BritishV8 2017-Country Roads, Take Me Home

[Rog]

Hi Jim
My wife and I will be coming from Alberta, Canada,  and signed up for the Cass railway, dyno, 2 Med Tshirts and 2 ball caps.  Hopefully you already have that info.  We don't know whether we will make it to Wyeth as we are already going pretty far.  we will try tho'.  Look forward to seeing everybody.

Roger Haber and Fiona Wildman

[rficalora]

Add one more; I just did the online registration.  Cass, Banquet, and L tshirt in case the details didn't come through.

[kstevusa]

Glad to see Rob  will attend.  Any family members attending?  Good chance to score points for totaling the Mustang :-)

[Dan B]

Today is the cutoff for regalia especially, however we did meet with the hotel today and they extended our registration period so you can still get the meet rate by making a reservation up until June 1.  We will be sending in the count for Cass Scenic Railroad and purchasing tickets by the end of the week..we can still get you in if you hurry.  After that there are no guarantees but we will do the best we can.

Jim and I visited some of the other attractions today.  When you register on Wednesday, the local tourism folks will be there to provide information and directions to all kinds of things to do in the area. K-2 Motorsports is right on the Greenbrier  River and rents Canoes and Tubes too, plus the Greenbrier River Trail, a Rails to Trails bike trail is right there and they rent bikes, so there is a lot to do there.

We had lunch at a restaurant out in the middle of nowhere, about 33 miles from the hotel in Paint Bank, Virginia, called The Swinging Bridge.  Route 311 has a nice twisty section over the mountain on the way to that restaurant.  https://www.theswingingbridge.com

One of the highlights of today's trip was a visit to the Greenbrier Valley Brewing Company, a microbrewery.  They are excited we are coming to town.  We plan to visit them Friday evening.

[rficalora]

No family joining this year Kelly.  Drew really wants to but he got an internship this summer and has to start working June 1st.

[mowog1]

Sounds like everything is coming together nicely.

[BlownMGB-V8]

It is. I have to catch up on the reservations, hope to do that tomorrow if things aren't too frantic around here.

Jim

[kstevusa]

Jim, Thanks to you and Dan for the frequent  "heads up" on what"s shaping up to be a great time.

[Dan B]

Cass Scenic Railroad tickets have been purchased.

[Dan B]

https://www.facebook.com/pccvb/videos/10154435044251657/

[MGBV8]

Very nice. Need more than 3 days.

[74ls1tr6]

I vote for 5 days, but I'm a die heart 😎

[MGBV8]

I'd rather die hard.  Hold muh beer & watch this!  😱

[BlownMGB-V8]

More registrations have come in:
47 so far:

Dan Blackwood
Jim Blackwood
Curtis Jacobsen
Kelly Stevenson
Daniel Craig
Robert Milks
Ralph Ratta
Richard Peterson
PJ Lenihan
Merv Hagen
Bill Heath
Ken Nicks
Ted & Judy Lathrop
Mickey Richaud
Dale Knapke
Scott Costanzo
Calvin Grannis
Charles Long
Phil McConnell
Paul Schils
Mike Maloney
Alan Moor
Artie Clark
Steve DeGroat
Graham Creswick
Richard Moor
Mike Moor
Lawrence Cassler
Jim Miller
Ed Peppard
Rick Ingram
Ken Hiebert
Bill Yobi
Roger Haber
Tom Clark
Paul Overbeck
Max Fulton

Carl Floyd
Pete Smith
Mike Alexander
Glen Gimbel
Dana Nicholson
Rob Ficalora
Daryl Siefert
Gary Kinney
Mack Hils
James Harbold

These registrations all have complete registration information.

The deadline for early registration has passed but we will still accept late registrations up until and during the meet. You will not be able to order regalia or reserve seats on Cass or dyno slots, but if you want standby status please let us know and we will make reasonable attempts to accommodate you. We should have little issue with add-ons for the Banquet.

Similarly, we will do what we can about late shirt and hat requests within the limitations of the vendor. We have no plans to place any late orders but as long as they let us add on we will do so.

These extras are all conditional however, so if you want to add banquet seats go ahead and pay for them. For anything else, since we cannot make any guarantees we do not want you to send money that we may have to refund. You can wait and we'll see how it goes. If it works out you can pay then.

