Michigan Meetup v3.0

[cedolad]

Re: Michigan Meetup v3.0

If that will be the plan, I cannot attend

[mellonxcollie]

Re: Michigan Meetup v3.0

We can chill Friday/party that night. (By party I mean staying up late doing whatever) then cedar point on Saturday.

That sounds good. For those of us who work retail it can be easier to book week days off work, and I'd imagine Cedar Point would be a bit less busy on week days, so maybe we could do two misc days during the week instead of Friday/Saturday? Also Cedolad must attend !

[Rebirth0]

Re: Michigan Meetup v3.0

Chances of me going increase exponentially if I/we can have a free place to stay

[blindreper1179]

Re: Michigan Meetup v3.0

My place is always free for friends.

Random weekdays work too. Though, I'd have to request them off. So, I will also need to know ahead to plan accordingly.

[Rebirth0]

Re: Michigan Meetup v3.0

So I stop working on August 15, and school starts August 25. Somewhere in that 10 day time frame would be perfect

[blindreper1179]

Re: Michigan Meetup v3.0

That'd work for me too since on August 8th my vacation days renew.

[cedolad]

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August would be perfect for me, it's a slow month at my job. I should be able to get a few days off.

[Rebirth0]

Re: Michigan Meetup v3.0

I would think going to Cedar Point on a weekday would have less traffic in the park.

My preference is that I would start driving on Saturday the 16th, get there that night, and do shit for the next few days. I guess it would still leave a possible weekend day (Sunday) for Cedar Point, but this is the earliest we could probably do this. Me and Izzy get off work at 3 - 4 PM, and it takes every bit of 12 hours to get to Detroit.

We would also be willing to pick someone up on the way, someone who lives in St Louis, Indianapolis, Chicago maybe if we go that direction (toll roads are gay though, don't really want to go through Chicago, I think I-90 has a toll), if they're willing to throw some gas money for our troubles

[igotrhythm]

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I know there's some toll roads in the Chicago area. When I drove to Detroit to see the family for Christmas from Wisconsin, we had to take a few, including the sky bridge or whatever.

Haven't been down there in a few years, so I'm guessing that with inflation tolls will be like 50 cents per booth, with maybe 5 bucks for the bridge. It's gonna add up. I'd also advise you to pack snacks, as it's about 8 hours including piss breaks from Milwaukee to Detroit by car, and then another 2 or 3 to Cedar Point.

[Rebirth0]

Re: Michigan Meetup v3.0

The only breaks we would take are when we have to fill up for gas (which I think is 3 fillups including the one at the very beginning. I don't mind going through Chicago and paying some tolls if it ends up being faster, since the person we pick up will help pay for shit anyway

[igotrhythm]

Re: Michigan Meetup v3.0

So sometime in mid-August at Pinball Pete's. That's the most concrete plan I'm seeing in this thread. Do we have anything more specific?

[blindreper1179]

Re: Michigan Meetup v3.0

Party at my house because petes is in Fucking Ann arbor

[Rebirth0]

Re: Michigan Meetup v3.0

Is this going to be in Ann Arbor or Detroit? That's a big difference in location and would change my route of travel

edit: oops not really, I was thinking Ann Arbor was on the west half of Michigan.

[blindreper1179]

Re: Michigan Meetup v3.0

It's like an hour and a half away from Detroit.but either way, you should be taking 94 at that point regardless of route.

[Rebirth0]

Re: Michigan Meetup v3.0

Yeah that's what it says. When we went to the FFR Convention in 2008, we went through Indianapolis and Dayton, OH on I-70, then went north on I-75.

If I can find some airline tickets for under $150 round trip, I might fly