Wilsons Sandbox

--- On Sat, 9/10/11, mark ward wrote: From: mark ward Subject: Mich. to Seatle trip is hard To: "Annie" , "Ashley Maree" , "Bill Higgins" , "'Bill Holcomb'" , "'Bob Waalkes (E-mail)'" , "Brian Stewart" , "'Chuck Whitfield'" , "Darwin Glasford" , "Dave Drooge" , "David Seeley" , "David Weaver" , dbmeyer@..., "'Dennis Johnson'" , "Dick Stob" , "'Eugene Klingerhoff'" , "Gala Van't Schip" , "'Gary Glass (E-mail)'" , "'Geoffrey Evans'" , "'Gerard Fondse (E-mail)'" , "Jill Gauwitz" , "'Jim Hake'" , "Jim Pickett" , "'Joesy and Wendy Johnson (E-mail)'" , johan.lindholm@..., "John Brown" , "John Wesslund" , "'Johnathan Karnes (E-mail)'" , "'Kelly Urbaniak'" , "Ken Van Dyke" , "'Lars Helgeson'" , "Leigh DeJong" , "'Lisa Gundry (E-mail)'" , "'Marcia Glass (E-mail)'" , "Margret McCreery" , "Mark Dorner" , "'Mark Stob'" , "Marlo Den Besten" , "Marty Reid" , "Matt Teliczan" , "Michael Keller" , "'Michael Leugs (E-mail)'" , "Michael Rocque" , "'Oscar Cerda'" , "Patrick Chick" , "Paul Grischke" , "Pia Sullivan" , "'R J Regan'" , "'Rhonda Vasquez'" , "Rich Wolf" , "'Robert Croese (E-mail)'" , "Robert Severson" , "'Roger Dekock (E-mail)'" , "'Ron Patterson'" , "'Scott King'" , "'Scott Morton'" , "'Susan Davis'" , "Terry VanderVeen" , "Tracy Achterhof" , "'Travis Favorite'" , "'Victor Vasquez'" , "Zandy Ford" Date: Saturday, September 10, 2011, 3:03 AM Hey all got the tent packed and found the GPS did not work, So around 1pm I asked and old Indian how to get to the west? He said just chase the sun., so i did. The next morning I started out again, and by noon I was back at the same camp grounds, So I asked again, and again he said just keep chasing the sun.. By the 3rd day he just said Go that way. So tonight I'm in Wall SD, tomoorow I ride the bad lands, then off to Mt. rushmore, etc. then keep heading to Glazier Nat park, finding detours along the way. (If ever in Wall, sun shine motel is CHEAP ($39) and clean. Mark --- On Wed, 9/7/11, Ken Van Dyke wrote: From: Ken Van Dyke Subject: RIDE SChedule, Big Changes To: "Annie" , "Ashley Maree" , "Bill Higgins" , "'Bill Holcomb'" , "'Bob Waalkes (E-mail)'" , "Brian Stewart" , "'Chuck Whitfield'" , "Darwin Glasford" , "Dave Drooge" , "David Seeley" , "David Weaver" , dbmeyer@..., "'Dennis Johnson'" , "Dick Stob" , "'Eugene Klingerhoff'" , "Gala Van't Schip" , "'Gary Glass (E-mail)'" , "'Geoffrey Evans'" , "'Gerard Fondse (E-mail)'" , "Jill Gauwitz" , "'Jim Hake'" , "Jim Pickett" , "'Joesy and Wendy Johnson (E-mail)'" , johan.lindholm@..., "John Brown" , "John Wesslund" , "'Johnathan Karnes (E-mail)'" , "'Kelly Urbaniak'" , "'Ken Van Dyke GR RIDE Chapter Coordinator'" , "'Lars Helgeson'" , "Leigh DeJong" , "'Lisa Gundry (E-mail)'" , "'Marcia Glass (E-mail)'" , "Margret McCreery" , "Mark Dorner" , "'Mark Stob'" , "'Mark Ward'" , "Marlo Den Besten" , "Marty Reid" , "Matt Teliczan" , "Michael Keller" , "'Michael Leugs (E-mail)'" , "Michael Rocque" , "'Oscar Cerda'" , "Patrick Chick" , "Paul Grischke" , "Pia Sullivan" , "'R J Regan'" , "'Rhonda Vasquez'" , "Rich Wolf" , "'Robert Croese (E-mail)'" , "Robert Severson" , "'Roger Dekock (E-mail)'" , "'Ron Patterson'" , "'Scott King'" , "'Scott Morton'" , "'Susan Davis'" , "Terry VanderVeen" , "Tracy Achterhof" , "'Travis Favorite'" , "'Victor Vasquez'" , "Zandy Ford" Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 10:41 PM There are two new events posted for this weekend, and one ride scheduled for this weekend is cancelled. We have filled in several open dates, still need some leaders for weekend rides. Sept. 7, 2011 UPDATE RIDE GR CHAPTER Current Events Thursday, September 8 . Thursday Night Ride. Meet at Shell gas, Kalamazoo Ave at M6, depart at 6:30. Leader: Mule. Going east, return through Lowell with refreshment stop there. Saturday, Sept. 10. NEW: Covered Bridge Ride. Meet at 8:45 Am, depart at 9AM sharp. Meeting at BP on M21 in Ada. Tour of more than a dozen covered bridges in west-central Michigan. 