Hi all,
Just wanted to get an idea for what meets you all are planning for 2015 since I've heard some rumblings in various threads and on chat.
I'm looking to host a two-day Baltimore and Eastern Shore Maryland meet in either February or the beginning of March.
I'd love to come to a two-day Maryland meet. My Spring break is between March 2-16 which I will more than likely be home in PA for, so I'd definitely be able to attend if the meet takes place during this time.
I'd definitely be looking at the two day Maryland meet as well.
I'm planning to host a Utica/Rome meet around June.
I'm giving some thought to doing a western Kentucky meet that would focus on I-69 conversion and the construction of the new US 68/KY 80 bridge across Kentucky Lake.
A Louisville bridges meet is also do-able.
Both of these are concepts and I have no firm plans for them; they are merely possibilities.
I will probably do a Pikeville encore once the new US 460 routing is opened, and as work progresses on the other sections that are under construction. The new section of road is scheduled to be ceremonially opened on Dec. 17. I don't know when it will actually open to traffic, but I suspect it'll be sometime around that date.
The recent Roads Scholar Summit in Tulsa was cool. It might be enough to last me for a while.
I was wondering about any meets that would be happening before the Denver meet in 2015. I'd be up for the Maryland meet for sure. I really want to come and visit some people in the area, too (you know who you are). :)
I hope that the I-22/65 interchange is actually finished next year. Right now the completion date is October 2015. If that holds, then I plan on doing a second Birmingham meet to tour the new interchange as well as the Birmingham Northern Beltline construction around late October or early November 2015. However, if the completion date slips again, like it has many times already, then the date of that meet will slip with it.
Any updates on a potential NW Arkansas Meet? I'd be interested in that one. Of course, there is also the UP Meet for next Labor Day.
Attendees to the Merritt Parkway and Quebec City meets may know that I am considering hosting a meet in Portland, Maine next year. I'm also looking into the possibility of a new Tappan Zee Bridge meet.
Quote from: codyg1985 on October 21, 2014, 09:34:55 PM
I hope that the I-22/65 interchange is actually finished next year. Right now the completion date is October 2015. If that holds, then I plan on doing a second Birmingham meet to tour the new interchange as well as the Birmingham Northern Beltline construction around late October or early November 2015. However, if the completion date slips again, like it has many times already, then the date of that meet will slip with it.
Any updates on a potential NW Arkansas Meet? I'd be interested in that one.
The completion date for the 5.8 mile section of Future I-49 at Chaffee Crossing (if that were to somehow be incorporated into a NWA meet) has also gradually slipped, with IDriveArkansas (http://www.idrivearkansas.com/) now projecting an "Early 2015" completion date; however, I do believe that they are close.......
Quote from: codyg1985 on October 21, 2014, 09:34:55 PM
Any updates on a potential NW Arkansas Meet? I'd be interested in that one.
Ooh... I forgot about NW Arkansas. I am still interested in attending that one. It's probably more realistic for me to attend that than Denver, but we'll see.
I'm looking at a Tappan Zee meet centered around a tour. Obviously, setting up a tour will be the major factor in determining when that happens.
Quote from: Ian on October 21, 2014, 10:38:00 AM
I'd love to come to a two-day Maryland meet. My Spring break is between March 2-16 which I will more than likely be home in PA for, so I'd definitely be able to attend if the meet takes place during this time.
Quote from: vdeane on October 21, 2014, 01:03:47 PM
I'd definitely be looking at the two day Maryland meet as well.
Quote from: codyg1985 on October 21, 2014, 09:34:55 PM
I was wondering about any meets that would be happening before the Denver meet in 2015. I'd be up for the Maryland meet for sure. I really want to come and visit some people in the area, too (you know who you are). :)
w00t! March 7-8 or 14-15 are my ideal dates for hosting. The Saturday would be Baltimore and the Sunday on the Eastern Shore (just over the Bay Bridge). It's still way too far out to decide on a precise weekend, though.
Quote from: hbelkins on October 21, 2014, 02:19:41 PM
I will probably do a Pikeville encore once the new US 460 routing is opened, and as work progresses on the other sections that are under construction. The new section of road is scheduled to be ceremonially opened on Dec. 17. I don't know when it will actually open to traffic, but I suspect it'll be sometime around that date.
Would you plan the meet in December before or after Christmas, or in January?
Quote from: Laura on October 26, 2014, 05:44:33 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 21, 2014, 02:19:41 PM
I will probably do a Pikeville encore once the new US 460 routing is opened, and as work progresses on the other sections that are under construction. The new section of road is scheduled to be ceremonially opened on Dec. 17. I don't know when it will actually open to traffic, but I suspect it'll be sometime around that date.
Would you plan the meet in December before or after Christmas, or in January?
It would definitely be after Christmas. Found out Friday that the road will officially open on Dec. 17 as well, after the dedication ceremony.
I have plans for a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre meet in March 2015. Likely date is March 21, but we'll see.
I plan on doing a Central Pennsylvania meet around April 2016, Mt Rose AVE interchange project on I-83 and several other small projects in the area will start ramping up around that time. That is the only meet I am planning on doing for sure in the next 18 months. As for attending meets, I am still eyeing up Denver depending on the final date for that, HB if you do anything next year, as long as there is no toy show I should be good to go, any meets in late March early April I may not be able to make with 2 BIG toy show\ conventions around that time, one in Lexington, KY the other is the spring Steel City Con show.
I have no clue what meets I will be attending or hosting.
I am kicking the idea of a Madison area meet around, but I'm floating other things non-roads things around that will change whether or not I do anything.
Quote from: SSOWorld on October 27, 2014, 07:14:03 PM
I have no clue what meets I will be attending or hosting.
I am kicking the idea of a Madison area meet around, but I'm floating other things non-roads things around that will change whether or not I do anything.
Madison would be awesome, and I'd try my best to go! Just keep in mind that the Upper Peninsula meet will be in September. I haven't heard of any other Great Lakes meets in 2015 yet.
