Run for the Color Sep 22nd Colorado Springs

[mountainsky]

The Rocky Mountain Solstice and Sky Club invites you to enjoy the beautiful fall colors of the Rockies September 22nd. In the "RUN FOR THE COLORS" The run will start at the Garden of the Gods Main parking area inside the park. We will assemble at 10:00am for talk, have some coffee and begin our journey through this magnificent park. There are many turnouts through the park for photo opts and the twistys only allow 20 MPH max! No speeding tickets this time! We'll exit the park heading west towards Pikes Peak traveling through Manitou Springs. From there we'll take Hwy 24 west starting the climb to Woodland Park. Great views all the way up to Woodland Park and it's a very fun drive, again "NO SPEEDING TICKETS"!!!:

We will continue west through Woodland and I'm planning a few stops between Woodland and Divide as the Views of Pikes Peak and the Aspens are...Nice.

At Divide, we will turn onto Hwy 67 and head south towards Cripple Creek, and again a few stops will be in order, to properly document the beauty. The views to Cripple Creek are some off the best I've seen in this area of Colorado, so I hope nature cooperates and gives us a great display. In Cripple Creek, we will be stopping at one of the Casinos for Lunch and a meeting.

At this writing, I believe we will be meeting at the Double Eagle, but will post a confirmation of the meeting place as I'm asking for some reserved parking for us to Display our Cars and haven't received the OK yet.

OK...this is as far as my feeble brain has planned a route. What I'm suggesting from Cripple Creek is going back to Hwy 24 and continue west towards Hartsel and the views of the Collegiate Peaks. Many of you are coming from the north and can take 285 back to Denver, or take 9 into Vail or head into San Isabel Forest or go South into Westcliffe area, or,or,or... the choices are many.

I propose that we have a few routes that are designed to begin the process of heading back towards our homes, maximizing the best viewing along the way. We take many photos and create a wonderful photo log of Colorado from many points that will showcase our great state and awesome cars.

CHIME IN PLEASE
and I'm sorry I didn't post this earlier as I've been working 70 hour weeks trying to raise enough money to pay my SPEEDING TICKET

Attending:mountainsky-2, whitefang-2, nighttamer-2,Badi_Dea-2, 66cat389-1

,Mountainsky

[whitefang]

Copied from mountainsky's email to club members: "I have reserved us a room at the Double Eagle Hotel/Casino for lunch and our meeting. I wasn't able to get a permit for us to park on the street, but we do have reserved parking at the Double Eagle, unfortunately it's in a parking garage (No Display...rats). Thanks and I look forward to seeing ya'll for another great cruise."

For those of you who haven't seen numbbers Mallett yet, be there, he will- numbbers-2!

This is our last scheduled meet for this season, we do need to have as many of our club members there as possible, I would like to discuss next seasons meets/we have had some people volunteer to host a meet, visiting other clubs around the country, the 3rd National Solstice and Sky Meet in Las Vegas, and our own 4th North American Solstice and Sky Meet - 2009 at the Omni Interlochen Resort, Broomfield, CO from June 18-21.

[mountainsky]

This is an e-mail I received from the Double Eagle Hotel/Casino in Cripple creek concerning rooms available to us for Saturday night September 22nd. The Double Eagle is the finest accomidations in Cripple Creek and they are offering the last 5 rooms available for the weekend of the 22nd to us. If you wish to stay on the night of the 22nd, you would need to book the room by Sep 8th. Here is the visiters guide for Cripple Creek to check out the local activities www.visitcripplecreek.com and www.goldbeltbyway.com surrouding area.


Tom,



I was able to get 5 King Non-Smoking rooms for your group. If anyone from your group would like to book a hotel room for the night of September 22nd, here is the information to do so:



When you call in to reserve a room at the Double Eagle, please call 1-800-711-7234, select option #3 (Group Sales) and one of the group sales reps will take the reservation. Please mention that you are in group #2252 (Pontiac Solstice & Saturn Sky Club). You will need to provide a credit card number to secure the reservation (nothing will be charged to the card at that time, cancellations can be made until 8pm on the night of check-in, 9/22/07). The room rate is $99.95 plus tax (6.2%). A 10% discount will be applied to the room rate with one of the following: AAA, AARP, Military ID, or Premier Club Player’s Card (can be obtained from the Premier Club, located right next to the Hotel Front Desk). Hotel check in begins at 4 PM and hotel check out is by 11AM. A complimentary breakfast buffet at Lombard ’s restaurant is included in the price of the hotel room. In addition, all guests over 21 will receive a Premier Club Player’s Card and a coupon book that contains the following: a free hot dog/chili dog at the Jackpot Deli, 20% discount at Lombard’s restaurant, 10% discount at the Gift Shop, and a play $20, get $10 coupon. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions and we look forward to your visit to the Double Eagle Hotel & Casino in historic Cripple Creek !



