One suggestion for an East Coast / Southeast meet was somewhere in the Smoky
Mountains (between North Carolina and Tennessee). They have huge cabins
that can be rented out and they sleep up to 40 people. My brother was out
there for their honeymoon and there are lots of forest roads to drive
through.
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Chris Reck
Bloomington, IL
'99 Dakota Sport + CC 4x4 V6 (Deep Amethyst)
"It's not the meat, it's how you apply the rub"
"Terrible Tom" <SilverEightynine@aol.com> wrote in message
news:45BBAEAB.5070309@aol.com...
>
> jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
>> I know, I know, all this meet talk - what can I say, I've
>> got a mild case of cabin fever. :-) Even though its only been 188 days
>> and 14 hours since the
>> National DML Meet ended (but who's counting?), I figured I'd
>> post to see if folks might be interested in some followup discussion to
>> an idea that was advanced at the national meet.
>> I'm thinking the idea came from either Mike or Walt? but regardless, the
>> idea was put forth that since we were all having such a good time at the
>> National DML Meet, maybe we should figure on doing one every couple of
>> years? Basically, the idea was that every couple of years, the
>> DML BBQ here in western NY would be preempted by a National
>> DML Meet, which would be held at a different place every year. I believe
>> the idea was put forth that perhaps in 2008, we should have one closer to
>> the east coast, since
>> the last one was in Colorado. Obviously, there are a lot of
>> possibilities; I think Maine was mentioned, or maybe somewhere in the
>> Adirondaks or Appalachians? I guess it depends somewhat on what people
>> are interested in, but given that the majority of the "core group" of
>> maniacs who are willing to travel the distances required to make these
>> meets are into offroading, it seems inevitable that offroading
>> is likely to play a large role in any location which is chosen.
>>
>> Anyway, what does everyone else think? Is this something
>> you'd be interested in? If so, do you have any ideas for activities or
>> suggestions for locations? Obviously, this isn't something that needs to
>> be decided right away :-) but
>> I figured it wouldn't be a bad idea to get everybody thinking about it.
>> Keep it in the back of your mind, and maybe you will be flipping through
>> a magazine or catch part of a TV show and notice a place that looks like
>> it might make a good location for such a meet.
>>
>>
>
> welllllllll since Jon just HAPPENED to mention this... heehee
>
> Ultimate Adventure 2003 hit a lot of southern locations. The trails they
> went down were more hardcore... Tellico, etc...
>
> We've been east, west, but never south?
>
> I would suggest wisconsin - however I would need to research areas of
> intrest. Unfortunatly I have not found and legal places to go wheeling
> around here. There isn't much to offer except mud. No rocks or hills up
> here.
>
> I'll look into it anyway.
>
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