robertg

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Alright everyone, I'm wanting to get some ideas as to who from Ohio and Pennsylvania will be going to the Thirdgen Nationals '03. I myself am going, whether or not I have my winter repairs done on my Camaro.

I'm from eastern Ohio, a small town named Orangeville. I'd like to arrange a caravan of guys to drive over together (in case someone breaks, runs out of gas, etc.) Because I'm the farthest east in Ohio, I figure we can set the meeting place near one of the highways leading into Pennsylvania, where we could meet up with any Penn people who want to caravan.

I'll add updates when I find out more from Mark.

When you reply, please say where you're from, and if you're interested in caravanning.

thanks in advance.

87_TA

87_TA,
Plan to attend w/atleast one car if not both.
From pittsburgh Pa.
and iterested in caravaning.

Brett Gutshall

Carlisle Pa (Central Pa, near Harrisburg)
And I'm interested in caravanning.

robertg

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brett:

wouldn't harrisburg be a central point in pennsylvania?

i'm thinking getting all the ohio guys and pa people there, then carvan down to md from there.

i can pick up western pa people on my way over from ohio.

i'm open to suggestions.

Brett Gutshall

Yeah Harrisburg is pretty much central pa. I'm about 20 minutes from there. Would you guys be coming in the turnpike? If so the carlisle exit is like 5 minutes from my house. The last meet in maryland i went do I went down 83. I'm not sure how you were thinking of going down but if that's the way I could try and get some spots in mind where we could meet up.

robertg

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i'm not sure. i'd like to take the turnpike over, i figure there would be fuel stops without getting sidetracked, etc.

the turnpike is a little out of the way, but my work's other store is near the ohio turnpike, and where 76 becomes the pa turn pike. i figure we could meet near there, and catch 76 there.

brett, are you on aim? i'm rcguthrie8201

Brett Gutshall

Yep - FirebrdWS6

robertg

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let's figure tentatively speaking, on meeting the eastern pa guys and the ohio/western pa guys near harrisburg . unless we come up with any other ideas

meridius

well I live about 30 miles from state college PA and thats not far from I80 and its pretty close to the middle of the stateI am really trying to get everything together to make it to this thing I really want to go.

robertg

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i'm thinking harrisburg, since we can catch rte 83 south straight into maryland.

Brett Gutshall

meridius-you can roll right down 322 and be in harrisburg in a little over an hour. i go that way through lewistown all the time when i visit my friend in state college

robertg

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brett, i'm going to start finding people from ohio, and get more people reading this thread. i hope to have as many people informed about this as soon as possible.

LastViceRS

I'm coming from a town in northwest Ohio called Hicksville. I had planned on taking the turnpike, seeing as how I don't know the area at all. Would like to caravan if possible. Planning right now on heading out early Friday morning. Let me know...

Spifz

Hey, I'm a Harrisburg person, if you guys want, I can figure out some place to meet that's convienent. Something right off of the turnpike and near 83. Actually there is a wendy's and a hotel 2 seconds off the harrisburg 19 exit (turnpike) which might be a good place to meet, and its right on the way to 83.

robertg

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good deal.

Vice: i'm going to be leaving friday morning most likely. LeftTurn1LE will prolly be caravanning with me from Indiana.

i'll come up with a meeting point soon, seeing as i'm the closest to pennsylvania. i figure on taking i-76 over to harrisburg, and meeting up with the penn people there, as i stated a few posts up.

Spifz: what are the chances of us all meeting in a big parking lot like that? Brett Gutshall posted harrisburg as being an ideal place as it's in the middle of the state, and route 83 goes down to maryland.

