GEE35FX's Cross Country Tour

[GEE50FX]

I thought I would start a thread so I could add to it for my wife and I's trip we are starting tomorrow morning in our FX.
I will add info to it when I get a chance as to our location along with pics now and then (I love Pics :smile (2)

A brief itinerary of our 5-6 week trip trip is as follows (these are very rough locations just to give us a general direction):
START in Kincardine, Ontario
Mackinaw City, Michigan
Ironwood, Michigan
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Estevan, Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat, Alberta
Calgary/Strathmore, Alberta
Canmore, Alberta
Red Deer, Alberta
Jasper, Alberta
Kamloops, British Columbia
Kelowna/Vernon, British Columbia
Spokane, Washington
Butte, Montana
Jackson, Wyoming
Casper, Wyoming
Rapid City, South Dakota
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Waterloo, Iowa
Gary, Indiana
Plymouth/Canton/Hartland, Michigan
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[StuLax18]

Very cool! Looking forward to pics. I did a smaller trip a couple years ago, but didn't do as good of a job taking pics as I wanted. Although with the route we took, there wasn't much to take pics of anyway.

 

[easy_goer]

Did you make an estimate how much money on GAS that it is going to be..?
Good luck on the trip...............

 

[pmanliu]

Nice! Subscribed... Have a fun and most importantly safe trip Wayne! Living the good life buddy! :smile (2):

 

[GEE50FX]

Did you made an estimate how much money on GAS that it is going to be..?
Good luck on the trip...............

Thanks and I did a real quick calculation and it will be roughly $1500 for gas, but will probably be more.

Thanks Stu and Pat. :smile (2):

 

[jdTrader]

looks like an exciting trip! do you have people you know and stay in each of those locations?

how much of the trip does your wife drive?

Wayne, you should invest in a GPS data logger...such as one of these:
http://www.semsons.com/datalogger.html

One of my best friends from college (who I majored computer engineering with a U of M Ann Arbor) ran across America last summer and used one. You can see every single road he's taken and did blogs as he went on the trip, where he stayed etc....pretty exciting because he had followers! He stayed at my house one of the nights!

http://www.runsomemore.com/the_route.php

 

[GEE50FX]

looks like an exciting trip! do you have people you know and stay in each of those locations?

how much of the trip does your wife drive?

Wayne, you should invest in a GPS data logger...such as one of these:
http://www.semsons.com/datalogger.html

One of my best friends from college (who I majored computer engineering with a U of M Ann Arbor) ran across America last summer and used one. You can see every single road he's taken and did blogs as he went on the trip, where he stayed etc....pretty exciting because he had followers! He stayed at my house one of the nights!

http://www.runsomemore.com/the_route.php

That data logger looks awesomet, but it's a bit late to get one now for the trip.

We are staying at a few friends places along the way and we booked at a couple nice resorts that we know we would like to stay at, the rest we are playing it by ear. We have also planned on attending a G35 Meet with a bunch of internet friends in Alberta on June 18th. Some of them will show us around the area while we are there.
We will also give you and Kim a shout when we are staying at Karen's Uncles near your place in July.

 

[la_fx35]

Hey Wayne, how about a detour to Chicago on your way to Gary Indiana. We would love to meet up and say hello. Have a safe trip.

 

[GEE50FX]

Hey Wayne, how about a detour to Chicago on your way to Gray Indiana. We would love to meet up and say hello. Have a safe trip.

Thanks for the invite Andy, I'll have to talk to my partner about it. Hey I just edited my post I misread your post. We could possibly meet up in Chicago. It all depends on our timing.

 

[Whatnobeer]

Sounds like an incredible road trip. Luv them. Good luck, be safe and God Speed.

 

[sir21]

Sound like fun. Hey you'll be in Spokane. Might as well drive a bit west to Seattle and we can plan our NW meet around the time you'll be here.

 

[la_fx35]

Thanks for the invite Andy, I'll have to talk to my partner about it. Hey I just edited my post I misread your post. We could possibly meet up in Chicago. It all depends on our timing.

Cool, let us know if you do can swing by Chicago on your way.

 

[gto]

fun trip. Safe drive tomorrow

 

[Logan]

Sounds like a load of fun Wayne. looking at your destinations/stopping points tho' it seems like you left out Seattle.....

 

[tchuck]

That looks so awesome. I love road trips. Have fun and drive safe most of the time!

 

[GEE50FX]

Thanks guys.

YAWN, it's 4AM, looks like we are going to get an early start and leave by 5AM.

 

[GEE50FX]

Hi folks sorry I have not reported on this post. We have been so busy on the road, meeting old friends and new ones. We have covered a lot of ground so far, seen some neat places, and had some very close calls on flooded roads.

So far we have been to:
Started in Kincardine, Ontario
Mackinaw City, Michigan
Ashland, Wisconsin
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Weyburn, Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Swift Current, Saskatchewan
Our next stop is Medicine Hat, Alberta

I have only seen two FXs on the trip. We saw a 1st Gen FX when we were coming out of the Texas Roadhouse in North Dakota, it had Manitoba plates. The other FX was a 2nd Gen on the Trans Canada highway in Saskatchewan.

We have had lots of compliments about our FX. One day we even saw some people taking pictures of it. This morning I was loading the FX up at 7:30AM and a fellow came up and was asking me all about it. He loved the front end (the spoiler rocks)

I will post a more detailed report with pics later when I have more time.

 

[jdTrader]

I'm glad you're having a good trip! Can't wait for the pics!

 

[GEE50FX]

Well the trip is going fantastic, so far the only problem is a rock chip in my front windshield, something to get fixed when I return home.

I am not quite halfway through the trip and I have put on 5,500 kms (3,400 miles) so far.

What a fantastic time, awesome scenery and great people. Tomorrow I am meeting with about a dozen other Infiniti owners in Red Deer Alberta , then we all are going on a cruise.

I thought I would post a few teaser pics for now

Old Grain Elevators on the Prairies


Long Flat Straight Roads on the Prairies


Lots of Muddy Back Roads in Saskatchewan


Many Beautiful Streams and Falls, this one is Elbow Falls Alberta


The Bow River in Alberta


Beautiful Scenery 0n the road near Banff, Alberta


The Three Sisters




Nice Alberta Back Roads




Pretty Alberta towns (Banff)



The Hoodoos and Badlands of Alberta




I will update this when I get a chance.

 

[easy_goer]

very nice pictures .........