Thank you for the announcement.
This year will be the forth annual. Please find the detail as follow:
It's time to attack the curves and picking cherries again.
Meeting in Frederick, MD at:
Frederick Towne Mall, main parking lot
1301 W Patrick St., Frederick, MDat 9 am, we will depart promptly at 9:30am.
Heading north we will work our way through the hills and curves of Gambrill State Park, Cunningham Falls State Park
and down the winding ways of Catoctin Mountain National Park.
Total of 65 miles, Driving time of approx. 2 hours.
After we've warmed up the rubber on our tires, we'll let them cool while we enjoy our brunch buffet. We will stop for brunch at:
Cozy's Restaurant
103 Frederick Rd / Rt.806
Thurmont, MD 21788 Cost:
$17/person, included 10 main-courses buffet, deserts, beverages, tax and gratuities.
Kindly bring EXACT cash for the amount.
Then it will be time to heading out for picking cherries at Pryor's Orchards in Thurmont.
Things recommended:Two-ways radio, set @ channel 7, sub-channel 21
Sunblock lotion.
Hat and sunglasses, very useful during the cherries picking.
Water bottles
Some cash, they don't take charge or check at the orchard, and as well as for the lunch.
Suggest that everyone should have some light breakfast before the run to avoid "motion sickness", especially for your co-pilot and the passengers. Trust me on this one.
The route is not very long, total of only ~65 miles. BUT, it will winding left, right, up, down through the mountains. Kind of very very twisty in some parts.
There are some with extreme up-slope and/or down-slope. For some may feel this very challenging.
The run is planned to finish within ~2 1/2 hours with one 20 minutes break in between. We should arrive Cozy's by noon. After we spend some times for the delicious brunch, we will caravan out to Prior's orchard for cherries picking.
You can rsvp at
Central Maryland MINI Motorists,
http://www.meetup.com/Central-Maryland-MINI-Motorists/calendar/12655147/or at
DC Metro MINIs,
http://www.dcmetrominis.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1043Final headcount will be on Mon, June 21, due to the need to confirm the number with the restaurant.
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