BIGTOMCHEVY AND BLUE THUNDER ARE ANNOUNCING:
COLORADO "PIKE'S PEAK OR BUST" SUMMER RALLY 2010
JULY 5TH THRU JULY 9TH, 2010
CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN RESORT & CONF. CENTER
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
Resort Link: https://www.cheyennemountain.com/
We have secured this amazing resort for our summer rally with all it's amenities for the unbelievable rate of:
$99.00 +tax per night
Hotel Reservations are now open. Reservation code is "ssrfanatic". 1-800-428-8886. Please call the hotel a.s.a.p. Cancellation policy is 48 hours before arrival.
Amenities include:
18 hole golf course
35 acre lake w/beach for swimming, fishing, paddle boats, sail boats
18 tennis courts
4 Olympic swimming pools - one indoors
Spa and fitness center
4 restaurants including a magnificent buffet
Several formal and casual meeting places with a beautiful casual bar with pool tables, foosball, darts, etc. all in front of huge windows overlooking the valley and lakefront with the mountains towering above in the distance. Every room has lake and mountain views from it's own balcony with chairs and table. Check out the resort website.
Tentative schedule is as follows:
Monday July 5th
Registration in lobby 3 - 6 p.m.
Meet and greet for dinner by the water 6 p.m. till ?
$100 Long Distance Award
Tuesday - Thursday July 6th - 8th
We will have up to 6 different caravans each day to places of interest in the region for you to choose from (up to 3 each day). See the partial list of venues we are considering below.
Friday July 9th
Farewell Breakfast - raffles, door prizes, resort managers awards
Partial list of venues being considered:
Pike's Peak Cog Railway
Cripple Creek Run - gambling
Famous Dave's Barbecue
Sky Socks baseball game - farm team for the Colorado Rockies
Garden of the Gods
Sonic Run
Air Force Academy Tour
Show and Shine
Cave of the Winds
Seven Falls
Cheyenne Mtn. Zoo
Will Rodgers Shrine
U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame
U.S. Olympic Training Center
Flying W Ranch dinner theater
Royal Gorge Bridge and Park
Iron Springs Melodrama
Gunther Tooty's
Cripple Creek to Victor Narrow Gauge RR.
We have scheduled this run to take advantage of most people having Monday the 5th as a holiday. So it will only consume 4 vacation days.
Reservations and registration are now open. Registration form is attached at the bottom of this first post. Just open, print, fill it out, attach your check, and mail to Tom at the address provided.
Please post your intention to attend in this thread as soon as possible!
All updates and information will be in post #1, so check back often!
Please come join us in the Rockies for an amazing adventure!
"Pike's Peak or Bust"
Attendees:
ABLUR05 - David
Artsmart - Randy and Tim
Autodan - Dan and Phyllis
Bad_Bob - Bob and Gloria
basementrat
Bone Collector - Gene and Kathy
Bigtomchevy - Tom and Eve
Bigwave - Duane and Elaine
BlueSSR - Glenda and Smokey
BlueStreak - Dwight
Blue Thunder - Jeff
CA Blackjack - Al
Cool Blue - Carl and Judy
davidandjulie - David and Julie
downshifter - Marvin and Judy
Furykay - Kay and Tressa
Gnarly_Dude - Jim and Nancy
JWThomp - John and Lori
Lloger - Lloyd and Gerry
Marty - Marty and Dee
Mcvett2 - Carl and Nancy
MrDuck - Don and Annie
New Mexico Rambler - Ron and Robin
OLBSSRD & Blueeyes - Frank and Connie
OP - Owen and Leann
Pauledwards - Paul and Brenda
Phoenix - Johna and Melvin
Quest - Ralp and Ruth
RAD-SSR - Larry and Nancy
RRR - Jeff and Ellen
Shawker - Phil and Wendy
silverssr05 - Kenny and Dee
slammer - Joe and Carol
SSJeff - Jeff and Kathy
SSRJIM
SSRMaddox - Marion and Linda
ttarob
Turnheadz
Vix - Vix and Fred
Wildcat - Machell
yellochevy02
WindsuppreSSR - Ray and Linda
TOTAL 42
