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JTizzle

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Dec 23, 2010 12:14 PM
How many chatters have to travel for Christmas to visit family and friends? How far do you have to go?

I have to travel down to the great Ohio river to my Grandmas for the Family thing down there. It's about 100 miles one way. Always go there on Christmas eve and drive back in the evening after the festivities.
Dec 23, 2010 12:14pm
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iclfan2

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6,360 posts
Dec 23, 2010 12:42 PM
Drove from NC to NE Ohio, about 540 miles and luckily only took 7 and a half hours, through the night Friday night. Last year it took about 26 hours due to a blizzard. Drove up with my brother but have to do the whole trip back myself on Sunday.
Dec 23, 2010 12:42pm
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power i

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Dec 23, 2010 1:49 PM
2 blocks to the in-law's house.
Dec 23, 2010 1:49pm
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McFly1955

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Dec 23, 2010 2:45 PM
power i;611610 wrote:2 blocks to the in-law's house.

2-3 blocks for inlaws, 1 block for my parents, then done.
Dec 23, 2010 2:45pm
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j_crazy

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8,372 posts
Dec 23, 2010 2:49 PM
well, if i were coming home it'd be something like 1150 miles.

but alas i'm oncall until wednesday
Dec 23, 2010 2:49pm
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Tiger2003

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Dec 23, 2010 3:02 PM
Flying to Dallas in the morning from Washington DC to see the fiancées family. Fly back to DC Sunday night.
Dec 23, 2010 3:02pm
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cbus4life

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Dec 23, 2010 3:17 PM
Not able to be with family, unfortunately, too expensive to fly home, but will be heading up to Tauranga/Mt. Maunganui, New Zealand from the 24th to the 28th. Will be nice to spend the holidays at the beach!
Dec 23, 2010 3:17pm
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Enforcer

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2,140 posts
Dec 23, 2010 4:31 PM
Headed to Cuyahoga Falls tomorrow eve, Then Down to Mansfield Xmas Day
Dec 23, 2010 4:31pm
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coyotes22

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11,298 posts
Dec 23, 2010 6:04 PM
Only going out Christmas Eve, to the Inlaws, across town.
Dec 23, 2010 6:04pm
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Firad

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1,525 posts
Dec 23, 2010 6:10 PM
Not traveling. Errybody comes here for Christmas.
Dec 23, 2010 6:10pm
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oberhaus

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868 posts
Dec 23, 2010 6:11 PM
Gibsonburg to Holgate then to Bluffton then back to Gibsonburg. All Christmas Day.

Sent from my DROIDX
Dec 23, 2010 6:11pm
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gerb131

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Dec 24, 2010 10:23 AM
From L-Town to Norwich then to Sugar Grove and back to L-Town on the 25th.
Dec 24, 2010 10:23am
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bigkahuna

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Dec 24, 2010 10:30 AM
Usually we have to drive from Temperance, MI (Just across the border from Toledo) up to the in-law's Christmas Eve morning for breakfast, then up to the grandma in-law's house for Christmas Eve dinner, which is a little NW of Detroit, so about 1 1/2 hours. The drive from there down to St. Marys, OH that night, which takes almost 4 hours and usually arrive around 9pm for my step dad's side of the family. We wake up Christmas morning for my mom's side of the family. Drive home early the next day for the other side of the in-laws. It sucks because we are constantly driving.

I can't wait till we have our 1st kid, so everyone can come to me.
Dec 24, 2010 10:30am
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se-alum

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Dec 24, 2010 11:59 AM
.25 miles to the parents house Christmas Eve, then again on Christmas Day. I'm gonna have a good mile wrapped up in my Christmas travels.
Dec 24, 2010 11:59am
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ptown_trojans_1

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Dec 24, 2010 12:12 PM
DC to Portsmouth yesterday. Usually takes 7-7 1/2 hours, but massive traffic out of DC and a blinding snow storm near Morgantown made the trip 8 hours and 45 minutes.
Dec 24, 2010 12:12pm
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believer

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8,153 posts
Dec 24, 2010 7:22 PM
State College, PA to Coshocton day after Christmas...5 hour drive. Two nights and then back to Pennsylvania.
Dec 24, 2010 7:22pm
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LJ

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16,351 posts
Dec 24, 2010 8:00 PM
Drove to Buffalo NY last night. Here until Monday. Snow from east of Cleveland the whole rest of the way. Left at 7:45pm and rolled in at 1:45am
Dec 24, 2010 8:00pm
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Be Nice

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1,120 posts
Dec 24, 2010 8:29 PM
My parents drove up from Portsmouth to Hilliard this year for 3 days. 102 miles one way.
Dec 24, 2010 8:29pm
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Dec 24, 2010 9:18 PM
My wife and I are heading up to newark tomorrow to visit with my mom.
Dec 24, 2010 9:18pm
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ptown_trojans_1

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Dec 24, 2010 9:25 PM
Be Nice;612862 wrote:My parents drove up from Portsmouth to Hilliard this year for 3 days. 102 miles one way.

Aunt, uncle and cousins are doing the opposite tomorrow. Hilliard to Ptown.
Dec 24, 2010 9:25pm
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gerb131

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9,932 posts
Dec 25, 2010 9:41 AM
Nice fresh 2in of snow to make travel a little more difficult.
Dec 25, 2010 9:41am
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LJ

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Dec 25, 2010 2:37 PM
gerb131;613060 wrote:Nice fresh 2in of snow to make travel a little more difficult.

lol, there is almost 2 ft on the ground here and got 4" overnight and my fiancee's uncle said "the roads were great on the way over"
Dec 25, 2010 2:37pm
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Cat Food Flambe'

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1,230 posts
Dec 25, 2010 7:11 PM
No traveling this week. Went to Seattle last week - came back to Louisville and met my wife there for a visit with her family.

I dread flying around Thanksgiving and Christmas - call it the "amateur hour". The "once every three years" travelers are out and about, and still think the airlines are going to hold their hands all the way to Omaha just like they did in 1961.
Dec 25, 2010 7:11pm
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Speedofsand

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Dec 25, 2010 7:15 PM
drove from Daytona Beach to Virginia Beach yesterday. Roads were good, traffic was not bad at all. Made it in 10 hours. Supposed to snow here tonite & tomorrow.
Dec 25, 2010 7:15pm
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GoChiefs

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Dec 26, 2010 12:26 AM
Made the 130 mile trek to my parents house on Thursday. Came back to Massillon this afternoon, then had to go to Perry to the in-laws. Finally got home to open gifts at OUR house around 10:00 this evening.
Dec 26, 2010 12:26am