Carlisle 2021.... Save the Dates !

Yeah x3!

EastCoast and Hotfoot are reserved Friday through Sunday.  We are Pfizerized - looking forward to seeing everyone and enjoying the weekend !!! 

Thank you Bruce and Norma !

Dale Schumacher: "I plan to call the hotel today and lock up a room. I will be there Thursday through Sunday morning.

"I will be at the Banquet as well and looking forward to seeing all of you again!"

OK Gordo, you are on official notice.  I assume you have the vaccine and so would technically be out of reasonable excuses.  And we will not accept any unreasonable ones.  So there.  Be there or be square.  or ... Be theah o' be squa-ah.

PS Kelly's car is so fast because he has a lead foot.  And is trying to keep up with Danny.

et al. I’ve made a reservation for one at the hotel. Arriving Thursday and departing Sunday morning.  Planning on driving my Speedster up from Washington DC.

Alan, please add me to all the planned meetups and dinner venues.  I don’t want to miss a thing.

Looking forward to meeting everyone.

Marshall

    Finalized Carlisle Courtyard by Marriott Hotel   Banquet Dinner & Raffle Info !

                                                               Hotel  

     

Event dates are: Thursday May 13th - Sunday May 16^th.  Some of us will arrive on Wednesday May 12th for a casual get together.

Call the hotel reserving your room ASAP at 717-1766-9006  be sure to mention Speedster Owner’s Group.

Address: Courtyard Marriott 4921 Gettysburg Road, Mechanicsburg, PA. 17055

The room rate for either 2 Queen or 1 King is $129 per diem plus the usual taxes.
Check in is 4:00pm  (We’ll assume that you can arrive earlier)  Check out is 12:00 noon.

Hotel reservation cut off date is May 1st 2021.  Important: After you register, please.... post "Coming & how many " on this thread.

The Hotel is supplying welcome cookies with beverages for our Thursday arrival from 1:00PM to 5:00PM  Also included in the package are free daily breakfasts for Friday, Saturday and Sunday AM and exclusive use of the Hospitality room.

Locally, there are various options for food, in smaller groups to go to including the Bone Fish Grill, Pizza Grill, Texas Roadhouse, Dukes, Rock Bass Grill, Dockside Willy’s and many others as well as that cool Oldies Diner that is just down the street from our hotel.  Ed Ericson will put together a couple of local TBA cruises etc.  Please respect any and all mask requirements.

         ____________________________________

                                                         

Carlisle Car Show Event details and registration here: Carlisle Import & Performance Nationals (carlisleevents.com)

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                       Banquet Dinner

The Banquet dinner will be at Visaggio’s,  6990 Wertzville Road, Enola PA 17025 on Saturday May 15th at 6:30 PM.  Visaggio’s a well known higher end Italian restaurant that is 20 minutes from the Hotel. There are three entree’s for you to choose from. Please remit your PayPal payment:  Drclock@pa.net. ( Do not click this email, use it as the Payee on PayPal)  You must select "Personal Friends and Family Option"  box so that I do not incur a service charge for each transaction, if the that option is not selected the payment will be refused. Fare is $60 each and includes tax and gratuity. In the Pay Pal notes section let me know the number of persons and select A , B or C for the desired Entree. Due to the short notice on putting together the dinner, the dinner payments are non refundable. I will need to have this reservation-selection list completed and submitted to Visaggio’s by May 1.

All entree’s are served with Italian bread and salad. Desert bar Coffee Tea & Ice tea.

        ^{A    “ Crab Cake Barbara” Seasoned lump crab meat broiled & seasoned Crab Cakes & Past}

       ^{B    “ Elena Marie” Medallions of Angus fillet w/4 jumbo shrimp in garlic butter over Linguine                                    Pecorino Romano cheese}

       ^{C    “ Polo O’Lynda” Sauteed chicken breast w/ a four cheese  & tomato Madera wine sauce.}

          ^{___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________}

                                                                               ^{Raffle !}

               

After the Banquet we will hold our Raffle in the Hospitality suite at the Hotel. We ask that you bring at least one Raffle item for the table. Raffle tickets will be $1 each of $5 for an arm’s length.

What COVID measures, if any, will be in place at the restaurant?

What is the deadline for dinner payment?

I really, really want to attend but I fear it will be a daunting task to convince my wife that it would be a good idea.  Right now, Michigan has the greatest increase in cases in the country.  I am hoping things look more positive as I procrastinate.

"Please respect any and all mask requirements"

"I will need to have this reservation-selection list completed and submitted to Visaggio’s by May 1st"

Most will have received their shots before Carlisle ..........

I was in Florida last week where masks are optional, servers wore masks, customers did not. Hence, it's a personal decision.

Restaurants around here require that you wear masks when you are not seated at your table with food or drink.  I imagine that will be pretty universal even if you are vaccinated just because it's hard to have two sets of rules enforced in a place like a restaurant.  I can certainly live with that.

The virus is height sensitive

Carlisle Courtyard by Marriot room list to date:  (15 )

Anderson      Ascheman       Cuccureddu

Ericson          Frazer                  Gallo

Haas             Holder               Kennedy

Merklin      Piperato              Stumpp

Thibodeau     Wilson            Wright

C'mon folks, y'all step up now.  I'm sure @chines1 and Mike Fincher will be there.  I would certainly expect some more, but maybe they're waiting on vaccinations before registering.

Be sure to get your dinner reservations in for Saturday Night too. We are looking forward to getting back to some type of normalcy!

All signed up for Thursday through Sunday morning. Took the TDr out for the first time on Sunday for a 3 hour cruise and other then a loose fuel filter quickly fixed it is ready to go after a quick service.

Heads up - going to start a group drive thread from Northern VA\DC\Maryland and Southern PA soon so we can drive together if desired up to Carlisle. I know we have at least 3-4 TDr's and a couple speedsters from this area.

I may go up Wednesday but possibly Thursday due to weather. If Thursday, I'm game.

Schu,
I’m in Arlington. Like you, driving up Thursday. Looking to take country roads as much as possible? Leesburg, Frederick, Thurmont, Gettysburg? Shall we caravan?

Marshall

15 should run you right to the hotel Marshall. Not enough "freeway" to find a way around. 70 & 15 would be the busiest area but if you time it right, may not be a big deal. From Arlington, that's what I would do.

That's my issue meeting up for a caravan. I cut up 100/29, then country roads northwest until we hit 15.

Schu

Glenn and I are heading up Wednesday. Been homebound too long.

