29 April

Spring time is here, which means we're seeing generally warming weather. It's time to take our cars and clean out all that nasty winter carbon build-up. April will be taking us further west than we've been before. We're heading out to Pacific Beach, just north of Ocean Shores. The meeting place and start of the route are still to be determined, as are the last few turns at the end. Mostly, the start depends on where we want to drive from, Shelton, Olympia, or Tacoma. I'm pretty sure I can keep us on decent stuff no matter where we start.

Put the Spring Carbon Cleaning on your calendar. As usual, the details are posted at The-Windig-Road

 

Doh. We'll be in Phila that weekend! Headed to St. Thomas for the week. Any chance of of doing the run on the 22nd?

 

The 22nd is my brother's b-day, so I really can't go on all day drive. I'd tell him to tag along (bought himself a Firebird today) he'll be wanting be as close to TV's with the NFL draft on them as he can. With all the time you two are spending "out of town" one might get the impression you don't like it here.

 

I know you wanted this to be an April drive, but what about May 6th?

 

Either date would work for me. I should have my car back from scratch/dent removal by then

 

Cool - I'm in Aberdeen already.

 

I've already pushed the invite out to several other boards so changing it would create a lot of confusion. I also promised myself I'd do one of these every month. I'll be planning a May drive any way.

 

I'm down if I can get off that weekend. Plus i need to learn a few backroads any ways so i got some where to drive.

 

I've got myself a new oil cooler and by then should have new ignition too, so I should be there with a dramatic reduction in hydrocarbons.

 

Hey, never hurts to ask. I was just watchin' out for shaun and Jen!

 

Yeah I know. It's that time of year where everyone starts thinking about vacations. I'm bummed we're going to miss this one too. We should be good for whatever in May as long as it's not around Memorial day weekend.

 

I am in for this one. I can't wait to relax and drive my car, after working for a month non- stop and moving to Puyallup.

 

Congrats on the move. Don't it suck to be in charge.

 

Up to a point. At the same time it has it advantage. Like getting Sundays off to go driving!!!

 

Sigh. You picked the one weekend I'm away.

 

I will try and make if I get more details. You can PM me for my phone number if you want.

 

To get details, go back to the first post in this thread and click on Kristopher's link to The Winding Road website. You can signup for the drive and all the details are there. Then just show up before we leave at the posted depart time.

Looks like the meeting place and start of the route haven't been determined yet though. On longer drives like this, some of us usually caravan to the meeting place, so just keep checking this thread for more details as it gets closer to the 29th and we'll probably be deciding what to do.

 

I'll post the meeting place and the beginning of the route in the morning. I finally got it figured out last night, but haven't the opportunity to update the page. I've also got a good idea for a mid trip stop, but I need to check a couple more things on that.

 

The start and end of the route are finished, and the Yahoo! overview map is posted. I'll be doing flip-card style maps for this run, but if you want one, please sign up at The Spring Carbon Cleaning Event Page.

 

Signed up.

 

Will be there.

 

Me too (might be in Revlis' new BMW tho )

 

Anyone coming from the Eastside/Seattle? I'd be cool to get a train going down to the start.

 

I'm coming from Redmond.

 

I SHOULD, "Should" be ready to go. I've got company coming early May, so there have been renovations and much re-organization lately. Shouldn't have an impact though yeah Count me in, with just a small caveat. Just in case I get too wrapped up. But I'll need a navigator for sure!