Jon Perhaps Sept 30 weekend is an idea. Latter in the season reminds me of
a Cadillac being haul'd up a icy slope :-) sence of humour or cynical ? I'll
either come down with my dirty Dak or get Jeff to drive with his #186
Tored Hemi Daytona Charger.
Why Fly when You can drive a Dodge! :-) or Plymouth :-)
Any weekend is good for me.
Jimmy Knox, 91 Dak
----- Original Message -----
From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Daktoberfest?
>
>
> Well, crud. So much for this being easy. :-) Looks like the
> best week for the Henrys is the worst week for Mike. From what I
> can gather so far, as far as the long distance "usual suspects" go, it
> looks like Tom is a possibility, maybe David and Jan too. Walt
> and Ingrid are out, as is Josh. I don't imagine Adam is going to
> drive all that distance for a Daktoberfest. :-) As far as the more
> local folks are concerned, technically I've only heard from Jim and
> Mike, but I assume Jason and Norah are basically a given :-) along
> with Ed probably. Haven't heard from Andy yet.
>
> Once we pick a date, I can let the Jeepers know also (Dean Ocque,
> Bob Fetter) in case they are interested since there was no BBQ
> this year.
>
> As far as the date goes, it doesn't really make a lot of
> difference to me. I was originally thinking of having it in
> early October for some warmer weather and less chance of rain,
> but looking at the historical weather data, it looks like
> the chance of rain is actually much less at the *end* of October.
> (The temps are definitely lower though, with average highs in
> the high 50s and low 60s instead of high 60s.) I suppose a
> later date would also have a better chance of them there purdy
> fall colors.
>
> What about the length - should we do friday and saturday or
> saturday only?
>
> --
> -Jon-
>
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