Marshall

Have you gotten your car back yet? If so how do you like the exhaust note?

Glenn's friend Paul😁

Chris. Excellent. Let’s discuss as we get closer

Marshall

Paul. My car spends more time with Glenn than with me. It takes quite a while to rebuild a car. I think she likes him more than me. Haven’t heard her yet. Glenn likes it very much. Which means I will too. Won’t be ready until late next week. Looking forward to seeing you in Carlisle PA.

Marshall

I think it's a really great exhaust system.  I used it for a year and could never let it go.....so I suggested he try it on yours. I have heard it on yours. I wasn't wrong.Don't let him let you drive my car when you pick up yours. Or you will fall victim to "Welcome to the madness." If mine is ever finished. He's waiting for cylinder spacers and my new to me transmission. Finally, I am envious of your heat. Envision 65mph with the top down at less than 50°.🥶. You will probably see it when you pick up yours. See you in Carlisle PaulSent from my Galaxy

OK, so this clip is a few years old, but just to get the Carlisle excitement rolling along...

Are you going to grace us with your presence this year?

Paul

"Are you going to grace us with your presence this year?" - @PCH

Paul, unfortunately Ginny & I won't be able to join you and the other SOC knuckleheads this year, but next year for sure (barring any unforeseen armageddon meteor strikes)!

Marshall and others interested:

I always look for the best ride and stay off the big roads if possible. I think 15 was the way I went last time to that hotel the last time we did a meet up caravan. Up through Leesburg from the south and mostly just north up into PA

Carlisle: Courtyard Hotel ....Currently the room count is at 16, our contract calls for 30 as I chose that number based on the low room count from a previous year. The 30 is the minimum to enjoy the free breakfasts and free use of the Hospitality Suite and hopefully this will pick up this week.

Banquet dinner at Visaggio's.   

I have received two (2)  reservations to date, the contract calls for a minimum of 50 people. I've personally paid the $500 deposit to Visaggio's and certainly hope that there will be additional reservations made this week or we'll need to take another look at this. 

Please take a moment to reserve your rooms and dinner reservations ... Thanks , Alan

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

      Carlisle Courtyard by Marriott Hotel   Banquet Dinner & Raffle Info !

                                                               Hotel  

  

Event dates are: Thursday May 13th - Sunday May 16^th.  Some of us will arrive on Wednesday May 12th for a casual get together.

Call the hotel reserving your room ASAP at 717-1766-9006  be sure to mention Speedster Owner’s Group.

Address: Courtyard Marriott 4921 Gettysburg Road, Mechanicsburg, PA. 17055

The room rate for either 2 Queen or 1 King is $129 per diem plus the usual taxes.
Check in is 4:00pm  (We’ll assume that you can arrive earlier)  Check out is 12:00 noon.

Hotel reservation cut off date is May 1st 2021.  Important: After you register, please.... post "Coming & how many " on this thread.

The Hotel is supplying welcome cookies with beverages for our Thursday arrival from 1:00PM to 5:00PM  Also included in the package are free daily breakfasts for Friday, Saturday and Sunday AM and exclusive use of the Hospitality room.

Locally, there are various options for food, in smaller groups to go to including the Bone Fish Grill, Pizza Grill, Texas Roadhouse, Dukes, Rock Bass Grill, Dockside Willy’s and many others as well as that cool Oldies Diner that is just down the street from our hotel.  Ed Ericson will put together a couple of local TBA cruises etc.  Please respect any and all mask requirements.

         ____________________________________

                                                         

Carlisle Car Show Event details and registration here: Carlisle Import & Performance Nationals (carlisleevents.com)

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                       Banquet Dinner

The Banquet dinner will be at Visaggio’s,  6990 Wertzville Road, Enola PA 17025 on Saturday May 15th at 6:30 PM.  Visaggio’s a well known higher end Italian restaurant that is 20 minutes from the Hotel. There are three entree’s for you to choose from. Please remit your PayPal payment:  Drclock@pa.net. ( Do not click this email, use it as the Payee on PayPal)  You must select "Personal Friends and Family Option"  box so that I do not incur a service charge for each transaction, if the that option is not selected the payment will be refused. Fare is $60 each and includes tax and gratuity. In the Pay Pal notes section let me know the number of persons and select A , B or C for the desired Entree. Due to the short notice on putting together the dinner, the dinner payments are non refundable. I will need to have this reservation-selection list completed and submitted to Visaggio’s by May 1.

All entree’s are served with Italian bread and salad. Desert bar Coffee Tea & Ice tea.

        ^{A    “ Crab Cake Barbara” Seasoned lump crab meat broiled & seasoned Crab Cakes & Past}

       ^{B    “ Elena Marie” Medallions of Angus fillet w/4 jumbo shrimp in garlic butter over Linguine                                    Pecorino Romano cheese}

       ^{C    “ Polo O’Lynda” Sauteed chicken breast w/ a four cheese  & tomato Madera wine sauce.}

          ^{___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________}

                                                                               ^{Raffle !}

               

After the Banquet we will hold our Raffle in the Hospitality suite at the Hotel. We ask that you bring at least one Raffle item for the table. Raffle tickets will be $1 each of $5 for an arm’s length.

Greetings,

Will be in Carlisle Thursday afternoon until noon Sunday.

This has probably (most likely) been asked and answered already but....

Do some members of the group actually take their cars and show them in the show?    Is there a cost to do this?  Can I wait until I arrive to decide?

Are there any other events or "things" that folks who've gone before sign up for or do?  I'm aware of the banquet and the possibility of some group drives.  Others?

Thanks,

Marshall

@Marshall

While not group activities, in past years my and I have made side trips to Hershey, Harrisburg, and Gettysburg.  Also, since we head west to go home, we once stopped at Falling Water.

"Falling Water" designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Yes, it's well worth a side trip.

Another good side trip, depending on the Blue-Road routes you take, is the Civil War Battleground at Antietam.

Don't forget to sign up for a lifetime Senior Pass for the National Park system while visiting Antietam or Gettysburg.  It's good at ANY National park.

@Alan Merklin, I assume you mean that if we don't have 30 rooms, no breakfast or hospitality? I don't personally care about the breakfast and cookies but is there a back up plan for the hospitality, just in case?

@Marshall Yes, generally a good number take their cars to the show field but many get the "non-judged" pass. Without a "judged" pass, your car will not be. The price is on the Carlisle website. I know some have done this but since it's a replica, you should level your expectations of winning anything on that.