But speaking of which... hasn't Brandon been floating an Indiana meet?
He's floating an idea for the new Lake Shore Drive area. If Madison happens it will be likely in April. I want to get some of the old relics before they go away due to the start of the Verona Rd SPUI construction.
I'd strongly consider attending a Madison meet. I haven't spent any time in Madison since October 2004, and I'd love to go back.
I want to do another Cincinnati meet. The Sixth Street Viaduct is done or very nearly so, but work is progressing on a SPUI in the Kentucky suburbs not far from my home; ODOT is building a new interchange at Martin Luther King Drive and I-71; there is work still being done on I-75 between Norwood and the Western Hills Viaduct; and there is reconstruction happening on the east side at I-275 and Ohio State Route 32. I'm not sure when I will have time to do it, but I'd like to.
I'm toying with the idea of hosting my first meet next year. It would probably be a Long Island meet. I'm thinking in the fall, since I think there's a few others already planned for the spring and I was figuring on including a Jones Beach stop where parking is impossible (and expensive) during the summer.
Quote from: SSOWorld on November 01, 2014, 06:36:17 PM
He's floating an idea for the new Lake Shore Drive area. If Madison happens it will be likely in April. I want to get some of the old relics before they go away due to the start of the Verona Rd SPUI construction.
I have a couple of ideas that I can fit in and around other people's meets.
1. SE Chicago/NW Indiana (including the new part of LSD).
2. South Bend/Elkhart.
Quote from: Brandon on November 04, 2014, 09:07:11 AM
Quote from: SSOWorld on November 01, 2014, 06:36:17 PM
He's floating an idea for the new Lake Shore Drive area. If Madison happens it will be likely in April. I want to get some of the old relics before they go away due to the start of the Verona Rd SPUI construction.
I have a couple of ideas that I can fit in and around other people's meets.
1. SE Chicago/NW Indiana (including the new part of LSD).
2. South Bend/Elkhart.
If any of these happens to be the same weekend as a St Louis toy show, should work out for me ;-)
Quote from: JMoses24 on November 03, 2014, 10:51:33 PM
I want to do another Cincinnati meet. The Sixth Street Viaduct is done or very nearly so, but work is progressing on a SPUI in the Kentucky suburbs not far from my home; ODOT is building a new interchange at Martin Luther King Drive and I-71; there is work still being done on I-75 between Norwood and the Western Hills Viaduct; and there is reconstruction happening on the east side at I-275 and Ohio State Route 32. I'm not sure when I will have time to do it, but I'd like to.
Have they started on the two DDIs that are going to be built north of the I-71 split? (I think at the KY 338 and KY 536 exits).
Quote from: hbelkins on November 04, 2014, 04:14:49 PM
Quote from: JMoses24 on November 03, 2014, 10:51:33 PM
I want to do another Cincinnati meet. The Sixth Street Viaduct is done or very nearly so, but work is progressing on a SPUI in the Kentucky suburbs not far from my home; ODOT is building a new interchange at Martin Luther King Drive and I-71; there is work still being done on I-75 between Norwood and the Western Hills Viaduct; and there is reconstruction happening on the east side at I-275 and Ohio State Route 32. I'm not sure when I will have time to do it, but I'd like to.
Have they started on the two DDIs that are going to be built north of the I-71 split? (I think at the KY 338 and KY 536 exits).
Not yet. Far as I know it's still in the planning stages, though I can't access any information on it right now for whatever reason. And yes, those are exactly the locations you were thinking of. There was talk in 2012 of starting it next year -- if the project does get underway it could certainly be added to any meet itinerary.
Quote from: Brandon on November 04, 2014, 09:07:11 AM
Quote from: SSOWorld on November 01, 2014, 06:36:17 PM
He's floating an idea for the new Lake Shore Drive area. If Madison happens it will be likely in April. I want to get some of the old relics before they go away due to the start of the Verona Rd SPUI construction.
I have a couple of ideas that I can fit in and around other people's meets.
1. SE Chicago/NW Indiana (including the new part of LSD).
2. South Bend/Elkhart.
If one or two are in the summer or fall and I get accepted to my grad school, count me as interested.
Quote from: Roadgeek Adam on November 05, 2014, 04:34:08 PM
Quote from: Brandon on November 04, 2014, 09:07:11 AM
Quote from: SSOWorld on November 01, 2014, 06:36:17 PM
He's floating an idea for the new Lake Shore Drive area. If Madison happens it will be likely in April. I want to get some of the old relics before they go away due to the start of the Verona Rd SPUI construction.
I have a couple of ideas that I can fit in and around other people's meets.
1. SE Chicago/NW Indiana (including the new part of LSD).
2. South Bend/Elkhart.
If one or two are in the summer or fall and I get accepted to my grad school, count me as interested.
Ooh, where did you apply? And for what? (We were talking about this in Brooklyn, but I don't remember where you said)
Quote from: Laura on November 06, 2014, 10:53:01 PM
Quote from: Roadgeek Adam on November 05, 2014, 04:34:08 PM
Quote from: Brandon on November 04, 2014, 09:07:11 AM
Quote from: SSOWorld on November 01, 2014, 06:36:17 PM
He's floating an idea for the new Lake Shore Drive area. If Madison happens it will be likely in April. I want to get some of the old relics before they go away due to the start of the Verona Rd SPUI construction.
I have a couple of ideas that I can fit in and around other people's meets.
1. SE Chicago/NW Indiana (including the new part of LSD).
2. South Bend/Elkhart.
If one or two are in the summer or fall and I get accepted to my grad school, count me as interested.
Ooh, where did you apply? And for what? (We were talking about this in Brooklyn, but I don't remember where you said)
Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL. Fall 2015 semester for History MA.
Quote from: Roadgeek Adam on November 07, 2014, 12:52:15 AM
Quote from: Laura on November 06, 2014, 10:53:01 PM
Quote from: Roadgeek Adam on November 05, 2014, 04:34:08 PM
Quote from: Brandon on November 04, 2014, 09:07:11 AM
Quote from: SSOWorld on November 01, 2014, 06:36:17 PM
He's floating an idea for the new Lake Shore Drive area. If Madison happens it will be likely in April. I want to get some of the old relics before they go away due to the start of the Verona Rd SPUI construction.
I have a couple of ideas that I can fit in and around other people's meets.
1. SE Chicago/NW Indiana (including the new part of LSD).
2. South Bend/Elkhart.
If one or two are in the summer or fall and I get accepted to my grad school, count me as interested.
Ooh, where did you apply? And for what? (We were talking about this in Brooklyn, but I don't remember where you said)
Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL. Fall 2015 semester for History MA.
Awesome. Good luck!
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Quote from: Brandon on November 04, 2014, 09:07:11 AM
I have a couple of ideas that I can fit in and around other people's meets.
1. SE Chicago/NW Indiana (including the new part of LSD).
2. South Bend/Elkhart.
If either are in the summer, I get a job/internship in the Valpo area, and I use my car for that summer job/internship, I would be interested as well.
While I was back home where I grew up this weekend, I thought about the possibility of doing a road meet focused around bridges around Walker County, AL. There are a lot of older bridges in the county, some of which have older superstructures. Some of them are closed, but we could still get to them fairly easy. We could also check out some I-22 stuff as well. There won't be any big projects in the area to check out.
Here is a list (http://bridgehunter.com/al/walker/) of the interesting bridges in the area. We would also check out Duncan Bridge (http://bridgehunter.com/al/winston/bh49517/), which is just outside of Walker County in Winston County.
If I did it, I would probably shoot for the summer to host it; maybe July-August timeframe. I would have course coordinate with other meets during that time.
Quote from: codyg1985 on November 16, 2014, 05:06:09 PM
While I was back home where I grew up this weekend, I thought about the possibility of doing a road meet focused around bridges around Walker County, AL. There are a lot of older bridges in the county, some of which have older superstructures. Some of them are closed, but we could still get to them fairly easy. We could also check out some I-22 stuff as well. There won't be any big projects in the area to check out.
Here is a list (http://bridgehunter.com/al/walker/) of the interesting bridges in the area. We would also check out Duncan Bridge (http://bridgehunter.com/al/winston/bh49517/), which is just outside of Walker County in Winston County.
If I did it, I would probably shoot for the summer to host it; maybe July-August timeframe. I would have course coordinate with other meets during that time.
I would definitely be interested in attending this if it works out schedule-wise.
Dan Garnell has announced a Detroit area meet on Saturday, Jan. 3, but no details have been provided yet.
I'm 99.99 percent doubtful for that one.
My schedule has changed to my dream schedule! I now have Fri, Sat and Sun off of work so in theory, I could got to any road meet within a 12 hour drive from middle TN, including this Detroit one but I doubt I will go since it is January and in Detroit.
Quote from: hbelkins on November 25, 2014, 02:15:44 PM
Dan Garnell has announced a Detroit area meet on Saturday, Jan. 3, but no details have been provided yet.
I'm 99.99 percent doubtful for that one.
News to me - where was this announced???
EDIT: Oh - a Facebook group I never watched for a while :-D
I'd be interested in attending a Maryland meet, as long as my schedule allows. Also, hi everybody.
Quote from: SSOWorld on November 25, 2014, 04:07:22 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on November 25, 2014, 02:15:44 PM
Dan Garnell has announced a Detroit area meet on Saturday, Jan. 3, but no details have been provided yet.
I'm 99.99 percent doubtful for that one.
News to me - where was this announced???
EDIT: Oh - a Facebook group I never watched for a while :-D
I am 50/50 on this. I am looking into a trip to nearby New Baltimore on January 1-4. This is reasonably well-located and dated.
Quote from: Takumi on November 25, 2014, 07:58:36 PM
I'd be interested in attending a Maryland meet, as long as my schedule allows. Also, hi everybody.
Hi
Quote from: Laura on October 21, 2014, 10:30:58 AM
I'm looking to host a two-day Baltimore and Eastern Shore Maryland meet in either February or the beginning of March.
Obviously I will be glad to participate in that.
Quote from: cpzilliacus on November 29, 2014, 09:25:33 PM
Quote from: Laura on October 21, 2014, 10:30:58 AM
I'm looking to host a two-day Baltimore and Eastern Shore Maryland meet in either February or the beginning of March.
Obviously I will be glad to participate in that.
I would hope to sneak to that one. My job life is too iffy to say anything definite for awhile.
Anything on the West Coast?
Quote from: rschen7754 on November 30, 2014, 02:12:03 PM
Anything on the West Coast?
Got any ideas? I know of none myself. Closest one is Denver (see separate entry (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=13694.0))
I mentioned the Tappan Zee meet earlier. Now I'm thinking of a Cape May mini-meet, mostly to see progress on Parkway Ints. 9-11. I want to get down there in April or so, before the NB side opens (SB already opened), but not conflicting with Madison. Besides the NJ 162 bridge and the North/South Jersey divide, I'm open for things to see. Since it's a mini-meet, I'll probably just play it by ear beyond that.
Quote from: SSOWorld on November 30, 2014, 02:19:12 PM
Quote from: rschen7754 on November 30, 2014, 02:12:03 PM
Anything on the West Coast?
Got any ideas? I know of none myself. Closest one is Denver (see separate entry (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=13694.0))
California usually does a "meet" every year or two, though it's more of a lunch/dinner meetup than roads exploration (or at least has been over the years). Seattle just happened.
If my poor car can get me to the MD meets... I will gladly attend.
Quote from: bossjock77 on December 15, 2014, 10:06:02 PM
If my poor car can get me to the MD meets... I will gladly attend.
If I can justify a detour via Hagerstown, I will.
I would love to do a Duluth meet at the end of September or beginning of October. I'm worried that's too close to the UP meet though (it'd be about three or four weeks after the UP meet; I'm planning on going to that meet at this point), don't know what others think.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 15, 2014, 11:01:50 PM
I would love to do a Duluth meet at the end of September or beginning of October. I'm worried that's too close to the UP meet though (it'd be about three or four weeks after the UP meet; I'm planning on going to that meet at this point), don't know what others think.
Is there construction that necessitates it being at that time? If so, do what you have to do. If not, do what you want to do.
Quote from: Alps on December 16, 2014, 12:57:46 AM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 15, 2014, 11:01:50 PM
I would love to do a Duluth meet at the end of September or beginning of October. I'm worried that's too close to the UP meet though (it'd be about three or four weeks after the UP meet; I'm planning on going to that meet at this point), don't know what others think.
Is there construction that necessitates it being at that time? If so, do what you have to do. If not, do what you want to do.
Nothing necessitating having it at that time; I think it's probably the nicest time of year there. But I can schedule it for whenever. I'm more concerned with making sure I'm not stepping on anyone's toes.
I'm definitely down with a Madison meet. Duluth and the UP are also possibilities as is Chicago. I just bought a house, so money's a little tight, but we'll see :)
I've decided the Duluth meet will be held at a different time than the late September I had hoped for originally. I'll let you know what I decide.
Quote from: Alps on November 30, 2014, 10:14:32 PM
I mentioned the Tappan Zee meet earlier. Now I'm thinking of a Cape May mini-meet, mostly to see progress on Parkway Ints. 9-11. I want to get down there in April or so, before the NB side opens (SB already opened), but not conflicting with Madison. Besides the NJ 162 bridge and the North/South Jersey divide, I'm open for things to see. Since it's a mini-meet, I'll probably just play it by ear beyond that.
Sounds like fun. Is this instead of or in addition to the Tappan Zee meet?
Quote from: dgolub on December 16, 2014, 08:12:56 PM
Quote from: Alps on November 30, 2014, 10:14:32 PM
I mentioned the Tappan Zee meet earlier. Now I'm thinking of a Cape May mini-meet, mostly to see progress on Parkway Ints. 9-11. I want to get down there in April or so, before the NB side opens (SB already opened), but not conflicting with Madison. Besides the NJ 162 bridge and the North/South Jersey divide, I'm open for things to see. Since it's a mini-meet, I'll probably just play it by ear beyond that.
Sounds like fun. Is this instead of or in addition to the Tappan Zee meet?
This is in addition, just a small meet. We look at 9-11 construction for awhile, probably stop at all three overpasses, and then do... stuff. Open season. TZ is a regular meet and I'm looking for a special talk or tour.
Quote from: Alps on December 16, 2014, 11:19:32 PM
Quote from: dgolub on December 16, 2014, 08:12:56 PM
Quote from: Alps on November 30, 2014, 10:14:32 PM
I mentioned the Tappan Zee meet earlier. Now I'm thinking of a Cape May mini-meet, mostly to see progress on Parkway Ints. 9-11. I want to get down there in April or so, before the NB side opens (SB already opened), but not conflicting with Madison. Besides the NJ 162 bridge and the North/South Jersey divide, I'm open for things to see. Since it's a mini-meet, I'll probably just play it by ear beyond that.
Sounds like fun. Is this instead of or in addition to the Tappan Zee meet?
This is in addition, just a small meet. We look at 9-11 construction for awhile, probably stop at all three overpasses, and then do... stuff. Open season. TZ is a regular meet and I'm looking for a special talk or tour.
Cool. Count me in as long as I can find a way to get down to Cape May.
Quote from: Alps on December 16, 2014, 11:19:32 PM
Quote from: dgolub on December 16, 2014, 08:12:56 PM
Quote from: Alps on November 30, 2014, 10:14:32 PM
I mentioned the Tappan Zee meet earlier. Now I'm thinking of a Cape May mini-meet, mostly to see progress on Parkway Ints. 9-11. I want to get down there in April or so, before the NB side opens (SB already opened), but not conflicting with Madison. Besides the NJ 162 bridge and the North/South Jersey divide, I'm open for things to see. Since it's a mini-meet, I'll probably just play it by ear beyond that.
Sounds like fun. Is this instead of or in addition to the Tappan Zee meet?
This is in addition, just a small meet. We look at 9-11 construction for awhile, probably stop at all three overpasses, and then do... stuff. Open season. TZ is a regular meet and I'm looking for a special talk or tour.
Depending on the distance you want to travel, the Rt. 52 Causeway into Ocean City which was completed a few years ago (GSP Exit 30) & NJ's Only Exit 0 (GSP, Exit 0, (duh)) are in the area.
Brewery-wise...there's the Cape May Brewery nearby. It's marked by one of my favorite blue tourist guide signs: http://goo.gl/maps/vIciG
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 15, 2014, 11:01:50 PM
I would love to do a Duluth meet at the end of September or beginning of October. I'm worried that's too close to the UP meet though (it'd be about three or four weeks after the UP meet; I'm planning on going to that meet at this point), don't know what others think.
I've been wanting to see a Minnesota road meet happen for the longest time, but it still hasn't come to fruition. If a Minnesota meet happens sometime in 2015 (especially around September or October), there's almost no way I'd be able to attend it unfortunately. The U.P. meet at the beginning of September is at the top of my priority list road-meet-wise.
Quote from: A.J. Bertin on December 20, 2014, 08:42:21 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 15, 2014, 11:01:50 PM
I would love to do a Duluth meet at the end of September or beginning of October. I'm worried that's too close to the UP meet though (it'd be about three or four weeks after the UP meet; I'm planning on going to that meet at this point), don't know what others think.
I've been wanting to see a Minnesota road meet happen for the longest time, but it still hasn't come to fruition. If a Minnesota meet happens sometime in 2015 (especially around September or October), there's almost no way I'd be able to attend it unfortunately. The U.P. meet at the beginning of September is at the top of my priority list road-meet-wise.
No worries. It's not going to happen around that time. It was probably silly of me to consider it for that time. I'm still thinking of holding it this summer depending on what else people plan, otherwise 2016 I guess it will be!
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 21, 2014, 04:12:14 AM
Quote from: A.J. Bertin on December 20, 2014, 08:42:21 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 15, 2014, 11:01:50 PM
I would love to do a Duluth meet at the end of September or beginning of October. I'm worried that's too close to the UP meet though (it'd be about three or four weeks after the UP meet; I'm planning on going to that meet at this point), don't know what others think.
I've been wanting to see a Minnesota road meet happen for the longest time, but it still hasn't come to fruition. If a Minnesota meet happens sometime in 2015 (especially around September or October), there's almost no way I'd be able to attend it unfortunately. The U.P. meet at the beginning of September is at the top of my priority list road-meet-wise.
No worries. It's not going to happen around that time. It was probably silly of me to consider it for that time. I'm still thinking of holding it this summer depending on what else people plan, otherwise 2016 I guess it will be!
Awesome! I'd love to attend - regardless of which part of Minnesota it's in. This will finally give me the opportunity to visit Minnesota for the first time! I live in Michigan, which would make one think that Minnesota isn't that far away from me. The only thing is that I've just never had a reason to ever go to Minnesota before. Now this will give me a very good reason. :)
I'm not sure if you've ever hosted a meet before, but I'd encourage you to check out the handy guide that H.B. Elkins created called "How to Host a Successful Road Meet". It's right at the top of the Road Enthusiasts Meetings board. I would strongly encourage you to plan early, provide multiple options of dates, allow people to vote among those dates, and make your announcement at least five or six months in advance if possible.
Minnesota 2016! :)
Sounds like by popular demand from several of you, Duluth will be happening in 2016 instead! Stay tuned for updates in 2015 and beyond! :) I'm very grateful for the interest generated so far from a few people, I really appreciate.
Thanks AJ for pointing that thread out to me as well. I'd skimmed it before but not read it too deeply yet.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on December 22, 2014, 10:17:32 PM
Sounds like by popular demand from several of you, Duluth will be happening in 2016 instead! Stay tuned for updates in 2015 and beyond! :) I'm very grateful for the interest generated so far from a few people, I really appreciate.
Thanks AJ for pointing that thread out to me as well. I'd skimmed it before but not read it too deeply yet.
I would definitely consider going in 2016! I've also never been to Minnesota, so it would be awesome to be able to go.
I love Minnesota (from my one visit), so you'd definitely see me in Duluth!
I am planning a spring 2016 central Pennsylvania roadmeet, just not sure on what date, plan to iron that out next year :-)
Quote from: getemngo on December 24, 2014, 01:00:47 PM
I love Minnesota (from my one visit), so you'd definitely see me in Duluth!
Agreed on Minnesota. I enjoyed my visit there so much that I had to travel back there for more.
I haven`t been to a road meet in many years, but Duluth is one of those cities that I`d love to visit. Looks very interesting from a roads perspective.
Quote from: Laura on October 26, 2014, 05:44:33 PM
March 7-8 or 14-15 are my ideal dates for hosting. The Saturday would be Baltimore and the Sunday on the Eastern Shore (just over the Bay Bridge).
Because I've gotten some questions through private messages, I am still planning on having the meet one of these two weekends. I am waiting on my aunt to decide which weekend in March she is hosting my cousin's baby shower (my cousin is due 4/12). She wants to have the shower "a month before the baby is due", which is likely to be the second weekend. If that's the case, I want to make sure the first weekend is free and clear for the meet. As soon as I know, I will announce the dates and itinerary.
The third 2016 meet has popped up on the radar, by request of someone who can't travel far until then. Toronto, sometime late May to August.
Quote from: Alps on January 23, 2015, 11:36:05 PM
The first 2016 meet has popped up on the radar, by request of someone who can't travel far until then. Toronto, sometime late May to August.
I thought there were already plans for a St. Louis meet in 2016.
There were also already plans for a Duluth meet in 2016.
Quote from: getemngo on January 24, 2015, 01:10:20 AM
There were also already plans for a Duluth meet in 2016.
I feel like January is too early for a 2016 meets thread.
Quote from: Alps on January 24, 2015, 01:50:21 AM
Quote from: getemngo on January 24, 2015, 01:10:20 AM
There were also already plans for a Duluth meet in 2016.
I feel like January is too early for a 2016 meets thread.
At this rate, we'll be talking about 2020 meets by Washington's Birthday.
Yeah, the tendency seems to be towards scheduling meets VERY far in advance these days. I wasn't even going to look at scheduling Utica/Rome until April, but I had to jump on it because all the spring dates were filling up!
If we're already announcing 2016 meets, my guess is that I'll be doing some form of Albany meet next year. I want to incorporate some Schenectady stuff in too, but I'm not sure how easily done that is. There could well be enough for a two day Capital District meet.
Quote from: Alps on January 23, 2015, 11:36:05 PM
The third 2016 meet has popped up on the radar, by request of someone who can't travel far until then. Toronto, sometime late May to August.
I guess I now know what my next trip to Canada will be.
I plan on doing a Calgary meet in the spring of 2023, so I want to get that slot booked now.
Quote from: corco on January 24, 2015, 04:34:22 PM
I plan on doing a Calgary meet in the spring of 2023, so I want to get that slot booked now.
It doesn't make sense to have two Western Canada meets in the same year. I'll move Moose Jaw to 2022.
Quote from: corco on January 24, 2015, 04:34:22 PM
I plan on doing a Calgary meet in the spring of 2023, so I want to get that slot booked now.
Of course, even though we have 7 years to plan for this, half the group will still be 2 hours late.
Quote from: Alps on January 24, 2015, 01:50:21 AM
I feel like January is too early for a 2016 meets thread.
Hey, if the 2016 Rand McNally atlas can come out in May... :-D
Quote from: jeffandnicole on January 24, 2015, 06:17:07 PM
Quote from: corco on January 24, 2015, 04:34:22 PM
I plan on doing a Calgary meet in the spring of 2023, so I want to get that slot booked now.
Of course, even though we have 7 years to plan for this, half the group will still be 2 hours late.
Better than the meet host not showing up.
What about 2023 meats? Gotta get those good cuts of beef reserved early, you know. Never know when we're gonna have a sudden shortage of cows. :pan:
Quote from: cu2010 on January 25, 2015, 06:21:23 PM
What about 2023 meats? Gotta get those good cuts of beef reserved early, you know. Never know when we're gonna have a sudden shortage of cows. :pan:
Don't be jerky.
If we are now talking about 2016 meets, then I am going to do a second Birmingham meet in Spring 2016 which will feature the completed I-22/65 interchange, as well as construction of the Northern Beltline.
If anyone's interested in a covered bridge mini-meet later this year (plus excellent pizza and beer for those who are old enough), let me know.
Quote from: froggie on January 29, 2015, 09:35:44 AM
If anyone's interested in a covered bridge mini-meet later this year (plus excellent pizza and beer for those who are old enough), let me know.
That sounds like fun, and most of Vermont is in easy day trip range for me. Any particular area in mind?
Lyndon, which has 5 within the town. 2 of them still driveable.
Quote from: froggie on January 29, 2015, 09:35:44 AM
If anyone's interested in a covered bridge mini-meet later this year (plus excellent pizza and beer for those who are old enough), let me know.
I vote to deny the pizza to anyone not of age.
Guess that rules you out then...
Quote from: froggie on January 29, 2015, 09:52:24 PM
Lyndon, which has 5 within the town. 2 of them still driveable.
Awesome, this sounds like something I definitely want to attend.
Quote from: Alps on January 29, 2015, 11:30:07 PM
Quote from: froggie on January 29, 2015, 09:35:44 AM
If anyone's interested in a covered bridge mini-meet later this year (plus excellent pizza and beer for those who are old enough), let me know.
I vote to deny the pizza to anyone not of age.
Those not of age can go to Chuckie Cheese.
Lyndon VT is about four hours from here...could be doable.
Have a few different choices of routes, too, so could take one way out there, another way back. :)
Quote from: froggie on January 29, 2015, 09:35:44 AM
If anyone's interested in a covered bridge mini-meet later this year (plus excellent pizza and beer for those who are old enough), let me know.
Bridges. Beer. Pizza. Am I interested? You sure know how to bait the hook. Add in nearby parts of VT, NH QC that I have not yet traveled, and I am real interested. Please time this so I can. If only I knew when that would be.
Mostly likely at a future time where we don't have 3 feet of snow on the ground...
Quote from: Dougtone on October 21, 2014, 09:55:34 PM
Attendees to the Merritt Parkway and Quebec City meets may know that I am considering hosting a meet in Portland, Maine next year. I'm also looking into the possibility of a new Tappan Zee Bridge meet.
I'm on the fence about a Portland, ME meet at this time, plus it looks like someone else will be hosting a new Tappan Zee Bridge later this year. However, I am now considering a Long Island meet this fall, focused more on my native county of Suffolk.
Quote from: Dougtone on February 22, 2015, 08:07:05 AM
Quote from: Dougtone on October 21, 2014, 09:55:34 PM
Attendees to the Merritt Parkway and Quebec City meets may know that I am considering hosting a meet in Portland, Maine next year. I'm also looking into the possibility of a new Tappan Zee Bridge meet.
I'm on the fence about a Portland, ME meet at this time, plus it looks like someone else will be hosting a new Tappan Zee Bridge later this year. However, I am now considering a Long Island meet this fall, focused more on my native county of Suffolk.
I was also thinking about hosting a meet (which would be my first time hosting) on Long Island, although mine would be focusing on Nassau, so we wouldn't be overlapping. I was also figuring on doing it in the fall, since it's after-season and we'd be able to get into the parking fields at Jones Beach for free.
Any thoughts on where you'd be taking us in Suffolk? The NY 347 reconstruction seems like something to check out, and the Robert Moses Causeway is always fun.
Quote from: dgolub on February 22, 2015, 10:17:00 AM
Quote from: Dougtone on February 22, 2015, 08:07:05 AM
Quote from: Dougtone on October 21, 2014, 09:55:34 PM
Attendees to the Merritt Parkway and Quebec City meets may know that I am considering hosting a meet in Portland, Maine next year. I'm also looking into the possibility of a new Tappan Zee Bridge meet.
I'm on the fence about a Portland, ME meet at this time, plus it looks like someone else will be hosting a new Tappan Zee Bridge later this year. However, I am now considering a Long Island meet this fall, focused more on my native county of Suffolk.
I was also thinking about hosting a meet (which would be my first time hosting) on Long Island, although mine would be focusing on Nassau, so we wouldn't be overlapping. I was also figuring on doing it in the fall, since it's after-season and we'd be able to get into the parking fields at Jones Beach for free.
Any thoughts on where you'd be taking us in Suffolk? The NY 347 reconstruction seems like something to check out, and the Robert Moses Causeway is always fun.
The 2008 meet dealt with the Robert Moses. I suggested to Doug a few months ago we probably would need to start further east, such as Western Suffolk and maybe Central Suffolk.
QuoteI'm on the fence about a Portland, ME meet at this time
Can't think of a whole lot that's happened in Portland anyway recently. More appropriate would probably be a Portsmouth, NH meet, given ongoing reconstruction and interchange realignment on the Spaulding.
Long Island is pretty big, so it might work for a two day meet. I'd be willing to go without Portland this year in return for a longer LI meet this fall and a Halifax meet next year.
Quote from: vdeane on February 22, 2015, 05:26:14 PM
Long Island traffic moves infuriatingly slowly, so it might work for a two day meet. I'd be willing to go without Portland this year in return for a longer LI meet this fall and a Halifax meet next year.
FTFY
Quote from: dgolub on February 22, 2015, 10:17:00 AM
Quote from: Dougtone on February 22, 2015, 08:07:05 AM
Quote from: Dougtone on October 21, 2014, 09:55:34 PM
Attendees to the Merritt Parkway and Quebec City meets may know that I am considering hosting a meet in Portland, Maine next year. I'm also looking into the possibility of a new Tappan Zee Bridge meet.
I'm on the fence about a Portland, ME meet at this time, plus it looks like someone else will be hosting a new Tappan Zee Bridge later this year. However, I am now considering a Long Island meet this fall, focused more on my native county of Suffolk.
I was also thinking about hosting a meet (which would be my first time hosting) on Long Island, although mine would be focusing on Nassau, so we wouldn't be overlapping. I was also figuring on doing it in the fall, since it's after-season and we'd be able to get into the parking fields at Jones Beach for free.
Any thoughts on where you'd be taking us in Suffolk? The NY 347 reconstruction seems like something to check out, and the Robert Moses Causeway is always fun.
Quote from: Pete from Boston on February 22, 2015, 05:34:08 PM
Quote from: vdeane on February 22, 2015, 05:26:14 PM
Long Island traffic moves infuriatingly slowly, so it might work for a two day meet. I'd be willing to go without Portland this year in return for a longer LI meet this fall and a Halifax meet next year.
FTFY
It doesn't move quite as slow when it's off-season on a Saturday, depending on where you are on LI.
Quote from: dgolub on February 22, 2015, 10:17:00 AM
Quote from: Dougtone on February 22, 2015, 08:07:05 AM
Quote from: Dougtone on October 21, 2014, 09:55:34 PM
Attendees to the Merritt Parkway and Quebec City meets may know that I am considering hosting a meet in Portland, Maine next year. I'm also looking into the possibility of a new Tappan Zee Bridge meet.
I'm on the fence about a Portland, ME meet at this time, plus it looks like someone else will be hosting a new Tappan Zee Bridge later this year. However, I am now considering a Long Island meet this fall, focused more on my native county of Suffolk.
I was also thinking about hosting a meet (which would be my first time hosting) on Long Island, although mine would be focusing on Nassau, so we wouldn't be overlapping. I was also figuring on doing it in the fall, since it's after-season and we'd be able to get into the parking fields at Jones Beach for free.
Any thoughts on where you'd be taking us in Suffolk? The NY 347 reconstruction seems like something to check out, and the Robert Moses Causeway is always fun.
I'm still on the drawing board for this meet. There's an abandoned section of NY 111 in Smithtown to check out. NY 347 reconstruction is definitely on the list, along with the Ocean Parkway extensions on Fire Island, where the Robert Moses Causeway could be tied in at one end. I'd like to get over to Smith Point County Park to show the other Ocean Parkway extension (of course, with nothing built between Robert Moses and Smith Point Parks. I'll have to figure out what else I can include to fill in the blanks, unless I want to go further east (which is also a possibility).
Also, for reference, the January 2008 LI meet featured NY 135 stubs, a few of the Long Island parkways and an original Motor Parkway bridge abutment in Melville. I don't think there will be too much overlap in attendance between then and now.
Quote from: Dougtone on February 22, 2015, 11:06:41 PM
I'm still on the drawing board for this meet. There's an abandoned section of NY 111 in Smithtown to check out. NY 347 reconstruction is definitely on the list, along with the Ocean Parkway extensions on Fire Island, where the Robert Moses Causeway could be tied in at one end. I'd like to get over to Smith Point County Park to show the other Ocean Parkway extension (of course, with nothing built between Robert Moses and Smith Point Parks. I'll have to figure out what else I can include to fill in the blanks, unless I want to go further east (which is also a possibility).
Sounds like fun. Maybe we should coordinate and make it a two-day meet with a different host for each day.
Looks like I will be in central PA at the end of September for the annual toy show in Hershey, if something like this falls the weekend before or weekend after, this may be doable for me.
Quote from: dgolub on February 23, 2015, 08:51:33 AM
Quote from: Dougtone on February 22, 2015, 11:06:41 PM
I'm still on the drawing board for this meet. There's an abandoned section of NY 111 in Smithtown to check out. NY 347 reconstruction is definitely on the list, along with the Ocean Parkway extensions on Fire Island, where the Robert Moses Causeway could be tied in at one end. I'd like to get over to Smith Point County Park to show the other Ocean Parkway extension (of course, with nothing built between Robert Moses and Smith Point Parks. I'll have to figure out what else I can include to fill in the blanks, unless I want to go further east (which is also a possibility).
Sounds like fun. Maybe we should coordinate and make it a two-day meet with a different host for each day.
That can work.
Quote from: froggie on January 29, 2015, 09:35:44 AM
If anyone's interested in a covered bridge mini-meet later this year (plus excellent pizza and beer for those who are old enough), let me know.
IN!
Please keep me in mind on the planning. A day of covered bridges and Parker Pie sounds excellent. A short 70 miles for me to get up there.
I was thinking moreso of the Diner, at least before the meet. Plan on a post in the next few days...
Anything in Vermont has my attention.
As for Long Island it is entirely plausible that I might just join everyone for lunch and then bounce. Increasingly plausible the further west you start.
Any chance of a meetup in CA (southern or northern) or nearby states sometime in 2015 or next year? My idea is to hold it in Disneyland Hotel, the "happiest place on earth" and Disneyland itself should thank the opening of I-5, then US 101 freeway in the same year (1955) to helped put it on the map.
Quote from: Mike D boy on March 23, 2015, 03:02:04 AM
Any chance of a meetup in CA (southern or northern) or nearby states sometime in 2015 or next year? My idea is to hold it in Disneyland Hotel, the "happiest place on earth" and Disneyland itself should thank the opening of I-5, then US 101 freeway in the same year (1955) to helped put it on the map.
I would really love to attend a California meet, but for me to be able to attend, it would need to happen next year.
Weather is finally starting to warm up here in VT/NH. Looking forward to a drive with you all this summer!
I've taken a few road trips over the winter, weather be damned!
Vermont to Chicago and back (will do it again this Fall but return journey through Toronto instead of Buffalo)
Drove down to DC
Down to Rhode Island, Mass, Portland a few times
Just returned from a weekend trip to Quebec City. Everyone drives way faster than the speed limit there
Taking a drive up to Littleton NH tomorrow and will certainly log some changes on my satnav.
Quote from: adamjackson on April 03, 2015, 12:35:44 PM
Weather is finally starting to warm up here in VT/NH. Looking forward to a drive with you all this summer!
I've taken a few road trips over the winter, weather be damned!
Vermont to Chicago and back (will do it again this Fall but return journey through Toronto instead of Buffalo)
Drove down to DC
Down to Rhode Island, Mass, Portland a few times
Just returned from a weekend trip to Quebec City. Everyone drives way faster than the speed limit there
Taking a drive up to Littleton NH tomorrow and will certainly log some changes on my satnav.
The family and I drove over the Kancamagus Highway on the way home from Acadia NP last October. We traveled east to west, then took I-93 north through Franconia Notch to Littleton, then down I-91 and on to home. As beautiful as Acadia was, I think I enjoyed the drive through New Hampshire more. Can't wait to (hopefully) make it back up there some day!
Quote from: BigRedDog on April 03, 2015, 12:57:46 PM
Quote from: adamjackson on April 03, 2015, 12:35:44 PM
Weather is finally starting to warm up here in VT/NH. Looking forward to a drive with you all this summer!
I've taken a few road trips over the winter, weather be damned!
Vermont to Chicago and back (will do it again this Fall but return journey through Toronto instead of Buffalo)
Drove down to DC
Down to Rhode Island, Mass, Portland a few times
Just returned from a weekend trip to Quebec City. Everyone drives way faster than the speed limit there
Taking a drive up to Littleton NH tomorrow and will certainly log some changes on my satnav.
The family and I drove over the Kancamagus Highway on the way home from Acadia NP last October. We traveled east to west, then took I-93 north through Franconia Notch to Littleton, then down I-91 and on to home. As beautiful as Acadia was, I think I enjoyed the drive through New Hampshire more. Can't wait to (hopefully) make it back up there some day!
That Notch before littleton is beautiful no matter what time of year you're driving it! So much wind but if you're careful, the views are really incredible. Nothing like that in Vermont.
Plenty like that in Vermont. They just don't involve paved roads.
Quote from: froggie on April 20, 2015, 10:18:39 PM
Plenty like that in Vermont. They just don't involve paved roads.
teach me your ways (or send coordinates)
As some people know, I am in Western New York until mid-August 2015 and have been throwing around the idea of a mini-meet while I am up here for either Buffalo/Niagara Falls or Rochester (I'm closer to Buffalo, living in Kenmore), but I know we've gained several Buffalo-area roadgeeks on this site recently.
I've got every weekend but the one where I head to Illinois open so, if people are interested in throwing ideas around, I'm all ears. I was at the Buffalo meet on 10/3/08 and remember most of it well, covering US 219 quite well. There are stuff in Niagara Falls it didn't cover among other things.
I prefer Buffalo/Niagara Falls simply because I'm in Rochester all the time but only rarely further west. Plus there's the riverway construction on the former Robert Moses State Parkway. Right now the only hard conflicts I know of are this weekend (due to a doctor's appointment) and July 4. June 27 will either be a conflict or the weekend that works best for me; depends on whether we'll have a family picnic or combine it with my cousin's graduation party the next day (probably the latter, since everyone will be there anyways).
Quote from: Roadgeek Adam on May 25, 2015, 07:45:19 PM
As some people know, I am in Western New York until mid-August 2015 and have been throwing around the idea of a mini-meet while I am up here for either Buffalo/Niagara Falls or Rochester (I'm closer to Buffalo, living in Kenmore), but I know we've gained several Buffalo-area roadgeeks on this site recently.
I've got every weekend but the one where I head to Illinois open so, if people are interested in throwing ideas around, I'm all ears. I was at the Buffalo meet on 10/3/08 and remember most of it well, covering US 219 quite well. There are stuff in Niagara Falls it didn't cover among other things.
I've never been west of Ithaca, so I'm definitely game for Buffalo or Rochester. Or both, for that matter, if anyone was interested in a two-day meet. I currently have no commitments that I'm aware of for this summer, although it might be good to keep the weekend of July 11 open if possible, since it's my birthday.
Quote from: Roadgeek Adam on May 25, 2015, 07:45:19 PM
As some people know, I am in Western New York until mid-August 2015 and have been throwing around the idea of a mini-meet while I am up here for either Buffalo/Niagara Falls or Rochester (I'm closer to Buffalo, living in Kenmore), but I know we've gained several Buffalo-area roadgeeks on this site recently.
I'd absolutely love to attend a Buffalo/Niagara Falls meet, but with all the other travel I have planned for 2015, it's almost out of the question that I'd be able to attend any other meets this year that I'm not already planning on going to.
Doug Kerr hosted a Rochester meet in September 2010 that I had the opportunity to attend, and I enjoyed it a lot.
Haven't heard about the Tappan Zee meet in a while. Is it still up for this year, or is it pushed back?
Quote from: vdeane on July 06, 2015, 03:27:52 PM
Haven't heard about the Tappan Zee meet in a while. Is it still up for this year, or is it pushed back?
Pushed back to next year - there's not enough going on above-ground right now, not to mention I've had no time to organize anything. Next year should offer some great scenery as well as some interesting traffic configurations to drive through.