Jersey Cruise/SSR-B-Q. Sept. 1-2, 2007 in Toms River

CrosscheckFreak · 07-25-2007, 09:47 PM

Every Labor Day Weekend I put together a little B-B-Q with live entertainment, volleyball, horseshoes, and more fun filled stuff at the Crosscheck Entertainment Complex (my house).

This year, I would like to extend an invitation to all fanatics that would like to attend!

Some Details:

**Sunday, Sept. 2nd, from 1:00pm 'til whenever. You are more than welcome to show up early.

The entertainment will consist of a very versatile acoustic duo, but be forewarned...there will also be a metal band playing (don't worry, you can easily get out of harm's way). For those of you wondering if my band will be playing, I'm not sure. If we do, it will only be a few songs because we've been slacking on the rehearsals lately. But, if your nice to me, I may play some acoustic stuff.

I'll supply the basics...burgers, dogs, chips, water, soda and stuff. I'll also have a couple barrels of beer. Usually 'Otter Creek's Stovepipe Porter.' If you would like something else to drink or eat, feel free to bring it.

**Saturday, Sept. 1st is Cruisin' day! There will be 2 cruises...a long day cruise (We'll meet at 11:00 for snacks at my house, then depart at noon), and a short night cruise at about 8:00 for Ice Cream and to the Seaside Boardwalk. Ice cream will hopefully be at 'The Music Man' (www.njmusicman.com). I'll have to see if they can do something for parking, because it's kinda rough to park over there. The evening cruise is on hold. We'll discuss it at dinner. If anyone not attending the day cruise wants to do the night one, just give me a call...I'll go with 1 or 100 fanatics.

The day cruise is all set up. It consists of a total of about 3 hours 11 minutes of driving (not including stops). There will be two scenic leg stretch stops before dinner at Covello's Italian and Seafood Restaurant. We'll then end up right back where we started (at about 6 or 7 o'clock).

The first scenic stop will be Lake Topanemus in Freehold. See pix in lower post.

The second scenic stop will be Deep Cut Gardens in Middletown. This is where Nancy and I went for our wedding photos. Lots of nice gardeny, flowery, tree..ee, stuff.

IMPORTANT: If you plan on attending dinner at Covello's, please let me know before Monday, August 27th. I need to call them with a head count so they're ready for us on Saturday. We should be arriving there between 4:00 and 4:30 if you plan on bypassing the cruise, but would like to join us for dinner. Entrees range from around $10-$30 with the majority being around $14-$17. There's lots of yummy Italian and Seafood to choose from. Obviously, I don't know what you'll be in the mood for, but I wanted to give you a slight idea of what you may spend. With tax, tip, and drinks, you could probably get away with about $25-$30 per head. If you go for the lobster/clams + appitizer + dessert + cappuccino, etc... you can easily be looking at $50 or more.

If you would like to see a rough version of the cruise, you can look at it here. I now have it finalized, but this is about the best I can do on Yahoo maps for now. http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&q20=108...40.46445&mag=1
I had to put in a lot of stops so I could get the route I wanted, but don't worry, we're not actually stopping at all of them.

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I have room for a few traveling fanatics to take up residence here (for a couple days), and i can check around for a decent nearby hotel if anyone wants. *update* It looks like hotels in the area are about $180 and up per night (Labor Day Weekend...Shore area), so be prepared. If you're looking to spend a night or two at an area hotel, contact me so I can get an idea of what yoos want to spend and how far away from the festivities will be acceptable for you.

Please reply here or PM me if you can make it....also, when you would like to arrive and depart, so I can get accommodations figured out.

I'll update the thread as more info comes in.

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Attendees:

CrosscheckFreak........Steve and Nancy (no Nancy on Saturday Day Cruise) - 1 for dinner
my05ssr....................Roger - Sat Day Cruise, 1(?) for dinner (PM said 'weekend', so I'm assuming...the whole 'weekend')
DetTweety...............Bard and Randi - Sat Day Cruise, 2 for dinner, Sun BBQ (with George

), Sat Night-?
XSELER8..................Just Frank - Sat day cruise - dinner is questionable (Sat Night and Sunday...No)
mendy0315..............Bob and Shelly - Sat Day Cruise, 2 for dinner (Sat Night and Sunday...No)
DavesSSR................Dave and Diana - Sat Day Cruise, 2 for Dinner (Sat Night and Sunday...No)
NVR2OLD.................Allan - Sat Day Cruise, 1 for Dinner (Sat Night...Unknown. Sunday...Not Sure)
PissedOffLobsterGuy (not fanatic)..Scott and Wendy - No Cruises, Sat 2 for dinner, Sun BBQ

BSTPAPA · 07-28-2007, 10:12 PM

Shelly And I Are Thinking Of Coming On Saturday. Let Me Know The Details.
Bob

CrosscheckFreak · 07-31-2007, 07:43 PM

Updated with Saturday cruise info.

