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I'm new to the group and event, but I'm starting up this thread with my proposed meet up location and time.  

I sugliest as individuals and groups add stops, they post a location before or after an already established meeting point, with an estimated time that reflects consideration for the stops prior and following.  Feel free to name a new spot, or meet at an existing spot.

PM a cell phone number to Lane Anderson for realtime updates should the schedule be impacted more than an hour in either direction.

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Lane Anderson - Christiansburg, VA - Thursday-ish

Scott Bessette - I-81 Northbound Rest Area north of Winchester, Virginia just after entering West Virginia -  Thursday 11:00am-ish

El Frazoo - I-81 Northbound Rest Area north of Hagerstown, MD, 2 miles after passing into Pennsylvania  Thursday 12:00 noon-ish

 

 

 

 

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Ron Mullis posted:

Are we doing the standard Bristol lunch? Lane, Jack,  Hoss?

Hey Ron--Brooklyn Grill in Bristol, VA is a top place for lunch, as you already know.  We stumbled into it 4-5 years ago and have stopped there every year since on the Lenoir City (Knoxville)  to Christiansburg, VA .  I know Hoss will be missed and maybe Nolan but usually Lane and Tom Raymond meet us there about noon each year. Hey Scottie D---is Bristol convenient for you to join us?

We'll meet there at noon Wednesday, May 19 .

Directions---going North on I-81 take the highway way 421 going East a short distance to Euclid Avenue.  It's the first 4 klane street you come to off 421.  The address is 2125 Euclid Avenue, Bristol, VA   (276/669-1900)

Looking forward to seeing you, Maddie, lane and Tom and hopefully Nolan.

This is a great meet-up location for any other Speedster / Spyder folks going up I81 on 5/19.

Jack

 

 

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Hoss posted:

I won't be making the trip again this year due to family obligations later in May that would make the trip unworkable.  My part of the journey will begin and end with dinner on Tuesday night at Aubrey's Restaurant in Lenoir City, if there is one.  

John---durn tootin' we'll have our annual din-din at Aubrey's Tuesday May 17 at about 6 or 6:30--let us know your druthers.  You, Sarah, Nolan and Jan, Alice and me and anyone else who wants to join us.  Sorry to miss you and Geraldene  this year but at least we'll enjoy seeing everyone before we launch for Christiansburg, VA the next morning

 

Jack.

Hoss, sorry to hear your car is going away. Always loved those gauges !

Brooklyn Grill it is again, except for the year they were closed and we had lunch at The 

Virginian. SOC folks should note we now have two new shopping complexes at exits 1 and 5 off of I81 in the Bristol, VA area. Exit 1 has a Bass Pro Shop, and exit 5 Cabelas.

Lane, I hope my new ride is in by the time you get here. 

Marty Grzynkowicz posted:
Hoss posted:

I'll be there in spirit, Frazoo, or maybe that's with spirits.....I dunno, but my ten year streak was broken last year and now with the Red Man soon departing, I will really have to push myself to make the gig again.  

Did I miss something. Where is the redman going?

You guys missed the reference to Hoss possibly selling the Red Man. He made the comment back in February when he was talking about moving and having to downsize.

Here's the excerpt:

We will have to downsize, of course, and some of the things we have accumulated, including the Red Man, will have to go.  It is bitter sweet, but with advancing age and deteriorating joints, the warmer climate and the safety net of the aforementioned continuing care is, we believe, a prudent step.

 

Yeah, I remembered that, too.  I can totally dig the warmer climate - in the winter, at least.  We were in Beaufort, SC in late August the year we bought the house there and it was WICKED HOT and HUMID!  I don't know how Lane stands it there between July and the start of September.

Anyway, I remember John mentioning that they were buying a home in Florida, partly for the health amenities nearby, partly for the climate and partly to downsize.  I'm still in denial of all that stuff, but fully expect to be doing something similar in five years or so.

Keep us informed, Hoss.

We're not buying a home in the traditional sense.  We are buying into a continuing care facility and are awaiting our turn.  I hate to think of being a "vulture" but waiting for people to have to move into extended care or passing away is what makes units available to those of us on the waiting list.  It may be six months or perhaps two to three years, who knows.  We decided we liked the idea of the safety net of a place like this and also being young enough to enjoy Florida for a few years.  We rediscovered a favorite restaurant and a church (our denomination - fancy that).  New discoveries include a fine arts museum, a shooting range and a cool brew pub.  Life is good.  Life will be good.  

John:  My late mom-in-law worked for Pratt and Whitney in West Palm Beach, and after she retired she joined a community like yours for all of the same reasons as you.  

She started in just a regular apartment in the complex for some years, then moved into a different wing for assisted living for about 15 years, then another wing for more intensive care for the last few years - 23 years at the place in all and she LOVED it there.  Great care, lots of friends, plenty of things to do (she had been a tech writer while working so she edited/produced the community newspaper), lots of organized travel and lots of shops and restaurants nearby (although the resident's restaurant was outstanding).  It was a great life and we loved visiting.  I was ready to move in! 

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OK--I just got off the phone with the Brooklyn Grill and they are making sure that they have enough room for 8-12 of us on Wednesday May 18 at about  12:30.

Going North on I-81 take exit 1 right after you enter VA from TN.  Going South on i-81 it's called exit  3.  Just head towards Bristol, take a right onto Euclid ave and you is there.

Looking forward to seeing everyone.

Hoss, I missed the gist of all of this moving stuff, and downsizing the Red Man.  Really don't know what to say, besides I'll miss both of you.  Maybe you could rent a nice garage for the Speedster?  How hard could that be?

Meanwhile: anybody else from DC area planning to hook up w/ this mad bunch for lunch at the Cracker Barrel and then the last push to Carlisle on Thurs??  If so, Pls say.

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