yyz2112 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Perth, Western Australia to NYC June 29. 27 hr flight! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundog Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Perth, Western Australia to NYC June 29. 27 hr flight!You might even have come farther than Different Strings - he's in Australia too - He was here in 08 I think for a whirlwind group of shows and a Pagscon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundog Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 (edited) I flew to Vegas to see them in 07. From SW Ontario, Canada. Edited March 14, 2015 by sundog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabesCavesOfIce Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Family vacation scheduled for Syracuse NYS fair 2010. Saw that Rush was playing the fair(Time Machine tour). So decided to grab a single 8th row, decent price. Wifey works for utility and a big storm came within a hundred miles and her company called a code red. She had to work storm duty. Family vacation canceled. She insisted I go up and see the show. Not as far as some who traveled to see Rush from Adam Scott's homeland, but I did ride the train alone eight hours to see Rush. Worth every minute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
got rush? Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Baton Rouge to Syracuse, Chicago and The Gorge by air. To The Woodlands and New Orleans by car. TMTBaton Rouge to Alpharetta, Los Angeles-San Diego, Raleigh and Denver by air. To Houston by car. CWA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxxQ Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 To Cleveland from Columbus for RTB. Will beat that this year, traveling from Greer, SC to Greensboro, NC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRogers Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I guess 4 1/2 hours to Kansas City from Enid, OK. The Clockwork Angels tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 California to Toronto! R30! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calirush Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 This trip needs the story too. I saw Rush in San Jose CA 2012 Tour. My oldest son couldn't go with me since he was performing in his school musical. I was bummed he couldn't go but eventually hatched a plan. I had been wanting to see some family in Los Angeles and Avondale Az so I set it up to go to LA first, then drive with my son to Arizona to see my nephew for a night and see Rush. Needless to say it turned out to be a special trip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMCXII Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I rode a motorcycle with no windshield from Edmonton to Toronto for a couple shows in 2010. It took 4 days to get there and it was the only reason I went. I met a wide-eyed friendly hillbilly type guy outside the arena show who just rowed a boat across Lake Ontario for the show!! He couldn't get a ticket though I think because it was sold out and I remember he was Kinda broke. The guy looked crushed! I gave him my ticket because I scored a better one earlier off a fan for face value. I felt like I made his year! I ended up seeing him at intermission just hammered (more so than me!) and he buys me a shirt. Gotta love Rush concerts! :) The shows were amazing! And I'm sure I got more bugs in my teeth on the ride home than on the way there! Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I rode a motorcycle with no windshield from Edmonton to Toronto for a couple shows in 2010. It took 4 days to get there and it was the only reason I went. I met a wide-eyed friendly hillbilly type guy outside the arena show who just rowed a boat across Lake Ontario for the show!! He couldn't get a ticket though I think because it was sold out and I remember he was Kinda broke. The guy looked crushed! I gave him my ticket because I scored a better one earlier off a fan for face value. I felt like I made his year! I ended up seeing him at intermission just hammered (more so than me!) and he buys me a shirt. Gotta love Rush concerts! :) The shows were amazing! And I'm sure I got more bugs in my teeth on the ride home than on the way there! Lol That is awesome. True story- I once got into a Grateful Dead show for the last $5.00 I had to my name...and I was still 200 miles from home, after having been traveling with some show buddies (or 'show family', as we call it in Dead-speak) for a couple of weeks. You can imagine my thrill, after making it to the last shows of the tour that I planned to go to but not having a ticket to get in to the very last one, and scoring one in the lot for five bucks! That was at Deer Creek in Indianapolis, 1993. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I rode a motorcycle with no windshield from Edmonton to Toronto for a couple shows in 2010. It took 4 days to get there and it was the only reason I went. I met a wide-eyed friendly hillbilly type guy outside the arena show who just rowed a boat across Lake Ontario for the show!! He couldn't get a ticket though I think because it was sold out and I remember he was Kinda broke. The guy looked crushed! I gave him my ticket because I scored a better one earlier off a fan for face value. I felt like I made his year! I ended up seeing him at intermission just hammered (more so than me!) and he buys me a shirt. Gotta love Rush concerts! :) Very cool! And what a nice guy. The shows were amazing! And I'm sure I got more bugs in my teeth on the ride home than on the way there! Lol Eww! Clearly, you need a full-face helmet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus 2112 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I've driven 8 hours to both Edmonton and Vancouver and will be driving to Vancouver again this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtpoet Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 8.5 hours from southeast Ohio to the Meadowlands. Presto Tour. My wife and I were raised in NJ but went to college in Ohio and were living on campus at the time. So we drove straight to show and then home to see relatives. The in laws never knew went to the concert first. They thought we drove straight home. Aahh to be young again..... Ohio University? Yes - Bobcat territory.