125 mile loop. Lunch stop after the ride. Leader: AnnieCat. Saturday,Sept. 10. NEW: Vineyard Ride. I received the following note from Sparks. (Chuck Whitfield.) Here is great idea for a ride this Saturday. I can't be at the meeting, so I thought I would send this along to you for the meeting tonight. This is an event coming up in Paw Paw. It's the Vineyard Festival this coming weekend and the Freedom Riders group has set up this ride. I did this ride two years ago and it was great. Driving along the countryside you can smell the grapes ripening in the air. My wife and I are planning to make the ride. We will be staying over night to take in the festivities, so everyone can choose when to head home on their own. If anyone is interested in riding down with us and doing the ride please let me know via email by 11 AM Saturday. We can meet at the Clyde Park @ 54th St. Meijer parking lot behind the gas station at 12:00. We will leave no later than 12:30. I hope to hear and see you Saturday. Chuck Whitfield Sparks sparks2939@... Vineyard Ride Sep 10, 2011 (Sat), 1:00pm to 5:00pm Michigan Avenue Academy 600 East Michigan Ave, Paw Paw, MI 49079 [Map] Notes: We will meet at the Michigan Avenue Academy, which is about 1/4 mile East of the main corner in Paw Paw, on Red Arrrow Hwy. Registration will be from 1:00 - 3:00 and the ride will leave at 3:00. We will ride thru vineyards in the Paw Paw and Lawton area. The ride will end at The Roadhouse Grill, West of Paw Paw on Red Arrow Highway. CANCELLED: Saturday, September 10. Blue Coast Artist Driving Tour. Thursday, September 15 . Thursday Night Ride. Departs at 6:30 PM from the BP Gas on M21 in Ada. Leader: Dr. Flying Dutchman (Gala Van t Schip). Saturday, September 17. Gizzard City Ride. Leader: Ice, (Jim Pickett.) Depart at 10AM from the Meijer Gas on M21 in Lowell. Note this is a new location for us. Jim says: Travel East through Saranac, Ionia, Lyons, Portland and Mulliken to Potterville. Lunch stop at "Joe's Gizzard City". Joe's has been featured on the Food Network's "Diners, Drive Ins and Dives." Their website, www.gizzardcity.com has a link to the show clip if anyone is interested. After lunch, we will head West going through Vermontville, Hastings, and ending in Alto at the intersection of 64th St SE and Alden Nash. Thursday, September 22 . Thursday Night Ride. Departs 6:30 PM from Meijer s Gas at Knapp and east Beltline. Leader: Dr. Sprint. Saturday or Sunday, September 24 or 25. Event needed. Thursday, September 29 . Thursday Night Ride. Departs 6:30PM from Shell Gas on Kalamazoo Ave at M6. Leader: Dr. Lowside. Saturday or Sunday, Oct 1 or 2. Local Event needed. Monday, October 3. Monthly meeting. Thursday, October 6. Thursday Night Ride. Leader: Hakester. Details TBA. Saturday, October 8. Departs 9AM from Shell Gas on Kalamazoo at M6. Scenic rural roads to Kalamazoo for Brunch. Leader: Dr. Lowside. Thursday, October 13. Traditional Deadman s Hills and Curves (of downtown Grand Rapids.) Saturday and Sunday, October 15-16. Fall Trip. Every problem presents an opportunity to change things for the better. The problem we have is that our traditional Fall Trip lodging, Sunrise Landing in Northport, cannot accommodate us this year. So we will be staying at some other location, to be announced, and your Fall Trip planning committee is already checking out some new locations. Be assured that we will still travel the scenic roads of Michigan s west coast, and will likely change up the route a bit for some more new and interesting roads and vistas. As always, we will be limited in the number of people we can accommodate, and we are asking for prepaid reservations which will assure you of a place to sleep. We begin taking reservations at the September monthly meeting. You can also pay by check or Paypal to the RIDE national office, see the RIDE website for details. We are asking $45 to be paid with the reservation. If lodging costs less than this (as it has in the past) we will either refund the difference or apply it to meal costs..and yes, we are still figuring out the food portion of this as well. Getting a count of participants early will be very important to us this year. Please help us out by responding ASAP. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]