I grew up in MI, bought tickets to a show at E. Lansing, moved to Fort Meyers, FL in the time between and drove the 22 hours back to attend the awesome show!!
05 drove from NY to Montreal
06 flew from NY to Hawaii
96 from Bronx to Randall's Island, probably took longer to do than any other trip and its like 5 miles away on a map.
New York to Reading
New York to Albany
New York to Camden
New York to East Rutherford
New York to Los Angeles
New York to Chicago
Reading 2004
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016 Fenway 2, 2018 MSG 2022 St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023 MSG 2024, MSG 2024 Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
98 MI to Hartford 12 hrs (each way)
98 MI to Barrie 6 hrs (each way)
98 MI to E. Troy 6 hrs (each way)
00 MI to Noblesville 7 hrs (each way)
00 MI to E. Troy 6 hrs (each way)
03 MI to Champaign 7 hrs (each way)
...various travels within MI too (98-06) 16 hrs (total each way)
Total = 60 hrs each way
mmmmm, it does go well with the chicken.....delicious again peter
E. Troy 98, E. Lansing 98, Barrie 98, Hartford 98, Noblesville 00, Detroit 00, E. Troy 00, Champaign 03, Detroit 03 x 2, Grand Rapids 06, Detroit 06, EV Milwaukee 08, SLC 09, Missoula 12
I did orange county to berkeley last weekend and I swear it is closer than LA in terms of time and resources...$56 and 75 minutes on southwest airlines.
Anyway, the farthest I've traveled to see a show was newport beach to brisbane in '03...Still probably the best trip I've ever taken. I guess it's about time to raise the bar
I know that our group of 5 will be departing from Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada on the 26th to drive down to Hartford, then the two Mansfield shows. Going to be a ridiculously fun trip, and worth the 11-12 hours drive down to Hartford.
My question...How long have YOU traveled either in a group, or by yourself to see Pearl Jam? Interested in seeing the responses!
Boston to Morrison, CO Red Rocks baby!!!! It was pretty amazing!
2003: uniondale, both MSGs, holmdel: drove/took train to all concerts with hubby.
2004: drove solo up to boston, met up with a friend for both shows.....drove with another friend home. drove down solo for reading show, had a friend drive to/from show....crash at his house.....drove home solo.
2005: i flew out to seattle, solo.....then met up with friends to drive to the gorge thru edmonton shows....flew home solo.
2006: i flew to italy, solo...met up with friends and strangers, shared a van thru all 5 tour spots....train with friends back to bologna, flew home solo.
2007: i flew to london, solo.....met up and stayed/traveled with friends for london, dusseldorf and nijmegen gigs....flew home from amsterdam solo.
2008: will drive with hubby down for DC show.....then share the train into the city - as we do every day - for both MSGs.....may drive solo or with friends for hartford and mansfield I....probably drive home solo.
i think the drive to montreal was something around 15 hours, flight to toronto was a quick 2.5 hours hehe
the longest trip of all (not time wise) was after st.john's 2, i hung around a bar (where a lot of the bands crew were at) until 4am, took a cab to the airport, flew into halifax, walked to the tim horton's by the highway, waited 45 mins or so, hopped in a shuttle bus for a 4 hour ride to summerside, walked 20 mins to my brothers house and he drove me home, i was spent.
Hmm the longestI ewver travelled to seePJ was a year and a half following them from Lollapalooza of 92- t5he replacement shows of 95... the last of which I saw was November 5th and 6th. I travelled all together like 1700 miles I figured up the other day.. I've seen them 12 times.. and I'm working on show 13 in TN this year so add 538 miles to 1700 and that's how far.. :-)
I am from the Miramichi as well...... in Moncton now............ I am heading down to Mansfield for both shows as well............ hope you have a blast
the tweeter center is a rocking good time
The greatest time travelled to see Pearl Jam was when I drove from Calgary to the Gorge, by way of Vancouver and Seattle. It took around 17 hours total, but was so worth it.
2000: Buenos Aires to West Palm Beach and Tampa.
2005: Buenos Aires to Santiago, Porto, Curitiba, Sao Paulo and Rio.
2006: Buenos Aires to Madrid, Paris, Bern and Bologna.
2007: Buenos Aires to London, Dusseldorf, Hurricane Fest, Copnehagen, Nijmegen and Werchter.
2008: I´ll hit the road again, so I´ll see you all in Camden...
2006: From FLA for a couple of shows in Denver then to Vegas for some more Jam and R&R.
2007: My wife wanted to go to Paris,PJ playing in Europe around that time. Talked her into 5 days in Amsterdam then went to Nijmegen & Werchter then Paris. Can't wait for the next european tour so I can head back to Amsterdam!
2008: Heading back up to NY for the remainder of the tour!
So, What you Giving ?........ (Thanks Speedy, Alesek, & Arq+friends)
What You Giving
I suggest you step out on your Porch.
Run away my son. See it all. Oh, See the World!
to CHILE back in 05 ,i have seen them here in different states but not alot of driving ,i drove to pennstate 03 that's about as long as i have driving to see them ...
I think Eric is talking about Philly Jason for distance and time travelled to a show, not how many. I don't think anyone will will ever pass Amy in how many!
