Hemmings Cruise In Bennington VT 7 August

[EVILTWINS]

Steve etal

There are directions to the house in Dublin and Directions to the Cheasy Diner in Brattleboro

Your call on where to meet . I live just up the street from the Citgo in Dublin at the intersection of 101 and rt 137 directions from there are on the forum

Looking at the times between stops I think we should consider leaving dublin around 215 vice 230 so folks coming to the dublin house pls be there at 2PM

Rt 9 is not conducive to robust driving and don't want the local jandarms having a field day w us so it will gives us a bit more time suggest we consider meetin at Diner at 3 vice 315 as doug suggested

[Mystic ZR-1]

3 sounds good!
Could do earlier if needed.

[BigJohn]

08:30???

[EVILTWINS]

SO WE ARE DOWN TO ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THE BIG EVENT

FOR THOSE OF YOU STAYING OVER NIGHT I'VE MADE TENTATIVE DINNER ARRANGEMENTS AT CHILI'S WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE HAMPTON. I PICKED THIS SO THAT WE COULD IMBIBE W/O HAVING TO PLAY FOOTSIE WITH THE LOCAL CONSTABULARIES. ALSO THEY ARE PROBABLY BETTER TO HANDLE THE LARGER GROUP. i KNOW A COUPLE OF FOLKS ARE STAYING ELSEWHERE IN BENNINGTON SO IF YOU COME TO DINNER (AND WE HOPE U WILL ) BE CAREFUL GOING BACK

THE MANAGER (KIM) IS A CORVETTE GUY AND IS GOING TO CLEAR OUT THE FRONT OF CHILI'S SO WE CAN PARK ENMASS.

WEATHER.COM RIGHT NOw SHOWS 70'S CLEAR AND 20% CHANCE OF RAIN
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW WE ARE A GO

i LL SEND A FINAL POST TUESDAY NEXT WEEK TO SUMMARIZE ALL THE MOVING PARTS

THX FOR YOUR SUPPORT


PETE

[Mystic ZR-1]

Weather forecast looks good for Thursday!
Pete
What time do you envision leaving the hotel for Hemmings? 1630?

Reviewing the posts, it looks like we should have as many as 9 ZR-1s and 3 other
Vettes in our group!!! That'll be a "Grand Entrance" for sure!!! That's 39 cams and
336 valves!

[Bob Lyle]

Hi Pete
Is the plan to meet at your house 2:30 still good.
I have a friend riding with me.

[EVILTWINS]

Bob etal

I was looking at travel times to Bennington from both the Chealsea Diner and Dublin

I think we need to get to the Hampton Inn Bennington NLT 4PM to check in and be ready to leave for the Hemmings Cruise In NLT 430PM (its about a 10 min drive)

So I woud like to leave Dublin NLT 2PM and get to the Chealsea Diner by about 2:45 PU the rest of the folks who will be rallying there and head off the Bennington which is about a 50 Min drive. If we hit Chealsea House at about 245 we should make it to Bennington around 3:50PM (or 1550 for u military types)

For those who are coming to Dublin u can meet us at one of two places:

156 Brush Brook Road - My house or (take a pee, get somethng to drink, kabitz) get here as early as you like -

or

Citgo Station at the intersections of rt 101 and rt 137 (u can Gas up there)

to get to the Dublin house go north on 137 (from the Citgo Station) approx 1.0 mile on your right look for a sign (Hemming's Or Bust) pointing down a gravel drive (it turns to paved) go about 1/4 mile and you'll arrive at the top of the hill at the house

We will leave Dublin House sharply at 2PM PU any folks at the Citgo Station and head west to the Chealsea Diner and PU Doug etal

Dinner at Chilis in Bennington (or whever you choose individually) Kim the manager at Chilis said he would take care of us. we can get a count of whose going to dinner at chilis when we get to the cruise. KIm is going to clear out a spot in front of Chilis for all the vettes

here are some GPS addresses for you

Hemming's cruise - 216 Main St, Bennington, VT 05201

Hampton Inn - 51 Hannaford Sq, Bennington, VT 05201

Chealsea Diner - 487 Marlboro Rd. West Brattleboro, Vermont 05301





my contact number is 619 259 8134

Looking forward to seeing you all

Questions Comments ??

[Mystic ZR-1]

I love detailed plans!
Must be the ex-NUC in me...
I'll be at the diner 1430ish,
The weather looks good!

[EVILTWINS]

Here at the folks that I think will show up

ZR-1

Doug M
Steve S
Bob L
Pete 90970
Chuck M
Bill H
JRD1990ZR1
Pete C
Pete P
Bill W

others

Rocco D - 11 Supercharged GS
Tom P - 09 Sr1 0r 96 GS
Jay O - 94 Lingenfelter

If I missed anyone let me know

thx

[EVILTWINS]

One final thought

if your a ZR! Registry member and purchased a 2014 T shirt how about wearing on thursday night to and during the cruise

Show a little solidarity

you'll be easy to spot