It looks like there are group drives through the country planned. You could take runs to Gettysburg and Hershey as Mike suggested. I don't because I live close and have seen them all.

Speaking for myself, I am content with the company of the group. If anything, it feels like there isn't enough time to do much else than hang out, drink (if that is your thing), take drives (without drinking of course), look at other people's cars and go out for meals. Even though the "Banquet" is a planned thing, groups go out for meals every night. 

Is a swap meet or vendor area part of the event?

@Chris MacDonald posted:

@Alan Merklin, I assume you mean that if we don't have 30 rooms, no breakfast or hospitality? I don't personally care about the breakfast and cookies but is there a back up plan for the hospitality, just in case?

No back up plan as of yet for the Hospitality room. We still have some time so I am hoping we'll get more commitments for the rooms.

Thanks Chris.
I’ll lower my expectations and just look forward to hangin out with a gaggle of gear heads.

@Marshall - Very few of us bother with getting judged.  Some folks spend a couple of days on the showfield while others of us only spend one and do cruises the rest of the time.  We're there for the people, not so much the show.  You can pay when you get there the first day, so no rush.

@wrkinprogress - Yes, although it has shrunk a bit in recent years.  It's still pretty large.

@Marshall To be clear, I meant no disrespect to your car or anyone else's. This particular Carlisle event is a weird gaggle of cars that we got stuck in. I assume because there was nowhere else to put us and there simply aren't enough replicas to have a dedicated show, not that they probably would. The "import" part of the Import and Tuner show is a catchall for those that don't fit into the Chevy, Ford, etc. events.

There are old: Volvos, Porsches, Audis, Mercedes, etc. along with the tuner cars. There are thousands of cars on the field and judges are simply particular about replicas, especially when stacked up against some truly great examples of old import cars.

There was a dedicated show for "kit cars" in the past but with declining numbers that was discontinued.

I got an email from the Carlisle folks today and they are still offering a 10% discount for showfield registration.

They need to be mailing those out soon for those of us who have already registered.

Please, everyone, buy the ticket and come to the show! Meaning the SHOW FIELD.

We have a dedicated "pop up" canopy and tables and chairs supplied to us, free of charge, on the showfield. We get this courtesy because we have, in the past, been well up among the LARGEST groups on the field at this show. I told the guy in charge that we were mustering up this year. Let's do it!

Yes, let's cruise around too—I'll be handing out maps and directions of a couple of stunning routes, one with a winery and the other with a brewery for lunch—but lets also all drive in and park on the grass for a while too. You never know what you're going to see or who you'll meet.

As most of you know, at the SHOWFIELD you will find a plethora of interesting veee-hicles, many home made, many others radically modded, some in the "old school" way and some other in the more contemporary style.

(The owner of this car explained that he bought it as an example of 1960s moral depravity, and drove it as a bit—and a cautionary tale to today's youths!)

It is not just the "fart can" crowd. The dune buggy guys make a showing, the some of the Porsche guys come. You see rows of old British iron. It's really fun for me to see the modern Suby guys get a load of the Sube jobs in our midst.

There are hundreds of interesting rides to check out just parked on the field...

to say nothing of the featured vehicles in the buildings.

My Spyder will be on display in Building T.

There is also a massive swap meet. I try to find at least an hour every year to browse the amazing array of old car parts and venders lined up behind the bleachers...

There is a small Auto-X track. The view is great from the hill above and for a few bucks you can run your car. @DannyP has done this a few times and some of my fellow TD guys have done it more than once. It's a hoot. They group you according to engine displacement and other stuff, per SCCA rules, and then time you and send the scores later so you can see who and what you beat or got trounced by.

There is food and beer and sody-pop. They station pretty young women all around and encourage you to get them to stamp your book, which puts you in the running for the raffle.

There is the low car limbo. The 2019 winner was home-made:

And of course there's all of us! Pull up a chair, sit in the shade and tell stories. Get some ice cream! It's good!

Yes folks, please don't interpret what I said to mean that the showfield is to be avoided, just that some folks spend more time there than others.  We all enjoy it, just in our own ways.

Who knows this year may just be my actual Official Speedster Retirement ! 

I think we've heard that before.

Greetings,

When I bought my car the body and been set so low that it sat directly on the car's frame.  There wasn't any support provided by the shocks so every time I went over any bump the body would lift and crash down on the frame.  We've subsequently lifted the front end about 1-1/2 - 2 inches to solve that problem and the car drives and handles immeasurably better.  But my wife now reports when she follows me she sees that the front end appears higher than the rear.

I hope that we can find some time at Carlisle to discuss whether we have any options to remediate this by lifting the rear?

Thanks,

Marshall

You'll raise the back by either reindexing the stock spring plates on the torsion bars or install adjustable spring plates. Keep in mind that those spring  plates are under high pressure and  can easily cause injury.

The number # 1 reason to attend our Carlisle event is to visit with our extended Speedster Spyder family.  Some of us have been going for decades and that about sums it up ~

...better late than never.I plan on making it this yer, if I can get the Beck sorted out.  Check the number listed for the Mariiot...I think there's an extra number in there somewhere. I live in Atlanta and  I plan on leaving EARLY the 13th and wouldn't mind connecting some other brave souls on the way up.  Lane, are you driving up?  

Meade

@Meade  recv'd dinner reservation thanks ...

Courtyard by Marriott, Gettysburg Road, Mechanicsburg, PA (717) 766-9006

@Meade - Replied to your PM

Carlisle Banquet dinner.... Be sure to make your dinner reservation and payment this week as we need additional participants to make the banquet a reality .

Carlisle Courtyard by Marriott Hotel   Banquet Dinner & Raffle Info !

                                                               Hotel  

Event dates are: Thursday May 13th - Sunday May 16^th.  Some of us will arrive on Wednesday May 12th for a casual get together.

Call the hotel reserving your room ASAP at 717-766-9006  be sure to mention Speedster Owner’s Group.

Address: Courtyard Marriott 4921 Gettysburg Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

The room rate for either 2 Queen or 1 King is $129 per diem plus the usual taxes.
Check in is 4:00pm  (We’ll assume that you can arrive earlier)  Check out is 12:00 noon.

Hotel reservation cut off date is May 1st 2021.  Important: After you register, please.... post "Coming & how many " on this thread.

The Hotel is supplying welcome cookies with beverages for our Thursday arrival from 1:00PM to 5:00PM  Also included in the package are free daily breakfasts for Friday, Saturday and Sunday AM and exclusive use of the Hospitality room.

