someone closer. If you can't though I can give you his info. My family took all their cars to him for years.

[iridium.livejournal.com]

thanks...i'll let you know, if i'm in need of a mechanic near boston. much appreciated!