[www.britishv8.org]

Jim

[MGBV8]

Gonna be a great reunion!

[Dan B]

Hotel manager Matt has extended our block and given us to June 2 for his cutoff.  He also gave us the option to extend our stay at the same rate, $85.  Anyone who feels like they are out because of the missed deadline on the other stuff, PM me or Jim. We have had nothing but awesome customer service from the folks at Cass, the hotel, the brewery, K-2, etc, so we will do our best to accommodate.

Also, if any of you have Growlers, be sure to bring them to Greenbrier Valley Brewing on Friday.

[kstevusa]

Growler, mine is only 32oz.  Guess it will have to do.

[Scott Costanzo]

Excitement has been building for me! Can't wait! I've talked with a few others and the feeling is the same with them too. It promises to be a fantastic gathering this year!

[exfed12825]

Still not sure if I'm going to make it, I'm in the middle of installing EPS and having a hard top painted, broken windshield, new tires and rims, and prep work for a season of autocross racing. So I have my reservations at the motel but I haven't made my reservation here. What am I going to miss if I register late, I don't really care about the train ride, might be interested in watching the dyno, i would probably be interested in eating a couple of times while I'm there, and you know I'd be really interested in cruising some of the back roads and sitting around exchanging lies and pounding down a few with you guys I saw on the application that there would be no refunds for cancellations after May 1st, but didn't see anything about late registrations. It's probably going to be at least another week or more before I know if I'm going to have a car or not

[kstevusa]

Come on down Tony, drive the Family car.  I've flown to one meet  in Wisc. and a member picked me up at airport.   Just have fun!

[RMO 699F]

Tony....no worries about driving your mgb....just come and have fun!

[Dan B]

Jim is handling all the registrations, but we have discussed late sign ups and are good with it.  The regalia and group rate on the train were the big things, but if there is space you can still get on the train.  T-shirt have to have time to be stitched, so if you did order too late they wouldn't be ready for the meet.

[TR6-6SPD]

No worries Tony, they'll always find space for you on the

[Dan B]

WVBCC visited the venue where they will be hosting our picnic on Saturday.  https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18485992_10213317694681333_8056967412272671253_n.jpg?oh=078e3e5b60b0a6cdd7ef9ccc3e2a9e25&oe=59B95273
Hawk's Nest State Park.  Behind the photographer is a big shelter.  There is a nice overlook down a path near where the LBCs are parked.

[BlownMGB-V8]

More registrations have come in:
49 so far:

Dan Blackwood
Jim Blackwood
Curtis Jacobsen
Kelly Stevenson
Daniel Craig
Robert Milks
Ralph Ratta
Richard Peterson
PJ Lenihan
Merv Hagen
Bill Heath
Ken Nicks
Ted & Judy Lathrop
Mickey Richaud
Dale Knapke
Scott Costanzo
Calvin Grannis
Charles Long
Phil McConnell
Paul Schils
Mike Maloney
Alan Moor
Artie Clark
Steve DeGroat
Graham Creswick
Richard Moor
Mike Moor
Lawrence Cassler
Jim Miller
Ed Peppard
Rick Ingram
Ken Hiebert
Bill Yobi
Roger Haber
Tom Clark
Paul Overbeck
Max Fulton
Carl Floyd
Pete Smith
Mike Alexander
Glen Gimbel
Dana Nicholson
Rob Ficalora
Daryl Siefert
Gary Kinney
Mack Hils
James Harbold

Frank Mancuso
Ric Gregory

These registrations have complete registration information.

The deadline for early registration has passed but we will still accept late registrations up until and during the meet. You will not be able to order regalia or reserve seats on Cass or dyno slots, but if you want standby status please let us know and we will make reasonable attempts to accommodate you. We should have little issue with add-ons for the Banquet.

Similarly, we will do what we can about late shirt and hat requests within the limitations of the vendor. We have no plans to place any late orders but as long as they let us add on we will do so.

These extras are all conditional however, so if you want to add banquet seats go ahead and pay for them. For anything else, since we cannot make any guarantees we do not want you to send money that we may have to refund. You can wait and we'll see how it goes. If it works out you can pay then.

[www.britishv8.org]

Jim