Locally, there are various options for food, in smaller groups to go to including the Bone Fish Grill, Pizza Grill, Texas Roadhouse, Dukes, Rock Bass Grill, Dockside Willy’s and many others as well as that cool Oldies Diner that is just down the street from our hotel.  Ed Ericson will put together a couple of local TBA cruises etc.  Please respect any and all mask requirements.

         ____________________________________

                                                         

Carlisle Car Show Event details and registration here: Carlisle Import & Performance Nationals (carlisleevents.com)

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                       Banquet Dinner

The Banquet dinner will be at Visaggio’s,  6990 Wertzville Road, Enola PA 17025 on Saturday May 15th at 6:30 PM.  Visaggio’s a well known higher end Italian restaurant that is 20 minutes from the Hotel. There are three entree’s for you to choose from. Please remit your PayPal payment:  Drclock@pa.net. ( Do not click this email, use it as the Payee on PayPal)  You must select "Personal Friends and Family Option"  box so that I do not incur a service charge for each transaction, if the that option is not selected the payment will be refused. Fare is $60 each and includes tax and gratuity. In the Pay Pal notes section let me know the number of persons and select A , B or C for the desired Entree. Due to the short notice on putting together the dinner, the dinner payments are non refundable. I will need to have this reservation-selection list completed and submitted to Visaggio’s by May 1.

All entree’s are served with Italian bread and salad. Desert bar Coffee Tea & Ice tea.

        ^{A    “ Crab Cake Barbara” Seasoned lump crab meat broiled & seasoned Crab Cakes & Past}

       ^{B    “ Elena Marie” Medallions of Angus fillet w/4 jumbo shrimp in garlic butter over Linguine                                    Pecorino Romano cheese}

       ^{C    “ Polo O’Lynda” Sauteed chicken breast w/ a four cheese  & tomato Madera wine sauce.}

          ^{___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________}

                                                                               ^{Raffle !}

               

After the Banquet we will hold our Raffle in the Hospitality suite at the Hotel. We ask that you bring at least one Raffle item for the table. Raffle tickets will be $1 each of $5 for an arm’s length.

Notice  Carlisle Banquet Dinner: The prospect of having the banquet dinner is slim at best. I have received just 8 reservations to date. We booked for a minimum of 30 people and  secured the facility with a $500 deposit.  Should there not be the 30 minimum reservations made by Sunday April 18th, I'll cancel the booking and hope that I can recover my deposit.

Please: Follow the instruction to make the $60.00 per person Pay Pal payment as two have not done so and their actual amount paid is $57.96.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

The Banquet dinner will be at Visaggio’s,  6990 Wertzville Road, Enola PA 17025 on Saturday May 15th at 6:30 PM.  Visaggio’s a well known higher end Italian restaurant that is 20 minutes from the Hotel. There are three entree’s for you to choose from. Please remit your PayPal payment:  Drclock@pa.net. ( Do not click this email, use it as the Payee on PayPal)  You must select "Personal Friends and Family Option"  box so that I do not incur a service charge for each transaction, if the that option is not selected the payment will be refused. Fare is $60 each and includes tax and gratuity. In the Pay Pal notes section let me know the number of persons and select A , B or C for the desired Entree. Due to the short notice on putting together the dinner, the dinner payments are non refundable. Note new cut off date is April 18th,

All entree’s are served with Italian bread and salad. Desert bar Coffee Tea & Ice tea.

        ^{A    “ Crab Cake Barbara” Seasoned lump crab meat broiled & seasoned Crab Cakes & Past}

       ^{B    “ Elena Marie” Medallions of Angus fillet w/4 jumbo shrimp in garlic butter over Linguine                                    Pecorino Romano cheese}

       ^{C    “ Polo O’Lynda” Sauteed chicken breast w/ a four cheese  & tomato Madera wine sauce.}

.................Just 30 days until Carlisle  !   

Courtyard by Marriott Hotel   Banquet Dinner & Raffle Info !

                                                               Hotel  

Event dates are: Thursday May 13th - Sunday May 16^th.  Some of us will arrive on Wednesday May 12th for a casual get together.

Call the hotel reserving your room ASAP at 717-766-9006  be sure to mention Speedster Owner’s Group.

Address: Courtyard Marriott 4921 Gettysburg Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

The room rate for either 2 Queen or 1 King is $129 per diem plus the usual taxes.
Check in is 4:00pm  (We’ll assume that you can arrive earlier)  Check out is 12:00 noon.

Hotel reservation cut off date is May 1st 2021.  Important: After you register, please.... post "Coming & how many " on this thread.

The Hotel is supplying welcome cookies with beverages for our Thursday arrival from 1:00PM to 5:00PM  Also included in the package are free daily breakfasts for Friday, Saturday and Sunday AM and exclusive use of the Hospitality room.

Locally, there are various options for food, in smaller groups to go to including the Bone Fish Grill, Pizza Grill, Texas Roadhouse, Dukes, Rock Bass Grill, Dockside Willy’s and many others as well as that cool Oldies Diner that is just down the street from our hotel.  Ed Ericson will put together a couple of local TBA cruises etc.  Please respect any and all mask requirements.

         ____________________________________

                                                         

Carlisle Car Show Event details and registration here: Carlisle Import & Performance Nationals (carlisleevents.com)

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                       Banquet Dinner

The Banquet dinner will be at Visaggio’s,  6990 Wertzville Road, Enola PA 17025 on Saturday May 15th at 6:30 PM.  Visaggio’s a well known higher end Italian restaurant that is 20 minutes from the Hotel. There are three entree’s for you to choose from. Please remit your PayPal payment:  Drclock@pa.net. ( Do not click this email, use it as the Payee on PayPal)  You must select "Personal Friends and Family Option"  box so that I do not incur a service charge for each transaction, if the that option is not selected the payment will be refused. Fare is $60 each and includes tax and gratuity. In the Pay Pal notes section let me know the number of persons and select A , B or C for the desired Entree. Due to the short notice on putting together the dinner, the dinner payments are non refundable.

All entree’s are served with Italian bread and salad. Desert bar Coffee Tea & Ice tea.

