Re: Where is everyone staying for carlisle?

From: greg conner (dodgeboy93@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue May 27 2003 - 07:37:46 EDT


hah..yea I've seen those trucks at the motel every year. Just never made it
down to talk to you guys. Look for my graphite gen 2 this year.

Greg Conner
1996 RC
3.9 hybrid

>From: jon@dakota-truck.net
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>Subject: Re: DML: Where is everyone staying for carlisle?
>Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 04:23:04 +0000 (UTC)
>
>"greg conner" <dodgeboy93@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>: I'm gonna be staying at the rodeway inn in dilsburg the same as the last
>few
>: years. This is gonna be my first year with the dak though. Last year I
>was
>: in the middle of a motor swap/ engine compartment detailing, and the
>couple
>: years before that i just didnt bring it. I'm sure jon will post the
>hotel
>: contact info
>
>
> Yep, for what its' worth, the "official DML hotel" is the
>Roadway Inn in Dillsburg, PA. Its about a 10 minute drive from
>the fairgrounds (its located to the south). You can reserve
>a room or get the phone number at www.choicehotels.com. The
>contact info is probably also on the DML Events section of the
>home page (www.dakota-truck.net)
>
> As far as the low attendance goes - yeah I've noticed that
>myself. :-) Its been very good some years and dismal for
>others... You've probably seen a black Gen2 club cab with the
>ram-air hood, that's me and a red Gen2 4x4 with a chrome light
>bar, that's Jim Knox, and a purple Gen3, which is Chris Saltzman's
>"barney truck". I think those are about the only Daks
>that have been there, consistently over the past few years.
>
> I think a lot of the Daks are more or less "local", so those
>folks just go home at night, and others stay at other hotels
>for whatever reason. (No more rooms available, other club
>affiliations, etc.) The Rodeway Inn is vey nice - clean,
>out of the way, with a great restauraunt next door, but it
>does seem to have gotten a bit pricey lately.
>
> Maybe for next year I will look into joining up with the MML
>for the hotel - they usually reserve a block of rooms (at a
>different hotel). From what I have heard, its not as nice as
>"ours", but its cheaper, and one nice thing is that they do
>a "security patrol" where they have a couple of people out
>wandering through the parking lot making sure the MML vehicles
>are safe. (Naturally, if we joined up with them, it would
>be nice if some DMLers volunteered for security duty too.)
>
>Anyway - that's something to think about for next year. For
>this year anyway, the official DML hotel is still the Rodeway
>Inn in Dillsburg, PA. I've got my room reserved, and I am
>pretty sure Jim Knox does as well, and of course Greg, so
>that's 3 Daks so far. I'm not 100% sure what I will be
>driving yet - lately, I have been thinking of bringing the
>convertible.
>
>
> Speaking of Carlisle - if you are planning to attend and
>will be registering your club affiliation as "Dakota Mailing
>List", please let me know so I can get an idea of wether we
>will be able to get the free tent or not. (Note that you
>must register as "Dakota Mailing List", not "DML".) If
>you have any questions about this, or anything else Carlisle
>related, please feel free to drop me an e-mail or post a
>message to the list.
>
>
>--
>
> -Jon-
>
> .---- Jon Steiger ------ jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com
>------.
> | I'm the: AOPA, DoD, EAA, NMA, NRA, SPA, USUA. Rec & UL Pilot - SEL
>|
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