johnh Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 As I post this photo, Tom and Dion are still at the restaurant trying to determine who can eat the most Dungeness crab. At $40 a head they're trying to get their money's worth! http://usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1196740180_contest.jpg Here's the view from our hotel: http://usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/680058964_bridge.jpg Unfortunately there was a lot of this today: http://usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/279475119_cruise.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soareyes Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 As John said, lots of traffic on our route today, but still miles and miles of beautiful and rugged Oregon coast: http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1148853491_DSCN2744.jpg We stopped at the Tillamook cheese factory for a tour and samples: http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/218497214_DSCN2707.jpg And I made a stop at the Tillamook air museum where almost all the display aircraft are still flown. It is housed in a huge old WW2 blimp hanger: http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/646354141_DSCN2727.jpg This is one of only five flying P-38's in the world: http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/355518149_DSCN2711.jpg Interesting nose art: http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/799259670_DSCN2720.jpg Finally, "the end" to another day of Sevens touring: http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/83657328_DSCN2752.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 what an awesome tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solder_guy Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 This is one of only five flying P-38's in the world: Interesting nose art: Rosie must have been some dame at one time! Usually these planes were named for real girls!! "There is nothin' like a dame! Nothin' in the world!" Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitcat Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Back in the late 50's or early 60''s the Chevrolet ad for the Corvette showed a guy tooling down the road in his 'Vette with the caption reading, simply:"Some guys have it made!" Seems to fit the participants in this tour that you are torturing us 9 to 5 types with:). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Miles of coast line and before 0800 little traffic.... http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/769011892_7290 244.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al N. Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Damn you Ed Hudson!!!! (Yelled in the most flattering way...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 OK, one more http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/616922869_7290 246.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al N. Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Okay that's it, the next national meet is wherever Gert plans it! JUST KIDDING, we'll have to take a vote on all that jazz when the time comes. Thanks for keeping us posted folks...Ed, would love to know the deets of shipping your car...you're the only East Coaster out there, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Al, I'm the only one from the East. The USA 2005 tour sold me on traveling with a bunch of Seven enthusiasts and it really is the people that make for a great experience The length of the trip is always a question. Two weeks off can be hard to get but if you are shipping the car you want as much time as you can manage...... Shipping costs have increased since the 2005 USA tour. Quotes for this trip (enclosed trailer and with a certain delivery date) ranged from $1800 to $2400 one way. The low quote would have been the high quote in 2005. The shipper I used for the 2005 tour is no longer in business.... but they did a good job for me. I used Intercity this time and the first half of the transport went fine. Well it was cheaper than two weeks in Italy Gert (and Stan and John) did a wonderful job in route selection .... the USA 2005 tour was billed as the trip of a life time and I can't argue with that but overall the roads on this trip could not be bettered. http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/545954622_7290 243.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al N. Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 The pix and posts have really intrigued me. Obviously such a trip represents a much larger financial and time commitment from the attendees — so the pool of potential Se7eners would be much smaller, even if it were more centralized. Makes the "every other year" thing a sound approach. I really like the notion of perhaps a few regional tours converging on one more central point for a long weekend like 7-7-7. That way you can get the touring in if you want to, and also the critical mass that we had down in Robbinsville. Tx for coming to that btw. Gert and the West Coasters have shown us all the do-ability and appeal of extended tours, and 7-7-7 showed us that "if you build it they will come"...now we need to just get around to finding a way to offer both (perhaps with a single event) in the years to come. Here's to keeping up the momentum, folks! :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnCh Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 A subject of dinner and beer conversations throughout the tour was "What's next?" A long tour like this is a lot of fun, but the length makes it hard for many people to commit, and joining midway can be difficult since we aren't always traveling through areas that have easy access. One idea that was tossed out was to find a central point where we set up base camp and then take day trips from there (much like 7-7-7). This makes it easy for people to join for any part of the tour and it can remove some of the Great Race feeling from some of the days. This kind of setup is also much easier to organize and makes for a great regional event. For those of us in the Pacific region, I think Northern California has a lot of potential. Great roads, no more than one long day of travel for people to join up or leave, and there are a lot of cool little towns that would make a great base camp. Perhaps this is the way forward? We could always supplement these with a national tour every 2-4 years? Oh, BTW...sorry for the hijack -John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 The pix and posts have really intrigued me. Obviously such a trip represents a much larger financial and time commitment from the attendees — so the pool of potential Se7eners would be much smaller, even if it were more centralized. Makes the "every other year" thing a sound approach. I really like the notion of perhaps a few regional tours converging on one more central point for a long weekend like 7-7-7. That way you can get the touring in if you want to, and also the critical mass that we had down in Robbinsville. Tx for coming to that btw. Gert and the West Coasters have shown us all the do-ability and appeal of extended tours, and 7-7-7 showed us that "if you build it they will come"...now we need to just get around to finding a way to offer both (perhaps with a single event) in the years to come. Here's to keeping up the momentum, folks! :cheers: Al, the corvette crowd does this concept annually - it's called the cruise-in... they gather at Bowling Green, KY, where the factory is. In our case a more central location would be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitcat Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Hudson: $3-5K round trip to ship the 7. I'll bet you could find some volunteers here to drive it out and back for far less:). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 The cost of the driver isn't the problem, but two or three sets of tires and 1/3 of the way to an engine "refresh" changes the total cost. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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