C5-Fest Caravan Rally Points Across the US

[edog]

Still looking into it. Almost there. I will be calling around to hotels in Savannah this week to see if I can secure a discount for us. Not sure since the group is not huge, but I will try. By the end of the week I should have the hotel info.

[RickRay]

Originally Posted by edog

For those cruising the 95 cooridor On thursday the 15th...

We are going to stop at "indigo Joes Sports Pub and restraunt" for a late lunch. Slotted to arrive around 3:15 to 3:30 in the afternoon. It is a good spot to gas up as well. Just in case anyone needs to gas up before this spot we have a backup gas spot in selma off of rt57. It is a Sunoco with 93 (the attendant said they "don't have no octane"... ), and has 16 pumps. It is about 40 miles before the lunch spot.

Well you can take our names of your list: RickRay; Christcringle;Ls1_98...
We'll be taking the northern route to Atlanta I-81...See you at the fest...Bye Rick

[RickRay]

Originally Posted by jrhaus76

Monroe, MI - Beaverdam - Cincinnati - Knoxville - Chattanooga - Atlanta - Valdosta

Date: Thursday, April 15th 2010

Meet Location in Monroe, MI - 11 AM:
Meeting at Cracker Barrel, 1101 Ternes Drive , Monroe, MI ~ I-75 S exit 15 for Dixie Hwy toward Downtown Monroe, Turn right at N Dixie Hwy, Take the 1st left onto Ternes Dr - Depart restaurant about 11 am for Lima

Meet Location in Beaverdam, OH - 1 PM:
TBD

Meet Location in Cincinnati, OH: 3:45 PM
Meeting at the rest area on I-75 southbound in Walton, KY, mile marker 177. It is 15 miles south of Cincinnati on I-75.
Route of Travel: I-75 south. Departing rest area about 4:00 pm Thursday, April 15, stopping in Knoxville, TN for the night.

Date: Friday, April 16th 2010

Meet Location in Knoxville, TN: - DEPARTING: 6:00 AM SHARP
Meeting at whatever hotel we stay at. We will all meet at the hotel and depart the hotel at 6:00 AM. Please have your vehicles fueled up and ready to go at 6:00 AM. If you are meeting at the hotel, please be there early.

Meet Location in Chattanooga, TN: - ARRIVING: 7:30AM, DEPARTING: 8:00 AM SHARP
Meeting at the Georgia Welcome center on I-75 southbound Georgia mile marker 352.
Route of Travel: I-75 south. Departing rest area about 8:30 am Friday, April 16, heading to Atlanta, Ga.
We will allow 30 minutes at the rest area to use the RR and get settled in with the other group. We will head out for ATL at 8:00 sharp.

Meet Location in Atlanta, GA: - ARRIVING: 11:00 AM, DEPARTING: 12:00 noon SHARP
Meeting at Summit Racing, 20 King Mill Road, McDonough, GA 30253
We will allow 1 hour at this stop to fuel up, get some lunch and do some shopping at Summit if you like. I allowed a little extra time for the groups to get through Atlanta traffic.

*** Some drivers will be picking up the group in Macon, GA. We are not scheduling a stop here but there will likely be a group staged and I will contact someone with the group so they could join up. We should hit Macon about 1:00.

If you have never been to a Summit Racing retail store, it is really something to see. We will depart Summit Racing at 12:00 noon sharp and head to the FEST! The last 230 miles should be pretty impressive with such a large caravan!

TOTAL TRIP:

Route of Travel: I-75 South Departing Knoxville 6:00AM, travelling to Chattanooga.
Departing Chattanooga at 8:00AM, travelling to Atlanta.
Metting up with the Central group from OKC.
Departing Atlanta (Summit Racing) at 12:00 noon and heading to Valdosta.
Plan on arriving in Valdosta by 3:00 PM.

DISCLAIMER:
Key to the success of such a large caravan is making sure we stay on time. Times and meeting points are being determined for all routes and locations. It is imperative that we maintain the time frames indicated. The times will be set to allow a limited amount of time for groups to meet up and move out. When you select a meeting point, be there BEFORE the specified meeting time. Groups will need to depart the meeting locations at the specified times as to not be late to the next stop. The groups will be in contact with each other to update on progress along the way. Individual drivers may want to have contact information of the other members of the group they are in.



PM Contact: jrhaus76 to be added to the list

Coming from SE Michigan:

CynAgain
mrbrans5
banshee (no car) :(
Riderover40 (Riderover50)

Meeting up in Cincinnati at rest area on 75 (in KY):

jrhaus76
Drew10
heinzd01
ssmike
hrpiii
rjbjfire
Jamie Mac
70TA-09RT - Twin Turbo Challenger R/T
Camaro Lover
SSZL575
Orange5thGen

Meet up in Knoxville with:

Mr. Brownstone
flht99b
Danny Thomas
KILLER74Z28

Meeting up in Chattanooga at Welcome Center on 75 (in GA):

Zebra
garagelogic
MustangKillr
nhra stocker
Honey Bee
jrpxxii
Yellowjacket - Roush Mustang
Kathy63
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miketebo22 (SD route)
speed74ss (SD Route)
big boss (SD Route - picking up in Nashville)

