Planning an epic road trip.. comments welcome

RandyD · 02-25-2013, 08:13 PM

there was another dude there in his Miata taking this same shot of himself - so we swapped cameras and helped each other out.

RandyD · 02-25-2013, 08:32 PM

Day 10
Desert Hot Springs, a Ghost town and Las Vegas

Today started out in Palm Spring Nissan. Big props to Alex and Chris who swapped the Esther, brake fluid, and a bunch of filters. Alex also fixed a squeak i was hearing with either the shocks or the swaybars.. anyhow nice job.

I drove out through the desert through a small town called Barstow and to a little old mining town where i panned for a couple ounces of silver.

then from there - across more desert with a ton of other people into Las Vegas...

RandyD · 02-26-2013, 11:24 AM

What happens in Las Vegas, Stays in Las Vegas...

chieuxuan · 02-26-2013, 11:28 AM

So what happen???

eastwest2300 · 02-26-2013, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RandyD

What happens in Las Vegas, Stays in Las Vegas...

eastwest2300 · 02-26-2013, 11:32 AM

Vegas?!!?

RandyD · 02-26-2013, 07:45 PM

Day 11
Hoover Dam and Historic Route 66

I left the lights behind and headed to the Hoover Dam. I got a private tour from the Deputy Area Manager of the Dept of Interior - very special. got to go into all kinds of restricted areas. That place is pretty awesome.

After a couple hours there - i proceeded to Kingman, AZ where there is a pretty big historic 66 look and feel. I decided to drive on historic 66 for about 50 miles to the next town instead of using the main highway. I made much better time on this road as there was very very little traffic. but disappointingly, there was virtually nothing along that road. when you finally do get to the next gas station, it was filled with route 66 trinkets.

Finally made it to Williams AZ before getting tired - there is snow on the ground here... not used to that

eastwest2300 · 02-26-2013, 07:47 PM

where are the pics at duuuuude.. come on man, you earned this one... damn!

RandyD · 02-26-2013, 08:02 PM

RandyD · 02-26-2013, 08:02 PM

RandyD · 02-26-2013, 08:05 PM

reserved for vid

eastwest2300 · 02-26-2013, 08:20 PM

Good job Randy, I take my

back...

b1adesofcha0s · 02-26-2013, 08:24 PM

Amazing pics Randy, sounds like a lot of fun

chieuxuan · 02-26-2013, 09:02 PM

Nice to get all the way down the dam, I've never gotten that privilege even though I've been there lot of times before 911

eastwest2300 · 02-26-2013, 09:25 PM

I'd like to see the Hoover dam.

02-25-2013, 08:32 PM	#167 (permalink)
RandyD A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Potomac Falls, VA Posts: 2,977 Drives: 2010 370z 7AT Roadst Rep Power: 20	Day 10 Desert Hot Springs, a Ghost town and Las Vegas Today started out in Palm Spring Nissan. Big props to Alex and Chris who swapped the Esther, brake fluid, and a bunch of filters. Alex also fixed a squeak i was hearing with either the shocks or the swaybars.. anyhow nice job. I drove out through the desert through a small town called Barstow and to a little old mining town where i panned for a couple ounces of silver. then from there - across more desert with a ton of other people into Las Vegas... Last edited by RandyD; 02-26-2013 at 11:25 AM.

02-26-2013, 11:24 AM	#168 (permalink)
RandyD A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Potomac Falls, VA Posts: 2,977 Drives: 2010 370z 7AT Roadst Rep Power: 20	What happens in Las Vegas, Stays in Las Vegas... b1adesofcha0s and chieuxuan like this.

02-26-2013, 11:32 AM	#171 (permalink)
eastwest2300 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: South FL Posts: 90,947 Drives: '16QX70/'21 Supra3.0 Rep Power: 2684550	Vegas?!!? __________________ Infiniti QX70 & Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium

02-26-2013, 07:47 PM	#173 (permalink)
eastwest2300 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: South FL Posts: 90,947 Drives: '16QX70/'21 Supra3.0 Rep Power: 2684550	where are the pics at duuuuude.. come on man, you earned this one... damn! __________________ Infiniti QX70 & Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium

02-26-2013, 08:02 PM	#174 (permalink)
RandyD A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Potomac Falls, VA Posts: 2,977 Drives: 2010 370z 7AT Roadst Rep Power: 20	b1adesofcha0s and aniceh like this.

02-25-2013, 08:13 PM	#166 (permalink)
RandyD A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Potomac Falls, VA Posts: 2,977 Drives: 2010 370z 7AT Roadst Rep Power: 20	there was another dude there in his Miata taking this same shot of himself - so we swapped cameras and helped each other out.

02-26-2013, 11:28 AM	#169 (permalink)
chieuxuan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2012 Location: MD Posts: 1,051 Drives: VTAK Rep Power: 15	So what happen???

02-26-2013, 07:45 PM	#172 (permalink)
RandyD A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Potomac Falls, VA Posts: 2,977 Drives: 2010 370z 7AT Roadst Rep Power: 20	Day 11 Hoover Dam and Historic Route 66 I left the lights behind and headed to the Hoover Dam. I got a private tour from the Deputy Area Manager of the Dept of Interior - very special. got to go into all kinds of restricted areas. That place is pretty awesome. After a couple hours there - i proceeded to Kingman, AZ where there is a pretty big historic 66 look and feel. I decided to drive on historic 66 for about 50 miles to the next town instead of using the main highway. I made much better time on this road as there was very very little traffic. but disappointingly, there was virtually nothing along that road. when you finally do get to the next gas station, it was filled with route 66 trinkets. Finally made it to Williams AZ before getting tired - there is snow on the ground here... not used to that

02-26-2013, 08:02 PM	#175 (permalink)
RandyD A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Potomac Falls, VA Posts: 2,977 Drives: 2010 370z 7AT Roadst Rep Power: 20	eastwest2300, b1adesofcha0s and aniceh like this.

02-26-2013, 08:05 PM	#176 (permalink)
RandyD A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Potomac Falls, VA Posts: 2,977 Drives: 2010 370z 7AT Roadst Rep Power: 20	reserved for vid

02-26-2013, 08:20 PM	#177 (permalink)
eastwest2300 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: South FL Posts: 90,947 Drives: '16QX70/'21 Supra3.0 Rep Power: 2684550	Good job Randy, I take my back... __________________ Infiniti QX70 & Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium

02-26-2013, 08:24 PM	#178 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 141	Amazing pics Randy, sounds like a lot of fun __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

02-26-2013, 09:02 PM	#179 (permalink)
chieuxuan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2012 Location: MD Posts: 1,051 Drives: VTAK Rep Power: 15	Nice to get all the way down the dam, I've never gotten that privilege even though I've been there lot of times before 911

02-26-2013, 09:25 PM	#180 (permalink)
eastwest2300 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: South FL Posts: 90,947 Drives: '16QX70/'21 Supra3.0 Rep Power: 2684550	I'd like to see the Hoover dam. __________________ Infiniti QX70 & Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium

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