Ok guys and gals we have dates and a place for the 2nd board wide meet this coming year :) It will be in Norwood,Missouri 65717 on July 7th 8th and 9th,so lets hear who all is coming and what you would like to do once here?We are still working on all the details and if you have any input at all just chime in and lets hear the ideas you have.We have alot of members helping with this but would love input from everyone :) Everyone is welcome and even bring the kids if you have them,and although seeing alot of truck show up would be nice, it is not necessary(i showed up at the first one in a ford)lol!!

Would love to, but no tellin what I'll be doing, or even where I'll be doing it.

Hmmm,have no clue what I will be doing that month,or what I am doing this weekend:rolleyes: but I would love to try to make it.I guess I need to finish the shortbed K10 so I can drive it there if I can come...

I will be there. Don't know about the rest of the family yet. Will be driving a Chevy truck of some description.

It's now on my calendar! Yeeeha, another road trip!:metal:

Tyvm James, you made my day with the Ford part of your post, I plan on
being there all 3 days, I plan on sleeping somewhere part of that time, If
all goes well I'll be driving "Merlot" to the event, if not it will be the F150.
Anything I can to help just let me know, also will this be a swap meet to?
I have things to unload, and I may still have some of them in July, cya ;)

how far is that zip from 30309? :D

About 675 miles shifty :) easy drive!

I'll be there, and we're open to swap meet or anything, we wanna be able to just hang out and have fun.

I will be there with redneckgirl and 4 centsless redneck kids !!! 1000 miles in a car with 4 kids....hmmmm I wonder how many of us will survive....lol
Looking forward to hanging out with everyone !!!!!

Would love to, but no tellin what I'll be doing, or even where I'll be doing it.

Hmmm,have no clue what I will be doing that month,or what I am doing this weekend but I would love to try to make it.I guess I need to finish the shortbed K10 so I can drive it there if I can come...

Longhorn man, and 1969k10stepside, you are missing the whole point of having a notice of this event posted 6 months before it is going to happen. You mark this down on the calender and make everything else fit it. So correctly stated, I don't know what I'm doing this week or next month but July7-9 2007 I'm going to be hanging out with my family out in Norwood Mo. so if you want to hang with me that's where I'll be. With this much notice ain't no reason not to make it.

:metal: LMAO Ron^ Looking forward to it. Just don't mention swapmeet to my wife. She can't understand why I'm always hauling parts when we go out of town. I may have to hide them in the trunk. :lol:

Cool, thats just a jump, skip and a hop away from me, I will lightly pencil that in on my calender.

Jeff

HMMM...my zip code mile calculater says its 1700 miles. 98272 to 65717. A little too far for me to drive in a weekend :(

I'll try to make it, hopefully in the truck.. if funds allow, of course.

I'll see what I can do.

see you there

I would love to come but I will have to pass. 5300 miles is a helluva long way to travel for a long weekend. I'm sure all of you will have fun for me.

Sounds Great,easy Drive From Central Indiana,even With The Wife And Kids.im Newer To The Board,cant Wait To Meet Everyone.im Not Sure What Ill Have Done,but Well Be In A Chevy Something..
Ideas For Activities:poker Runs Are Fun And Can Be Made Family Friendly.any Waterpark Type Areas Around?that Would Be Good Group/family Outings.itll Be Fairly Warm There In July Right?
Even Though The Better Half Probably Doesnt Agree I Think Swap Meet Area Is Good Idea..ill Be Glad To Help Where I Can.thanks

how far is that zip from 30309? :D

Wanna car pool :D

WHEW! 774 miles from me! Not sure if the 67 is up to that!

Car Pool is the only way I am making it. If only I had bought that 67-72 limo,

i would love to be there but july is the busy season at work and thats a long drive.

HMMM...my zip code mile calculater says its 1700 miles. 98272 to 65717. A little too far for me to drive in a weekend :(


I'm looking at 10 hours of driving if i wanna go, looks like you got 24 hours of straight driving :D

fly in, i'm sure a chevy would pick you up. :)

I will be there along with a stepside.

i will be there, its not too far from me at all not sure if i can stay all three days but we'll see what happens

Just like the first one :) we tried to find a place that was AFFORDABLE ( ie we dont have to pay out a few hundred just to rent ;) ) as well as pretty much central location to all. Everyone who is interested has plenty of time to plan in advance, make a family vaca etc. It will be well worth the trip.


Distances to Norwood Mo from all over
2,049 mi portland

1,349 mi phoenix az

1,288 mi miami fl

1,363 mi new hampshire

1,041 mi north dakota

1,970 mi sacramento ca

1,862 mi calgary

1,070 mi winnipeg

1,910 mi alberta

When we do the third annual we'll try to find a more westernly situated spot in theory :) I drove 1300 miles for the last one myself!

