# Doper Transportation Chain **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 18, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167 "2003-03-18T01:13:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167/21 "2003-03-18T17:22:20Z")
Chain 2 - Montgomery to Birmingham on I-65 (And if Chain 1 does the southern route, I’ve got I-85 from Atlanta to Montgomery) Complete with Momnibus - LOTS of room for bags and people! ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167/22 "2003-03-18T17:24:42Z")
OOOOoo and I can get from I-10 in FLA to Montgomery (US HWY 231) no problem ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167/23 "2003-03-18T17:48:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Persephone \* > \*\*Keep in mind that this is just a game, folks. I’m not really doing this trip. Well, maybe some day. When I find a job that will give me a month off and pay me to do this. 😃 \*\* Honestly, if you do get the time off, I think you should do this! It would make a great travelogue book… Seeing America 100 miles at a time getting rides from people you’ve only known previously via the internet (yeah, I’m sure you’ve met some of the people in real life already, but it makes it sound more interesting to say you only know them over the internet! :D). “Virtually Hitchhiking Across America”. I really think it’s a great idea! ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167/24 "2003-03-18T23:53:34Z")
> [@](#): > > Shaddap you! You’re in charge of the “sparking conversation”. Duh. Oh good. Glad you cleared that one up for me, \*\*Rue. \*\* I mean, I’ve actually met \*\*Shibb, \*\* and I know he’d be great for conversation. And he’ll let me rub his head, too! So I guess that means you’re buying the gas? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167/25 "2003-03-18T23:58:26Z")
If Rue’s providing the gas, I’m providing the gas masks! ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167/26 "2003-03-19T00:25:02Z")
I’ve got Pittsburgh covered, including I-79, I-76, and I-70. Breezewood, PA, where I-70 joins up with I-76, is about 100 miles from here, but if we extend the range a bit, I could probably hook up with **Airman Doors** for the hand-off. From New Stanton, PA, I could take either I-70 or I-76 to the Ohio border and a bit beyond. I’ve also got an in at the museum in Moundsville, West Virginia, if someone wants to meet up or break the journey there. This is a fun thing to think about! CJ ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167/27 "2003-03-19T01:58:23Z")
Ba-ha! **Gingy** you funny! ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167/28 "2003-03-19T02:12:29Z")
**Persephone** , if you don’t manage a stop at _Casa Dave-Guy_, you got some ‘splainin’ to do. And, of course, **Euty** could very easily hop from **FriendBill’s** to here on his way to LA. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167/29 "2003-03-19T06:17:22Z")
I’m near the junction of I-90 and I-87 in Albany, NY. It’s kind of out of the way unless you’re coming down from Québec, though. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167/30 "2003-03-19T06:36:51Z")
I have I-40 and I-44 either side of the Arkansas / Oklahoma line covered if that helps? ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167/31 "2003-03-19T07:07:55Z")
Hmmm…Im some of the bigger western states, 100 mi might not even get to the next town :eek: A hundred miles or less out of Albuquerque I could get somebody to: South on I-25: Socorro-75 miles, next T or C (Truth or Consequences,) 160? North i-25: Santa Fe-55 miles, no other big town close. East on I-40: Santa Rosa- 115 miles, Tucumcari next about 170 West I-40: Grants-80 miles, Gallup is next about 140 ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167/32 "2003-03-19T13:12:52Z")
Yeah, Klaatu, I was thinking the same thing - getting over the continental divide and across the western states might be tricky. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167/33 "2003-03-19T15:11:59Z")
I’m just outside Philadelphia, at the intersection of I-76 and I-476. For chain #1, I can pick someone up in NJ, possibly near where the NJ and PA turnpikes meet. I can drive them west and hand them off to **Robyn** and **Doors**. For chain #2, I pick up from Robyn & Doors (who picked up from **cjhoworth** ), drive down to Ellicott, MD, and hand off to **GingerOfTheNorth**. (I think it’s useful to identify who in the chains you link with, and if possible who they link to. That way we build up the chains and eventually someone posts the full series.) ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167/34 "2003-03-19T15:31:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anamorphic \* > \*\*Honestly, if you do get the time off, I think you should do this! It would make a great travelogue book… Seeing America 100 miles at a time getting rides from people you’ve only known previously via the internet (yeah, I’m sure you’ve met some of the people in real life already, but it makes it sound more interesting to say you only know them over the internet! :D). “Virtually Hitchhiking Across America”. I really think it’s a great idea! \*\* I did this (sort of) back in 2001. I went from Minnesota to Texas, stopping along the way to meet Dopers. It was cool. Robin ---
**Author:** ![meathead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@meathead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meathead)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167/35 "2003-03-20T15:05:41Z")
Well, I’m about four miles from the intersection of I-79 and I-80, so I can do western PA in any direction. ---
**Author:** ![Opengrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@Opengrave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opengrave)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167/36 "2003-03-20T15:39:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GusNSpot \* > \*\*I have I-40 and I-44 either side of the Arkansas / Oklahoma line covered if that helps? \*\* I can cover most of central Arkansas all the way down to east Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167/37 "2003-03-20T15:49:37Z")
From home I could cover say, Indianapolis to Bloomington, IL east-west (that’s I-74), and I could cover a stretch of Illinois Route 1 north to about Watseka, IL and south to where it joins up with I-70. I know there are dopers in Indy, or who could get to Indy by driving the 100 miles. I also know there are folks in Springfield, IL who could get to Bloomington, IL and take you from there to St. Louis at least, probably. From college I’m afraid the only useful thing would be north on 37 to Indianapolis, or perhaps covering a section of I-65. ---
**Author:** ![bristlesage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@bristlesage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bristlesage)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167/38 "2003-03-20T16:03:19Z")
Yeah, agreed, the Western states are going to get messy. Las Vegas is 100 miles from nowhere. But it’s about 150 miles to Barstow–there might be someone there who can get **Eutychus** the rest of the way to L.A. (another 150 miles, roughly). ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167/39 "2003-03-20T17:21:51Z")
And don’t go too far up here in the Great Plains. We can get you through the Twin Cities just fine - but I wouldn’t want to find a Doper (or a human being, or a tree) every hundred miles through South Dakota! Your best bet might be running down the Eastern seaboard - even then you might not want to start in Maine. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167/40 "2003-03-20T17:38:04Z")
You may have to up the mileage limit. There isn’t much within 100 miles of DFW, except more DFW. Maybe if the limit were one interstate jump? You know, each Doper can transport you across one state line at most? Of course, that would still be hard on whichever DFW Doper formed a link. Maybe two of us could drive in relays… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-transportation-chain/162167.md?page=3)