Hello all,
I posted a thread the 1 series and M3 forums to gauge peoples interest on actually driving their car on a road trip. As expected a mix bag of replies but I figured what the heck, start a thread and begin planning.
If you have never been to Yellowstone, this is one of those bucket list items. Therefore, no hemming and hawing about going just do it, as you will have a blast. You bought the car to drive it, so drive it. (sorry had to throw in a soap box moment as there will be post here saying that is too far for me to drive. Just watch ;-)
I would like to ask the forum admins to leave this here if possible to see if we can actually pull a group together.
To make life easy I would say use Bimmerforums as the ***8220;central***8221; post spot for groups to arrange caravans. I will be posting this to all the major BMW forums and a few none BMW ones. Please feel free to copy this over to threads as I only hit what I linked below.
Here is an idea of the dates and game plan for everyone:[/b[
June 9th, 2013 ***8211; Drive to West Yellowstone for base camp (drive solo or in group)
June 10th ***8211; 12th, 2013 ***8211; See Yellowstone park (if you have a time crunch 2 days is the MINUM need to see most of the highlights in the park.)
June 13th, 2013 ***8211; Check out and travel to see the Grand Tetons.
June 13th, 2013 ***8211; Check into Jackson Wyoming
June 14th, 2013 ***8211; Travel home
This is a year out so some there is time to flesh out some things. I already have the places to stay in mind but 1 year out for booking is a bit much. I would will work on group rates on lodging as we get closer to the event.
Here are some sample images of the visit my wife and I did in 2011 in our 2006 E90.
Forums this is posted on. Info is the same across all of them:
http://www.ferrarilife.com/forums/f...america-gathering-yellowstone.html#post199263
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?p=3205545#post3205545
http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...wstone-epic-road-trip-2013-a.html#post3562767
http://www.xbimmers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=12113565#post12113565
http://www.northamericanmotoring.co...wstone-epic-road-trip-2013-a.html#post3526626
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?p=12113576#post12113576
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?p=12113551#post12113551
http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/e3...wstone-epic-road-trip-2013-a.html#post2335756
http://www.zpost.com/forums/showthread.php?p=12113030#post12113030
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?p=24480486#post24480486
http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1311366#post1311366
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?p=12113016#post12113016
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6882052#post6882052
http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?p=14466676#post14466676
http://www.m3forum.net/m3forum/showthread.php?p=1065566872#post1065566872
I posted a thread the 1 series and M3 forums to gauge peoples interest on actually driving their car on a road trip. As expected a mix bag of replies but I figured what the heck, start a thread and begin planning.
If you have never been to Yellowstone, this is one of those bucket list items. Therefore, no hemming and hawing about going just do it, as you will have a blast. You bought the car to drive it, so drive it. (sorry had to throw in a soap box moment as there will be post here saying that is too far for me to drive. Just watch ;-)
I would like to ask the forum admins to leave this here if possible to see if we can actually pull a group together.
To make life easy I would say use Bimmerforums as the ***8220;central***8221; post spot for groups to arrange caravans. I will be posting this to all the major BMW forums and a few none BMW ones. Please feel free to copy this over to threads as I only hit what I linked below.
Here is an idea of the dates and game plan for everyone:[/b[
June 9th, 2013 ***8211; Drive to West Yellowstone for base camp (drive solo or in group)
June 10th ***8211; 12th, 2013 ***8211; See Yellowstone park (if you have a time crunch 2 days is the MINUM need to see most of the highlights in the park.)
June 13th, 2013 ***8211; Check out and travel to see the Grand Tetons.
June 13th, 2013 ***8211; Check into Jackson Wyoming
June 14th, 2013 ***8211; Travel home
This is a year out so some there is time to flesh out some things. I already have the places to stay in mind but 1 year out for booking is a bit much. I would will work on group rates on lodging as we get closer to the event.
Here are some sample images of the visit my wife and I did in 2011 in our 2006 E90.
Forums this is posted on. Info is the same across all of them:
http://www.ferrarilife.com/forums/f...america-gathering-yellowstone.html#post199263
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?p=3205545#post3205545
http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...wstone-epic-road-trip-2013-a.html#post3562767
http://www.xbimmers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=12113565#post12113565
http://www.northamericanmotoring.co...wstone-epic-road-trip-2013-a.html#post3526626
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?p=12113576#post12113576
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?p=12113551#post12113551
http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/e3...wstone-epic-road-trip-2013-a.html#post2335756
http://www.zpost.com/forums/showthread.php?p=12113030#post12113030
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?p=24480486#post24480486
http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1311366#post1311366
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?p=12113016#post12113016
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6882052#post6882052
http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?p=14466676#post14466676
http://www.m3forum.net/m3forum/showthread.php?p=1065566872#post1065566872