Amily Beidelman

Group Sales

Double Eagle Hotel & Casino
And Conference Center

Phone 719-689-5078
Fax 719-689-5028
www.deconferencecenter.com

422 E. Bennet Ave.

P.O. Box 1588

Cripple Creek, CO 80813

[whitefang]

Reserved our rooms at the Double Eagle for Saturday night after the cruise for nighttammer and whitefang.

Nighttammer already reserved our rooms at the Quality Inn & Suites - Garden of the Gods for Friday night before the cruise. CW and I will be getting in late Friday. Looking to see all the Colorado Springs and Pueblo members and friends on Saturday. See ya at the Garden of the Gods at 10 AM, if not before!

[whitefang]

We have just 19 Days till the Colorado Springs/ Cripple Creek Fall Color Cruise!

So far we have mountainsky-2, Badi_Dea-2, nighttamer-2, numbbers-2, Colorado Kid-2, SonOfNighttammer-2, RockyMtnSky-2, and whitefang-2 attending;
Not Attending:pirate60 will be flying back to Denver too late to attend; 66cat389 wife ill; Solman will come after work Sat night to the Double Eagle.
Others????

Make plans now to attend! Those of you who couldn't make other cruises this season this is your chance to get together. mountainsky has a great day planned for us all.

For those who are traveling a distance, Friday night we're staying at the Garden of the God's Quality Inn and Suites- as of 9/03/07 their AAA King room rate was 58.49/ night. Saturday night some of us have taken advantage of Double Eagle Casino room offer set up by mountainsky.

At this time I'd like to thank mountainsky for hosting this cruise and for his company for picking up the cost of the meeting room at the Double Eagle Casino. Make sure you bring some $ for the meal at this meeting.

[nighttamer]

Where is everyone?

Last run of the year and looks to be a good one!!!!

Let's all go and have a great time!!

See Ya Soon

[whitefang]

With 16 Days left we're up to 10 Cars!

[whitefang]

11 Days till a fantastic time in Mountains!- Colorado Springs, Woodland Park, Cripple Creek- Sky Country

Come have fun with us!!

[whitefang]

In just 6 Days!
The Color Tour will begin!
Hope to there!

[mountainsky]

Joan and I went to Cripple Creek on Sunday to check out the route. WOW...it's been 10 years since I've been to Cripple Creek and the loop from Victor and the Views are just Breath Taking. We should have a wonderful mix of fully changed Aspens to unchanged and the vistas are as good as it gets in Colorado.

Look forward to seeing Ya'll on Saturday for a great cruise
Mountainsky

[whitefang]

2 Days and we're there!

So far we have mountainsky-2, Badi_Dea-2, nighttamer-2, numbbers-2, Colorado Kid-2, SonOfNighttammer-2, , and whitefang-2 attending;
Not Attending:pirate60 will be flying back to Denver too late to attend; 66cat389 wife ill; Solman will come after work Sat night to the Double Eagle; my1stsol-won $1000 shopping at mall; RockyMtnSky;

Down to 7 cars , but we're still going to have fun!

[whitefang]

We on our way!!

Hope to see lots of Sky's and Red Aspens this weekend!

[whitefang]

Well we made it home!

I'd like to thank mountainsky for a GREAT cruise this weekend!

Garden of the Gods was awesome.

The drive up to Cripple Creek had Aspens of yellow, gold, and red-gold colors. After our Rocky Mountain Solstice and Sky Club Meeting, we took a drive around the mountains at Victor and toured the Casinos in the Creek.

Some people made money and some lost but all had fun . The Double Eagle had promo signs about our group all over the Casino and we had special guarded parking out front to show off our cars.

I'd like to also thank nighttammer, numbbers, Badi_Dea, and SunofNighttammer for making this cruise clear down to Colorado Springs. I had a great time with all of you and enjoyed getting to know you all better.

It took CW and I only 4.5 hours Friday night to get to the Springs and thanks to the Bronco's game today it took only 2 hours to get home. Of course that's nothing compared with nighttamer's 12 hour drive from Wyoming.

Hope to see or hear from the rest of the club as we post future goings-on and more updates about the next years Cruise Season and the 2009 Meet.

And as Rodeo always says- This thread is uselass with out pictures - So shortly they will follow!

[nighttamer]

Had a great time!!!! This run was well worth the miles and time to make it!! Good drive, Good views and Good Friends!!

I was one that made some money. Having my son and his wife join us, the first time ever gambling, just added to the great time.

Those that didn't go sure missed out!!!

We should do this one again. Thanks Mountainsky!

[whitefang]

OK mountainsky, where are your pictures? Here are ours from your great Color Cruise.

http://www.photoshow.com/watch/ut5Cx7cb
http://jeepscycleclub.biz/gallery/main.php
http://www.solsticeforum.com/forum/s...839#post572839

[exochris]

Aww, just missed it! Hopefully next time!