Does anyone have any other suggestions? keep everyone posted about this

Spifz

Just give me an idea of how many cars, I'll find somewhere big enough. If we have a bunch, I'll find a gas station and see if I can get 5 or 10% off. Its not much, but for all you driving from Ohio, a little bit helps I guess.

robertg

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actually, this is where i want the ohio and penn guys to meet.

let's see what there is in the area. i'm going to start looking for areas where i can gather up the ohio guys, then head over.

i'd like to have everything planned by february or so.

costill91Z

i'll be comimg from columbus, oh
i can meet wherever everyone decides

im hoping to bring both 'maro's,
but only 1 will make it as of now, so
we'll see if i can get a motor in the z by spring
i'll update my email as soon as i can

robertg

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mike:

right now i'm looking at getting all the ohio guys gathered together somewhere close to the ohio and pennsylvania line, near I-76.

from there, we'll meet the pennsylvania guys in harrisburg.

i'll have directions to where i want to gather everyone soon. i'll provide exit numbers, and whatnot. keep your eyes on the thread.

robertg

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Brett and Spifz:

would you both be willing to look into areas to gather the penn guys? i think it would be good to have two heads working on this, and i'm not familiar with that area of penn.

as far as ohio stuff, i'm going to mansfield this weekend to visit some family. i'll be checking out some meeting places, and see what i find.

Spifz

yea, good idea, Brett, let me know if you have any good ideas, I'll do the same; robertg, you got an extra head helpin you out?

robertg

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no, not at this time. i'm working on the organizing of ohio guys on my own for now. although if any questions come up for me, i'll be sure to ask

costill91Z

ok, how many ohio/ indiana guys do we have right now?

robertg

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as of now, i have costill91z and guest(s), myself and guest(s), LeftTurn1LE and guest(s) (from indiana), and lastvicers and guest(s).

there are a few others who will committ once i have a meeting place arranged. i'll have one by the beginning of next week.

Brett Gutshall

Well I guess it all depends how they are going to come in. For instance if they're coming in the turnpike then what exit are they gonna meet us at. If they'd get off at carlisle we could meet at the fairgrounds or somewhere along "The Pike". Or they could run the turnpike right to route 83 and have everyone meet there (though I'm not as familiar with that area). I dunno, just throwing out some ideas here......

87Formula4bbl

Count me in Robert, sorry it took so long to reply.

Ben
Mansfield, OH

I am flexible, we can meet wherever the majority is or wherever the best place would be, it will be fine with me. I can leave any day so it doesn't matter to me.

tomster03

I plan to go providing i get my over heating problem fixed... I live right on top of the ohio turnpike mile marker 110 exit 6a so i will be taking that over to Pa im willing to meet where ever you guys plan providing its on the way there ;-)

tom s
sandusky Ohio (by the lake) home of cedar point
1988 camaro w/ NO over drive gear
its going to be a long loud ride down there 55mph = 3500rpm :-(

89rskelly

hey guyz whats up ... i havent been on here in a while but i DO want to go and im from Willow Grove/Hatboro PA ... im rite by the turnpike and DO want to caravan with u guyz, so if u come down the TP to maryland i can catch u guys on there somewhere .. .so keep me posted please ... my aim name is CamaroCutie21
thanks
Kelly

robertg

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i'm thinking......

how many ohio people are heading over on the ohio turnpike?

because there is the town by the name of newton falls, which is right near the ohio turnpike. it'll be exit 14 to be exact.

there are a few places in the area where everyone could meet up. and from there, we could go through town, and catch I-76 east. anyone familiar with I-76 will know that exit 54 is state route 534, which is the main drag of newton falls.

we'll sort that out very soon

Chuck!

If I go I'll probably be taking the turnpike since its like 3 minutes away from my house. Im right smack in the middle of northern ohio, between Sandusky and Cleveland.

Oh yea, what would be the est travel time? 5-6 hours?

robertg

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Chuck, from my zip code, it is approx. 7 hours to Elk Neck State Park.

Sandusky is about 2 1/2 hours from me.

Mansfield is about 2 1/2 hours from me.

Hopkins Airport is about an hour to 1 1/2 hours form me, depending on traffic.

costill91Z

robert, i have a couple of possibilities

1. i posted on the milwaukee, and the mich. thread about them meeting us, that would be awesome to have a huge armada of third gens.