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 8.5 hours from southeast Ohio to the Meadowlands. Presto Tour. My wife and I were raised in NJ but went to college in Ohio and were living on campus at the time. So we drove straight to show and then home to see relatives. The in laws never knew went to the concert first. They thought we drove straight home. Aahh to be young again..... Ohio University? Yes - Bobcat territory.... Both of my uncles graduated from there. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtpoet Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 8.5 hours from southeast Ohio to the Meadowlands. Presto Tour. My wife and I were raised in NJ but went to college in Ohio and were living on campus at the time. So we drove straight to show and then home to see relatives. The in laws never knew went to the concert first. They thought we drove straight home. Aahh to be young again..... Ohio University? Yes - Bobcat territory.... Both of my uncles graduated from there. :)My wife graduated from there in early 1990's and son is currently a student there. He was actually born tbere as well even though we live now and grew up on the east coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 8.5 hours from southeast Ohio to the Meadowlands. Presto Tour. My wife and I were raised in NJ but went to college in Ohio and were living on campus at the time. So we drove straight to show and then home to see relatives. The in laws never knew went to the concert first. They thought we drove straight home. Aahh to be young again..... Ohio University? Yes - Bobcat territory.... Both of my uncles graduated from there. :)My wife graduated from there in early 1990's and son is currently a student there. He was actually born tbere as well even though we live now and grew up on the east coast. Southeast Ohio is a very pretty part of the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMCXII Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I rode a motorcycle with no windshield from Edmonton to Toronto for a couple shows in 2010. It took 4 days to get there and it was the only reason I went. I met a wide-eyed friendly hillbilly type guy outside the arena show who just rowed a boat across Lake Ontario for the show!! He couldn't get a ticket though I think because it was sold out and I remember he was Kinda broke. The guy looked crushed! I gave him my ticket because I scored a better one earlier off a fan for face value. I felt like I made his year! I ended up seeing him at intermission just hammered (more so than me!) and he buys me a shirt. Gotta love Rush concerts! :) Very cool! And what a nice guy. The shows were amazing! And I'm sure I got more bugs in my teeth on the ride home than on the way there! Lol Eww! Clearly, you need a full-face helmet! Thanks, and actually I close my mouth (Unless I can't help grinning lol) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panamadogg Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 My longest trip one-way was 24 hours and 2400km via motorcycle, from Edmonton, Alberta to Las Vegas in June 2011 for the Time Machine show at the MGM Grand. Another trip was about 14 hours and 1300km via motorcycle from Edmonton to Seattle in Aug. 2010 for the Time Machine show at White River. 5 hours and 500km via motorcycle from Edmonton to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in Sept. 2012 for Clockwork Angels; then the same 500km back home to Edmonton for another CA show. This summer may very well see me riding my Triumph motorcycle even further; road trip from Edmonton to Calgary for R41 show is already booked; may have to lengthen the journey West to hopefully include Vancouver, Seattle & Portland... and if I end up going that far, may as well just follow them for the last 5 shows of the tour, but time will tell! Unfortunately, in all those previous km's I've never caught up with Neil on his motorcycle on the same road. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMCXII Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 My longest trip one-way was 24 hours and 2400km via motorcycle, from Edmonton, Alberta to Las Vegas in June 2011 for the Time Machine show at the MGM Grand. Another trip was about 14 hours and 1300km via motorcycle from Edmonton to Seattle in Aug. 2010 for the Time Machine show at White River. 5 hours and 500km via motorcycle from Edmonton to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in Sept. 2012 for Clockwork Angels; then the same 500km back home to Edmonton for another CA show. This summer may very well see me riding my Triumph motorcycle even further; road trip from Edmonton to Calgary for R41 show is already booked; may have to lengthen the journey West to hopefully include Vancouver, Seattle & Portland... and if I end up going that far, may as well just follow them for the last 5 shows of the tour, but time will tell! Unfortunately, in all those previous km's I've never caught up with Neil on his motorcycle on the same road. Hey a fellow Edmontonian! I just purchased my tickets today for Calgary and Van! I don't have a bike but I'm so pumped already! I went to a Vancouver show in 2011 I think it was..(?) and saw Neil's bus and trailer parked just inside the BC border. I pulled in not far from it but never saw anyone special.. I should've walked into the restraint that was there .. Or not. I think I chickened out because I was wearing a Rush shirt lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk98 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 By the way, it really should be "farthest." "What is the *farthest* you have traveled for a Rush show?" "Furthest" describes detail or depth, "farthest" describes distance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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