Fall Cruise SVTOA-TC goes North

[John M]

Where: Duluth, MN to Thunder Bay, ON,CA.

When: Saturday Oct 2nd & 3rd. Depart a Location to be Determined promptly at 9AM.


This can be either 2 day get away or long over night trip, members will choose what they prefer to do. Duluth is 167 Miles from American Ford in Bloomington. I will locate a host hotel in Duluth for Friday Night Oct 1st and a host hotel in Thunder Bay, ON, CA. Doing this allows members to make a choice on sleeping in Duluth on Friday night or departing the Twin Cities around 7:30 AM on Saturday Morning. For those who stay in Duluth on Friday night we can meet for late dinner at Mamas Grill and then either go to Casino that evening or retire early in preparation for the next day. The Group will meet and depart a location(To be determined later) at 9AM and proceed North on highway 61 towards Lutsen. Along the way we will stop at Gooseberry Falls, the lighthouse (Mind is blank for the name) and several other places for pictures and such. After we cross into Canada the drive is about 45 minutes to Thunder Bay. The group can check into their hotels or motels and meet for dinner and drinks at Montana Steak House. I called Montana's and they are willing to set a section of their parking lot for us if needed. The Days Inn is right next door to Montana's and the Manager of the Days Inn will give us a speacial rate depending on how many rooms we require. This is a very scenic drive and Im hoping that we wont be too late for the fall colors. Last year I made the drive with my girlfriend and we not only enjoyed the smell of pine in the air but we were treated to sightings of a Moose( Remember this Texasboy aint never seen one of those goofy things) as well a Bear and other usual creatures of the woods. On Sunday people can choose to depart as a group or sleep in and depart as they please. Its important to reply as soon as possible so I can get rooms blocked off and get group rates, I believe the Jacuzzi suites were in the area of $120CA and Regular King rooms were 100CA. Last year the food was priced similar to what you would find at a Outback or Champs but $1 CA is only .68 of a US $. The Beer is stronger and they even talk funny( Y'all prolly say that about me though)

[DNeinstadt]

Originally posted by John M
The Beer is stronger and they even talk funny( Y'all prolly say that about me though)

We do say that about you, but it's because of the "Y'all" thing anyway. :)

I think I'm in for this, I have nothing planned for October except snow!

Dan

[Steelgrave]

Originally posted by DNeinstadt
We do say that about you, but it's because of the "Y'all" thing anyway. :)

I think I'm in for this, I have nothing planned for October except snow!

Dan

Um yeah speaking of that, it's not at all uncommon for them to get snow that far north that time of year...:rolleyes:

[Cobrizo]

I'll be having my own sort of fun running my 10th Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday, October 3rd. And yes, believe it or not running 26.2 miles can actually be fun! :grin:

Pam

[Retics4me]

Originally posted by Cobrizo
I'll be having my own sort of fun running my 10th Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday, October 3rd. And yes, believe it or not running 26.2 miles can actually be fun! :grin:

Pam


:eek: :eek: DAMN!!!! And I though walking out to the mailbox was far:grin: I dont mind running but between my man boobs hitting me in the chin ,my chest pounding and the lightheadedness it kind of gets old:tongue: :tongue: :tongue:

[SSHFTY1]

John like i said before, you have no idea how excited I am for this to come about. I am there for sure, 1 car though prolly.

[Cobrizo]

Originally posted by Retics4me
:eek: :eek: DAMN!!!! And I though walking out to the mailbox was far:grin: I dont mind running but between my man boobs hitting me in the chin ,my chest pounding and the lightheadedness it kind of gets old:tongue: :tongue: :tongue:

:grin: :grin: You crack me up! Sounds like a mansierre! Ok, so I'm a Seinfeld freak too! :haha: :thup:

Pam

[cobraboy325]

If I dont have school I would love to join the trip it sounds like a blast

[SSHFTY1]

bro believe me school is way over rated. so skip and well see ya there.

[Shooter]

Inked on the calendar.... I'll have to add it to my cellular with a reminder alarm. Then I'll synch it to my palm pilot just as a back up to make sure I don't forget...


-Steven

[Shooter]

Originally posted by Cobrizo
I'll be having my own sort of fun running my 10th Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday, October 3rd. And yes, believe it or not running 26.2 miles can actually be fun! :grin:

Pam
can we join you as your anterage (Spelling) in out 'Stangs... We'll just follow you along and hand you gatorade out the window and stuff... :)


-Steven

[Dustin]

OMFG !!

You know how much better the Canadian Beer is !!!

Im so there !!! EH!?

[SSHFTY1]

well just wait to see about that eh dustin..

