How about a group drive/meet on May 3rd?

[Ulrich]

[Cross-post from "The Other Website"]

Well, I think I'll be taking the car down to Texas the weekend of the 10th. So with that in mind, is anyone interested in some kind of group drive/meeting the weekend before? A quick glance at the Tribune's event calendar tells me that the "Tulip Time Festival" in Holland, MI starts on the 3rd ("Scrubbed streets and six million blooms").

I figure it's about three hours each way, leisurely cruising speed, or maybe a bit longer if you took some side roads along Lake Michigan. One could make a day of it; drive up in the morning, have lunch in Michigan, smell the roses, uhm, tulips and get back to Chicago in the evening. Not that I am a flower fanatic, but it's as good a destination as any.

Or alternatively we could drive out west to The Field Of Dreams. Probably the same distance, and if you followed the old Lincoln Highway, you could get a pretty scenic route.

Anyone?

[Ulrich]

Fudge. That should have been May 3, of course. Can one of the moderators fix the subject?

[Greg Stevens]

I just fixed for you...

[Ulrich]

Yes, but you did not vote and said that you wanted to join the group (if there ends up being a group, that is). What the heck, does somebody need to kick y'all out of hibernation?!

[Urmil]

Sorry, no can do for me. Busy week for me in Cali.

[Greg Stevens]

Me no can do either...sorry.

But if a group comes together, make sure to get our insurance to cover it. Drives on public roads are full of crazy people (and I don't mean people in S2000's!)

[Ulrich]

Right now it seems that we'd be three cars. Not sure if that'd be enought to make it worthwhile.

Maybe we just need to plan further in advance. I think the World Championship Chili Cookout is taking place in southern Texas at the end of October. That could be a more attractive destination. Should we start the sign-up already? :rolleyes2