Some good ones y'all.
Pete above did the Portland to Bandon thing last year to join me. Stayed over night in North Bend, then did 36 with me at Pacific Dunes, with lunch and dinner (afterward), then drove home to Portland after dinner.
A few of mine:
While living in Alexandria, VA in early 1994, left after rush hour subsided on a Friday night down I-95 to NC, then tried to sleep in the trunk of my car (a hatchback) in a roadside motel's parking lot some time after midnight, but the activity of other people around and the police driveby's made me nervous, so I just kept on driving towards Wilmington, got there early and played 36 that day, then 36 the next day, then drove back to NoVa after that.
GCA-related trips last year:
While on a Vegas vacation w/wife's family, got up in the wee hours on Easter morning, drove to L.A., ate breakfast in Beverly Hills (saw a rather old-looking Larry King there), played at LACC, had drinks afterward, then chatted in the parking lot for about a half hour, then drove up to Rustic Canyon (about 4 weeks before it opened) to walk around a little and see things in person before the sun set, then drove back to Vegas, getting in just after midnight.
My trip that has had a few of you talking:
Left Friday night, drove though NC, VA, DC (a smidge), and MD and stayed at relatives in suburban Baltimore. Got up early for a 10:00 tee time in suburban Philadelphia, driving thourgh MD, DE, and PA. Couldn't stay for drinks, had to run to play Yale (it was June, sun set late), driving through PA, NJ, NY, and CT. Teed off around 5:45-6:00, played (walked and carried) the hellaciously hilly and wonderfully fun Yale, finishing at dusk, while playing through a group of what looked (and sounded) like Martina Navratilova (local resident) and 2 students. Then had dinner in New Haven, then drove back through CT, NY, and stayed in NJ. That was 6 states in one day, passing through 8 total, coming back through NY and NJ again. 9 states/districts in 2 days so far. Then stayed up late watching the hockey finals (local 'Canes went into 3OTs). Got up early for round at Baltusrol (Lower), then got tour of Upper course afterward. Drove to Plainfield to join a small outing of GCAers and had lunch. Going out to get my clubs, I noticed they weren't there. Left them on the bag rack back at Baltusrol, gotta go get them. Drove back, got them, on way back got lost trying to take shortcuts (death in NJ), missed first two holes, joined them on par 3 3rd. Chatted some afterwards, then drove back to Alexandria, VA to stay at sister-in-law's, driving through NJ, DE, MD, DC, and VA. Got a few hours sleep, got up and left by 4:45 a.m. to drive (too fast) back home to pick up my daughter by 8:00 to take to daycare and then go to work.
I was in 9 different states/districts and crossed borders 15 times.
There have been a few others, can't wait for the next one.