Norwood looks to be about 40 miles east of Springfield and is a small town. I'm sure they don't have a jail big enough for all of us. :)

They do however have 80 acres with 20 cleared at our disposal ;)
Also nearby towns and I believe Ron has been checking out a local track as well.

I'm still waiting for Boss to tell me where it's at and give me a name of the track so I can Google it or see if they have a web site. But after thinking about it it might not be a good idea to bring it and tie up all afternoon and evening and Sat. night at the drag strip unless more than just BBB and me were interested in it. He and I can pull off the photo shoot anytime with just him and me and someone to run the camera.

Well lets get the info and see what can be done. Was there a reason it had to be saturday only? Usually when we did club test n tunes it was a sunday afternoon or a fri night? I have talked to a few others who were interested in doing that as well. Just like the rest tho, all in planning stages.

I will be there! I am coming from Washington State to take part. West coasters, I saw you posting saying you wanted another one of these and that you would attend. So put it on you calender and lets make this a great event with lots of us there. This is also following the 4th of July so it may be easier for you to get away.

I've got it on my calendar for all three days and the wife requested off too. It's about a nine hour drive with a five year old but it's worth it to meet a great bunch of folks in person. I'll probably have to drive my Dodge:crazy: . Oh well!
Is there a particular hotel/motel the group is going to try and use?

its 13hr drive for us with 3 between the ages of 3 and7 and redneckgirl /centsless have about 18 hrs with 4 lil ones around those ages.

For those who may be wondering this is a family thing so the more the merrier

Good news!!!!!, well at least for some :) The Alaskan Nightmare/Cruise that I have to go on with the in-laws is July 11-18, not the week before like I thought. So I should be able to get over there if they'll let me off for that much time.

yellow69, I hope you won't be to tired from your cruise cause my cookout is on July 21, 2007. And it just won't be right without you being here.

Well lets get the info and see what can be done. Was there a reason it had to be saturday only? Usually when we did club test n tunes it was a sunday afternoon or a fri night? I have talked to a few others who were interested in doing that as well. Just like the rest tho, all in planning stages.

I was just thinking that the track would be open on Sat. for racing. That means time trials would be in the afternoon (4-7) with racing starting at 7 or 8. I read somewhere about maybe getting the restaurant for the Sat. evening meal and BS session. I wouldn't want to miss that. But like I have said all along I will do whatever the majority wants to do. We have time for a change or two.

YES - I know this is relatively closer for me than most

YES - I know it's a little over 6 months away from now

YES - I know that it will be a expense to all that attend

YES - I know that we will all have to make some sacrifices

NO - Is the answer to the question -> "Would I Miss This?"

:gi:

I plan on being there. It's not too far from Springfield and hopefully my truck will be painted by then!:metal:

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I'm putting the dates on my calendar....:hm:

See y'all there.

LockDoc

Sounds like a great start off for most :) After the holidays and my surgery on the 8th i will contact the motels around here and see what kind of discount we can get from them ok.Also if anyone is up for camping there is plenty of space here for that :) A few miles from here there is a beautifull spring fed creek where we can all go to kool off if it gets to warm for us ok?Ron i will try to get what info i can about the 1/8th drag here as soon as i can bud.

Also GMC Paul has said something about some fireworks,the laws here allow them and it sounds like a great idea to me :)

Thanks to the whole team that put this together!!! I am planning to drive my beat-up '72 X-C to go :)

On a sad note, my father passed away last year on 7.2 and I need to drive to Minnesota this year to spread his ashes on his favorite lake. That puts me a good part of the way there and I can't think of anything better to get me back in the spirit than to hang out with some of the great people from this board.

1274 miles from me.......................I'll be there. I love long road trips. Will there be swap meet action? I can bring a sh!tload of CA/AZ rustfree parts

Ron i will try to get what info i can about the 1/8th drag here as soon as i can bud.

Don't worry about that as it is not the end of the world either way. I wasn't aware of your health problems being still in the picture. Have your surgery and get better and then we will pick this back up. Number 1 priority is you get healthy.

At Rogersville is a Dragstrip Ozark International. South of Hi way 60 between Springfield and Norwood . Blue car is my Sons car. Had fun this day.... Larry

here is a good site for info on hotels in the area

http://norwoodmo.areaguides.net/hotels.html

Hmmmm, only 1066 miles from my door to there, sounds doable. The truck will handle it towing the trailer & the wife will still be on maternity, I might just try to swing it.

Wouldn't hurt to have 3 more canadians there. I will do my best.

At Rogersville is a Dragstrip Ozark International. South of Hi way 60 between Springfield and Norwood . Blue car is my Sons car. Had fun this day.... Larry

Thanks Larry. I think this is the one Boss was talking about. They have a website and a forum but had trouble trying to start an account and join forum to ask questions. Will try again later. again thanks.

