Activity Planning - 2016 Gathering

Sarge81 said: The agenda is looking good fella's. This kind of stuff isn't exactly easy to throw together unless your profession is a tour or party planner. I'm not going to b**ch one bit if something doesn't go as exactly planned. I know what all goes into these events. It can be frustrating. 

cinor said: Lookss like you have a lot of great things lined up.  The only thing that would not be great for me is the one with the long drive, as it is long enough just for me to get to the gathering.  I agree maybe an afternoon or morning with downtime would be great it would give us a chance to swap lies share some ideas and talk about our cars and I'm always up for that.

Here is a link to a Google Map I made with a proposed loop route.  

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone, keep them coming.  Sounds like there is consensus for some downtime one of the days.  That should probably be the day we spend in Tacoma.  As of now I'm thinking Thursday would be Seattle, Friday would be Tacoma, and Saturday would be the Mt. Rainier trip.  But, open to suggestions as always.  

daveo76 said:

Cindy, do you mean the Mt Rainier Trip?  I do admit it is a long drive, especially if we do the full loop, but I think it's worth it!  The good news with the Mt Rainier trip is that it can be made into a much shorter trip, if the group wishes or perhaps we will split up with part going back to DuPont after we visit Sunrise and the rest going on to Paradise for the whole loop.  

The one that is 5 Hrs.  The way I read it is 5 hrs one way, but perhaps you mean 5 hrs driving for the whole day, I'll go back and read that again.  But don't let that stop you from adding it to the agenda as I will follow where ever the rest is going.  Heck Sarge had us driving all over the country.
Ok so I went back and looked and I don't see the suggested event that was to be 5 hr drive.  Am I losing my mind or was it removed.  Was sure I seen it somewhere

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Vman73 said: Dave, I've got a suggestion for dinner the first night (Wed.), it's called Topside Bar and Grill in Steilacomm. Nice place, good food and I think there will be plenty of room for us on a Wednesday night. We've been there a few times for football games and I can check with the owner to see if he can set something up for us. I think they also have a roof top patio for some great views of the Sound. The good news is there are some pretty good back roads to Steilacomm from DuPont, so no I-5. I'm sure everyone will be sick of E-way driving by the time they get here. Let me know what you think.

johnu said:

Yes, They are nice.  I'm in Phoenix this winter. A local guy has three models that he takes to all the shows every weekend.  He marks them up a bunch and sells them to buyers not wanting to wait for the factory lead time.