six hundred miles

[totient]

Inspired somewhat by frotz, I want to put on an endurance rally in the late spring of 2006 or 2007. Start is in Gloucester, finish is in Provincetown, and the route goes through all six New England states. Run time is two days, with an overnight in the Berkshires. Hotel rooms, meals, and return to the start by chartered ferry are included in the registration fee. The rally will incorporate features of other New England rallies, so for example it will traverse the longest covered bridge in the US.

Tonight I sketched out a possible rough route for the rally. The original idea was that the route would be 500 miles long, but it's been obvious for a while that I can't pull that off. But looking at the roads, I think I can probably keep the total distance down to 600 miles or so, and not need a third day.

Comments

[muffyjo]

Sounds like a lot of logistics. You can call it the "You think you know New England?" rally.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

i am .... intruiged.

on the other hand

[wren13.livejournal.com]

I think you are insane - maybe if you wait until 2007 (and let yourself recover from Arisia '06 first...) After, that, sounds like fun!
Sorry if I'm sarcastic, right now driving for more than an hour is exhausting.

[hotpoint.livejournal.com]

Goodness -- the checkpoint crews will have their work cut out for them trying to go from checkpoint to checkpoint ahead of the drivers! Best of luck with staging it!