CrosscheckFreak · 08-05-2007, 06:31 PM

Nancy and I took a dry run on the Saturday day cruise today. It was my first trip to Lake Topanemus...and it was really nice! And as it turned out, there was a solstice/sky gathering going on when we got there. I think everyone will be really happy with the run...nice scenery and it should be easy to stay together.

Here's some shots of the stops:

1) Lake Topanemus
2) That's Fowl! (Lake Topanemus)
3) With the little guys (Lake Topanemus)
4) At Deep Cut Park
5) A little flutterby (Deep Cut)

CrosscheckFreak · 08-05-2007, 06:39 PM

And some more pix from the dry run:

1) Deep Cut Park
2) Creeeeeeepy! (Deep Cut)
3) More Deep cut
4) My buddy Scott waiting patiently for his lobster at Covello's
5) Yay! (I wish I would have realized this was blurry when I took it...oops)

waysouth6speed · 08-05-2007, 06:50 PM

That looks like alot of fun Stevie... ('cept maybe that "lobster guy".) I surely wish I could join ya'll.

For anyone who doesn't know CrossCheckFreak and lives up that way, I highly suggest ya go to this get-together.
He and Nancy are both fun, funny (and sometimes strange

(

) ) people.
I bet it'll be a blast!

XSELER8 · 08-05-2007, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by waysouth6speed

That looks like alot of fun Stevie... ('cept maybe that "lobster guy".) I surely wish I could join ya'll.

For anyone who doesn't know CrossCheckFreak and lives up that way, I highly suggest ya go to this get-together.
He and Nancy are both fun, funny (and sometimes strange

(

) ) people.
I bet it'll be a blast!

What's the Lobster guy so pissed about? Too small, too $$$, took too long to broil?
You gonna be there Anne????
DC park is beautiful. Would they mind if I Jeeped over those rocks?

CrosscheckFreak · 08-05-2007, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by XSELER8

What's the Lobster guy so pissed about?

He has a GTO, not an SSR.

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Originally Posted by XSELER8

DC park is beautiful. Would they mind if I Jeeped over those rocks?

I dunno...but it would be entertaining to find out.

CrosscheckFreak · 08-05-2007, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by waysouth6speed

That looks like alot of fun Stevie... ('cept maybe that "lobster guy".) I surely wish I could join ya'll.

For anyone who doesn't know CrossCheckFreak and lives up that way, I highly suggest ya go to this get-together.
He and Nancy are both fun, funny (and sometimes strange

(

) ) people.
I bet it'll be a blast!

Awwwww....yer a sweetie! But, only sometimes strange? We'll have to work harder on that, I guess.

The cruise actually was a lot of fun even with only one SSR. Nice houses, twisty turny roads, suicidal squirrels. Oh...and a cutsie wootsie wittle bunny wabbit.

Wish you could make it...

XSELER8 · 08-05-2007, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by CrosscheckFreak

Oh...and a cutsie wootsie wittle bunny wabbit.

nyea...What's Up Doc

RoadsterJim · 08-05-2007, 07:54 PM

Looks like fun dude wish I could make it !

JIM

XSELER8 · 08-05-2007, 08:46 PM

The preceding post by CrosscheckFreak was not intended to harm anyone. If you were offended by this post, I sincerely apologize. Or do I?

Red Fox would say " If I offended anyone tonight...you can kiss my a$$

CrosscheckFreak · 08-23-2007, 07:48 AM

I've updated who I'm pretty sure is staying for dinner at the end of the run. If I'm wrong, let me know...I'll adjust it.

Anybody else? C'mon, you know you wanna!

harleyrules · 08-23-2007, 09:15 AM

I would attend however every year I attend Lead East during that weekend. It is a big 50's Car Show Party ......You might want to check it out sometime..

XSELER8 · 08-23-2007, 06:31 PM

So far the early Sat cruise looks good. Dinner is still questionable. I'm putting my driving face on. And you know I'm not worrying

harleyrules · 08-23-2007, 06:58 PM

GTO Show this weekend Parsippany Hilton FYI!!!!!!!!!!!

CrosscheckFreak · 08-23-2007, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by harleyrules

GTO Show this weekend Parsippany Hilton FYI!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks...I'll let Lobster Guy know. Although I'm pretty sure he's already booked up this weekend.

XSELER8 · 08-23-2007, 07:21 PM

Do we need Walkies? (not walkers) I think most of us have them.