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Re: Need West Region Members to Give us Ideas (23/33)
 6/18/12 5:45pm
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Well,  I would suggest Colorado, specifically Colorado Springs or Woodland Park.  Lots of drive areas that are fun and engaging.  Now we have Bondurant at the International Raceway for a fun halfmile oval to drive on.  There is the drive up Pikes Peak on pavement, average travel time for the racers -- 12 minutes.  There is a castle under construction with fire breathing dragons in the mountains south of Colorado Springs.  Clive Cussler has his auto museum in Denver with cars that he has written into his books.  Much fun place, excellent for beautiful drives and country.  There are several trains in the area, river rafting and of course for this year the special forest fires galore.
 
Best time of year -- June, flowers in bloom, nice warm weather during the day and cool nights for relaxation.
 
 


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Re: Need West Region Members to Give us Ideas (24/33)
 6/19/12 5:20am
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Sounds like we have a number of good suggestions:
 
  • Tacoma, WA / Northwest
  • Sonoma / CA Wine Country
  • LA area / Big Bear
  • Utah / Bryce / Zion Canyons
  • Flagstaff, AZ / Grand Canyon
  • Woodland, CO
When do we condense the locations and vote?  The more important questions are - When do we leave?  and
 

ARE WE THERE YET???!!

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Re: Need West Region Members to Give us Ideas (25/33)
 6/19/12 12:48pm
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Re: Need West Region Members to Give us Ideas (26/33)
 6/19/12 1:40pm
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I think you got a good list and we need a new thread with a survey.  Plus one extra line "somewhere else/ keep looking"
Re: Need West Region Members to Give us Ideas (27/33)
 6/19/12 2:13pm
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Let's leave this suggestion thread open until 6/30, then I'll compile the list and post a survey.

We also need best time of year for each, might help with people's vote.


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Re: Need West Region Members to Give us Ideas (28/33)
 6/19/12 3:34pm
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Adam Wartell said: Let's leave this suggestion thread open until 6/30, then I'll compile the list and post a survey.

We also need best time of year for each, might help with people's vote.


for Sonoma its from end of June to end Sept, best July- Aug 
Re: Need West Region Members to Give us Ideas (29/33)
 7/3/12 5:05am
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Adam Wartell said: Let's leave this suggestion thread open until 6/30, then I'll compile the list and post a survey.

We also need best time of year for each, might help with people's vote.



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Re: Need West Region Members to Give us Ideas (30/33)
 7/3/12 3:04pm
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Add Sedona to the Flagstaff area it is 1 hour south nice curvy road.  Great place to take pictures lots of shops for the ladies. 

Look it up on Google earth to get an idea of the country.  

If you are doing Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon you need to be there before schools let out.  The same times apply for Sedona.  It gets crowded if you do go when school is out and the weather gets hot (it is a dry heat like your oven).  I would say late May early June. You could go as early as April-May but that is most likely to early for most people.  

If you did Flagstaff as a center you could go north 2hrs to the Grand Canyon or south 1 hr to Sedona.  Or you can stay and shop in Flagstaff there is a great leather goods store (10 years ago)  and a few place close in that are nice to visit.  

Same months apply to southern Utah but it would not be as warm.   You could also do the North rim of the Grand Canyon which is my favorite side of the big ditch.

When it comes time for voting I would recommend that you check out Google earth for some samples of the area.  

Because there are not a lot of us that live in the areas that we are recommending could I recommend that the voting be in two parts one to choose the top three spots.  Then give people a couple of weeks to provide what they like about those and then do the final voting.

I know that would help me in the final choice.
Re: Need West Region Members to Give us Ideas (31/33)
 7/14/12 10:36pm
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Hi folks,

I have been thinking things over and I think Eileen and I would be good anywhere LA to NM.  Sedona, AZ is a very nice area and is a drive to Flagstaff or the Big Hole in the Ground.  These states out here are pretty big and crossing the deserts can be very demanding on your car.

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Re: Need West Region Members to Give us Ideas (32/33)
 8/1/12 12:42pm
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When are we going to vote so the planning can start?

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Re: Need West Region Members to Give us Ideas (33/33)
 8/1/12 1:44pm
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dwright said: When are we going to vote so the planning can start?


Alright already...sheesh! Wink

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Now stop complaining! Tongue


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