[Shotimes] Made across country, 3200 mi.

[SilverSleeperSHO]

Yes,  it is one hell of a move.  I thought it was time to leave home,
since my sister had already left,  and things between my folks were
getting a bit hairy [my ma and I were clashing quite a bit]

I moved as a part of my own independence,  better weather [no snow! ]
also,  had to move out of the rust belt,  the SHO started rusting pretty
good,  hopefully ive caught it in time.

Also, I work for radioshack,  and I was in a store that wasn't doing to
hot in sales...  try selling a cell phone to someone who already has one
>.> so essentially,  I called my district manager and asked for a
transfer,  once that happened,  I set up a time when I could move in
with a friend on mine out here...  once all that happened,  all I had to
do was drive out...  everything was all set =).

I guess,  what brings me out here,  is the people... some I know, some I
don't. the surroundings...  its beautiful here,  and no boston big dig
to look at anymore.  I guess I wanted to start a whole new way of life..
think I did? =P


~ Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: matt S [mailto:poissonverte2@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 9:27 AM
To: silversleepersho@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Made across country, 3200 mi.

thats one hell of a move!!!!  I must have missed the previous post as to

why.. Out of curiousity how come you moved that far???  :o)

Matt


>From: "SilverSleeperSHO" <silversleepersho@yahoo.com>
>To: <Shotimes@autox.team.net>
>CC: <sholist@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [Shotimes] Made across country, 3200 mi.
>Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 10:05:42 -0700
>
>Finally made it.  For all who didn't read my last message a month ago,
>I recently moved from boston, mass. To Hillsboro, OR.   We [the
>girlfriend and i] packed the car full of crap and drove across country
>in my 93 silverfrost atx with 175k on the clock.
>
>The first night we stayed in erie, PA. [driving west on 495, to 290w,
>then eventually hitting 90w] that's when I had gotten an intermittent
CE
>light,  that would only come on if I was decelerating in cruise,  down
a
>hill.  We stayed with my aunt and uncle's house which.  I had never
been
>there before,  and they live right on the shore of erie.  which,  if
>you've never seen one of the great lakes,  its unbelievable,  you
almost
>think your looking at the ocean.
>
>The second night,  we stayed in Joliet, IL, at a motel 6.  Cheap digs,
>but nice.  no smells or stains in bad places or anything of that
nature.
>Had a couple of guys party-ing a few rooms down from us,   but no
biggy.
>[drove on 90w for a while till we picked up 80w]
>
>The third night,  we stayed in Nebraska.  It was a LONG drive that day,
>but we wanted to get to Oregon.  and I was worried about the SHO,  as I
>had never ever driven the car further than 150 or so miles away from
>home before,  so the SHO was definatly not used to being driven this
>hard.  We drove through Ohio,  and Iowa.  sadly to say many butterflies
>lost theyre lives on the front facia that day,  at one point when I was
>filling up at a service station.  I commented on how it was an insect
>slaughterhouse on the front bumper,  it was really bad.  I had to pull
>the K&N out and remove the butterfly carcasses from it.  20 or so in
all
>I believe.  It was horrible.
>
>The fourth night,  we stayed in ogden, utah.   After a hard day of
>fighting Wyoming winds through foothills that I had no clue what the
>names were.  When I say fighting the wind,  I mean, FIGHTING the wind.
>It was so bad the car would open up the secondaries on an incline just
>to keep the car going 65 mph.  gas mileage was squat. We drove just
>enough that day to hit 84w,  then we hit the local motel 6.
>
>On the 5th day,  we woke up ridiculously early and drove from utah to
>Oregon,  800 mile leg of the journey.  I swear,  I was never as glad to
>see mount hood until that day.   We continued on 84w through the
>Columbia river gourge the bulk of the day.  some of the neatest country
>going through there.  It was amazing,  finally we made it to Hillsboro,
>altogether the trip took 5 days to drive 3158 miles.  no problems with
>the SHO except for the CE light which hasn't appeared since the trip.
>
>Just figured id keep y'all posted =P
>
>~ Jeff
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