This
will serve as the official sign up and notification thread of the run.
Check in on this thread for your planning information and all the new
updates. This year we'll be doing things a little differently than
previous years. Call it an experiment if you will. This years event
will be headquartered at the historic Highland Inn, in beautiful
Monterey, VA. Located 52 miles northwest of Staunton, it's a 100 year
old inn, listed on the National list of Historic Places. It truly
harkens back to a simpler time, but still provides today's travelers
with a great level of service, including a restaurant in house. Rooms
will run between 79 and 129 bucks.
So raise your hand and tell us if you're coming, how many in your party and if you're bringing your pet.
We're
planning on gathering at the Inn Friday evening. We'll sit on the porch
and enjoy some adult beverages and start the weekend off with some good
ol' motoring tales. Then, we'll leave early Saturday morning, we'll
stop often for pictures and sightseeing, and we'll pack on some really
great miles, we'll stop for lunch, we'll drive more... we'll be good
and tired at the end of the night when we have dinner. We're even
planning a darkness run through some of the twisties. If you missed the
night time runs at the Dragon, here's your chance. (Well, maybe a bit
more tame.) Sunday will be quite optional for you... take the highway
home, or we'll find a route that brings us on the backroads of Virginia
all the way into town. No one has been disappointed in the past. No
matter what, judging from past events, it will be a fantastic weekend
of motoring, laughing, smiles and thrills which we'll talk about with
fondness for quite some time afterwards.
So who's coming with me? (Updates will be made in this first post as we go)
Here's the schedule as of now:
Arrive Friday October 23, 2009
Social gathering on the porch
Saturday 9 AM
Meet on the porch and prepare for the days drive.
2 part drive, short 2+hour run and a continuation for another 3+hours for the more adventurous
Back at the Inn for dinner at 6 PM (ish)
Inaugural Color of Darkness run leaves 9 PM (ish)
Sunday 10 AM
Prepare for departure
straight home or
Southern run back to the HR.
Call
the Inn and make your own reservations. 1-888-466-4682 and tell them
you're with the MINI group. The rates run between 79 - 129 per night
with an extra 10 bucks per night for your well behaved 4 legged friend.
We have less than 15 rooms blocked,so make your reservations FAST!
We may be able to get the other rooms (only 4 more) if there is room,
so time is of the essence! There is another hotel 23 miles away, but it
just ain't the Inn!
More local info and route directions will follow...stay tuned
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