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Join Date: Jul 2006
08-04-2008, 11:51 AM
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Just wondering what the avarage drive time people are putting in. Local lake is just about dried up, so I went to Engelbright Lake about 1 hour 15 min away.
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Join Date: Jun 2006
08-04-2008, 11:53 AM
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An hour and a half each way, every single time I ride.
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Join Date: Feb 2004
08-04-2008, 11:58 AM
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omg that a long trip i have 2 choices to drop my boat first is 10 minutes and second 20 minutes i always choose the first one because the seconds seems too far hahaha
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Join Date: Jan 2007
08-04-2008, 12:03 PM
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Twenty minutes each way for me, not that bad. The good news is I keep my boat in storage about two minutes from the launch ramp.
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Join Date: Nov 2001
08-04-2008, 12:10 PM
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We're set up about like Paul (drive 25 min...boat 2 min from ramp). I used to haul my boat 50 min each way....but I would cheat and take it to work with me in the morning and go straight from there...saved some precious daylight.
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Join Date: Jun 2005
08-04-2008, 12:11 PM
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5 minutes down to the boat launch
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Join Date: Sep 2006
08-04-2008, 12:13 PM
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10 minutes...and i dont have to lauch a boat.
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Join Date: May 2005
08-04-2008, 12:15 PM
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1 hour for the best lake, 30 for a good lake, 5 for a private but crowded lake.
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Join Date: Jan 2007
08-04-2008, 12:17 PM
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i have about 5 different lakes that are all 5-10 minutes away. if i'm willing to drive 15-20 minutes i have about 20 different lakes to choose from.
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Join Date: Jun 2006
08-04-2008, 12:23 PM
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hahah thanks for rubbing it in!
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Join Date: Jul 2006
08-04-2008, 12:24 PM
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45 minutes to an hour depending on traffic each way for the local lakes. anywhere from 5 to 10 hours for something nicer lakes. (Message edited by brody on August 04, 2008)
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Join Date: Mar 2007
08-04-2008, 12:26 PM
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From the time I leave the house to getting the boat, gassed up and down to the lake.. probably 75 mins. And we are pretty efficient and have a system for everything.. SUCKS! Its like a 50-60min drive involved.
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Join Date: Jun 2007
08-04-2008, 12:42 PM
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It used to take me 5 minutes to get to our local lake, but it closed down. Now we drive 40 minutes each way to Clementine.
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Join Date: Jul 2004
08-04-2008, 12:43 PM
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15 Minute drive to the private lake where we are the only ones.
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Join Date: Jun 2006
08-04-2008, 1:12 PM
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normally 50 minutes, yesterday 1 hour 45 minutes for a private lake.
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Join Date: Jun 2001
08-04-2008, 1:35 PM
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15-20 from the house. I wish I was closer but it's not too bad. 3 other lakes are within 45 minutes or so.
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Join Date: May 2007
08-04-2008, 1:40 PM
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last yr i drove an hour each way i heavy traffic. this yr my journey is a bit shorter its about a 15 foot walk to my hoist and a 5 min drive to fast water.
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Join Date: Jan 2006
08-04-2008, 1:46 PM
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10 min first choice 20 min second choice 20 min 3rd choice 45 min 4th 5th choice
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Join Date: Oct 2001
08-04-2008, 2:03 PM
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40-60 Minutes.
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Join Date: Jun 2005
08-04-2008, 2:07 PM
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I have 3 choices, all are about 45 mins away.
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Join Date: Aug 2007
08-04-2008, 2:28 PM
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3 minutes
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08-04-2008, 2:33 PM
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I drive 100 miles every Friday to get to my lake during the summer. It's a 2.5 to 3 hour drive. When winter comes around I drive about a hour and a half to get to the Delta.
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Join Date: Nov 2005
08-04-2008, 2:45 PM
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We live 45min from where our boat is moored. It’s a 1.5 hour round trip if we want to ride. It’s totally worth it though as its mainly flat out there. Any closer to our city is totally chopped out.
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Join Date: Aug 2007
08-04-2008, 2:50 PM
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3 miles
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Join Date: Jun 2002
08-04-2008, 3:50 PM
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You guys laugh at Michigan, but at any given time, pretty much no matter where you are in the state, you are never more than about 15 minutes from a lake. Within a one hour radius, I'd say you usually have 20 or more lakes to choose from.
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Join Date: Jun 2005
08-04-2008, 4:20 PM
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i cross the street to get to the boat ramp and i hate every minute of it. its even worse when i need to drive the mile out of town to go and get gas. haha im truly greatful i dont have to drive far. thats got to be a killer on gas driving 100 miles while towing a boat
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Join Date: Jul 2008
08-04-2008, 4:23 PM
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1 hour each way from SoCal. It could be 5 minutes if the OC water district didn't have a no human contact rule to its lakes.............
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Join Date: Jun 2007
08-04-2008, 4:39 PM
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Maybe a minute. I have to walk about 75yds to the dock. If I don't go on our lake, theres like 20 lakes within 15mins. Minnesota FTW!
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08-04-2008, 5:22 PM
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3 minutes to boat launch on the river
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08-04-2008, 5:32 PM
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quote:thats got to be a killer on gas driving 100 miles while towing a boat
I should of mentioned the boat stays at the lake. The truck gas is still a killer though.
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Join Date: Jun 2003
08-04-2008, 5:37 PM
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2 minutes from my indoor bike and skatepark to have my boat in the Petaluma River........