[Cobrizo]

Originally posted by Shooter
can we join you as your anterage (Spelling) in out 'Stangs... We'll just follow you along and hand you gatorade out the window and stuff... :)


-Steven

You got a deal! But just promise me no matter how much I beg and plead, DO NOT let me hitch a ride! :grin: Gotta get that dang finishers t-shirt ya know!! :grin:

[Shooter]

Originally posted by Cobrizo
You got a deal! But just promise me no matter how much I beg and plead, DO NOT let me hitch a ride! :grin: Gotta get that dang finishers t-shirt ya know!! :grin:

I'd think that when you see a Cobra coming over the hill behind you and hear the blower winding up with the engine reving... <heh> That might help to motivate you to run a little faster too :) (Absolutely kidding).

Back on topic: I'm liking the idea of the "North Cruise".

-Steven

[Cobrizo]

Originally posted by Shooter
I'd think that when you see a Cobra coming over the hill behind you and hear the blower winding up with the engine reving... <heh> That might help to motivate you to run a little faster too :) (Absolutely kidding).
-Steven

You know it! Love that sound!!!:bounce:

[wysiwyg]

We are planning on staying in Duluth Friday and Thunder Bay Saturday.

[SSHFTY1]

that is the possible plan.

[SSHFTY1]

that is the possible plan.

[wysiwyg]

The latest newsletter states the Fall Crise is at the end of October, was the Thunder Bay crusie dates changed or is this a diiferent cruise closer to the TC area???

[Steelgrave]

Geeze I hope not. Thunder Bay has been known for getting snow from Mid October on...

[John M]

No the dates have not been changed, I will fire the damn editor of the newsletter.

[Steelgrave]

Originally posted by John M
No the dates have not been changed, I will fire the damn editor of the newsletter.

YYYEEEESSSSSSSSS! Fire Fire Fire...

http://j-walkblog.com/blog/images2/beavis2.jpg

[DNeinstadt]

Originally posted by John M
No the dates have not been changed, I will fire the damn editor of the newsletter.

I'll refund you 200% of my salary, how's that? :)
I will update it on my flyer calendar. It was previously NOT listed. The October cruise up north was Dan/Shan's cruise from last year.

Dan

[punch]

TCStangs duluth cruise is the same weekend.


Who stole our idea?

[SSHFTY1]

Bevis

[DNeinstadt]

Originally posted by punch
TCStangs duluth cruise is the same weekend.


Who stole our idea?

Uh, this has been planned for SVTOATC since before June...

[Steelgrave]

Originally posted by punch
TCStangs duluth cruise is the same weekend.


Who stole our idea?

It's not even the same thing. Your cruise ends where this one starts. (this cruise goes from duluth to thunder bay).

BTW there's 6 car club cruises I know of for that weekend, and I guarantee yours isn't the 1st one.:grin: (One being nearly 20 years old)

[John M]

Originally posted by punch
TCStangs duluth cruise is the same weekend.


Who stole our idea?

Lets see here, Ours was planned in early June, this post was made on the 18th of June. Yours was decided less than 1 month ago, you tell me who leads and who follows ;)

[Kafn8td]

Doesn't the guy with the fastest car usually lead? :shiftin:

Guess I'll drop the top and follow:pimp: oh wait! it's October...maybe I won't

[Steelgrave]

Isn't this all off topic?:admin:

[Kafn8td]

topic? We don't need no stinkin topic?:slap:

[Steelgrave]

:lolsign:

[SSHFTY1]

I just found out that it was Terry Tate that stole this idea from the other club in town. Gosh I sure hope no one got hurt trying to protect this event, because (IT REALLY AIN'T WORTH IT) shanks a million:jawdrop:

[BeakerLuv22]

Sorry to inform all but Chris and I won't be able to make it to go up North. We are going to be making arrangements for the wedding and we just can't go at this time. We really wanted to but we can't. Sorry to all and I hope that everyone still has a great time.

[Retics4me]

I talked with the boss(wife) and we are going to bring the 2 kids with .

[Supersonic]

Originally posted by Retics4me
I talked with the boss(wife) and we are going to bring the 2 kids with .

Which 2 get to ride in the back of the pickup? :eek:

[Retics4me]

Originally posted by Supersonic
Which 2 get to ride in the back of the pickup? :eek:

Well the wife for sure then we will flip a coin for the other spot.
ACtually we will just take the Taurus .

[Supersonic]

Originally posted by Retics4me

ACtually we will just take the Taurus .

