Early Summer Southern Ohio Driving Meet: SATURDAY, JUNE 28th!!!

[J-W]

If the date is right, I'll make the trip from the other side of the state!

-Jay

[HunterGreene]

Originally Posted by Rampage

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.

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?

[Amcox]

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

[Rampage]

Originally Posted by HunterGreene

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?

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.

[J-W]

Originally Posted by Amcox

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

I'm also going for the 28th

-Jay

[HunterGreene]

Originally Posted by Rampage

@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.

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.

[J-W]

Originally Posted by HunterGreene

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.

No, I hadn't officially declared a vote, but I'm out of town on 7th.

-Jay

[ghost86]

Originally Posted by Rampage

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.

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

[Rampage]

Originally Posted by ghost86

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

Yeah, we had a couple of "moments" during our last drive on 555 due to the loose gravel at every intersecting road. I want to make sure that a couple of the roads that I have linking sections of the route together but have not yet driven are good.

I voted for the 7th only because I wanted to do it sooner but I am OK with any date except for the 14th.

Here is a video from our recent trip to the Tail of the Dragon maybe it will get you guys in the driving mood. We were on our best behavior due to heavy LEO presence. Little did we know they were busy at the motorcycle/sidecar accident you see at the very end of the clip. There is also an FR-S in the video. The driver is parked and taking pictures as we pass by. The video was done by my brother.
[ame]http://youtu.be/27HjD9fdDgQ[/ame]

[ghost86]

Was on the Dragon/Skyway/Moonshiner the Wednesday and Thursday after you guys left, didn't see an LEO either day. Those roads were pristine.

[HunterGreene]

So....genius me forgot I have a college reunion June 6th-8th, so my original preference on the 7th is shot. I hereby reinforce my vote to the 28th, and withdraw it from the 7th.

Current count of the two leading dates is 8 for the 7th, 7 for the 28th.

[microbionic]

I voted for the 28th, but in reality I dont care when it is,...I dont have anything planned for any of the dates..

[Captn_Jack]

I voted for the 7th but am also available on all the dates.

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[Rampage]

So that means that Amcox, CaptnJack, Huntergreene and I have all voted for the 7th but are either changing to the 28th or can go the 28th. That would put the 28th a ways ahead. I wonder how many others that voted for the 7th are OK with the 28th?