Originally Posted by Rampage (Post 1693698)

Here is the first proposal for the Early Summer route. I tried to make it interesting and include some good roads without making it so long that folks would want to bail early after their long drives to get down there. The route is currently 2 hours and 44 minutes long. I plan on pre-running it before the selected date. Discuss.

Originally Posted by HunterGreene (Post 1694437)

This looks like a good loop. I'm assuming your brother's house is at the pin? Since I can't zoom in on the map (there's a way to make this interactive in your post), are there places where we could take a break at some point, maybe a photo op?

Also, you said "first proposal." Do you have reservations about this route?

Originally Posted by Amcox (Post 1694848)

so my 7th just got booked so I am changing my vote to the 28th now.

Originally Posted by Rampage (Post 1694895)

@HunterGreen If you want to PM an email address to me then I will send the link to the Google map. Maybe you can do a better job with it than I did. It is my first attempt at using it.

Originally Posted by HunterGreene (Post 1695026)

I'll give it a shot, PM to be sent shortly.

And I'm good with a 2 hour run, Even I was getting tired of driving on the last section of 555 last time.

So as I see it now, we have 7 votes for the 7th and 7 for the 28th, correct? JW, did you change your vote? As it stands right now, I may have a commitment on the 28th, but I can work around it if its really better for the group.

Originally Posted by Rampage (Post 1694895)

Yes, my brother's house is the pin. It was all I could do to get the map to show the proper route and then get it posted. All my attempts to use Googles embedding process failed therefore you are looking at a photo of the map rather than the actual map. To get to his house you exit I70 on RT83 and go south to RT313. These are nice roads themselves with sweepers and some tight stuff. There is a little diner just south of I70 called the Banana Peel that would be a good rally point if everyone wanted to have lunch at 11am or 12 noon before starting the loop. Or we could just start from my brother's place. His driveway is a nice downhill where you could get a nice photo of all the cars from the top or bottom. There are also areas along the route which include a couple state parks and a couple of restaurants .

The offer of a cook out at the end of the drive still stands. That would give everyone a chance to eat, look at the cars, and get to know each other a little bit.

I do not have any reservations although I did want to include the Car and Driver test loop of RT56/RT374/RT664 but it is further west and including it would stretch the driving time to over 5 hours. I thought that would be too much for those that had a long drive in or out. I also want to run the loop to check road conditions because RT555 was a mess when I was on it a few weeks ago. I want to check the other roads because I do not want us to be dodging potholes or sliding on gravel at 55 MPH. I also said "first proposal" in case anyone else had route ideas.

@HunterGreen If you want to PM an email address to me then I will send the link to the Google map. Maybe you can do a better job with it than I did. It is my first attempt at using it.

Originally Posted by ghost86 (Post 1695932)

Was on 555 last weekend, still sucks. Voting 28th.