Ok, I see - so you can fall in behind the Coach Bus with all the senior citizens :grin:

I thought this cruise was about the cars; not the people :hehe:

[Steelgrave]

Originally posted by Supersonic
Ok, I see - so you can fall in behind the Coach Bus with all the senior citizens :grin:

I thought this cruise was about the cars; not the people :hehe:

It is, but he needs the interior room for those suppositories he may need.:grin:

[HiPo]

I'd been on the fence about this, but I realized yesterday that I can't do the trip, because I'll be taping the last race of the year at Raceway Park, to be aired on Speed Channel. I'll take fame and fortune over a drive in the country any day! :grin:

I hope y'all have fun!

[John M]

Jason, glad to see you going to make it. Harvey, sorry to hear you wont but tell me ,whats raceway park ? What do you do ?

[punch]

Originally posted by John M
Lets see here, Ours was planned in early June, this post was made on the 18th of June. Yours was decided less than 1 month ago, you tell me who leads and who follows ;)

Umm we did the duluth cruise around the same time last year, this is our second.

http://kodos.homeip.net/gallery/album50

:owned:

Imitation is a form of.. well you know.

[John M]

Originally posted by punch
Umm we did the duluth cruise around the same time last year, this is our second.

http://kodos.homeip.net/gallery/album50

:owned:

Imitation is a form of.. well you know.

And Dans grandmother and grandfather once drove the same route you did, WTF is your point ? You said we copied you, we didnt ours was planned in May, yours only a few weeks ago. Like Doug said your starts where it ends and ours actually has a start and a end, your site and its members are very different, lets not compare the two.

Now if you want to talk about leaders and followers, http://tcstangs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2875

Me starts thread and gets idea rolling, you follow with new thread, that my friend is getting :owned:

:admin:

[punch]

Punch knock it off, we are 2 different clubs and lets leave it at that. Stop trying to cause trouble.:admin:

[SSHFTY1]

NICE I KINDA LIKED THAT.

[shortysvtc]

well I would say arguing is a little imature and overrated it get's ya no where. But yeah me and Rory will be going we're staying in duluth friday too. Is there any certain hotel that people are staying at?
Jason, it'll be nice to see the family again!

[shortysvtc]

Rory and I are staying at the holiday inn right on the water on friday night, we also booked a room in canada under John's reserved rooms

[Kafn8td]

Originally posted by 00whitestang
well I would say arguing is a little imature and overrated it get's ya no where.

Arguing rules! It creates conflict which in turn promotes growth. So any one want to argue?

[John M]

Originally posted by Kafn8td
Arguing rules! It creates conflict which in turn promotes growth. So any one want to argue?
Here is a good picture for Mr Coffee

http://www.kvaris.com/pics/stfu.jpg


Hehe

http://www.kvaris.com/pics/hyper.jpg

[Kafn8td]

That's sweet John! I think I just found a logo for my letter head...

[Chryse]

Okay, back to the topic ... Rick and I will be staying at the Days Inn in Duluth on Oct 1st. Phone number for those of you who want it: 218-727-3110. We are also booked at Thunderbay on Oct 2nd (rooms are under John's name). Phone number there is: 807-622-3297. See you all there!

[NaughtyMama]

Just made the reservations at Days Inn for Saturday for Dan and I, we'll be driving up to Duluth Saturday morning. No sense in staying over in Duluth when we don't live that far away....looking forward to having a good time!!!:nana:

[DNeinstadt]

Does anyone know if you need a birth certificate to get to Canada? My parents said we might need to have this?

Can anyone confirm?

Dan

[Steelgrave]

Driver's License should be good enough.

[Chryse]

Should be? It's an aweful long drive to just assume that. Maybe we should just bring them in case?

[BOSS 302]

When me and Rory went to Fords 100th anivr. we went into Canada they told us next time to bring a brith cert.

[DNeinstadt]

Ruh Roh... I dunno about you kids but I don't know where my BC is..

Dan

[SSHFTY1]

Here's my take on this b.c thingy I don't think I know where mine is either so if we get the run around at the boarder we can do 1 of 2 things. Either we can all bend over and the board patrol can kiss our sweet american asses or we can run back down to silver bay or eiffie and get a room there right on the lake. Good stuff well mke it work.

[DirtyM]

When I went to Canada about 5 years ago, we needed a birth certificate then. Atleast, we brought them with us. I don't really remember if they used it or not. I"ve heard that since 9-11 they've been pretty strict about the rules. Passports will work just fine. Otherwise, finding your bc is probably a good idea.

[Steelgrave]

Well John should be able to post and tell you for sure this weekend as he's up there the next couple days I believe.

[Dustin]

BC and a photo ID will get you by, unless your kewl like me and have a passport :grin:

I just might make it on this trip, I have a friend that lives in duluth that im sure will let me crash at his place. But yet, getting the hotel room would be a blast as well.

I'll have a chat w/ the woman im dateing, and see if she'll want to come as well to this. She knows about the down time at the Ford plant, and is iching to get out of town for a while.