Ron I got one set up, pm sent

My place is
Total Est. Time: 26 hours, 43 minutes
Total Est. Distance: 1868.40 miles

Billa, We can caravan back home then. I plan on bringing more members here from Spokane or along the way if I have room. 409Biscayne, put this on your calender. We can take both trucks and you will like it.



Thanks to the whole team that put this together!!! I am planning to drive my beat-up '72 X-C to go :)

On a sad note, my father passed away last year on 7.2 and I need to drive to Minnesota this year to spread his ashes on his favorite lake. That puts me a good part of the way there and I can't think of anything better to get me back in the spirit than to hang out with some of the great people from this board.

hmmm...google earth says it' only 489 miles for me, approx 7hrs 49mins. sounds like fun! but which to drive, the truck, or the blazer? i'm thinkin' blazer, 'cause i'll need a place to sleep! it's on my calendar. now i just need to convince the boss...

WOOOHOOO, asked the wife last night, got the WHY? question, told her that it would be a good time. She said that if we can afford it we can go, and I think that she is actually looking forward to it!! I am getting the tranny rebuilt in the truck this winter, so that would be a good shake down period. Might have to call on the member's list for help though.

Sounds good to me - we should start getting the NW region together to see if folks want to rideshare, etc.

My place is
Total Est. Time: 26 hours, 43 minutes
Total Est. Distance: 1868.40 miles

Billa, We can caravan back home then. I plan on bringing more members here from Spokane or along the way if I have room. 409Biscayne, put this on your calender. We can take both trucks and you will like it.

Okay, I'm in.

544 miles.. wonder if I can get my truck together in time?

I'm thinkin' blazer, 'cause i'll need a place to sleep!

:haha: The very reason I plan on driving "Merlot" :metal:

I think me & a possibly some of the guys from the Midwest Classic Chevy/GMC Truck Club may try to make it. Is this going to be at a aprk, or someones house ? what are some of the details ?

Boss (James) has 80 acres, 20 of that cleared, I think it is gonna be there
primarely, but other stuff will be nearbye (Like food, hotels, dragstrip, etc)

Boss, what about campers? Can we park them there for the weekend? I don't know if I'll bring one or not yet, but just trying to see what options we have.

I think me & a possibly some of the guys from the Midwest Classic Chevy/GMC Truck Club may try to make it. Is this going to be at a aprk, or someones house ? what are some of the details ?

we were actually going to contact ya'll about a few things. Look for email and / or PMs after the holidays. Your entire club has an open invite.

Boss, what about campers? Can we park them there for the weekend? I don't know if I'll bring one or not yet, but just trying to see what options we have.

He said some could camp out on his land, when we talked. We were also going to look into the camp site options if there are any nearby for those who want

He said some could camp out on his land, when we talked.

Is sleeping in My Jimmy considered camping? :lol:

we were actually going to contact ya'll about a few things. Look for email and / or PMs after the holidays. Your entire club has an open invite.

Alrighty, look forward to hearing from you. I talked to Mike & larry today, both interested. I may have to take out a loan to get mine down there LOL.

I need a contact # for you guys if you don't mind, I lived in St. Louis for 5
years, my mother and brother still do, I try to visit as often as possible ;)

I dont see a problem with campers here either,i would need to know about how many campers would be here to make sure about maybe getting some electicity to them though :)

Boss do you think you can sleep to the sound of 20/30 generators running so the a/c works in those campers. Point me in the direction of the closest motel. I have made contact with the drag strip and they don't have the 2007 schedule out yet and they run classes and may not run brackets. Will stay with it tho.

just need to see if i can get the hoilidays!looks like a 31 hour drive from here (3172km)

I personally do not see why the campers would need electric hook-ups?
or why they would need generators? this will be a all day event, with all
the members and family we can get to attend, with all of the BS'n, does
anyone really think we will have time to do anything but sleep? :lol: :D

I'm a woose. I'm talking generators to run A/C to sleep. July in Mo.= hot, muggy. But what do I know hell it might be perfect there. What about it Boss, What can we expect for weather normally?

it'll be steamy

I know here in West Tennessee it is hot in July. But what does me in is the humidity. But I will not miss this meet if I have to go sleep in that spring fed creek Boss was talking about.

It is about 1,331 miles for me. maybe some of us north east members would caravan to get there. Its a thought.

We plan on bringing the camper, but basically only to sleep in and to keep the baby food cold in the propane powered fridge.

This makes me sick, 7 months to go and I wanna be there already :hm:

Ill try and drive the green weenie down there, i drove it from phoenix arizona to york nebraska, whats another 8 hours of driving?