Sharkman - You still in on this meet? You're our resident expert on Whidbey Island now that Sopheak had to pull out.

 

Yep i'm still in!

 

Just so everyone feels sorry for me - It'll take us about 100 miles just to get to the shell station.

:-/

Leaving here around 7:30-8am.

 

That's dedication... See you tomorrow!

 

Hey, my color printer just crapped out on me. I've got B&W's of the second leg, but if someone could kick out a color copy of those jpg's for me, that would be swell. I'll be manually highlighting the route on what I've got in any event. I'm sure my navigator would appreciate the higher quality images though. The black and whites are actually quite readable, though.

Thanks either way. See you folks in the morning.

 

Kris, Let me see what I can do... I just got a new printer so hopefully I won't have any problems. Give me a sec... I'll let you know in a few...

 

Kris, I just PM'd you... Hope you get this tonight before 11pm..

 

Whoops, it's not working for some reason... sorry!

 

And - depending on how well the kids do in the car; we just might ferry over to clinton - yes, miss all the good driving...but a 4 year old and a 6 year old for hours on end can be exhausting.

What time does the group anticipate being in clinton? is there a name for the place we'll be cooking/gathering?

 

We're doing the BBQ at Oak Harbor Beach, which is more toward the north end of the island... Clinton will be our very last stop on Whidbey before going home on the ferry to Mukilteo. Maybe you could meet us and only do the first leg and go back to I-5? Don't know how much time/distance that would save you except the drive up the island and back - you'd have to take the ferry twice...

 

Ahh - Okay. Well, poop. See ya in the morning then, around 10.

- darin

 

Take some nice pics tomorrow dmp, and have fun guys. Hopefully I'll to make the next one.

 

I will be there but not in my RX8.

Will be driving my new M3 as I wanted to get a couple of pics of it today.

 

JUST got home (sigh)...can anyone beat (distance) about 270 miles?

:D

GREAT seeing all today; and meeting new friends. When y'all reply, add your real names if you would; to help us get sorted..

Going thru about 140 pics right now...

 

home 20 minutes ago. the drive was a blast. we should have this more often

 

Hey guys..i posted on the wrong thread, but here are some pics for your enjoyment, and it was great meeting all of you.

 

Some more

 

last ones..

 

thanks Jose!! I've just finished processing 96 RAW images into TIFF - From there I'll mess w/ em and get em to jpg...then go thru the 50 or so jpg's still on my memory card; when those are sorted out, I'll post in the Multimedia forum and link in this thread.

 

Sweet !!! i can't wait to see your pics, i'm sure some of 'em will make it to my wallpaper at work!.

 

"last leg"

on the way home.........

 

Very cool!!!

Great pictures! Keep 'em coming!

It was nice to meet you all, and see some of you again. I loved having some of your families with us too!

Wanna do another one in July or August?


Here's who made it - by car color, screen name, and if I can figure out how to spell your real name ...

Red: kristopher d - Kristopher, of course!
Kristopher's friend - Michael - the Super Nav Man (edit!)
Silver: dmp - Darin (Mary, Alaina, Ethan) (edit!)
Blue: Marquis - Volney (Tracy, Kaitlin) (edit!)
Black: Sharkman - Jose
White: williamngRX8 - William
Black M3: DragToys - Shane (edit!)
Red: Sopheak.Reach - Sopheak
TiGrey: 05TiGr8Lady - Linda

 

Thanks Linda -

*alaina* and ethan AND mary had a great time; THANK YOU again for your gifts to the kids - not expected and fantastic

 

I was going with the "e" sounds... that's why I shouldn't try to spell!

You're welcome - you've got great kids!

 

Definately a great time. I believe Michael enjoyed it, though he did remark that the roads were rather smoother than what he likes to play on. Having him watch the maps and call out directions made the run SO much easier and less stressful than trying to do it all yourself.

I think having the families along gave the event more color than usual, which is great. That's why Mazda gave us the extra doors and seats.

Sorry Darren & Linda, this is the first I've been online since 8 last night.

I'm definately down for another run in July. This one has to be south-end though. Darren has done more than his share of commuting for these events. There' are some great roads we talked about waiting for the boat, so I've already started coming my ref's for a good route. Of course, if you know one, post it up. I can do maps again (I did some playing with my second program, and will probably do a hybrid topo/turn-by-turn next time around (I may even be able to get usefull distances on there).