Mark your calendars and start your diets now. The GREAT Ice Cream Run is back!
http://thegreaticecreamrun.com
Registration for The GREAT Ice Cream Run 2 is now open!
Download your registration forms
here. (Registration closes on 3/30, but please get your forms in as soon as possible so we can work with the hotels to block additonal rooms if possible.)
The GREAT Ice Cream Run will be a four-day trek from Staunton, VA up to Bar Harbor, ME, with stops along the way for some of the very best ice cream you've ever tasted. Deep fried ice cream... Guinness ice cream... Maine Blueberry ice cream... and don't forget that lobster ice cream! Those are just a few of the ice cream delights that await you along the way. The focus this year will be on quality, not quantity. To that end, we'll be highlighting just 2 or 3 shops each day with the emphasis on making each stop more of a "happening" than just a quick stop for ice cream.
The run will begin on 6/22 in Staunton, and end in Bar Harbor on 6/25. On 6/21 we'll be having an evening get-together at Wright's Dairy Rite in Staunton so everyone can get to know each other and enjoy a Wright's Wheelie (warm glazed donut covered in ice cream, hot fudge, and whipped cream).
But wait, there's more... The Tarheel MINIs group is organizing another Blue Ridge Parkway Tour this year, timed so that event ends the day before the ice cream run begins. The ending point of the Blue Ridge Tour is about a half hour drive from the starting point of TGICR2 so you can go from the Blue Ridge Tour over to Staunton in time for the evening get-together in Staunton.
And as with the original GREAT Ice Cream Run, this year's run is timed to end in Bar Harbor one day before MINIs on Top.
So... if you can swing the vacation time, you can do three great MINI events all in a little over a week!
For those who did the original run in 2007, there are a few changes for this year:
1. We'll be ending in Bar Harbor a day earlier than we did in 2007 so that people can spend some time in Bar Harbor and enjoy some of the sights/activities it has to offer before having to drive over to NH for MINIs on Top (if you choose to attend). OR join up with the Bar Harbor Invasion group.
2. Night 3 of the run will be in Freeport, ME instead of Rockland, ME. This will make Day 3's drive a bit more manageable and allow people time to enjoy Freeport in the evening.
The GREAT Ice Cream Run website has been updated with hotel information for the first three nights of the run. We're still working out the details with the hotels in Maine, so stay tuned.
To stay up to date on all the latest details or to sign up for the event email list, please visit:
http://thegreaticecreamrun.com
Both the Blue Ridge Parkway Tour and MINIs on Top are being organized independently of TGICR2. If you're interested in doing either of those events, you'll need to register for them separately. Info for these events can be found here:
Blue Ridge Parkway Tour:
http://www.tarheelminis.org/forumdisplay.php?f=42
MINIs on Top:
http://minisontop.com
If anyone has any questions, please feel free to post or shoot me a PM.
Hope to see you for all or part of the run this year!
