Route 66 Classic - OFFICIAL INFO THREAD, IT'S ALMOST HERE! Options

[MoveQik]

All - we don't have all the details yet but we wanted you to be able to mark your calendars! We are moving a little east this year so hopefully we can get the CA folks to drive a little further and also get some new faces as well!

When - March 21 - 23
Where - Albuquerque, NM(Rio Rancho, technically!)

The host hotel for both nights:
The Inn at Rio Rancho
1465 Rio Rancho Drive SE Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124
1-800-658-9558
Rooms are $55 per night and they are reserving the whole back corner for us(see pic). Tell them your with the group "Porsche 914" so you get a room in the right spot. Parking is right outside the rooms. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)


Friday lunch if you can make it -
Sadie's
1pm(ish)
6230 Fourth Street NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107
505.345-5339

FRIDAY NIGHT BBQ!
Thanks to our local member Nelson, there will be a BBQ on Friday night. $5-$10 donation.

The Saturday drive will be a 70 mile run up Highway 4. Taking us up to 10,000' through some great winding roads! Lunch along the way will be at Los Ojo's! You can choose to come back the same way or go to Santa Fe and make the loop. Thank you Nelson(Madswede) for putting the drive together. See map.

Saturday night, dinner and awards will be at very 914 friendly Turtle Mountain Brewery. (1 mile from the hotel) Props to Nico for making room for us during their 15th anniversary weekend!




Attendees:
Wills
Jason(AZ914)
Peterson(VegasRacer)
Nelson(Madswede)
Liz(TurtleGirl)
Jeff(JStroud)
Rick & Sandy
Jamie
Mike(Michael7810)
Mike & Mary Moorman(Kansas914)
Worn
Ell-Yut

[rnellums]

No, it ran through ABQ (Central Ave. is old Rt. 66), although for some reason there are some historic rt. 66 signs near Santa Fe too... Is a cruise up through the Jemez on the Docket? I know the owners of a Music camp in Jemez that might let us rent out the camp (individual cabins, etc. if that would be of interest).

[Madswede]

No, it ran through ABQ (Central Ave. is old Rt. 66), although for some reason there are some historic rt. 66 signs near Santa Fe too... Is a cruise up through the Jemez on the Docket? I know the owners of a Music camp in Jemez that might let us rent out the camp (individual cabins, etc. if that would be of interest).

Rt66 in New Mexico changed at least once (I think twice) over the years, so it's a matter of when you're talking - the very old, original route used to swing down to Los Lunas about 20 miles south of Albuquerque, then back up through the ABQ, up to Santa Fe, and finally over towards Arizona. Hey, it's called the Land of Entrapment for a reason!

I am advocating a Jemez run (actually up to the Valles Caldera for pics). Even if it isn't part of the group plan, one could always do it anyway. It's a great twisty, scenic drive (once you get past the Jemez Pueblo) and can even be made into a loop to go through Los Alamos and into Santa Fe to return to Rio Rancho/ABQ via I-25, though that would take up most of a day if one wants to stop in either place.

Personally, I might not have a car to drive during the event, but I could be a front-seat driver/guide/annoyance! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)