Kemp museum, scenic wine country rally followed by an Italian dinner sounds GREAT. I will come and imagine that 2 other MB dieselers I work with will come too. Now do I bring the SD or the TD? Wife's new TD is REALLY growing on me :-)
Chris --- tom savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > I've been thinking a bit more about the idea of a St > Louis get together, > and I've come up with the following ideas: > > Date: I am thinking that perhaps October 22 might > be good. It is still > far enough in advance to make arrangements > (hopefully), but the weather > should still be decent, with fall colors still in > bloom. Our > illustrious leader can likely make the trip all the > way from Oklahoma > this weekend, as well. Would this date cause any > problems for any > interested parties? > > Actvities: The Kemp Auto Museum > (http://kempautomuseum.com/) will of > course be the centerpiece of the event. It isn't > huge, but we could > easily spend hours there. Afterwards we could stage > an impromtu > concours d'oilleak on the museum forecourt. What > else we do depends on > the desires of attendees, ie carcentric, > familycentric, raucous > hellraisingcentric, etc. > > There are many great winding country roads through > the wine country of > nearby St Charles county that would make for a nice > senic > tour/rallye/inaugural run of the Chesterfield Valley > Grand Prix (to be > contested under Formula Diesel rules; SL owners must > first sign release > form). > > There's also the St Louis Science Center > (http://www.slsc.org/) and City > Museum (http://citymuseum.org/) if you're looking > for something more > family-oriented (and fun for kids of all ages). And > of course there's > this big arch-shaped thing downtown. > > St Louis also is home to a great Italian district > with many excellent > restaurants (http://www.diningstl.com/TheHill.htm). > > The "what do we do" is pretty malleable, depending > on how many people > come from out of town, how long you wish to stay, > and so on. The date > is fairly flexible, too, if a lot of people have > conflicts that weekend. > > So please let me know if you're interested, or if > you have any thoughts > about what to do, or when to do it. This sounds > like fun. > > Tom > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: > http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -1985 300SD, 209K miles, "Wulf" (http://www.pictureblogger.com/My-1985-Mercedes-Benz-300SD) -1987 300TD, 149K miles, "Rotkäppchen" -1976 240D, ManyK miles, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen = Alternative Fuel Test Vehicle) -1998 Toyota Sienna CE, 101K miles, "The Van" - FOR SALE!!!! $6500 (and that's a good deal). ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! for Good Donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/
