Western Regional Locatation Vote

[WestCoastSVX]

Location aside, a while ago in the thread the idea of camping was brought up, which in turn brought up the idea of "SVX optional".

While I agree with what Mitch said about these meets being all about the people (at the Dabob meet, like he said, we hardly ever looked at/took pictures of the cars, and we never even got the whole group of them together in one place)........ In my opinion a "big regional meet" should be set up to try to get as many SVXes together in one place as possible. Part of it is the challenge (and bragging rights) of seeing just how many of these rare cars we can manage to get in one particular region at once (friendly competition with the east coasters and their Reading meets). Another part of it is that the nature of a "big regional meet" is such that SVX drivers will come from farther distances than normal to attend the meet to be part of the event. Some of these owners may have never come to another meet up until this point, and part of the appeal of attending will be to see all the cars together, to see everyone else's car, etc. Basically, the cars are the icebreaker, especially to brand new folks, some of whom may not be very active even on these forums.

So for those reasons, I do think we should encourage everyone to drive their SVX to the SVX meet (and of course those who do not yet own one, wish to fly in, etc are still welcome ).

This may put a damper on the camping idea a little bit, for those that are not quite as good at "tetris-packing" their SVX , but I think we should stick with a hotel anyway. I don't mean to copy the Reading Meets, but hey, they are a good example of what works. I think the key is to have one main, "official hotel" that will be the headquarters of the meet. The parking lot will be the main gathering area for the cars, group photos, how to's, etc. The attached or nearby restaurant/banquet room will be the Saturday night group dinner. And the majority of the attendees will stay in rooms at that hotel. Of course we pick a reasonable place that everyone can afford (and if we do things right we'll get a discount block of rooms).

Pick the hotel very early on, get the block reserved, and then get people to commit by reserving a room. That way they are committed in more ways than just putting their name on a internet list that means nothing in 9 months. That way they can put $ .25 in a jar every day from now until the meet date to pay for the hotel room if they are on a budget. That way everyone knows exactly what is going on far ahead of time, and the members from farther away will see the excitement building and they will commit too.

Oh, and as for camping, it is a great idea, we in the Northwest have done it a couple times and it is a blast. It can certainly be done on a smaller scale with the individual regional groups getting together on their own.

Thanks for reading my $ .03 if you got this far.

[WestCoastSVX]

Wow, not only did I kill this thread, I managed to kill the entire "Upcoming Meets" forum! (no posts after mine for over 24 hours!)

Oops!

[shelfy]

we are no longer interested in meeting.

[Alycone]

MacGyver, you didn't kill the thread, it's just taking us a while to read through your posts!

[WestCoastSVX]

Originally posted by Alycone
MacGyver, you didn't kill the thread, it's just taking us a while to read through your posts!

I know, I put waaaay too much thought and passion into these things. Sorry.

My SVXlessness is due to blown head gaskets which *fingers crossed* will hopefully be fixed by the time the next western meet rolls around Believe me, I don't like going ANYWHERE without my beloved MA5T3R, but unfortunately I don't have much choice right now.

[Alycone]

Kinda off-topic, but here are spots in the west I wanna camp at or visit someday:

Oregon Caves National Monument (OR)
John Day Fossil Beds (OR)
Hells Canyon National Recreation area (OR, ID, WA)
City of Rocks National Reserve (ID)
Zion Nat’l Park (UT)
Bryce Canyon (UT)
Canyonlands National Park (UT)
Timpanogos Cave National Monument (UT)
Grand Canyon (UT/AZ)
Petrified Forrest National Park (AZ)
Saguaro National Park (AZ)
Colorado National Monument (CO)
Rocky Mountain National Park (CO)
Mesa Verde National Park (CO)
Cave of the Winds and Glenwood Caverns (CO)
Great Basin National Park (NV)
Bandelier National Monument (NM)
El Mapais National Monument (NM)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park (NM)
Death Valley -- not during the summer, obviously (CA)
Yosemite National Park (CA)
Redwood National Park (CA)
Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park (MT)
Grand Teton National Park (WY)
Yellowstone National Park (WY)
Fossile Bute National Monument (WY)
Devils Tower National Monument (WY)
Jewel Cave National Monument (SD)
Wind cave National Park (SD)
Badlands National Park (SD)
Mt. Rushmore National Memorial (SD)
Theodore Roosevelt National Park (ND)

So if you western folks ever plan a meet at these places, the fish and I will try to come out.

[shelfy]

Originally posted by Alycone
Kinda off-topic, but here are spots in the west I wanna camp at or visit someday:

Oregon Caves National Monument (OR)
John Day Fossil Beds (OR)
Hells Canyon National Recreation area (OR, ID, WA)
City of Rocks National Reserve (ID)
Zion Nat’l Park (UT)
Bryce Canyon (UT)
Canyonlands National Park (UT)
Timpanogos Cave National Monument (UT)
Grand Canyon (UT/AZ)
Petrified Forrest National Park (AZ)
Saguaro National Park (AZ)
Colorado National Monument (CO)
Rocky Mountain National Park (CO)
Mesa Verde National Park (CO)
Cave of the Winds and Glenwood Caverns (CO)
Great Basin National Park (NV)
Bandelier National Monument (NM)
El Mapais National Monument (NM)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park (NM)
Death Valley -- not during the summer, obviously (CA)
Yosemite National Park (CA)
Redwood National Park (CA)
Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park (MT)
Grand Teton National Park (WY)
Yellowstone National Park (WY)
Fossile Bute National Monument (WY)
Devils Tower National Monument (WY)
Jewel Cave National Monument (SD)
Wind cave National Park (SD)
Badlands National Park (SD)
Mt. Rushmore National Memorial (SD)
Theodore Roosevelt National Park (ND)

So if you western folks ever plan a meet at these places, the fish and I will try to come out.

this is coming from the woman who said colorado was too far.

[shelfy]

28 votes? when did this happen?

[Alycone]

Shelf - I've changed my mind about Colorado being too far, but I'm still not sure I wanna spend much time at Denver's elivation.

[shelfy]

Originally posted by Alycone
Shelf - I've changed my mind about Colorado being too far, but I'm still not sure I wanna spend much time at Denver's elivation.

c'mon! it'd be good for ya!

[Alycone]

Eh, I kinda like plenty of oxygen.

Would like to see all the ski places though.

[NapaBavarian]

Mi enput

Wendover WTF??? Cant place it!
Reno 30 miles from Home away from home
Las Vegas I was there once at 3AM for an hour
Moab I'll bring my 4x4
West Yellowstone I'll bring my VW camper
Denver I'll bring my snowboard
Salt Lake City Too much salt is bad for you
South Tahoe CA or NV???
Ely RIP (a friend of many friends)
Redwoods in CA My backyard almost
Grand Canyon big phucking hole in the ground

I vote for Winnemuca, Nevada. They have it all, gambling, cheap drinks, small town atmosphere, and for the bachelors a red lite district. Well it beats wendover, I think.

[shelfy]

Originally posted by Peach
I vote for Winnemuca, Nevada. They have it all, gambling, cheap drinks, small town atmosphere, and for the bachelors a red lite district. Well it beats wendover, I think.

lmao