Mid-Atlantic Fall Speedster & Spyder Meet

This year's Mid-Atlantic Fall meet will be held in Sykesville, MD and the Spyders are invited too! Date is 10/16 (Saturday) and since we tend to have a few "leakers" a raindate is planned for 10/23.

We debated over possible locations and since last year's Speedster meet was a success we decided to pick another location that was central to the Mid-Atlantic region. Sykesville is a scenic, rural town away from the interstates and not far from last year's Mt Airy winery tour. We're still working out the details so mark the dates on your calender and watch here for further updates. We're expecting another great turnout so come out, enjoy the fall foliage and let's see a few Spyders this year!

East Coast Bruce
(One of the Speedster guys)

Okay, here's the plan. We're going to meet at Piney Run Park in Sykesville, Maryland on 10/16 (Saturday). If you want to get directions from Yahoo maps or Mapquest the address of the park is 30 Martz Road, zip is 21784. It's a great park and includes the 300-acre Piney Run Reservoir, here's a link: www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/recreational/fwhotpineyrunpk.html The park and local countryside will be great for photos and you'll enjoy the changing autumn leaves that will be in full blast by then. There is a fee to get in the park - $4 if you're a resident of Carroll County or $6 if you're not. Plan to arrive at Piney Run between 10:00 and 11:00 (I'll be there at 9:50), bring your own refreshments and picnic lunch, frisbees, kites, (folding) fishing rods, whatever and try to be there by noon for group photos.

We'll also try to work in a cruise of one of Maryland's scenic by-ways and end up in downtown Sykesville, here's the link for the cruise: www.sha.state.md.us/exploremd/oed/scenicByways/Patapsco.pdf . If there's interest in the cruise we'll head out about 1:00 or 2:00.

Let me know if you're coming or if you have any questions. We had 12 Speedsters turn out last year, we would really like to have a few Spyders join us this year!!

Confirmations so far:

Karl Macklin
Lewis Martin
Wendel Green (yeah, a Spyder!)
Mitchell Plapp
Bruce Stumpp
Fred Kligman


Keep 'em coming! How about a few more Spyders?

FLASH! This meet is postponed until the 23rd due to the rain that has creeped into the forecast. Watch your email, I'll send out an update later this evening.

Speedster & Spyder Owners:

We're postponing the meet to our raindate of October 23rd due to rain showers now predicted for this Saturday.

We'll keep the same plan - Meet at Piney Run Park between 10 and 11:00 AM, cruise an official Maryland Scenic Drive and stop in the historic railroad town of Sykesvile, Maryland. My email from last week is included below with further details. One additional perk - we'll finish the cruise at E.W.Beck's Pub (www.ewbecks.com).

I hope everyone who was planning to join us this weekend can still make the 23rd. Would appeciate if you could send me an email and let me know if you're planning to attend. I'll get another email out to everyone early next week.

Speedster & Spyder Owners:

The Meet is ON for this Saturday, the 23rd!! The weather forecast looks good so it should be perfect Autumn weather for cruising and leaf-peeping.

In case you forgot, here's the plan....

We're gathering at Piney Run Park near the scenic railroad town of Sykesville, Maryland. Plan to arrive at the Park between 10:00 and 11:00 AM (I'll be there at 9:50, just look for my white Speedster with red polka dots). Bring your own refreshments and a picnic lunch, frisbees, kites, fishing rods (folding?), binoculars, whatever and try to be there no later than noon for group photos. The park and local countryside will be great for photos and you'll enjoy the changing, full-color Autumn leaves. There is a small fee to get in the park - $4 if you're a resident of Carroll County or $6 if you're not.

After some picnicing, socializing and Speedster-gawking we'll leave Piney Run Park around 1:30 and cruise one of Maryland's scenic by-ways. We'll finish the cruise around 2:30 at E.W.Beck's Restaurant and Pub in downtown Sykesville for some post-cruise bench racing, sightseeing and socializing. Here's a link for the cruise: www.sha.state.md.us/exploremd/oed/scenicByways/Patapsco.pdf . And here's the link for Beck's: www.ewbecks.com

If you need directions, use Yahoo maps or Mapquest - the address of the park is 30 Martz Road, zip is 21784. It's a great park and includes the 300-acre Piney Run Reservoir. Here's a link for the Park: www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/recreational/fwhotpineyrunpk.html Drive to the end of scenic Martz Road and you'll drive right into the Park entrance.

Let me know if you're coming, if you have any questions email me or call my cell phone (410-375-8307). Advance notice is good but if you decide to join us at the last minute, no problem - just show up!! We're expecting another great turnout so come out, enjoy the fall foliage and join us! We had a good turnout last year, let's beat that number this year!!