RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: East Coast Convoy 2008
I'll actually will be posting blurbs on six or so forums that are frequented by folks who I know have participated in the ECC in the past, but the majority of participants are on this site...
I've been talking to the folks who have been working on the ECC website about updates for this year, and about working to get the historical info back online (I think that it's important for folks to see what, and who, have come before...).
I've talked to several folks who helped organize things last year about performing the same duties this year, and most have accepted (some can't make the Convoy this year and will be missed), but I've got spots to fill and can always use help, so if you want to help in any way, let me know.
My current thoughts are to bassically follow the same plan, schedule, and routes as last year with revisions made as needed to accomodate the needs of the folks in the individual serial units. One change I'd like to make is to have each serial report directly to the rally site instead of meeting up at Ollie's and convoying in at once. This way, we keep arriving, and arriving, and arriving...
In order to allow us to have a combined Convoy, one thought is to leave the rally on Friday evening and run over to a park that is located about six miles away (has a big old water powered mill, lots of grass, etc.). That way, we can have a big convoy, folks can ride in somebody else's vehicle, we can have some grass under our toes, and we can cook/eat without worrying about what the Rally folks are thinking... One issue that has been raised about doing this is the potential for folks to indulge in an excess quantity of adult beverage before the ride back to the rally, but I personally think that this is something we should be able to handle as I suspect that we will have more riders than drivers... I'd like to know what folks think about this ( the idea of a Friday convoy, eating offsite, and the ride back).
Speaking of eating on Friday, do we want a repeat of last year's menue (I'll tone down the heat and/or server up some plain for folks to sauce themselves), or do we want to have something different (chicken, fried turkey, spagetti, ??? ) I'm thinking that I'll be cooking something, and that we'll use the shirts as "recognition symbols" as we did last year.
Speaking of shirts... Anyone have any ideas for a design? The only thought that has come to me is to use a diagram showing the three lever light switch and its operation as a continuation of the "helpful" shirt design theme that we have used in the past (towbar tm, how to jump start, pre drive walk around, etc.). I've attached a copy of the diagram that I found, but I truly am open to suggestions...
Finally (at least for this post), the ECC will be arriving at Ripken Stadium on Thursday, May 8 (except for one serial that may arrive a day early as it did last year...). The Yellow Serial from the South will be overnighting in Doswell, VA, at the same Best Western at Kings Dominion as in previous years on Wednesday, May 7.
