Northeast Fall Foliage Run Autumn 2012

Originally Posted by Zooks527

Oh, this was an easy one. Dedication had nothing to do with it.

Given the choice between hearing a bunch of folks I know on the board say "You brought WHAT?" versus hearing my wife say "What do you mean, we're NOT going away for the weekend???", I knew where I was going to end up.

When you have them by the .....

That is too funny, my wife was looking forward to that trip as well so I imagine that I would have faced a similar response, had I had a similar dilemma.

But you did have to endure being presented with a LEXUS gift bag too, in addition to all of the teasing!

Hmm. 14 hours from here to that county.

Originally Posted by andrew b

Hmm. 14 hours from here to that county.

Bring us a bottle of fine bourbon and enjoy the drive!

Heading up to Lime Rock tomorrow to work out some of the details,

CA

Originally Posted by captainaudio

Heading up to Lime Rock tomorrow to work out some of the details,

CA

Let me know what time you're heading there, maybe I'll swing by.

Originally Posted by Bemo

Let me know what time you're heading there, maybe I'll swing by.

Should be there by 12.

I'll PM my cell number

CA

Originally Posted by Bemo

Bring us a bottle of fine bourbon and enjoy the drive!

Tempting.

Pappy Van Winkles?

Originally Posted by andrew b

Tempting.

Pappy Van Winkles?

Hmph. Even though I'm a Louisville kid, I was always partial to Maker's Mark. But Pappy is damned nice too.

Originally Posted by andrew b

Tempting.

Pappy Van Winkles?

Haven't tried that one yet. My wife is more of a bourbon girl, I tend to settle for high land single malt syrup.

Do bring a bottle, if you decide to make the trip, and you shall be properly reimbursed and treated at the bar.

Originally Posted by andrew b

Tempting.

Pappy Van Winkles?

Hope you show up.
It should be a great event.

CA

Met with Mr. and Mrs. Bemo at Lime Rock yesterday to go over the details of the trip and check out some of the placed we will be visiting,

These are the preliminary plans and details wiil be posted shortly.

This will be a two day event (Saturday and Sunday) and some may want to arrive Friday night,

The Wake Robin Inn in Lakeville, Ct. is reserving a block of rooms until the end of August. We will be able to book one or two nights. Alternately rooms can be booked at the Iron Masters Inn which is a motel down the road. A bit less elegant but also slightly less expensive. Both placed serve complimentary breakfast, Friday night dinner will be at the Boathouse Restaraurt in Lakeville which is a 5 minute drive from either loction.

Saturday morning arter breakfast we will drive to Lime Rock and meet in the Sunoco Paddock at Lime Rock which will be reseverved for us. We will stop by the Lime Rock Club Clubhouse and then head down to Michelin Tower (the timing tower). We will raffle off Hot Laps with one of the Club Instructors in the Clubs M3. We will then have a brief tour of the track. Lunch will be at the Lime Rock Cafe (which is nothing fancy - burgers, sandwiches, etc.), We will then head out for a drive on some of the areas scenic roads, stop for a picture taking opportunity at "Captain Audio's Driveway" (Housatonic Meadows State Park) and contintue on to the Falls Village Inn for dinner, The Falls Village Inn is going to prepare a Prix Fixe menu with several menu choices and we will have our own private room.

Sunday morning after breakfast we will head to Winsted CT. (we will pick some scenic road) for a private tour of The American Mural Project and then we will all head home.


Wake Robin Inn.
http://www.wakerobininn.com/
They are holding a block of rooms under "Bimmerfest" until the end of August.

Inn at Ironmasters:
http://www.innatironmasters.com/


CA

Hi all,

I've scanned and posted the menus of the BoatHouse, Fall Village Inn, as well as additional contact information.

The Captain, EdCT, and I will be reviewing potential driving routes for the event. Let us know if you have any suggestions. Those with the most advanced radar detectors shall lead the column!

Originally Posted by Bemo

Hi all,

I've scanned and posted the menus of the BoatHouse, Fall Village Inn, as well as additional contact information.

The Captain, EdCT, and I will be reviewing potential driving routes for the event. Let us know if you have any suggestions. Those with the most advanced radar detectors shall lead the column!

The Falls Village Inn will give us a Prix Fixe dinner with several menu choices (meat, poultry, fish, veggie, etc,)
The only requirment is that we will have to make our individual choices in advance.

Updated details of the event are in post #1

CA

There is a detailed updated list that lists who is attending what in the first post.

Please post in this thread or PM me as you firm up your plans so I can keep the list current.

The links for booking accomodations are in post #1 as well

CA

Captain - Zooks is confirmed so remove the asterisk from his name. Also texted back and forth with lqaddict and he'll be chiming in this weekend, still confirmed so far....


I have attached some pics from our first scouting mission, to keep the thread alive

As far as I'm concerned, if it's just you and us, we'll still go through with the plan. At that point, I'll raffle and certainly win the hot laps in the M3!

All kdding aside, who do we bribe so I can get at least 1 hot lap??? I want to come out of that car, shaking and glad to be alive!

Here is an in car video from a few years ago that a friend of mine who was my guest at the Drivers Club took of a hot lap around LRP in an M5 (which was the pace car that year).
"Sideways Simon" Kirkby, who is the director and chief instructor fot the Drivers Club is at the wheel. At 1:49 you can see why the Cayman Club named him "Sideways Simon" after a few of them (and Bimmerfester Professor Cook) took hot laps with him in an M3. Drifiting may not be the fastest way around Big Bend but it makes for a spectacular ride,



CA

Love the "Sideways Simon" nickname, this is a great promotional video for the upcoming hot laps with him. Thanks for sharing it, Captain!

I still haven't decided where we will be staying overnight, sorry! I'll get that decision squared away by tomorrow, I hope.

This looks like a lot of fun! Hopefully the foliage hangs out as long as it did last year (but without the snow this time)...

Originally Posted by CT BMW Boy

This looks like a lot of fun! Hopefully the foliage hangs out as long as it did last year (but without the snow this time)...

So are you attending?

CA

I plan on joining you for Saturday. Thanks for organizing!

There is an updated attendee list in post #1

We need to know who is coming to dinner Friday and Saturday so we can set up the reservations at the restaurants.

CA

Confirmed. Put us in for everything, including the Robin.

Originally Posted by Squidget

Confirmed. Put us in for everything, including the Robin.

Great

Call them to book your room (if you have not already) at 860.435.2000 and tell them you are with the Bimmerfest group. If they don't know what you are talking about ask to speak to Shaffin.

CA

What are the room rates you have quoted for Wake Robin Inn- their website is not helpful.