        ^{A    “ Crab Cake Barbara” Seasoned lump crab meat broiled & seasoned Crab Cakes & Past}

       ^{B    “ Elena Marie” Medallions of Angus fillet w/4 jumbo shrimp in garlic butter over Linguine                                    Pecorino Romano cheese}

       ^{C    “ Polo O’Lynda” Sauteed chicken breast w/ a four cheese  & tomato Madera wine sauce.}

          ^{___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________}

                                                                               ^{Raffle !}

               

After the Banquet we will hold our Raffle in the Hospitality suite at the Hotel. We ask that you bring at least one Raffle item for the table. Raffle tickets will be $1 each of $5 for an arm’s length.

Carlisle room count to date is 19...tomorrow would a be a great time for you to call the hotel and reserve your room!

Get your rooms, slackers!

Is there anyone else going or saying they are who haven't?

Maybe, ill blast out there in the Giulia Ti Sport for a few days.  I have never took a road trip in it anyway. 

When @Marty Grzynkowicz says "maybe" he means "perhaps if I win the lottery, or if the sun looks like it might burn out".

Come on out Marty !

Carlisle ..... This a great day to make you reservations for Carlisle ! Time to escape captivity and enjoy some good laughs and renew friendships ..oh and tip a couple colds ones too !

@Marty Grzynkowicz - Now that you've said that, you are obligated to come or Alan will send some of his NJ friends (you know, the ones with no necks) to visit you.  Pick up @Stan Galat on the way, will ya?

Marty may very well have constituents out there in Chicago. hence my ppl may know youz ppl's.  BTW when we are sitting around in the evening at Carlisle someone  remind me to tell the tale of ........" The Trunk Ride "

@Lane Anderson posted:

@Marty Grzynkowicz - Now that you've said that, you are obligated to come or Alan will send some of his NJ friends (you know, the ones with no necks) to visit you.  Pick up @Stan Galat on the way, will ya?

Now THAT conjures up quite the mental image:

Marty and Stan crammed into the Alpha Romeo Giulia Ti Sport with their two, small backpacks packed for the long weekend.

Marty in his Italian Mohair traveling sweater, Italian driving gloves, heal-and-toe driving shoes, Armani sun glasses and Giuseppe Calvanaro "Sport" watch.

Stan in his best "PipeFather" outfit; "Speedsters meet Spyders" Tee-shirt, Carter's dress Chinos and Eddie Bauer slippers (his Timberland walking shoes stowed neatly in the back, next to the supply of Bison Jerky and "Fronions"), trying to find a comfortable position in that tiny seat made for Italian, non-Orangutan bodies, for the long ride from Morton, Illinois to Mechanicsburg, PA.  

Sounds a lot like and "Felix and Oscar" take a road trip.

11.5 hours of pure motoring fun with Marty and Stan!  

@Gordon Nichols posted:

Now THAT conjures up quite the mental image:

Marty and Stan crammed into the Alpha Romeo Giulia Ti Sport with their two, small backpacks packed for the long weekend.

Marty in his Italian Mohair traveling sweater, Italian driving gloves, heal-and-toe driving shoes, Armani sun glasses and Giuseppe Calvanaro "Sport" watch.

Stan in his best "PipeFather" outfit; "Speedsters meet Spyders" Tee-shirt, Carter's dress Chinos and Eddie Bauer slippers (his Timberland walking shoes stowed neatly in the back, next to the supply of Bison Jerky and "Fronions"), trying to find a comfortable position in that tiny seat made for Italian, non-Orangutan bodies, for the long ride from Morton, Illinois to Mechanicsburg, PA.  

Sounds a lot like and "Felix and Oscar" take a road trip.

11.5 hours of pure motoring fun with Marty and Stan!  

Ummm, it's a 4 door sedan with a trunk, no? Plenty of room.

" Plenty of room" .......Quietly referred to as Hoffa trunks.

Carlisle is just 27 days from today !  Call the Hotel and reserve your room now to be part of the fun !

                                                       Hotel  

Event dates are: Thursday May 13th - Sunday May 16^th.  Some of us will arrive on Wednesday May 12th for a casual get together.

Call the hotel reserving your room ASAP at 717-766-9006  be sure to mention Speedster Owner’s Group.

Address: Courtyard Marriott 4921 Gettysburg Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

The room rate for either 2 Queen or 1 King is $129 per diem plus the usual taxes.
Check in is 4:00pm  (We’ll assume that you can arrive earlier)  Check out is 12:00 noon.

Hotel reservation cut off date is May 1st 2021.  Important: After you register, please.... post "Coming & how many " on this thread.

The Hotel is supplying welcome cookies with beverages for our Thursday arrival from 1:00PM to 5:00PM  Also included in the package are free daily breakfasts for Friday, Saturday and Sunday AM and exclusive use of the Hospitality room.

Locally, there are various options for food, in smaller groups to go to including the Bone Fish Grill, Pizza Grill, Texas Roadhouse, Dukes, Rock Bass Grill, Dockside Willy’s and many others as well as that cool Oldies Diner that is just down the street from our hotel.  Ed Ericson will put together a couple of local TBA cruises etc.  Please respect any and all mask requirements.

@Alan Merklin posted:

Carlisle ..... This a great day to make you reservations for Carlisle ! Time to escape captivity and enjoy some good laughs and renew friendships ..oh and tip a couple colds ones too !

We'd be there if we could...   

"Room-Meister" Merklin wrote:  

"Plenty of room" .......Quietly referred to as Hoffa trunks.

Would that be the four-man, Cadillac Sedan de Ville trunk or the larger, more luxurious Oldsmobile 98 six-man trunk?

Come to think of it, "Dear Leader Stan" must have a six-man trunk in his rolling annex of Stanistan - He could drive THAT to Carlisle and just sleep back there!

And as Alan said; "Mask Up, Y'all!"

And since we haven't talked at all about having T-Shirts this year, might I propose these for the group as a reminder, with maybe a few replica cars on the back:

Sunday 4/18 midnight is the cutoff for the Banquet dinner ! We still need 18 more reservations to make this happen !

Also if you are still on the fence for Carlisle, come out and enjoy the long weeks with your extended Speedster family !

Banquet Dinner

The Banquet dinner will be at Visaggio’s,  6990 Wertzville Road, Enola PA 17025 on Saturday May 15th at 6:30 PM.  Visaggio’s a well known higher end Italian restaurant that is 20 minutes from the Hotel. There are three entree’s for you to choose from. Please remit your PayPal payment:  Drclock@pa.net. ( Do not click this email, use it as the Payee on PayPal)  You must select "Personal Friends and Family Option"  box so that I do not incur a service charge for each transaction, if the that option is not selected the payment will be refused. Fare is $60 each and includes tax and gratuity. In the Pay Pal notes section let me know the number of persons and select A , B or C for the desired Entree. Due to the short notice on putting together the dinner, the dinner payments are non refundable.

