Midwest West Meets/Midwest BS Thread

Of course you tag me when you hooligans are planning to drive the section of trail that is furthest away from me.

 

Where are you located? Are you further north?

 

Yeah, you could say that. If I was any further north I would be Canadian.

 

Ha! I'm pretty flexible about what section of the trail to check out. I'm also hoping to get out there several times this year and eventually cover the whole trail, piece by piece.

As a side note, I have the route saved to my Google maps. I'm curious if anyone knows how to save the whole route for offline viewing, as there's probably some areas along the way with sketchy service.

 

You can download sections of google maps for offline use

 

That's what I'm starting to do. But, when I go to download a section, the route isn't showing up. I was hoping I could somehow save the whole route to the phone.

Also, when I was out there last time, I wasn't able to figure out how to get the phone to navigate through the route. I had to keep watching the screen and scroll through manually.

 

Or use Gaia. Pretty sure I still have the entire TIT on mine atm.

Not sure how nice the more northern part of the TWAT would be next weekend after all the snow we got up here. It was finally starting to dry out a bit but now it is back to being a slushy muddy mess and I'm sure it is the same in Wisconsin.

 

True. The further north section might be a June or July trip.

I have Gaia. I'll check it out and see if it shows the route in there. I have been using Avenza because you can download current MVUM maps. I noticed that Gaia was showing me some roads that are closed to the public according to the MVUM, so I don't know how much I trust it.

 

You can load the entire route into Gaia. Just gotta pull the GPS files from http://transwisconsintrail.com/wordpress/?page_id=91

I use Avenza quite a bit for work. It's really nice if you have available maps to download...or can make your own

 

@Wolftaco0503 ... you still interested in any of the midwest meet?
are you still in the song title game

 

thanks, that is pricey! I don't see it mentioned how long it takes? ... I am sure the ferry is not going 70+ across lake Michigan lol ... just thought it would be good to see that part of Wisconsin again ... maybe I take the long way back through Traverse City and the UP!?
I guess drive through Gary Indiana it is ... does I-94/196 have a lake view for most of the way?

next weekend is Holiday and family coming in from out of town so any other time in SW Wisconsin I can look into

 

the August event in Utah I mentioned previously, at least I think it was!
this is north of Salt Lake City and the one I thought I had seen was in the south
north is closer to YellowstoneNP though

http://www.utorexpo.com/

perhaps something for next year since it falls on same weekend Aug 17th as one in Michigan

 

Figures

 

Lake express
https://www.lake-express.com/


And

https://www.ssbadger.com/userfiles/filemanager/1508/


Add on load and unload /docking/etc to the times!

 

says it takes 2.5 hours on the Lake Express from Milwaukee so i will find the distance from port to port and see how fast it goes (did not see the actual speed in the link unless I missed it)

$186 for 2 adults and vehicle in the ssbadger from Manitowoc which looks slower

 

does the place in Michigan have sand like this? ... I am trying to find out if this is 4wd or just a PRErunner

 

Hot damn @GQ7227

Are you guys still trying to do TWAT this weekend @Thatbassguy

 

thats not me there, i have black taco
but I might get stuck in that if that guys is 4wd

 

Oh I knew that.
Plus it says so in your signature. Doh.

 

I'm in! Weather looks good! I'm hoping to hit the Potosi brewery at some point. Maybe even meet there Saturday for lunch and head out from there?