September Northeast Foliage run

Date: September 27 2003 Location: 55 Prospect St. West Newbury, MA 01985 Well guys we've got another run. Host is Mark Skala in West Newbury MA (Up on the NH border near the coast). Gathering should start about 10:20 to 11:00 for a little wandering, admiring and talking. Food for gnoshing as well. It's going to be a long drive so we'll head out early, a run up the coast, then head West and North. We'll do a stop in Concord, maybe some Ice cream and such. And then the final run up to the Kancamangus, some of the best scenery in the US. http://www.byways.org/travel/byway.html?CX_BYWAY=2458 http://www.kancmotorlodge.com/ http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...us&sa=N&tab=wi (You'll note the P'car pic in the second row) http://www.granitehighways.com/galle...age=kancamagus For those coming please post in here so we have an idea of attendance. If anyone wants to know about hotels and the like for those coming in from farther away or you have any other questions please e-mail me at [email removed]

Well one of our New Jersey residents has asked about hotels in the area so here is a collection. About 6 miles from the gathering site, and a nice town. http://www.virtualcities.com/ons/ma/s/mas4701.htm http://www.newburyportbedandbreakfast.com/ Also in Salisbury (another nice town), there is Striper's Inn just off US Rt. 1, [phone removed] Another possibility, a bit further away but a nice town. http://www.portsmouthnh.com/lodging/

Sounds like fun, what is the attendance so far?

Going to start an RSVP This weekend. But have had a few already say they are coming. 20 to 30 so far. Based on that after the RSVP I'm expecting a great turnout.

You can add me to that list.

Okay guys. Time to do the RSVP. post here if your coming, or e-mail me at [email removed] I'll have the route posted in the next day or two. Looks like we have at least one GT-3 coming. A few 914's from Maine and many more. Come on down guys and gals.

Keep those RSVP's coming. Okay. Got some more info on the route. http://makeashorterlink.com/?A2EE12DE5 It will be a little longer than that, as we got off into the mountains we'll meet up with Paul from the 928 Forum who will give us the guided tour through the twisties. Looks like were going to have a good turnout. Got some folks coming in from Oregon, New Jersey and other places. Yeah it's a longish route, but it should give us a good view. Mark's going to have some food for us, and we should have a good group of folks. Hopefully we can make this a yearly type thing.

That "Paul" is me. In addition to a route through the Mountains that is a GREAT ride, (I've done it on my Harley) I also know a very nice place right off of RT 93 for us to do a quick group photo with a very scenic background. A meadow on the top of a mountain In the middle of an apple orchard. It is 2 minutes off of 93, and is about an hour from the original gathering site. Good place to make a rest stop, take a couple of pictures and make sure every body knows the route through the Mountains.....

It is on rain or shine. We have people coming in from Oregon, New Jersey, and Montreal. Can't turn our back on them. Figure bad weather will lower attendance, if it's only cloudy or light rain we'll continue on. If pouring, maybe we;ll go up to Portsmouth and have a dinner or something.

Pics https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...threadid=90819 http://www.sidv.org/Foliage%20run.html Above are the pictures. Click on image for big whopping pics. Well overall I think the 03 Foliage run was a success. There was a little bit more grab-*** and catch-up than I would have liked, but lessons learned, the next will be a textbook example of organization. We started off meeting at Mark's house in West Newbury. There was a little fun in locating it, as the main turn off from the west was not marked, those coming from the east did much better. Mark's wife kept dragging people back whenever she took her 924S out, kind of a Porsche Pied Piper. As the morning moved on a variety of people rolled in. The highlight was John's beautiful GT3. The weather wasn't beautiful, so attendance was lower than hoped. Mr. John D conspicuous with his absence About 1:00, a little later than hoped, we headed out to the first rendezvous. There was a fair amount of traffic so keeping together was a little difficult. As we got closer to Manchester we started to line up better. As we approached the tollbooths north of Manchester I got a call from another Rennlister, Tom, who was only a couple of miles away. We halted after the tollbooths to pick him up. He arrived in a beautiful silver/gray 928, purchased 3 months earlier. We continued on, and I had planned for a stop in Concord that was probably misplaced. Along the way we saw �Jenni� in her silver/blue Boxter. She seemed oblivious to the Porches around her. Due to our recent stop and no one was really interested in seeing our lovely city. Oh well, bad call on my part. We headed north again for the long leg. As we approached exit 28, the meeting place for our northern brethren, the weather turned poor. The roads did open up and we were able to get some higher speeds, but there were a variety of people blocking us on the way. Finally we made exit 8. A few 914�s, Paul�s (our guide) 928GT, and Keith and his wife in their 996 Cab. I later learned that Keith had shown up for some coffee and gas, and Rob R (914) had thought he was a Rennlister and ended up dragging him along (They day was punctuated with Keith calling the kids saying they were going to be later, and later, till they finally said �Have fun, we�ll see you when you get home�), hopefully another Rennlister convert. We headed north through Franconia Notch. The weather turned unbelievable poor. We could barely see the end of our hoods, and my spirits dropped. Damn, we were here to see the foliage. My Navigator (Sue) said, don�t worry; you�ll be amazed at the weather on the other side. Sure enough, almost immediately the weather turned to beautiful blue skies with only a few clouds. Unbelievable. We toured around to the Mt. Washington Hotel, We pulled in and there were cars and people everywhere. John tried to pull onto the lawn, employees at the hotel went nutz saying there was a 350 person-wedding coming and we couldn�t stay there. We were relegated to the lower parking lot. We got out and had a photo op and stretched our legs. Paul and Keith (who live in the area) conferred and decided on another route south of where we were. WE headed back, with the Mainers with us peeling off to head home ((Karl, Sharon, Tory, Cody & Amy bringing a 911, 914, and a 951). Along the way we lost a few more. Their mistake. The road we found (118) I believe was great. Very twisty, very little traffic (I think we saw three cars coming the other way, and none holding us up), a little wet, but some of the leaders apparently hit north of 100mph. (Paul�s 928, the GT3, and my friend Pat�s 951). We ended up at a diner. We relaxed for a while, and went our own ways. Thanks to all who came, regardless of the weather. Particularly Mark and his wife who hosted the get together, John and Gigi with the GT3, Paul Bloundin our guide up north. And thanks again for coming by Garth and your wife (sorry I�m terrible with names) and happy 25th. See you all next year.