All entree’s are served with Italian bread and salad. Desert bar Coffee Tea & Ice tea.

        ^{A    “ Crab Cake Barbara” Seasoned lump crab meat broiled & seasoned Crab Cakes & Past}

       ^{B    “ Elena Marie” Medallions of Angus fillet w/4 jumbo shrimp in garlic butter over Linguine                                    Pecorino Romano cheese}

       ^{C    “ Polo O’Lynda” Sauteed chicken breast w/ a four cheese  & tomato Madera wine sauce.}

^{_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________}

Hotel  Event dates are: Thursday May 13th - Sunday May 16^th.  Some of us will arrive on Wednesday May 12th for a casual get together.

Call the hotel reserving your room ASAP at 717-766-9006  be sure to mention Speedster Owner’s Group.

Address: Courtyard Marriott 4921 Gettysburg Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

The room rate for either 2 Queen or 1 King is $129 per diem plus the usual taxes.
Check in is 4:00pm  (We’ll assume that you can arrive earlier)  Check out is 12:00 noon.

Hotel reservation cut off date is May 1st 2021.  Important: After you register, please.... post "Coming & how many " on this thread.

The Hotel is supplying welcome cookies with beverages for our Thursday arrival from 1:00PM to 5:00PM  Also included in the package are free daily breakfasts for Friday, Saturday and Sunday AM and exclusive use of the Hospitality room.

Locally, there are various options for food, in smaller groups to go to including the Bone Fish Grill, Pizza Grill, Texas Roadhouse, Dukes, Rock Bass Grill, Dockside Willy’s and many others as well as that cool Oldies Diner that is just down the street from our hotel.  Ed Ericson will put together a couple of local TBA cruises etc.  Please respect any and all mask requirements.

Sorry for the late response. I will be attending the gathering. I am headed to paypal as soon as I send this email to pay for the gala dinner.     Cheers🍺

Hey Dave!

@edsnova posted:

Hey Dave!

Dave's Not Here Man .................

Hey Ed and Alan, I'm back!  I am looking forward to hanging out with the crew. Since I live fairly close I will probably just be staying at the hotel saturday night. ( The after raffle hoopla can go pretty late). I'll keeping an eye out for updates.  Thanks for taking the helm.

Regretfully, the banquet dinner at Visaggio’s is Cancelled, the reservation head count did not come in as anticipated. For those that did remit payment, I will process your refund asap.

___________________________________________________________________________________

Be sure to call the hotel to reserve your room as rooms still remain in our room block !

                                                     Hotel  Information

Event dates are: Thursday May 13th - Sunday May 16^th.  Some of us will arrive on Wednesday May 12th for a casual get together.

Call the hotel reserving your room ASAP at 717-766-9006  be sure to mention Speedster Owner’s Group.

Address: Courtyard Marriott 4921 Gettysburg Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

The room rate for either 2 Queen or 1 King is $129 per diem plus the usual taxes.
Check in is 4:00pm  (We’ll assume that you can arrive earlier)  Check out is 12:00 noon.

Hotel reservation cut off date is May 1st 2021.  Important: After you register, please.... post "Coming & how many " on this thread.

The Hotel is supplying welcome cookies with beverages for our Thursday arrival from 1:00PM to 5:00PM  Also included in the package are free daily breakfasts for Friday, Saturday and Sunday AM and exclusive use of the Hospitality room.

Locally, there are various options for food, in smaller groups to go to including the Bone Fish Grill, Pizza Grill, Texas Roadhouse, Dukes, Rock Bass Grill, Dockside Willy’s and many others as well as that cool Oldies Diner that is just down the street from our hotel.  Ed Ericson will put together a couple of local TBA cruises etc.  Please respect any and all mask requirements.

Sorry to hear that,  Alan.  Next year's attendance should be better - at least some of us furriners will be able to make it.

I'm sorry to hear that as well, Alan.  We'll have fun anyway and like I said earlier, those of us in the "Cool Crowd" can go if we want - maybe Wednesday night.

@Lane Anderson posted:

I'm sorry to hear that as well, Alan.  We'll have fun anyway and like I said earlier, those of us in the "Cool Crowd" can go if we want - maybe Wednesday night.

I guess that depends on your definition of "cool". Hehehe.

Cool is anyone riding in a topless unheated vehicle at speed Sent from my Galaxy

Windshield sticker # 451.  We really don't go for the food anyway.

#293. We go for the margaritas at our favorite Mexican restaurant. And Dave's beer.Sent from my Galaxy

The Mexican place is less than 20 minutes south on RT 11 from the Hotel. ...

Paul............... let's get a group to go along !

Connie and I went there often when we lived in Chambersburg.  Has the best with Margarita's in " Goblets  " Bring a driver you'll need one and the food is fantastic !

Montezuma Mexican Restaurant

I got my registration number today (139)!  Woohoo!

Reg # 94.

Friends, we're gonna have a time.

@Alan Merklin posted:

The Mexican place is less than 20 minutes south on RT 11 from the Hotel. ...

Paul............... let's get a group to go along !

Connie and I went there often when we lived in Chambersburg.  Has the best with Margarita's in " Goblets  " Bring a driver you'll need one and the food is fantastic !

Montezuma Mexican Restaurant

montezumamex.com

820 Wayne Ave, Chambersburg, PA 17201

(717) 709-1003

But is it as good as "El Bronco"? Ask Chris, Lenny, and I about that in a few weeks...

LOL!

@Chris MacDonald @LENNY C.

Yeah, you guys were still suffering the aftermath of El Bronco when you made it to Maggie Valley last year.

#83    It's called El Rodeo and I like to put my reservation in now. It it's a good place.

Trust me as I recommend Montezuma's 

According to Google maps, it's almost an hour away. It may be 20 minutes from Shippensburg, but we ain't there this year.

@Alan Merklin

https://www.google.com/maps/di...819!2d39.9161538!3e0

El Rodeo is only ten minutes. Never been there, but an hour ride after Mexican may not be wise...

https://www.google.com/maps/di...657!2d40.2369082!3e0

@DannyP posted:

According to Google maps, it's almost an hour away. It may be 20 minutes from Shippensburg, but we ain't there this year.

