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[angelsmom10]

DD's finance' is currently stationed at Great Lakes and he tries to come home on the weekends that he doesn't have duty.   He usually gets a ride from a roommate to Peru, IN and we drive up to pick him up (he pays for gas and cheaper than flying).  This weekend, the usual ride is planning a trip to Canada and his other roommate is going home to Detroit.  He has asked us to pick him up at I75 ...I'm assuming at I94 .... we're trying to plan the timing, so I need to get several things.... an easy meeting point and an address so I can get an idea as to how long it will take us.  
 
A friend at work says it should only take about 2hrs to get to MI/OH boarder, but others are saying longer.
 
If anyone can help, I'd really appreciate it.
 
 
Thanks!!

[PopupSgt]

Nancy,
I'm reminiscing of my Navy days, after doing 10 years, the Navy will always be in mine and my wife's heart (she was 5 years Navy).  Good ole' Great Mistakes, from my calculations due to my civilian occupation I travel very frequently, I estimate 3 hours from Cincy to I94 going north on I75.  Also that can differ because I live in Mason & if you live in the southern side of Cincy then possibly 3.5 hours.

[MPTDAT]

Let me know what you need to know. I live right by Metro Airport and I75 and I94 is not that far away.

 

-Debby

[NightOwl]

"A friend at work says it should only take about 2hrs to get to MI/OH boarder, but others are saying longer.



Nancy,  "OTHERS" are right!  You cannot do this trip in two hours if you are going by land.  I'd  LOVE to know WHAT your "friend from work" drives if he/she can make that trip in two hours   :confused:  :rolleyes:   because when I do this drive (and believe me, I move right along and it's very familiar territory)  it's about  3 and a half to four hours from Cincinnati to the Michigan border--close to 200 miles, I think.

Watch out for those Ohio State Troopers--they REALLY earn their pay!  :eek:  

I hope it works out well for all of you--there's nothing like having a loved one home on leave :W

[angelsmom10]

"A friend at work says it should only take about 2hrs to get to MI/OH boarder, but others are saying longer.
 
 
 
Nancy, "OTHERS" are right! You cannot do this trip in two hours if you are going by land. I'd LOVE to know WHAT your "friend from work" drives if he/she can make that trip in two hours :confused: :rolleyes: because when I do this drive (and believe me, I move right along and it's very familiar territory) it's about 3 and a half to four hours from Cincinnati to the Michigan border--close to 200 miles, I think.
 
Watch out for those Ohio State Troopers--they REALLY earn their pay! :eek:
 
I hope it works out well for all of you--there's nothing like having a loved one home on leave :W

This friend drives it quite regularly and his wife is a detective for Cincinnati Police, along with him having several brothers and uncles also on the force, but I think he just doesn't pay real close attention.
 
DD's fiance' usually gets to come home for the weekend on a regular basis as long as he gets a ride about 1/2 way and we pick him up for the other 1/2.  But when he gets his order hopefully (or maybe not hopefully by the end of April if not sooner)...he'll be going to VA, but then the weekends will be out, although he wants to drive the distance himself, but we're fighting it as it is just tooooo lonnnnnng a drive to leave VA on Friday late afternoon and to return to VA by evening on Sunday.  That's why we've been doing this for them.  Once he's settled, they'll be setting a date.

[vjm1639]

This friend drives it quite regularly and his wife is a detective for Cincinnati Police, along with him having several brothers and uncles also on the force, but I think he just doesn't pay real close attention.
 
DD's fiance' usually gets to come home for the weekend on a regular basis as long as he gets a ride about 1/2 way and we pick him up for the other 1/2. But when he gets his order hopefully (or maybe not hopefully by the end of April if not sooner)...he'll be going to VA, but then the weekends will be out, although he wants to drive the distance himself, but we're fighting it as it is just tooooo lonnnnnng a drive to leave VA on Friday late afternoon and to return to VA by evening on Sunday. That's why we've been doing this for them. Once he's settled, they'll be setting a date.

oooooooooo...Where will he be in Virginia?   :>

[angelsmom10]

We're only guessing at this point...he requested VA, and seems everyone is being sent to VA no matter where they requested.  Our hopes are that he does go there and he's thinking Norfolk, but again, we're not sure.
 
He was originally scheduled to finish school in early to mid-May, but he got ahead and he's got only 3 weeks of school left.  Some of the people from the class before him are still waiting for their orders and it's been almost 2 months since they finished school, so only time will tell when and where his orders come in.  I wish he could find out in advance so we can start planning as DD needs to find a college where he's stationed; plus when he know where, he start the work for "on base" housing and supposedly there's a waiting list for that also.

[PopupSgt]

I never liked Norfolk and many sailors that I was stationed with hated Norfolk.  If he gets stationed there I hope that he will enjoy his first duty base.  What field is he in school for?

[vjm1639]

Wow...my brother was stationed in Norfolk for the majority of his 20 years in the Navy and loved it there.   We lived in Virginia Beach (EX was Army) for several years and I much preferred Virginia Beach.  That's only about 2 1/2 to 3 hours from where we are now.  
 
There was always a housing wait everywhere we ever lived when we were military but they do supplement your income if you have to live in the "real world".  Hey, at least she'll be close to the beach!  :>

[angelsmom10]

Well as in the past, the plans for picking-up have changed, his roommate is not going to Canada now, so it's a trip to Peru to pick him up.  This poor kid, calls me constantly upset and apologizing because the plans have changed again.  Hopefully he will get the loan transfered out of his mothers name this weekend and then he'll be allowed to take his truck with him and he'll have his own transportation to come home when he can make it.
 
As far as his jog,,,,as he and his roommate put it, we'll be making and keeping the engines running on the ship (isn't that scary).
 
As far as him liking his new location...we can only hope... he has hated being at Great Lakes, but we know he won't like anywhere else as it will only be further from DD, and family.  His step-mother was diagnosed with cancer 3 weeks ago and had immediate surgery and it's been a trying time for him and several times he has just wanted to do or say something to get him kicked out.  Along with the stress of him step-mother, the fact of being away from DD, hating Great Lakes (just not what the recruiter promised???), problems with his mother trying everything to keep him and DD apart (boycotting the engagement in every way possible-making life a living h@ll ("h@ll") for him, and some medical problems of his own (stomach, colon, and serious knee problems)...he just wants out at ANY COST.
 
We're hoping that the move to VA and the marriage withing the year (hopefully) things will straighten out.  He had orginally wanted a career, but has since changed his mind and in 4 yrs, he'll definitely be out.

[vjm1639]

LOL...ahhhh, military life is NEVER what the recruiters promise!  hehehe...after many, many years living it I can tell you I've heard some unbelivable things that were "promised" by recruiters.  However,  I think your F-SIL will find things are a lot different once he is on a base doing his real job...AND once he has your DD there with him.  It's much more relaxed....more like a real job than all the crap they put up with going through basic training and their job training.  Guess he's just going to have to learn to ignore his mom's wishes a little...gosh, that's a tough one.  ;>    But he's a big boy now who has to make his own decisions in life.  

I wish them both all the best...i remember those beginning years!!!  Some of the best times and some that seemed so hard....