Kevin's Watch

Posted: **Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:22 am**

So now that I live in Omaha I'm curious as to how close I am to other active watchers. Anybody located nearby? Somewhat nearby? Weekend road trip nearby? Fill me in peeps!

Posted: **Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:08 am**

Piece of cake. It's a straight line.

Driving directions to Huntington, NY
This route has tolls.

1,284 mi, 19 hours 13 mins In current traffic: 19 hours 13 mins

Omaha, NE
1. Head west on Leavenworth St toward S 56th St
0.4 mi
2. Turn left onto S 60th St
2.0 mi
3. Take the ramp onto I-80 E
Entering Iowa
127 mi
4. Take the exit toward I-80 E
0.3 mi
5. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Chicago/Minneapolis and merge onto I-80 E
166 mi
6. Take exit 290 for Interstate 280/US-6 E toward Rock Island/Moline
0.7 mi
7. Merge onto I-280 E/US-6 E
Continue to follow I-280 E
Entering Illinois
26.7 mi
8. Continue onto I-80 E
Partial toll road
Entering Indiana
168 mi
9. Take exit 16 to merge onto I-80 E/I-90 E
Partial toll road
Entering Ohio
278 mi
10. Continue straight onto I-80 E
Toll road
76.2 mi
11. Take exit 218 for I-80 E
Toll road
0.9 mi
12. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Mahoning Ave/OH-18 and merge onto I-80 E
Partial toll road
Passing through Pennsylvania
Entering New Jersey
391 mi
13. Slight left onto Interstate 80 Express E
6.0 mi
14. Merge onto Interstate 95 Express N
2.6 mi
15. Continue onto Interstate 95 Upper Level N
Partial toll road
Entering New York
2.6 mi
16. Continue onto I-95 N
4.7 mi
17. Continue onto Cross Bronx Expy
0.4 mi
18. Continue onto I-295 S
Partial toll road
4.1 mi
19. Take the exit onto Cross Island Pkwy
3.9 mi
20. Take exit 30E to merge onto I-495 E/Long Island Expy toward Eastern Long Island
11.0 mi
21. Take exit 40E for New York State 25 E toward Syosset
0.2 mi
22. Merge onto New York 25 E/Jericho Turnpike
7.7 mi
23. Turn left onto Oakwood Rd
2.8 mi
24. Turn right onto High St
0.1 mi
25. Turn right onto New York Ave
36 ft

Huntington, NY

Bring some good steaks, I'll supply the booze.

Posted: **Wed Mar 06, 2013 1:47 pm**

About 7 or 8, I'm thinking. Ok, I checked. 7 hr 19 min, according to Google maps. Which means it can probably be done in 6 1/2. You're always welcome here. There's a lot to do in Chicago, but you definitely would want to come out the last weekend of July. That's the Newberry Library Book Fair. Actually, anyone who wants to come out, that would be a good weekend to come to Chicago.

Posted: **Wed Mar 06, 2013 3:34 pm**

Chicago is nice...

I could offer my mom's old house for overflow housing. Free room and board in exchange for helping to paint the fence! It's two hours from the Loop, but....

Posted: **Wed Mar 06, 2013 5:59 pm**

Roughly 4.600 miles as the crow flies, but there's an ocean in between.

Posted: **Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:59 am**

Around 15,500 miles, but that's via Japan and Hawaii. I could cut it down heaps by going straight across the Pacific to under 10,000 miles. Takes 512 hours apparently if driving and ferrying...

Posted: **Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:29 am**

1,700 miles via I-29 and I-90 to the Seattle area.

Posted: **Thu Mar 07, 2013 6:01 am**

941 mi, 13 hours 53 mins

amost due north

Posted: **Thu Mar 07, 2013 7:11 am**

Damn... I am in the middle of nowhere....

Posted: **Thu Mar 07, 2013 10:49 am**

4483 miles. I see you have a Lincoln nearby!

Posted: **Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:37 am**

9,087 miles.

--A

Posted: **Fri Mar 08, 2013 6:35 am**

Cameraman Jenn wrote:Damn... I am in the middle of nowhere....

look up on google maps - you will see it is almost a straight shot, angleton texas to you. just saying.

Posted: **Sat Mar 09, 2013 3:25 am**

For those of you farthest away I suggest you get started on your treks sooner rather than later and we all meet here in the middle of nowhere..

Posted: **Tue Mar 12, 2013 4:52 pm**

centreville, virginia to omaha, nebraska

I-80 West 1,162 mi, 17 hours 18 mins

(thru pittsburgh, cleveland, and chicago, i might add)

Posted: **Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:43 pm**

913 miles.

Posted: **Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:57 pm**

It's a fourthousandsixhundred miles to Omaha, NE, I've got a full tank of gas, half a bottle of diet coke, it's dark, and I'm wearing sunglasses. Hit it.

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:00 am**

Sweet!

Posted: **Thu Mar 14, 2013 4:04 am**

Vader wrote:It's a fourthousandsixhundred miles to Omaha, NE, I've got a full tank of gas, half a bottle of diet coke, it's dark, and I'm wearing sunglasses. Hit it.

So you're on a mission from God?

Posted: **Thu Mar 14, 2013 4:53 am**

Vader does need to visit me here and drive his namesake.... Jeep Vader....

Posted: **Sun Mar 17, 2013 9:28 pm**

aliantha wrote:So you're on a mission from God?

Don't you blaspheme in here! Don't you blaspheme in here!

Cameraman Jenn wrote:Vader does need to visit me here and drive his namesake.... Jeep Vader....

I wish.

Kevin's Watch

Cameraman Jenn in Omaha Nebraska

Cameraman Jenn in Omaha Nebraska