Carlisle 2013 Hotel Reservations

Host hotel rooms are sold out - but there are others nearby....

 

I received an email from one of our Speedster owners saying he called for a room today and was told our block of 47 rooms at the Courtyard Harrisburg West/Mechanicsburg is sold out.  For those of you who have not yet made hotel reservations, the following link to Google Maps outlines several hotels located within 2-3 miles of the host hotel and some still have vacancies: 

 

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.44158598,d.dmQ&biw=1280&bih=823&wrapid=tlif136390406562510&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=hotels+near+Courtyard+Harrisburg+West/Mechanicsburg&fb=1&gl=us&hq=hotels&hnear=0x89c8e9cd1df3e667:0x96e7d940ddfa8a16,Courtyard+Harrisburg+West/Mechanicsburg,+4921+Gettysburg+Rd,+Mechanicsburg,+PA+17055&sa=X&ei=XoZLUdO_D5G40gGJxIHgAQ&ved=0COcBELYD

 

My suggestion is to call the host hotel first and try anyway, they might get cancellations from other groups who have reservations there. 

Sold out? That should keep the front desk busy.

Did we occupy that many rooms last year?

 

Envious spectators are in for a treat seeing a stream of raucous Porsche replicas hijacking their roads. Maybe the Chamber of Commerce could assign a siren blasting motorcycle escort to clear us through red light intersections!...how cool would that be!

 

Or...We could all turn on our headlights and hire a big black hearse to lead us at a slower more dignified pace.

Bill Drayer could put an oversize luggage rack on Blackie and we could put a coffin on it.  I'd suggest we line it with plastic and fill it with ice and beer.

Don't forget the Smirnof Ice!

 

And that "slower, more dignified pace" only lasts for a while, and then those of us toward the back of the pack see some interesting passing over double yellow lines!

 

And yes, Kelly, Kathy and I are coming for sure, and Chris has a room...Whether he can find the time to escape for a weekend with his junior crew chief remains to be seen.

Now just who could you be (cough, Cory, cough) talking about?

Slower, more dignified pace?  HA!  By the time we get out of town we're nowhere near any speed limits.

 

I had to watch the video and photos afterward to make sure we actually went over some covered bridges.

Nah......Cory wasn't too bad.  As long as he was spaced away from that white Spyder.

 

And yeah, pulling 2'nd gear on a TIGHT right turn while simultaneously driving straight up the face of a friggin cliff was more than a little interesting, too.

 

I'm jus sayin........

 

And I love Al's hat.  I'm just hoping I won't have to use THIS one:

 

Oh, boy, been there, done that whole outfit, Gordon! I think it was 2006, when Lane's car got built.

 

And don't pick on Cory and I too much, we bring out the worst/best in each other. Like the brotherI never had(three sisters I grew up with).

 

My opinion, if you aren't crossing the lines, you aren't driving fast enough! Did you all stay in the lines when coloring as a child? 

Gordon,

You said above "And yes, Kelly, Kathy and I are coming for sure..."  Who is Kelly?

Frazer? Maybe?

Kelly Frazer's post of 24 March.

Yup.  El Senor Frazer

 

BTW:  Chris will probably be bringing his daily commuter car/office, a late Audi A4 (complete with two kiddie seats) so he may wander off to the Audi folks from time to time.  I think they always win for best hospitality tent or something like that.  He hasn't yet decided to bring along the rest of the tribe and do a side-trip to Sesame Street or not - we'll know as we get closer - but Lucas, the 3-yr-old Junior Crew Chief is a very definite maybe.  

I'm excited to add that, last night, my eldest son, Brian, who lives in Seattle, and only the west coasters  have met, will be traveling to Detroit and joining me on the trip to Carlisle!

Congratulations Tom.  Wish I could get my sons to join me.

Gordon, you forgot your tilde in Señor. 

Yeah, I saw the missing tilde, but I was on my Macbook at the time and find it Múcho easier to do Spanish emails with the iPad/phone (just hold down the key and all of the language variations are displayed to choose from).  No idea how that works on a Microsquash system, as it's been almost twenty years since I had one, now.....

 

Boy!   Everybody keeps bringing more and more relatives and we may have to get a bigger banquet hall!!  (Again!!)

 

And East Coast Bruce was worried that first year if anybody would show up......Now, our Thursday crowd is better than most people see on a big weekend!!!!!!

Si señor, I weel be arriving at dee casa del Speedsters theese Mayo een your state you call Peensylwania.

 

hasta lumbago,

 

Keely

Alternate lodging location for those who have not yet made reservations:

 

One of our members just informed me he reserved a room right across the street from the Marriott.  It's the Homewood Suites and there are rooms available.  You might try the Marriott in case there are any cancellations.