2. so far i haven't heard from anybody that is coming from sw oh. or ky. so for now i will continue with the plan of meeting on i-76. otherwise i would meet them near cols. and meet you guys near pittsburgh.

3. i can meet ben (87 formula) in mansfield and continue from there.

4. there is an excellent pizza restaurant on the east side of akron close to kent, if you guys wanted to stop and eat there, its close to 76 (like 5 min.)

as a guesstimate, what time would we be meeting? 1-2 pm ?

mike

robertg

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mike:

i'm wondering the possibility of having everyone meet up thursday in the area here. then we'd leave early friday morning. it's 7 hours from our area here to the park.

LastViceRS

robert,

I don't know about Thursday, but if you give me a time and place I WILL be there when you are ready to leave. I may be able to show up Thursday, but I can't commit to that right now. Whatever you guys decide, I'll come up with a way to run with you one way or another.

robertg

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we'll sort something out.

costill91Z

good idea, i posted this on the ill/wis thread too, i think i can get a discount from super 8, and if we're in a group, im sure we'd get a good rate.

mypurple92rs

i'll be hooking up with 83 (coming from ny)so anyone want's to hook up there let me know

PhilM

I am in Central PA, and I work in Harrisburg. the parking lot at my work can be made available. it is right off I-81.

and count me in for the trip.

orangeroc383

Just now decided that I want to go. I would like to caravan. I am from Stow and will meetup wherever you guys decide.

doc

I'm in SouthEast Michigan right now, but originally from the Akron/Canton area. I am very interested in this meet.

So when is it and where?

Mark A Shields

June and MD is my best answer rigth now, the one place fell thru, I contacted another place that should call me back tomorrow. Please check out other posts on here as well.

FLYNLOW92rs

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WEll fellas since this event is late June I'm going to be on my 5,500 miles road trip....

I'm heading from South Florida to Maryland with the southeast caravan group and after the meet, I will be heading to IOWA.....which means that I would be interesting in driving back at least to OHIO or possibly to anybody that lives in Illonois.....

Looks like fun, or are you guys just caravaning there??.......

Just wondering.........

robertg

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i'm game to that. i told my parents about the possibility of people stopping in the area, they want me to try and organize a cruise at a couple of the local bars here.

costill91Z

that sounds awesome, maybe i could get my uncle to bring out his charger, plus i'll see about getting some t-shirts from his machine shop in akron

hey doc: where did you live in akron, i lived in green, right by the I-77/ arlington road exit

ROC-Z

Dayton OH

I'm considering going...only if I can get a friend or someone to go with me. I'll be taking I-70 E (from Dayton) on over to I-95 N in Baltimore....should be the straightest & quickest shot for me.
Maybe I could meet up with the Indiana people before I leave Dayton, since you guys will be coming though Dayton on 70 E.....then maybe we could pick up the Columbus area people, since we will be heading through there as well...
For me this trip will take 9 1/2 hours....not to mention 1,200 round trip miles!

loomdog32

who is the farthest east that is caravaning?? if i go, i would be looking to meet up, well i guess start it since im comming from cali.. one major thing for me is, i will need a place to stop and sleep where i meet up at..


-mike (loomdog)

costill91Z

hey roc-z, even though it would be closer to take I-70, just for the sake of a group caravan i am meeting with everyone else east of youngstown. if you want you can meet me here in columbus and head north from there.
just a thought.

ROC-Z

I wouldn't mind...I'd rather caravan than fly solo the whole way. How many people you meetin' up with??

robertg

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i'm looking to see anywhere between 5-10 ohio guys, plus whoever joins us from indiana, illinois, wisconsin, etc.

once we have a date, i'll start arranging a meeting place.

robertg

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hey brett, tell me about the rest stops on the turnpike. also, tell me about the fair grounds.

we're going to leave early friday morning, and take the turnpike. a rest area is fine with me. does the pa turn pike have the big rest areas like ohio does? yanno, there's like 4 or 5 restaurants, and a fuel stop. i figure something like that would be cool.