Meeting up in ATL with:

tbarber87 (KS group)
supercop29 (KS group)
xanthos (drive home only?) (KS group)
cybercoaster (KS group)
abygale (KS group)
mamaro (KS group)
fonegod1 (KS group)
1969fbody (KS group)
meagsmom (KS group)
futrocpd (KS group)
brokinarrow (iowa?)
67RSconv (KS group)
camaro_eddie (KS group)
SKCsfirstCamaro (Little Rock)

Georgia drivers meeting at Summit Racing:

herkman (GA)
Hammer70 (GA)
Blade (GA)
Cremaley (GA)
musclecargirl (GA)
Agent Atomic Orange (GA)
GenetX (GA)
Greyfox (GA)
colemanvoice (GA)
Alan67 (GA)

Joining in along the way south of Summit:

brickyard - (Warner Robins exit)
ibznu2010 - (Tifton area)
Diana54321 - (Macon)
iluvmy67camaro (Macon)

Well jrhaus76 ..We the Montreal (MTL) Group will be meeting you guys at Summit Racing:
Rickray
Christcringle
ACS Coposite
Hiney1
Luckynuts
Canadiancamaro

Will let you know of any changes if they occur. Will post up Route at a later Date....Rick

[IROCanSS]

Originally Posted by RickRay

Well jrhaus76 ..We the Montreal (MTL) Group will be meeting you guys at Summit Racing:
Rickray
Christcringle
ACS Coposite
Hiney1
Luckynuts
Canadiancamaro

Will let you know of any changes if they occur. Will post up Route at a later Date....Rick

Sweet, see you there!

[edog]

Originally Posted by RickRay

Well you can take our names of your list: RickRay; Christcringle;Ls1_98...
We'll be taking the northern route to Atlanta I-81...See you at the fest...Bye Rick

Sounds good, we will do.

[helmincamaro]

Where exactly is Indigo Joe's at? Is it before or after you get to Selma. I might just plan on meeting you for lunch or in Selma at the gas station... whichever comes first.

Originally Posted by edog

For those cruising the 95 cooridor On thursday the 15th...

We are going to stop at "indigo Joes Sports Pub and restraunt" for a late lunch. Slotted to arrive around 3:15 to 3:30 in the afternoon. It is a good spot to gas up as well. Just in case anyone needs to gas up before this spot we have a backup gas spot in selma off of rt57. It is a Sunoco with 93 (the attendant said they "don't have no octane"... ), and has 16 pumps. It is about 40 miles before the lunch spot.

[bumblebeecamaro]

sign me up for the central FL group. I'll be coming from the Lake County area.

[EMB135Driver]

"The major routes are as follows: (all departing Thursday, April 15)
.......Rapid City SD – Sioux Falls – Topeka – Nashville – Chattanooga (overnight)"


This doesn't pertain to me cause I live in Maine, but I was reading through this thread and saw this route. It seemed like a very long drive for 1 day, so I plugged it into Mapquest and it said this is 1395 miles and will take 21 hours. How is anyone gonna do this drive and be up the next morning at 0600 to head south?

[IROCanSS]

Originally Posted by EMB135Driver

"The major routes are as follows: (all departing Thursday, April 15)
.......Rapid City SD – Sioux Falls – Topeka – Nashville – Chattanooga (overnight)"


This doesn't pertain to me cause I live in Maine, but I was reading through this thread and saw this route. It seemed like a very long drive for 1 day, so I plugged it into Mapquest and it said this is 1395 miles and will take 21 hours. How is anyone gonna do this drive and be up the next morning at 0600 to head south?

I guess that would be up to whoever is starting in Rapid City. My assumption is that they will break it up in two days. I guess it was a typo on my part saying "all starting thursday". I put this together but I am not on that route. A member told me they would be in Chattanooga Friday morning so they are on the list. How and when they get there, I don't care as long as they make the Friday morning meeting point ontime!

[Mr Twisty]

Most routes are preliminary. Dates, times and stopping points will probably change on a lot of the routes the closer we get to april, it'll all work out in the end

[Tantalizer43]

Cool! Sounds fun!

So, jrhaus, meet ya at the Cincinnati stop??!!

[IROCanSS]

Originally Posted by Tantalizer43

Cool! Sounds fun!

So, jrhaus, meet ya at the Cincinnati stop??!!

SWEET, you are on the list. Updates will come by PM or on post #2 in this thread as we get closer.

[tbarber87]

Originally Posted by jrhaus76

SWEET, you are on the list. Updates will come by PM or on post #2 in this thread as we get closer.

Just thought I would mention here for the route starting in OKC, I update my immediate list as soon as I'm told someone is joining us, the part of my list that combines in ATL gets updated once a week maybe less as I compare it to jrhaus

Our route has no designated times. I have a request for a stop in Little Rock and this WILL be worked into our schedule. As time gets closer I will start posting stop times/locations but they are of course tentative. If you are located in a meet location between OKC and ATL we will need to keep in contact and as the time come I will probably as for your number so that if we get backed up on timing the day of I don't want you sitting and waiting on us if we will be running a bit late (Hopefully this will not happen) But as jr said, I will contact everyone in my group via PM as time draws closer and I'll keep you updated

[ylogen5]

Looking to head to the festival and wanting to caravan with a group that maybe going through N. Alabama. Any groups looking to add another car to their group?