Latest update 4/17/99 6:30 PM EDT
changes, updates, new additions in bold

 

  GREYHOUND
UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD


Sparky

HITCHHIKER: Sparky, a 9 year old brindle male. His present owner has to give him up because of health problems (hers, not Sparky's). He needs rides to his new home in NC.

STARTING POINT: Windham NH

DESTINATION: Cedar Grove NC

TARGET DATE: April 17

Please see the suggested route table below the map. Anywhere there's a blank, it needs to be filled. And backups are crucial. They get called into action more often than you'd think. If you can take a leg (or two) or even part of a leg, please email Kate. Please don't be embarassed to volunteer for a partial leg. We can always try to find someone to fill in the gap. Some of the proposed legs are a bit long and none of them are carved in stone. Offering to help at all makes you a special Greyhound person.

 

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

Map courtesy of MapBlast

 

OUR INTREPID VOLUNTEER DRIVERS
(changes, updates, new additions in blue)

IT'S A GO!!!
Leg To - from Approx.
Miles		 Approx.
Hours		 ETA Volunteer Date
Avail.
1 Windham NH to Providence RI 86 1h30m DONE Mary Campagnolo 4/17
  backup       Sarah Norton 4/17
  backup       Paula Potvin 4/17
2 Providence to Hartford CT 75 1h30m DONE Gail Moorehead 4/17
  backup       Mary Campagnolo 4/17
3 Hartford to New York NY 119 2h10m DONE Karen Spern 4/17
  backup          
4 New York to Philadalphia PA 94 1h45m DONE Barb Carnahan 4/17
  backup       Liz Guadagno 4/17
5 Philadelphia to Baltimore MD 107 1h50m DONE Linda Cors 4/17
  backup       Barbara Hazard 4/17
6 Baltimore to Fredericksburg VA 101 1h45m DONE Sandy Middlebrook 4/17
  backup       Chuck/Nettie Schruhl 4/17
7 Fredericksburg to Petersburg VA 79 1hr30m DONE Cathy Schuchman 4/17
  backup          
8 Petersburg to Cedar Grove NC 152 2h45m DONE Robbin Wiseman 4/17
Total Windham NH to Cedar Grove NC 813 +/- 14h45m*   A lot of
GREYT
people!		 ------

* Total driving time only. Potty stops, meal stops and transfer times between runners have not been factored in. Figure at least 15 minutes per transfer stop. With 7 transfers on this run, we can figure on at least another 2 hours added to the total trip time. So we need to get an early start and stay on schedule as much as possible.

ALL VOLUNTEERS: Some of you are old hands at this, but some are new, so here are some suggestions. You will be receiving email messages as a group from me. Please save at least one of these messages, as all the email addresses will be on it. If/when you reply to a group email, it's usually best to use your "Reply All" button.

Please contact both of the people you will be meeting as soon as possible. You will need to decide on specific meeting places, swap phone numbers (cell phone #s if you have them!), and descriptions of the vehicles you will be driving. If you have trouble finding a meeting place, let me know and I'll try to locate a truckstop or something for you.

When you have decided on your meeting places, please let me know. For security reasons, these will NOT be published here, but I do need to know. If you are meeting at a truckstop, restaurant or other place that will have a phone, please try to get the phone number for me. Also send me the descriptions of your vehicles. This is so I can reach you at your meeting place if necessary.

I will start filling in the ETA blocks on the tables when I get the start time for the first leg. I'll check with each of you as I go through them to be sure you think you can make the posted times. If you can't, we can adjust.

As far as I know, I will be at home near my phone and computer during the run (and most of the time until then). If I have to be away during the run, I will try to arrange for somebody else to be the central contact and let you all know who it is. If you run into any kind of problem before you leave, email me. If you run into any kind of problem after you leave that will cause a significant delay, call me or the central contact person ASAP.

When you get back from your run, please email me so I'll know your leg has been safely completed. Better yet, email the whole group. Once everybody has gotten home, it's fun to hear how the other legs went.

If you have trouble coming up with a meeting place, let me know. I may be able to help find something.

If you are listed as a backup, please make sure the primary driver for your leg knows all possible ways to contact you if you are needed.

Since we have followed this same route in previous runs, those who were backups before will get first refusal on this trip, all other things being equal. We'd like everybody to have a chance to participate sometime.

Take with you:

 

Be safe and be prepared to have a ball!

OTHER GUR RUNS

See where we've been and sometimes see pictures of our passengers along the way and/or with their new families.

GUR Unofficial Homepage - what we do and why we do it.

Tambourine and Apollo - St. Louis MO to Port Allegany PA - Aug. 8-9, 1998

Grant - Sarasota FL to Raleigh NC - Aug. 8, 1998

Decoy - Goffstown NH to Durham NC - Sep. 12, 1998

Keeley - Belington WV to St. Louis MO - Nov. 7, 1998

Gabbi - Tupelo MS to Durham NC - Nov. 21, 1998

Robby - Exeter RI to Virginia Beach VA - Feb. 13, 1999

Valentine Puppy (now named Jade) - Abilene KS to Port Allegany PA - Feb. 19-21, 1999

Rooster - Cache OK to Napoleon OH - May 1-2, 1999 - Run cancelled

AC - Rock Island IL to Cedar Grove NC - May 8-9, 1999