@Alan Merklin

https://www.google.com/maps/di...819!2d39.9161538!3e0

Thanks for the catch Danny, a Senior Moment ...I was thinking Shippensburg to Chambersburg .

Danny, Glenn and I went to el rodeo many times but the last time instead of splitting a second margarita we thought a pitcher was a better idea. Glenn wanted to walk back and leave the car there. I talked him out of that ridiculous idea and we made it back but we don't know how. Distance is not the problem.

Remember, Not to be scared of a Virus that can't see you when you sit down

@Lane Anderson posted:

Yeah, you guys were still suffering the aftermath of El Bronco when you made it to Maggie Valley last year.

Blasphemy! Thou shall not speak I'll of "the The Bronco"

While I really feel bad about it, I will not be attending.  If I did, I would have to find a new place to live when I got back home.

I got my registration materials today - number 9.  I will send them to anyone who wants them.

Michael sorry you won’t be able to join in. I’d like to buy your registration materials. Let me know the cost and I’ll reimburse you.
Thanks,

Marshall

No cost. PM your address.

Carlisle is just three weeks away! Be sure the call the hotel and make your reservations looking forward to seeing Ed's Spyder and Lanes Coupe!

I managed to find some sanitizer for Carlisle. All ready!!

What's the headcount @Alan Merklin?

@Chris MacDonald posted:

What's the headcount @Alan Merklin?

Chris  I get the weekly count from the hotel on Monday's and will post the latest.

Greetings,

I was wondering whether anyone has plans to bring any SOC badges to Carlyle for sale?  I'd like to place it along-side of my Stuttgart badge.

If not, does anyone know how I'd go about finding one?

Thanks,

Marshall

The blue ones were originally done in 2006 when my car was built at the show, and were made by SOC folks for SOC folks, so the only way to get one is from SOC folks.  Maybe somebody has a leftover.  the later "Welcome to the Madness" were done by Rich Drewek for SOC folks, and I don't know if there are any leftovers.  I have one that's going on my Coupe.  You won't find a vendor that makes them.

That's true - I only made 52 of the blue, "Speedsters Meet Spyders" badge and all of them got scooped up.  I guess that makes them pretty rare, but I have no plans to make any more of them.

I was not involved with either of the SOC badges so can't help you there.

You might consider joining a 356 group in your area.  If you have one and they accept your replica (most will with no hassle) many 356 clubs around the country have grill badges available to members, like this one from New England:

Thanks Lane. I’d gathered that they had been routinely created for various SOC gatherings over the years. Was looking for the newest “we beat the COVID” edition.

Marshall

Carlisle is just 18 days away !  We'll see Lane's coupe, and Ed's Spyder and other recent builds too.  If you have not done so, call the hotel and reserve your room asap.  Join us for the cruises, socializing, Carlisle show field, the must do "egg sammich" experience and consumption of an occasional adult beverage. Maddie and Ron who bring boxes of munchie snacks will not be in attendance this year so be sure to pick up a couple bags of your favorite snacks to share.  Please bring an item or two ( does not have to be car related) for the Raffle. Tickets will be $1 each or an arm's length for $5 this covers our misc. costs each year & Ed will be posting the cruises etc.

Whatever happened to @Rich Drewek and his famous T-Shirts and other memorabilia.  I guess with the low turn out this year it may not be worthwhile for him to do it.

Wish we could be there.

@IaM-Ray posted:

Whatever happened to @Rich Drewek and his famous T-Shirts and other memorabilia.  I guess with the low turn out this year it may not be worthwhile for him to do it.

Wish we could be there.

Rich is in the excavating stages of building their dream house he designed on a lake.

He bought his own excavator to do the work.  At least, that's what he said.

@IaM-Ray posted:

Wish we could be there.

X 2. 

Steve Hayward and I will be there with our cars. Arriving late Thursday.

Ron , Looking forward to seeing you both ...  Hotel reservations made?

Carlisle is just three short weeks away, rooms in the SOC room block are still available so let's pack the court" aka Courtyard by Marriott hotel.   

Carlisle/ Courtyard by Marriot room list:  Anderson, Ascheman, Cuccureddu, Duckworth, Ericson, Frazer, Gallo, Haas, Hayward, Hines, Holden, Kennedy,  Kumpf, Merklin, Piperato, Schumacher, Stumpp, Thibodeau, Wilson &  Wright.

Making name tags...

Come on, everyone!

Carlisle in just 12 days !   

https://store.carlisleevents.c...ddkjp1_bS0q6khlppdNM

Courtyard room reservations to date:                                                                       Anderson, Ascheman, Cuccureddu, Duckworth, Ericson, Frazer, Gallo, Haas, Hayward, Hines, Holden, Kennedy,  Kumpf, Merklin, Piperato, Schumacher, Stumpp, Thibodeau,

Carlisle is just 9 short days away and there's still time to be part of the fun !

I'm going to miss you guys, but it is what it is.  Next year...

I hope the weather is good for you guys, we have been freezing over here for the last 2 weeks.

YODA, you will be missed. And you won't see the completion of the IRS conversion. We got realistic when we saw the price for a subi trans and compromised. Hope you make it next year.

Are you posting pict?

I could be persuaded to do a live Zoom. I have a premium account to host.

Still time to sign up and show up y'all stragglers and fence-sitters.

During our time together I will expect some (or all!) of you to make various excursions and to facilitate that (in lieu of a strictly scheduled and regimented plan) I've mapped out a couple of country tours. These attachments are turn-by-turn PDFs and I'll see what I can do about making them google-map downloadable-to-your-phone links as well, for navigational ease.

Run One is a 94 mile, 2-hour+ riverside tour that takes us to and through some covered bridges up north and The Winery at Hunters Valley (they will be expecting our members throughout the weekend) before guiding us to the show field. All in all an excellent morning/early afternoon lunch ride.

Run Two is a 94-mile mountain road and brew pub option with a stop in Kings Gap park (nice overlook there) and a stop at Appalachian Brewing Co. in Gettysburg before bringing you back to Carlisle.

Both of these routes were originally conceived by Cory and Jeni Drake, by the way. I just dusted them off and did some minor re-routing to account for changes in the landscape. Obviously either route is amenable to alteration or reversal.

What Ed did not mention is that his Spyder will be  featured at Carlisle..Congrats Ed !

"Vehicles from around the World"

I guess "Baltimore" has now become a foreign country.    

(Tongue firmly planted in cheek)

Good Marketing exposure there, Ed!

Ha! I actually had not seen that.

Yes, Gordon, technically Baltimore is located somewhere "around the world."

Yes, I wheedled my way into the display. It's got to be in place by Thursday at 5 PM so I'm going to be seeking a wingman (or woman) to escort me to the show field and then ferry me back to the hotel some time on Thursday. (Probably, weather-depending).

They might have mentioned it's a home-built replica, just to dispel any potential  misunderstandings.

You're welcome to ride with me, Ed.  I'll be arriving Wednesday A WEEK FROM TODAY!!!!  WOOHOO!!!

Looks like I'm going to leave the delivery to Team Beck so I can be low stress all week.  Been an "interesting" period at work and I need a break, even if it means I live a  week or two more without the car.

@Lane Anderson posted:

You're welcome to ride with me, Ed.  I'll be arriving Wednesday A WEEK FROM TODAY!!!!  WOOHOO!!!

Looks like I'm going to leave the delivery to Team Beck so I can be low stress all week.  Been an "interesting" period at work and I need a break, even if it means I live a  week or two more without the car.

Well, there went my only reason for going to Carlisle, Lane. Canceling my plans now.

If, I were not traveling that Sunday early AM to New Jersey to see the grand kiddies, I would bring my trailer to Carlisle and drag the Coupe DeVille to S.C. and do a Myrtle Beach stop on the way back.

I'm confused. Are the Beck folks still bringing the car to Carlisle, then delivering at a later date? Or are they not bringing it at all since you're not taking it home yourself, Lane?

I'm with you Alan. If I had something to bring back from SC I'd deliver it myself.

I got a chip guard for my open trailer. Installed it in an hour. .    Just saying

Calm down Chris, the Coupe will be there.  Any delay will between the time I get home and the car arrives.

And to think I thought you were coming because you liked our company. 🤣

Greetings,

Noticed that Alan left me off those attending on his last update.

FYI, planning to arrive at the hotel mid afternoon Thursday and to depart Sunday noonish.

I’m driving up from Arlington, VA. If we left around noon - 1pm, anyone in the area interested in caravaning up?  

Marshall

Marshall your name was not on this week's latest print out from the hotel...I will fix that .

More is more!

Carlisle: Courtyard by Marriot access......Your GPS will have you exit Rt.15 onto Rossmoyne Rd, go past Gettysburg Road,  at the 2nd light make a left onto Independence Road (is a new road) 

New road as in different location(new intersection?) than before or just resurfaced?

The 1st Left off the Rt15 S exit (Gettysburg Rd) is closed ( per hotel) at the next light make the L onto Independence RD it a new road .

As I recall, making that first left was challenging because you had to do a multi-lane change immediately.  This sounds like a good thing.

Did you mean Century Rd.?

The 1st Left off the Rt15 S exit (Gettysburg Rd) is closed ( per hotel) at the next light make the L onto Century Rd. it a new road ....Thanks for catching that Danny...Seems the hotel gave me the incorrect " new road" name ...

Looks like we all should put Danny out front reading the map/GPS.  

We have two guys on our bike trips, Andy and Robb, who are NEVER allowed to read a map or lead a ride.  Both have gone miles out of their way after going the wrong way and getting lost.  We've seen both of them get lost in the airports (multiple times) just getting to our destinations.

Don't be like Andy and Robb - Follow @DannyP

Sure, you can try to follow Danny, but it will not be relaxing. You might work hard trying to keep up. The cruise just might turn into a race without much notice.   (especially if the Drake is around)

Ask me how I know.

For anyone who has been on the fence, the hotel will still honor the contracted room rate  !   Carlisle weather looks partly sunny partly cloudy and a couple of showers possible now and then. We've seen better and much worse.  Be safe enjoy the trip out to the hotel . Connie and I should be at the hotel by 2PM  One minor change.. instead of the the free breakfast buffet the hotel will provide free breakfast coupons that will cover breakfast at the Bistro.    ....Please be sure to bring a Raffle item or two !

Unfortunately I am out for the long weekend but still hope to visit the field on Saturday just for the day.

Viva Los Carlisle!

Safe trip Carlisle early birds !  After a day of travel there is the Pizza Grill and upscale place 5 minutes from the hotel . I highly recommend it, we'll see you tomorrow !

Carlisle weather Wednesday through Sunday high's of 68 - 71 degrees & party sunny......possible passing shower Saturday evening.

I’m in Lexington,VA where I’ll overnight tonight.  It’s about 3.5 hours from the hotel so tomorrow should be a short day.  The traffic on 81 was miserable, so who knows how long it’ll take.

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@Alan Merklin posted:

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...68 - 71 degrees & party sunny.....

Once again, autocorrect for the win!

It should be pretty clear these bots know way more about us than they let on. Most of the time, they're just toying with us.

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Ahhh auto correct :~)

@Lane Anderson posted:

I’m in Lexington,VA where I’ll overnight tonight.  It’s about 3.5 hours from the hotel so tomorrow should be a short day.  The traffic on 81 was miserable, so who knows how long it’ll take.

Safe remainder of the trip !

In Charlottesville VA tonight. Most gas stations without gas due to the pipeline shutdown. Thinking about coming up for a few days. How is the gas supply in Carlisle and surrounding areas?

The gas thing is so dumb. People are panic buying. I've heard some people up and down the east coast say stations were busy but my wife (in MD) said it's fine, the prices are just higher. My SIL, near Carlisle said there is some panic buying.

Info is spotty but this is as of this morning,  the states that have to pipeline running through it seem to have the supply issues. I can't find any shortage info for PA  and other surrounding states. I just filled both vehicles here in WV . From here,  I figure I can run to Carlisle PA  fill up, then on Sunday continue into NJ to visit the grandkids and back into central PA before I will need gas for the rest of the trip back into WV .  I'll have a new empty 5 gallon can just in case I may have to use it.

To be clear, my SIL didn't say anyone was out of gas, just people panic buying.

We are on that line in Merklins picture and my wife had absolutely no issue getting gas

theyre on the way to get TP

Planning on getting there between 4 and 5 tomorrow. The Spyder has a full tank.

Ed we'll wait on you to go to dinner ......call me if you're running behind.

We will probably be there tomorrow around 3p or 4p

Good luck to y'all for a very nice weekend. This would have been the 10 th anniversary  of our mega trip to Carlisle from Sacramento. Weather looks great for you ..enjoy and get er done, eh ?   Mega thanks to the organizers.....it can't be easy.

Safe trip and enjoy your time at Carlisle, see you next year if they parole us.