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Join Date: Jul 2008
08-04-2008, 5:39 PM
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i live on a lake, MINNESOTA FTW again
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Join Date: Nov 2006
08-04-2008, 5:41 PM
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the lake is down the street, so about 5 minutes to the ramp
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Join Date: Jun 2006
08-04-2008, 9:16 PM
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when the lakes open.. leave house to storage to lake 1 hour including gasing up to hit the river is house to storage to gas to river 20 mins i prefer the lake morning glass is great, but the river has food... hahaha its a toss up
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Join Date: Apr 2007
08-04-2008, 9:20 PM
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2 min and 47 seconds, 3 min and 47 seconds if we catch the red light
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08-05-2008, 2:09 AM
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1 hour each way
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Join Date: Feb 2006
08-05-2008, 6:14 AM
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Lanier is 1 hour each way. I go there when I want to also visit my family or ride with friends who live in the area. Hartwell is 30 minutes each way. It's a lot less crowded and a lot closer but I have a harder time getting a crew together for Hartwell. It usually ends up being my wife and kids and maybe one or two friends if they weren't out drinking too late the night before.
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Join Date: Aug 2007
08-05-2008, 7:43 AM
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however fast it takes me to walk from my house down the hill to my dock... about 20seconds
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Join Date: Jun 2007
08-05-2008, 2:51 PM
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3 min to hook up the trailer, 30 seconds drive to the ramp.
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08-05-2008, 3:03 PM
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typically about 15 mins. 30 to go out in a friends boat on a different lake and 3 hours during the winter
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Join Date: Jun 2003
08-05-2008, 3:24 PM
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Drive 30 minutes to my parents house where the boat is kept, then 15 minutes to the launch. We ride mostly on weekends and I tend to say around my parents house on the weekends.
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Join Date: Oct 2001
08-05-2008, 3:51 PM
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It depends on where I ride. 15 minutes to Folsom, 30 minutes to the Sacramento River, and an hour to an hour and a half to the various spots on the delta that I launch.
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Join Date: Dec 2005
08-05-2008, 3:53 PM
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15 miles to Shasta but only 5 miles from work. 15 miles to Whiskytown
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Join Date: Feb 2001
08-05-2008, 5:04 PM
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A little over 2 hours to the cottage but then all I have to do is walk out to the boat on the lift to ride.
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Join Date: May 2003
08-05-2008, 5:06 PM
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15 min to the boat. 5 min to the ramp. I fill up the boat on the way home from riding to save time when I'm heading out the next time ;-)
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Join Date: Jan 2007
08-05-2008, 5:44 PM
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1 hour to get to my lake. although i am on vaca in table rock and guna hit up KC tomorrow.. 3 1/2 hours plus i got drive back as soon as i ride. wooooh!
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Join Date: Aug 2005
08-07-2008, 12:54 PM
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4+ hours or 255 miles, including driving through NYC. But its my 'rents cabin so i stay for the weekend, clean out moms fridge and drink all my dads beer. Its worth it.
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Join Date: Jun 2004
08-07-2008, 1:06 PM
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40min to OWC. Or 15 sec to the dock in my back yard.
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Join Date: Feb 2007
08-07-2008, 1:11 PM
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takes me about 3 minutes to walk down the stairs in the back yard to my boat...i have alot of stairs. 3.5 hour drive to my parents cottage up north and my other boat. I love michigan.
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Join Date: Mar 2007
08-07-2008, 1:32 PM
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8min to get to the boat, 1min to get to the ramp - I love it
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Join Date: Jul 2008
08-07-2008, 1:39 PM
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Boat is stored at my parents...5 Mins from my condo to their house...then maybe 5 minutes from then to the water, stays hooked up to the truck during boating season...Gotta love it...the other lake is about 7 minutes away, its smaller and never busy, but always colder...
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Join Date: Oct 2007
08-07-2008, 5:09 PM
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We normally ride the Sacramento river. I google mapped it and it is 8mi from my driveway to the ramp. It takes us roughly 15min depending on if we have to stop for gas. Otherwise, we do 3-4 trips to Shasta each year. 3 hours one way.
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Join Date: May 2006
08-07-2008, 6:38 PM
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10 minutes to Folsom. Around 30 minutes to the Sac. 45 minutes to Clementine. Hour to the Delta. Forever and a day to the Colorado River. And sometimes, just sometimes, I like to drive 8 hours to tempt my chance at fate and wakeboard with the amoebas at Lake Elsinore.
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Join Date: May 2007
08-07-2008, 6:47 PM
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35 Minutes to the marina where the boat is at or 35 minutes to Texas Ski Ranch. Really not bad at all, I ride both of them in equal amounts. I really love that variety of boat or cable, but I actually like the cable more because i progress more.
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Join Date: Jul 2007
08-07-2008, 7:38 PM
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Closest to boat storage but 3rd choice 20 mins River...2nd choice, 25-30 mins plus ride up river Eagle Lake, MS 1hr 20 min.. but worth for a long day!
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Join Date: May 2005
08-07-2008, 8:27 PM
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40 mins to the river. Hour to the lakehouse where it's too blown out to ride on the weekends
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Join Date: Feb 2008
08-07-2008, 8:31 PM
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With in 20 Mins i have altleast 20 chices if not 30
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Join Date: Feb 2008
08-07-2008, 8:31 PM
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With in 20 Mins i have altleast 20 chices if not 30
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Join Date: Aug 2008
08-07-2008, 8:37 PM
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im 100 feet away boats always in
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Join Date: Nov 2005
08-07-2008, 9:50 PM
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2 hours each direction, but it's worth it!
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Join Date: Jun 2008
08-08-2008, 6:03 AM
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I'm a weekend warrior but hopefully that changes when I buy a boat early next year. Currently I drive 2 hours to my parent's lake house on Lake Cumberland but I stay all weekend. They are 10 minutes from the boat ramp.
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