~Dustin

[Dustin]

Originally posted by cobraboy325
If I dont have school I would love to join the trip it sounds like a blast

Dude, you gonna miss like what ? 2 days. It's not like your really gonna miss anything that important. Hell, do you really things your going to use calc 2 in RL, hell no !

~Dustin

[SSHFTY1]

Dustin you gotta go dude I have to see you rock the house first hand on all that cheap beer in thunder bay. Remember you need to find out about a room up there thou. See this thread for that info. be cool bud dc

[Dustin]

Looking for a number for to the hotel that were staying at in Thunderbay. Skimmed over the others posts, and it just did'nt pop out at all.

So far, things are a go. Not sure on the drinking thing tho Dan-o. The girl that im seeing is a 7-month sober. So, i respect her alot with this, and don't drink in front of her. But, maybe she'll let me be free one night with the guys...

~Dustin

[Chryse]

[Okay, back to the topic ... Rick and I will be staying at the Days Inn in Duluth on Oct 1st. Phone number for those of you who want it: 218-727-3110. We are also booked at Thunderbay on Oct 2nd (rooms are under John's name). Phone number there is: 807-622-3297. See you all there!]

I feel like I'm repeating myself!

[Dustin]

Will call later this afternoon for the Thunderbay Hotel. Now, 1 last thing. You say the room is under John's name. Do i mention just his name, or svtoatc as well with this ? And if it's under his name, what is his last name as well ?

~Dustin

[John M]

I just got back from Canada late last night. I didnt need a Birth Certificate to get out or back into the United States. As a matter of fact, nobody ever asked for any sort of ID the entire time I was there. I found lots of places to go and lots of places to see, in the last 4 days I have prolly hiked over 30 miles, I have alot of really cool pictures that I will post in another thread. The colors were just starting near Duluth, they were peak near Lutsen and just starting in the Thunder Bay area.

[Dustin]

Just booked my room ...

Going to head up early sat morning, about 7am to meet you guys in Duluth around 9-ish or so.
Dan-o, you driving up Sat morning as well ? If so, want to meet at holiday in NB then ?

~Dustin

[SSHFTY1]

D, as of right now the plan is not set in stone but there are going to be a few people cruizen up with me and Shan on sat. morning we will be meeting at my place at around 5:30 ish in north branch for dir give me a call or p.m. me and I will send them 2 you. Glad 2 here you are coming on this you won't regret it. Dan

[SSHFTY1]

Johnny, where and what time do you want my group to be on sat. morning??? Let me know asap. thanks dc

[DNeinstadt]

Originally posted by sshfty1
there are going to be a few people cruizen up with me and Shan on sat. morning we will be meeting at my place at around 5:30 ish in north branch


Last I heard it doesn't take 3.5 hours to get to Duluth!!! WTF? That's EARLY. John wants us to meet at 9AM.....

Dan

[John M]

Please everybody be filled up and blatters emptied by 9AM, the group can depart the parking lot across from Grandmas at that time. That gives us 10 hours of daylight to cruise up towards Thunderbay and check out the parks and the sights. The minute you cross into Canada you jump to Eastern Standard Time so we will lose 1 hour on the way up. Not a big deal except for the fact that we might be eating dinner at 10PM Canuck time.

I also called my insurance to verify coverage once we are in Canada, All MN/WI insurance policies will cover you into Canada, the only difference is the card you carry for proof of insurance is different than the card you carry here in the States(Just read mine and looks the same,except that its in both English and French). That card is no big deal unless you plan on getting a ticket, otherwise nobody will be asking for proof of insurance. My insurance company emailed me the card I will need, you guys might wanna check and see if you can do the same. The Speed limit in Canada from the border to Thunder Bay is 90km(60 MPH) and the drive from Duluth to Thunderbay is around 4.5 hours not including stops.

[SSHFTY1]

Well Director meany if you would have seen my post it said that these plans are not set in stone!!!!!!!!!! DA. So in response to Johns post I have revised my plans for saturday morning, I am leaving my house at 6:45 sharp whoever wants to tag along on the ride can meet at my place at 6:30 a.m. There will be many oppertunities to stop and do whatever on the way up but can't stall to much. It should only take about 1hr 45mins to get to our destination on time minus stops, of course. So for the people that want to go with me on sat. please pm me and I will give you directions and such that you will need to find my place. See you saturday.

[DNeinstadt]

6:45 + 1hr 45 minutes = 8:30........ are we stopping to pee? :)

JK, we'll be there.

Dan

[Dustin]

PM sent Dan-o

~Dustin

[SSHFTY1]

Is any one else driving up Saturday morning or what?