Ron,
The idea sounds good, but I would suggest you look at August rather than
May-June.
I have been doing an annual boat party for the past 20 some years. Since
there is a few bucks wrapped up in this deal (about 90 people, decent bands,
food, drink etc., etc.), I have done some checking with professional
meteorologists to determine the best chance of not getting screwed by a big
rain and have been told August is best. Since then, I've done it every
second Saturday in August and have never been rained out. That's a pretty
good track record if you want to be safe.
Just a suggestion.
Larry Daniels
79 MGB LE
72 Midget
60 Bugeye
"You only need two tools: WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it
doesn't move and should, use the WD-40. If it
shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape."
P.S.: Jim J. from K.C., aren't you a meteorologist? Any input here?
----- Original Message -----
From "Ron Soave" <soavero at yahoo.com>
Well....there is a large hotel in Rockford, IL, (USA
central) the Clocktower (PLEASE remember the "L") that
housed the Mini event and Triumph VTR deal the last 2
years. They have a huge parking lot where car shows
an vendors were housed, 5 or so restaurants, etc.
There used to be a huge clock museum that was very
cool, some remnants of it remain. Across the street
is a bank of modern personality-free hotels like the
Hampton, Courtyard, Residence, Holiday, Red Roof, etc.
It is charming and a few years past its prime, like a
lot of us and our cars. I can check into that, we get
a deal from work around $59 per night. A nice country
drive away, maybe 15 miles, is Blackhawk Farms raceway
(www.blackhawkfarms.com) where we can do autocross on
the track, or some wheel-to-wheel action. Boackhawk
has got to be one of the best tracks in the US for
Sprite-sized racing, and it isn't especially
technical. As far as weather is concerned, the
midwest's Annual Nice Day usually occurs in late May
or June, so we could schedule it around then. I'm in
for some organizing if there is interest. There is
also a place in western Iowa, Mid America Motorsports
complex, ain't been there, but I'm told it's pretty
boring.
Ron Soave
"Those who enter the country illegally violate the law." George W. Bush,
Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 28, 2005
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