Poll: April 25-26th End of Spring Event - TOD or C'ville?

[Goodspeed]

So, to address the idea of doing the Tail of the Dragon, we have here this poll thread. I know a lot of you have mentioned wanting to do this event, and with this we'll leave it up to you to commit to it, or not (or, alternatively, say yes to the other option). If we did Tail of the Dragon it would take committing to above and beyond any other event that we've held, because it is quite a distance from us, so please keep that in mind if you select the TOD option. Selecting it would be the same as entering your name in a registration option. It would be huge fun for the club and, if all goes well, I could see it being one of the best events yet, but the flip-side is it would be a letdown if everyone bailed at the last minute. I'm not trying to be a skeptic, but you have to understand from a planning perspective, its a thin line between a good event and a disaster and it relies mostly upon the participation and commitment of members. I'd love to do it and do it well, with everyone involved (student+alumni) and everyone glad they participated.

Here are the two rough options we've come up with, and based on the poll results we'll go with the most popular. The weekend of April 25th to the 26th is truthfully the only weekend we have available for this (we being students) according to our schedule of events, the JMU schedule of events, and the general desire to do this at a time when the weather is nice. This would be one week after the planned G-Force karting trip.

Option 1: Tail of the Dragon

See earlier thread here

This would entail traveling down the Friday before the weekend, most likely down I-81 to Abingdon, for a few reasons. Ryan T has offered to open the doors of his home to a reasonable number of us (6-7); there are also other local lodging options available. Stopping Friday would allow is to wake up Saturday, do the TOD, return for Saturday night, and head home Sunday morning.

[url=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Harrisonburg,+VA&daddr=deals+gap,+NC&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=44.069599,93.164063&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=7ed"]Map - H'burg to TOTD[/url]

Map - H'burg to Abingdon

Map - Abingdon to TOD

GoogleMaps puts the trip to Abingdon at about 3.5 hours, and to the TOD (Deals Gap, NC US 129) at roughly 3 hours (doable in ~2.5 I'm told)

Option 2: Scenic Cruise to Charlottesville

This would be an event similar to the Skyline Drive cruise of last fall, whereby current students could take the southern end of the Skyline Drive to an east-bound country road into Charlottesville, or a number of other possible routes. Similarly, those from N.Va could choose a scenic route to their liking to head to C'ville (OR join us in H'burg for our route), in which we would meet up at a park, restaurant, or home (?) for a MM cookout and get-together. This is obviously simpler and closer to most, and depending on the roads found, could be a sort of TOD "lite".

Map - H'burg to C'ville

Pick which one you'd like and we'll go from there 8)

[JohnC]

You know which one I picked 8) I'm not sure we can host, but there are plenty of great restaurant options that I would be happy to coordinate.

[Goodspeed]

I forgot to mention, it seems logical to let this run until the end of the week, after our first spring meeting and so that everyone has a chance to see it and vote.

[Jewels]

Well, just to let you know the weekend of April 25 and 26th is the first Summit Point event. I realize that, that doesn't include most of the students, but I wanted to throw that out there.

[D_Eclipse9916]

fark cant do it on that date. Thanks Julie

[kcook]

yeahhh you can prob count me out too.

[Goodspeed]

Thanks for the heads up Julie. Too many events, not enough weekends! I hope everyone votes regardless, and then we can go ahead and make a dedicated thread for the event and then see if there is interest in it for those who don't typically make it to the track weekends.

[etienne426]

Do the right thing, vote Tail of the Dragon!!!!!!!!






TN is breathtaking

I might be able to provide a place for people to crash in A-town also.

[JustinG]

prob a lil late, but if neither of these work, Rolex is at VIR that weekend, $50 bucks for the 3 day pass

[balactm]

i could go for some tail of the dragon...