For me it would either be a
55 hour nonstop drive from Adelaide to Perth
or a
45 hour nonstop drive from DC through Atlanta to Denver
The toughest one for me was a 22 hour nonstop drive from Vancouver to San Fran and then the same drive back, by myself because Babs and Steph were useless in the driving department haha
BUT the winner is definitely Newfie Joe taking 2 full weeks to hitch hike across the country from St Johns NFLD, all the way west to Vancouver for the start of the Canadian tour.
Jason
I'm surprised Joe only took 2 days!
there are people ready to pick him up as a hitchiker? :eek:
i flew from manchester NH to Los Angeles and then drove to mountain view, cali for one of those bridge school benfit shows back in 1999 or 2000 i forget which year. It was on halloween i remember that. Then in 2005 i drove along with three friends to the halifax Nova Scotia show. That was well worth the 12 hour drive. With my ten club tix myself and a friends got 3rd row center for something like 120 bucks. While my other 2 friends paid over 400 bucks to sit 3 rows from the rear of the arena in the balcony
Comments
06 flew from NY to Hawaii
96 from Bronx to Randall's Island, probably took longer to do than any other trip and its like 5 miles away on a map.
all worth it!
Boston to Mountain View, CA
Boston to Albany, NY
Boston to New York City
Durham, NC to Boston
non-overnight shows
Boston, Mansfield, Hartford, Augusta ME
New York to Albany
New York to Camden
New York to East Rutherford
New York to Los Angeles
New York to Chicago
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
MSG 2024, MSG 2024
Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
98 MI to Barrie 6 hrs (each way)
98 MI to E. Troy 6 hrs (each way)
00 MI to Noblesville 7 hrs (each way)
00 MI to E. Troy 6 hrs (each way)
03 MI to Champaign 7 hrs (each way)
...various travels within MI too (98-06) 16 hrs (total each way)
Total = 60 hrs each way
E. Troy 98, E. Lansing 98, Barrie 98, Hartford 98, Noblesville 00, Detroit 00, E. Troy 00, Champaign 03, Detroit 03 x 2, Grand Rapids 06, Detroit 06, EV Milwaukee 08, SLC 09, Missoula 12
typically hit all shows within 100 miles of NYC
NY shows, hartford philly since 96
"traveled" to AC, reading, albany 06 and lolla.
Those are the longest trips. Luckily.
Four this time around. Camden, MSGx2, and hartford.
Flew from DC to chicago then drove to Alpine in 2003.
East Troy '03
Boston I '04
Pittsburgh '06
Lollapalooza '07
DC '08
MSG I & II '08
Anyway, the farthest I've traveled to see a show was newport beach to brisbane in '03...Still probably the best trip I've ever taken. I guess it's about time to raise the bar
At least a dozen times.
Boston to Morrison, CO Red Rocks baby!!!! It was pretty amazing!
2004: drove solo up to boston, met up with a friend for both shows.....drove with another friend home. drove down solo for reading show, had a friend drive to/from show....crash at his house.....drove home solo.
2005: i flew out to seattle, solo.....then met up with friends to drive to the gorge thru edmonton shows....flew home solo.
2006: i flew to italy, solo...met up with friends and strangers, shared a van thru all 5 tour spots....train with friends back to bologna, flew home solo.
2007: i flew to london, solo.....met up and stayed/traveled with friends for london, dusseldorf and nijmegen gigs....flew home from amsterdam solo.
2008: will drive with hubby down for DC show.....then share the train into the city - as we do every day - for both MSGs.....may drive solo or with friends for hartford and mansfield I....probably drive home solo.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
no offense to NJ peeps!
my God and everyone else was getting drunk on the bus! I was like 'what's up with that?'!
"Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
6-01-06
6/25/08
Free Speedy
and Metsy!
the longest trip of all (not time wise) was after st.john's 2, i hung around a bar (where a lot of the bands crew were at) until 4am, took a cab to the airport, flew into halifax, walked to the tim horton's by the highway, waited 45 mins or so, hopped in a shuttle bus for a 4 hour ride to summerside, walked 20 mins to my brothers house and he drove me home, i was spent.
06/29/03 09/22/05 09/24/05 09/25/05 05/09/06 05/10/06
Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
The very best! Hope to see you down there!
~ is your Pearl Jam cup half empty, or 1/2 Full?
2005: Buenos Aires to Santiago, Porto, Curitiba, Sao Paulo and Rio.
2006: Buenos Aires to Madrid, Paris, Bern and Bologna.
2007: Buenos Aires to London, Dusseldorf, Hurricane Fest, Copnehagen, Nijmegen and Werchter.
2008: I´ll hit the road again, so I´ll see you all in Camden...
2007: My wife wanted to go to Paris,PJ playing in Europe around that time. Talked her into 5 days in Amsterdam then went to Nijmegen & Werchter then Paris. Can't wait for the next european tour so I can head back to Amsterdam!
2008: Heading back up to NY for the remainder of the tour!
What You Giving
I suggest you step out on your Porch.
Run away my son. See it all. Oh, See the World!
Bridge School '06 Night 1 & 2
Venice '07 pummeled by the sleet!
Nijmegen '07
Werchter '07
April Fools ~ LA1
there are people ready to pick him up as a hitchiker? :eek: