We already have a number of meets planned for 2014, with dates either set, choices out there for polling purposes, or simply proposed with no dates yet put forth.
Besides those, anything else under consideration?
My travels are going to be extremely limited next year, so I will have to pick and choose what I attend very carefully, but I have some thoughts about good possible meets.
Ohio: Any ideas yet for next year? Hopefully they'll be announced here; if they're on Facebook I may not get to see them, depending on who the host is.
Atlanta: I've seen a lot of construction photos being posted in various places for projects in that area. I'd think it would be ripe for another meet. Surely there's someone in the area who could host. Jim Georges and Steve Williams are two possibilities, but I don't think either are members here.
Indiana: There are a bunch of projects there that I've always felt would be good sources for meets. I know one of our Michiganders has stated he might be able to host one in the Kokomo area.
As for me, I have three Kentucky possibilities under consideration. I would think that by next summer, work on the Louisville bridges would be to a point where a meet could be centered on those projects. I know we have some Louisville-area residents here who keep closer tabs on the bridges and I'd be glad to work with them.
If work begins on a proposed project to widen New Circle Road (KY 4) on the northwest side of Lexington, and convert the US 421 Leestown Road interchange into a diverging diamond, I'd love to do a Bluegrass-area meet and tour. It would include meeting mid-morning, seeing the construction there and the existing diverging diamond at KY 4 and US 68, driving the scenic US 27-68 Paris Pike route, lunch at a landmark central Kentucky restaurant, viewing the I-75 Kentucky River bridge from beneath, and possibly a handful of other things.
My third idea is a driving tour of western Kentucky once construction begins on the new US 68-KY 80 Eggners Ferry Bridge across Kentucky Lake. We'd start out in Bowling Green, drive across US 68/KY 80, drive the existing Eggners Ferry Bridge with the replacement segment that was installed last spring after the existing span was knocked out by a too-tall ship; clinch of I-69 in Kentucky, and a few other sights. Lunch would be along the route, hopefully at Patti's 1880s Settlement with the famous pork chops. That would be an all-day event.
I don't have any ideas for West Virginia at this time. I don't know of any meet-worthy projects in the western part of the state or the Kanawha Valley.
Other ideas not already mentioned in this post or elsewhere?
Ideas that have been pitched in other threads so far and that I'm already planning for:
March/April: Delmarva Peninsula / Chesapeake Eastern Shore (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=10606.0)
May June: New York City (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=10458.0)
June/July: Québec City (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=10768.0)
Would like to set something up for Jacksonville, Florida. There are a number of projects there worth seeing and it can be held during the winter given the climate. My problem is that I am not local to there and cannot scout out places to eat or where to stage to see projects without investing an entire day to driving there and back. Plus I do not know anyone there to get suggestions for eateries, etc.
With that written, we did visit there in 2010 to go to Dave and Buster's and the Riverfront. Depending on if there is free parking or not, somewhere along the water may be a good place to stage the meet and greet. Again I'd need local suggestions or have to check it out again.
jwolfer is our resident Jax member on the forum. I'll communicate with him to see if there is any interest.
I would like to host a Corning/Elmira meet, but it's too early to tell right now if I'll be able to. I was looking at April/May, but if NYC is now May, I might push it out to August/September/October.
Quote from: vdeane on December 04, 2013, 02:03:01 PM
I would like to host a Corning/Elmira meet, but it's too early to tell right now if I'll be able to. I was looking at April/May, but if NYC is now May, I might push it out to August/September/October.
I can see either Dylan or Doug helping out with that one.
Quote from: hbelkins on December 04, 2013, 11:37:27 AM
Indiana: There are a bunch of projects there that I've always felt would be good sources for meets. I know one of our Michiganders has stated he might be able to host one in the Kokomo area.
I sort of yielded the floor to Brandon after you recommended I not hold a meet in an area I don't know well, and he said he was considering a Gary or Elkhart/South Bend meet.
I am, however, reviving the idea of a fall meet in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It would cover either Houghton, Ontonagon, and points north, or a loop from Marquette to L'Anse and back. I've already talked to a few people, and it sounds like maybe 6-8 are interested, including a number of Wisconsin roadgeeks and Steve.
Wasn't there also talk about doing a Merritt Parkway meet at some point?
Quote from: dgolub on December 04, 2013, 06:04:26 PM
Wasn't there also talk about doing a Merritt Parkway meet at some point?
There was. In fact, I already have it sketched out. But I'm not the type to set even approximate dates for things half a year in advance, so don't expect to know when it's happening until it's maybe six weeks away.
That said, if anyone has a particular preference for one time of year over another, I'm listening. It's local enough for me that I can do it any weekend so long as I don't have something else going on.
As for meets I'd attend, Quebec City is probably the most aggressive trip I will take in 2014. My car is going to be ready for retirement some time next year (likely in the fall), once I have successfully ditched it for a younger model I'll go back to going crazy.
I-49 from Doddridge to Gilliam is supposed to open sometime in the Spring. Don't know if there would be any interest in a meet?
I haven't made an official announcement yet, but I'm about 98% certain on 26-April for NE Wisconsin.
Mike
Right now I am planning nothing till I know where my parents are moving to. When they do move, I am spending 8 months in Jersey and the rest in [place to be determined]. However, there seems to be a very big feeling in the family that they're moving out of normal roadgeeking territory (CO, WY, MT, ID, ND, UT are all possibilities. I don't like it too much, but there's not much I can do about it.
There is also a chance that some time between May and September that I will have to get a job and pay for a place of my own (and go to college...). If and when I know the status of the family, I'll come up with something.
ETA: I should add I got my learner's permit, finally, on November 26. Right now I cannot take a road test until at least February 26 courtesy of Jersey laws, but if I pass and such, I will probably hold a meet on my usual weekend in March, and since I'd have my (probationary) license, I can go anywhere within reason when scheduling one.
Quote from: Roadgeek Adam on December 05, 2013, 11:35:45 AMETA: I should add I got my learner's permit, finally, on November 26. Right now I cannot take a road test until at least February 26 courtesy of Jersey laws, but if I pass and such, I will probably hold a meet on my usual weekend in March, and since I'd have my (probationary) license, I can go anywhere within reason when scheduling one.
Only three months on the Learner's? It's a whole goddamn year here!
Quote from: Dr Frankenstein on December 05, 2013, 12:19:06 PM
Quote from: Roadgeek Adam on December 05, 2013, 11:35:45 AMETA: I should add I got my learner's permit, finally, on November 26. Right now I cannot take a road test until at least February 26 courtesy of Jersey laws, but if I pass and such, I will probably hold a meet on my usual weekend in March, and since I'd have my (probationary) license, I can go anywhere within reason when scheduling one.
Only three months on the Learner's? It's a whole goddamn year here!
It's longer for those <21 I believe. I got it at 22 so the rules tend to be different.
Quote from: Dr Frankenstein on December 04, 2013, 01:02:53 PM
May: New York City (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=10458.0)
It's in May for sure?
Quote from: Molandfreak on December 05, 2013, 04:52:39 PM
Quote from: Dr Frankenstein on December 04, 2013, 01:02:53 PM
May: New York City (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=10458.0)
It's in May for sure?
As certain as the Nashville meet is March 29 - in other words, likely, but unconfirmed.
Quote from: Steve on December 05, 2013, 06:37:39 PM
Quote from: Molandfreak on December 05, 2013, 04:52:39 PM
Quote from: Dr Frankenstein on December 04, 2013, 01:02:53 PM
May: New York City (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=10458.0)
It's in May for sure?
As certain as the Nashville meet is March 29 - in other words, likely, but unconfirmed.
Count me in then, unless something else comes up. 65% chance I can go.
Wait when did that change from June? That...really changes my summer plans.
Quote from: corco on December 05, 2013, 07:07:28 PM
Wait when did that change from June? That...really changes my summer plans.
Oh, okay, last weekend in JUNE, not last weekend in MAY. I didn't check my own thread, shame on me.
Quote from: hbelkins on December 04, 2013, 02:49:52 PM
Quote from: vdeane on December 04, 2013, 02:03:01 PM
I would like to host a Corning/Elmira meet, but it's too early to tell right now if I'll be able to. I was looking at April/May, but if NYC is now May, I might push it out to August/September/October.
I can see either Dylan or Doug helping out with that one.
I may end up just giving the meet to them, honestly. I have a tour planned out and everything, but I honestly don't know where (if anywhere) I'll be able to travel next year.
Quote from: vdeane on December 05, 2013, 09:09:20 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on December 04, 2013, 02:49:52 PM
Quote from: vdeane on December 04, 2013, 02:03:01 PM
I would like to host a Corning/Elmira meet, but it's too early to tell right now if I'll be able to. I was looking at April/May, but if NYC is now May, I might push it out to August/September/October.
I can see either Dylan or Doug helping out with that one.
I may end up just giving the meet to them, honestly. I have a tour planned out and everything, but I honestly don't know where (if anywhere) I'll be able to travel next year.
If that's the case, I don't anticipate there being an issue for someone willing to help out.
Still looking at Hampton Roads and/or DC before I "retire" to Vermont by the end of April.
Quote from: froggie on December 06, 2013, 08:54:39 AM
Still looking at Hampton Roads and/or DC before I "retire" to Vermont by the end of April.
Hampton Roads is one I definitely want to do, if finances allow.
Quote from: froggie on December 06, 2013, 08:54:39 AM
Still looking at Hampton Roads and/or DC before I "retire" to Vermont by the end of April.
Hampton Roads has a lot of neat stuff to see, I have not been there for a while, and it is not terribly far from Maryland.
What transportation assets would be on your D.C.-area list?
Mine would be:
- 11th Street Bridge and related improvements;
- I-495 HOV/Toll lanes;
- I-95 HOV/Toll lanes;
- I-95/I-495 interchange with Va. 241 (Telegraph Road);
- Dulles Rail; and
- eastern part of Md. 200 (ICC).
Those can be done in a day or less (I know, I did them for the American Dream Coalition bus tour in October).
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Quote from: froggie on December 06, 2013, 08:54:39 AM
Still looking at Hampton Roads and/or DC before I "retire" to Vermont by the end of April.
Hampton Roads has a lot of neat stuff to see, I have not been there for a while, and it is not terribly far from Maryland.
What transportation assets would be on your D.C.-area list?
Mine would be:
- 11th Street Bridge and related improvements;
- I-495 HOV/Toll lanes;
- I-95 HOV/Toll lanes;
- I-95/I-495 interchange with Va. 241 (Telegraph Road);
- Dulles Rail; and
- eastern part of Md. 200 (ICC).
Those can be done in a day or less (I know, I did them for the American Dream Coalition bus tour in October).
There were at least two ICC meets previously held, and Froggie's last DC meet covered the I-495 HOV lanes, the Dulles Rail and the Telegraph Road interchange.
We've had a couple of DC meets recently, so if you only have time for one, definitely do Hampton Roads.
Are you all planning any future meets in Wytheville, Va Gallipolis, Oh. or Ashland Ky, Huntington W. Va. areas in 2014? If you are let me know and I will try to come to any future meet in either of these areas.
I'm certainly not planning anything in the Huntington/Ashland area any time soon. Not a lot left to see in that area as of now that we didn't cover back in the spring. If any work gets started on finishing the OH 7 bypass of Chesapeake and Proctorville, or construction on US 52 south of WV 75, or the extension of KY 67 back toward Lawrence County that's currently under study, then I'd be amenable to doing another meet.
Once West Virginia starts construction on the remaining section of US 35, if it ever does, a Gallipolis/Point Pleasant meet might be do-able.
Not sure there's enough in Wytheville to center a meet on.
QuoteWhat transportation assets would be on your D.C.-area list?
Primary focus would be an 11th St Bridge follow-up (since Phase 2 wasn't in the cards yet during the last meet) and easily-accessible I-95 HOT lane construction (focusing mostly on Newington). As HB noted, we've already covered the ICC, Beltway HO/T lanes, and the Silver Line.
Well I might as well go all out and say it. What meets I attend are quite unknown at this time, but I know I have no plans to organize any. Time off is now at a premium for me. Which meets I attend will depend on the where I land after job hunting. No, I'm not unemployed - but I'm finding my current situation less satisfying because of the way the company's being run. To find a new job will definitely involve relocation and - honestly, I'd like to get out of the Midwest as well (no offense, but I'm adventurous). I'm scanning the east coast, but I might "end-up" on the west coast because that's where all the jobs in my field are.
So...
tl:dr;
It's a wait and see situation.
I'm thinking I might be able to host Corning/Elmira if I have my parents pay for it as a birthday gift.
The downside: my birthday is March 19, and the meet schedule for that time of year is already full. I'd pretty much have to do it March 15 and conflict with St. Louis. Not sure what to do at this point.
EDIT: Perhaps April 5? That's not too far off, and doesn't appear to be taken yet.
April 5 would probably work out good, me personally I will not be able to make it but I am sure others will. :-)
Quote from: vdeane on January 31, 2014, 10:20:44 PM
I'm thinking I might be able to host Corning/Elmira if I have my parents pay for it as a birthday gift.
The downside: my birthday is March 19, and the meet schedule for that time of year is already full. I'd pretty much have to do it March 15 and conflict with St. Louis. Not sure what to do at this point.
EDIT: Perhaps April 5? That's not too far off, and doesn't appear to be taken yet.
I'd shoot for April for the meet, because there's a greater chance of better weather than in March (even though we all know that weather in Upstate NY can still be unpredictable in early April).
Is anyone planning a road meet in Kentucky ohio or west Virginia in the future?
Quote from: ronaldlee11 on February 04, 2014, 10:46:01 AM
Is anyone planning a road meet in Kentucky ohio or west Virginia in the future?
Haven't we been down this road before?
I had toyed with the idea of doing a Lexington/Central Kentucky meet this year, but it doesn't look like the projects I was interested in looking at (widening of the northwestern portion of KY 4/New Circle Road, construction of a DDI at KY 4/US 421, Newtown Pike extension to US 68) will be far enough along this year to be meet-worthy. I may have to put that off until next year.
I think a meet could successfully be arranged around the Louisville bridges project. I will be in Louisville later this month but won't have enough time to scout the meet. I may get a chance when I am back there for work in June.
I know of nothing in the western or southern part of West Virginia that would be meet-worthy. The only projects I know of are the I-64 widening project near Huntington and the WV 10 project between Logan and Man, neither of which are enough to build a meet on.
I'm not sure who will be organizing the annual Ohio meet this year, but I'm sure it will be posted somewhere.
EDIT: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=11204.0 covers this pretty well.
I am going to likely be in Macomb IL on the 20th of June and probably still in the area on the 21st, which is a Saturday.
There are some interesting stuff in Quincy nearby and some in Macomb, both are too far apart to be to be one meet.
Are there people who would be interested? It's a bit close to the NYC National Meet, but I assume not everyone is going to it.
I will likely be on the way to NYC or close to it.
Quote from: hbelkins on February 04, 2014, 01:24:22 PM
I'm not sure who will be organizing the annual Ohio meet this year, but I'm sure it will be posted somewhere.
Sandor Gulyas mentioned something on Facebook about the possibility that he may host something in the Columbus area on May 3 - focusing on different things that were not included as part of the 2011 tour he hosted.
Quote from: A.J. Bertin on February 23, 2014, 03:35:56 PM
Sandor Gulyas mentioned something on Facebook about the possibility that he may host something in the Columbus area on May 3 - focusing on different things that were not included as part of the 2011 tour he hosted.
He blocked me on Facebook for some unknown reason, so hopefully that info will be posted elsewhere.
Quote from: hbelkins on February 23, 2014, 04:18:45 PM
Quote from: A.J. Bertin on February 23, 2014, 03:35:56 PM
Sandor Gulyas mentioned something on Facebook about the possibility that he may host something in the Columbus area on May 3 - focusing on different things that were not included as part of the 2011 tour he hosted.
He blocked me on Facebook for some unknown reason, so hopefully that info will be posted elsewhere.
That's weird. I won't hold my breath for this meet to actually happen, but if he does end up hosting it, I think I'll try to go. Columbus is a neat city.
I've never attended a Columbus meet. The first one that I can remember, I was sick and decided not to go. (That was the one that was plagued by a thunderstorm). The most recent one, I went to a Kansas meet on the same day instead.
Will there be a meet in Lexington or Louisville Ky, or Cincinnati Columbus Dayton this year?
Quote from: ronaldlee11 on February 26, 2014, 11:51:11 AM
Will there be a meet in Lexington or Louisville Ky, or Cincinnati Columbus Dayton this year?
See the above comments for the discussion of Columbus. There's a possibility but nothing set in stone for that. The last Columbus meet was June 2011. The most recent Dayton meet was in June 2012, and then Cincinnati was just a few months ago (October 2013).
Quote from: ronaldlee11 on February 26, 2014, 11:51:11 AM
Will there be a meet in Lexington or Louisville Ky, or Cincinnati Columbus Dayton this year?
There may be one in Louisville. I'd thought about a Lexington area meet this year, but the projects I have in mind to see probably won't be in full swing until next year.
Also possible for next year -- a western Kentucky meet, since replacement of the Eggner's Ferry Bridge will be well underway and the conversion of the WK/Pennyrile interchange should be in progress by then as well.
I don't anticipate hosting a meet this year, but I will see if anything may be feasible in New York or New England this fall. I do want to host a meet related to the new Tappan Zee Bridge construction, but I've pegged that for a 2015.
SCH-I545
I got my driver's license at age 14.
I'd like to do a Baltimore meet once the I-95 express toll lanes open in "late 2014". (Last Baltimore meet was hosted by Steve in 2010.) I have a few other meet ideas, but I want to get through Delmarva before I seriously start planning other future meets!
Forget NYC. The Saint Louis meet is the official 2014 national meet. Most of the big players will be there. This will be a once in a lifetime experience.
Quote from: bugo on February 26, 2014, 11:07:11 PM
Forget NYC. The Saint Louis meet is the official 2014 national meet. Most of the big players will be there. This will be a once in a lifetime experience.
I love how this happened organically, too. I still think NYC will be important, but St. Louis has definitely become the national meet of the year.
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I am starting to agree on St Louis, very much looking forward to that weekend, and for me it kicks off seeing Billy Joel live in Nashville Friday night before the meet :-)
Quote from: Dougtone on February 26, 2014, 04:03:04 PM
I don't anticipate hosting a meet this year, but I will see if anything may be feasible in New York or New England this fall. I do want to host a meet related to the new Tappan Zee Bridge construction, but I've pegged that for a 2015.
I... know people. A lot of people. I couldn't get much going on the Turnpike widening, but I might have more luck trying to arrange something on the Tap.
Quote from: Laura on February 26, 2014, 11:31:03 PM
Quote from: bugo on February 26, 2014, 11:07:11 PM
Forget NYC. The Saint Louis meet is the official 2014 national meet. Most of the big players will be there. This will be a once in a lifetime experience.
I love how this happened organically, too. I still think NYC will be important, but St. Louis has definitely become the national meet of the year.
National Meets are two days with other events planned around them. I know many people have planned things around the St. Louis meet, but NY will be on another level. I know I said end of February... then life closed in quickly on all sides. I'm workin.
Quote from: Laura on February 26, 2014, 11:00:51 PM
I'd like to do a Baltimore meet once the I-95 express toll lanes open in "late 2014". (Last Baltimore meet was hosted by Steve in 2010.) I have a few other meet ideas, but I want to get through Delmarva before I seriously start planning other future meets!
I might just be able to attend that, depending on how late it is. I should have the project car running earlier than expected so I may have a bit of a window to attend meets later in the year.
Quote from: bugo on February 26, 2014, 11:07:11 PM
Forget NYC. The Saint Louis meet is the official 2014 national meet. Most of the big players will be there. This will be a once in a lifetime experience.
I'm not a player, I just crush a lot.
Quote from: Alps on February 27, 2014, 12:12:29 AM
Quote from: Laura on February 26, 2014, 11:31:03 PM
Quote from: bugo on February 26, 2014, 11:07:11 PM
Forget NYC. The Saint Louis meet is the official 2014 national meet. Most of the big players will be there. This will be a once in a lifetime experience.
I love how this happened organically, too. I still think NYC will be important, but St. Louis has definitely become the national meet of the year.
National Meets are two days with other events planned around them. I know many people have planned things around the St. Louis meet, but NY will be on another level. I know I said end of February... then life closed in quickly on all sides. I'm workin.
Right. St. Louis is "national" due to attendance from all over the country (plus the informal events that will rise up as a result). NYC is "national" for the same reason, plus the extra day and extra planned events.
https://www.bristolmotorspeedway.com/events_tickets/food_city_500/#
This may have just knocked me off the fence for STL.
Quote from: Dougtone on February 27, 2014, 06:56:06 PM
Quote from: bugo on February 26, 2014, 11:07:11 PM
Forget NYC. The Saint Louis meet is the official 2014 national meet. Most of the big players will be there. This will be a once in a lifetime experience.
I'm not a player, I just crush a lot.
You're nearly as tall as I am, of course you're a big player.
I have a feeling that's not really what knocked you off the fence.
Actually, as I've mentioned before, STL was the least likely of the original three (now four) meets on consecutive weekends for me because it's such a boring trip. Besides Tennessee, Hampton Roads was always my preference (even before Delmarva got added to the weekend) because of the scenery. I was on I-64 through Indiana and Illinois last year and have no great burning desire to drive it again so soon. I'm looking forward to covering some new territory in Virginia on the way to and from the east coast, if I end up going.
I bounced this off Jeff, and I suggested our own rickmastfan67 might contribute... this year's PA meet may end up in Pittsburgh, and obviously PA 28 would have to be part of that. I don't have details, nor would I really be involved in any aspect of the planning, but since I want to make this happen (haven't seen Jeff in ages), I'm publicizing it.
I'm on it.
Rumor has it that Sean Lyons and Dan Garnell are planning a Toledo meet for May 31. If so, someone had better hurry up and announce it...
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can someone install an I-366 shield?
I was thinking I-367. A combination of I-366 and I-67, and call it the Rickmastfan Expressway.
Quote from: getemngo on March 18, 2014, 09:08:59 PM
Rumor has it that Sean Lyons and Dan Garnell are planning a Toledo meet for May 31. If so, someone had better hurry up and announce it...
Does that count as this year's Ohio meet or Michigan meet?
Quote from: Alps on March 19, 2014, 12:12:22 AM
Quote from: getemngo on March 18, 2014, 09:08:59 PM
Rumor has it that Sean Lyons and Dan Garnell are planning a Toledo meet for May 31. If so, someone had better hurry up and announce it...
Does that count as this year's Ohio meet or Michigan meet?
Not necessarily either. In Ohio: I'd give this one a 50/50 chance of happening. Sandor apparently wants to do something in Columbus this year, which I'd also give a 50/50 chance of happening.
In Michigan: Barry Camp wants to do an M-231 meet sometime, based in the Muskegon area. It was going to happen last year and then got postponed to TBD. bulldog1979 (Michael) and I want to do the Upper Peninsula meet either this fall or fall 2015. Brandon wants someone, anyone, to host a Lansing meet, which I'll do, but only if all the rest of these fall through.
In other words, it's a mess. I miss when Michigan and Ohio meets had a rough annual pattern, and you'd get at least 3 per year between the states.
Quote from: getemngo on March 19, 2014, 12:29:03 AM
In Michigan: Barry Camp wants to do an M-231 meet sometime, based in the Muskegon area. It was going to happen last year and then got postponed to TBD.
Oh wow... I'd completely forgotten about this one. Thanks for mentioning this one. But of course, we haven't heard from Barry recently so this is probably not happening anytime soon.
Quote from: getemngo on March 19, 2014, 12:29:03 AM
I miss when Michigan and Ohio meets had a rough annual pattern, and you'd get at least 3 per year between the states.
I miss that too.
Quote from: getemngo on March 18, 2014, 09:08:59 PM
Rumor has it that Sean Lyons and Dan Garnell are planning a Toledo meet for May 31. If so, someone had better hurry up and announce it...
Confirmed by Sean Lyons, Saturday, May 31st is a go for the Toledo-US 24 Corridor Meet. Details to come.
Quote from: DanTheMan414 on April 09, 2014, 11:38:31 AM
Confirmed by Sean Lyons, Saturday, May 31st is a go for the Toledo-US 24 Corridor Meet. Details to come.
It's possible, if I have enough free lodging points to get a room for a couple of nights.
No go on Toledo - already booked up and just bought a computer (in pieces - intentionally)
I'm seriously considering Toledo. Greyhound botched my trip home from St. Louis so badly that they mailed me a voucher that would cover the cost of a trip to a city that's relatively close to me. I don't know if Toledo's really that close though.
Toledo is probably closer than St. Louis. It's (almost) in the same state.
Is the meal at Tony Packo's?
I am a no go for Toledo too, there is a toy show in Cartersville, GA that day which is closer for me to travel. As for Columbus on May 3, this is a better shot for me since I have a toy show the next day in Dayton, OH and hopefully I am start having Fridays off by that time.
Toledo's a maybe for me, especially if Louisville happens.
Meh on Toledo. Too little opportunity to clinch new stuff compared to how far away it is.
Louisville is also unlikely since I ended up going to Nashville.
Pittsburgh, on the other hand... if it happens, I'm 110% there.
I will be in Pittsburgh this time tomorrow night ;-)
Quote from: jpi on April 09, 2014, 04:44:02 PM
As for Columbus on May 3...
I wonder if this is even still a possibility anymore. If it does happen, it's doubtful that I will attend.
Quote from: A.J. Bertin on April 09, 2014, 10:59:24 PM
Quote from: jpi on April 09, 2014, 04:44:02 PM
As for Columbus on May 3...
I wonder if this is even still a possibility anymore. If it does happen, it's doubtful that I will attend.
I forgot all about this one. I'm probably moving back to the Lower Peninsula that day. It'd be a 10% chance at best.
Quote from: getemngo on April 09, 2014, 11:35:05 PM
Quote from: A.J. Bertin on April 09, 2014, 10:59:24 PM
Quote from: jpi on April 09, 2014, 04:44:02 PM
As for Columbus on May 3...
I wonder if this is even still a possibility anymore. If it does happen, it's doubtful that I will attend.
I forgot all about this one. I'm probably moving back to the Lower Peninsula that day. It'd be a 10% chance at best.
There's no way for me. I'll be bringing my father back from Colorado that day and at Arthur Murray Medal Ball the next.
Columbus on May 3? That's totally news to me.
Quote from: hbelkins on April 10, 2014, 09:50:53 PM
Columbus on May 3? That's totally news to me.
It was mentioned casually by Sandor a few months ago as a possibility. I didn't really think he was all that serious about it, although I could be wrong.
Toledo's unlikely but not unpossible.
Looks like Toledo is probably out of range, but Columbus might be within range.
If a meet is going to happen in Columbus on 5/3, someone had better get it set up quick-like. If it does happen later this year, it's definitely doable for me as a day trip.
Hi guys. If you have a question, try addressing me directly. :banghead:
I haven't changed my email address in over 6 years and most of you can speak to me on facebook. Hell, I'll get an email from the board software telling me you've sent me a private message on here.
Works better than talking behind someone's back. :pan:
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As for a Columbus meet, in 2014, I'm not pursuing that anymore this year. There was lukewarm interest when I mentioned this on facebook, back in the winter, followed by Dan asking me (back in March) to let him and Sean go forth with a Toledo meet (of which I haven't heard anything about).
I'm moving on. If you want to speak to me further, you can look me up.
Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on April 14, 2014, 09:37:45 PM
Hi guys. If you have a question, try addressing me directly. :banghead:
I haven't changed my email address in over 6 years and most of you can speak to me on facebook. Hell, I'll get an email from the board software telling me you've sent me a private message on here.
Works better than talking behind someone's back. :pan:
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As for a Columbus meet, in 2014, I'm not pursuing that anymore this year. There was lukewarm interest when I mentioned this on facebook, back in the winter, followed by Dan asking me (back in March) to let him and Sean go forth with a Toledo meet (of which I haven't heard anything about).
I'm moving on. If you want to speak to me further, you can look me up.
Dude, it's not behind your back, it's right here on the forum where you can read it...
Quote from: Alps on April 14, 2014, 09:46:04 PM
Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on April 14, 2014, 09:37:45 PM
Hi guys. If you have a question, try addressing me directly. :banghead:
I haven't changed my email address in over 6 years and most of you can speak to me on facebook. Hell, I'll get an email from the board software telling me you've sent me a private message on here.
Works better than talking behind someone's back. :pan:
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As for a Columbus meet, in 2014, I'm not pursuing that anymore this year. There was lukewarm interest when I mentioned this on facebook, back in the winter, followed by Dan asking me (back in March) to let him and Sean go forth with a Toledo meet (of which I haven't heard anything about).
I'm moving on. If you want to speak to me further, you can look me up.
Dude, it's not behind your back, it's right here on the forum where you can read it...
In his defense it wasn't that obvious because Toledo wasn't in its own topic. :ded:
Chill out, Sandor. Nobody is hiding anything from you.
Quote from: mgk920 on December 04, 2013, 10:57:31 PM
I haven't made an official announcement yet, but I'm about 98% certain on 26-April for NE Wisconsin.
Mike
I assume this isn't happening a week from now, since you've made no announcement. Any plans for a later date in 2014?