[Sun, June 3rd 8-9:00 meet] MINI Scenic Maryland Covered Bridge Tour

Please join us for this incredible run!!!

When: Sunday, June 3rd. We will meet between 8 – 9:00AM for a prompt 9:30AM departure time.

Where: We will gather at the Starbucks at Milestone Shopping Center in Germantown, MD. Directions below.

Bring: A full tank of gas, an appetite, money for food ($20 should more than cover the meal), and your FRS or GMRS handheld radio (tuned to channel 7, subchannel 21)!

RSVP: on the Calendar. PM me if there are more than you attending so I can alert the restaurant…

Event Fee: No fee for DCMM members. $5 fee per car for non-DCMM members. Cash or check can be brought to the event.

Route: This route will take us through 2 little known tunnels, 3 covered bridges, following the Civil War Trail through very historic areas of Maryland and down the Catoctin Watershed… The scenery on this tour is breathtaking and the roads are VERY challenging… A break or two will be planned on the route ending at the VERY scenic PB Dye Golf Club for lunch… There will be some tremendous photo opportunities on this run so bring the cameras and/or video equipment… Here's the link to PB Dye: http://www.pbdyegolf.com/

Questions? PM me or this thread! Everyone will get detailed directions the day of the event…

Directions to Starbucks Milestone:

Heading South on RT 270 from Frederick Area:
Get off at Exit 16 Father Hurley Blvd and turn left at the light at end of ramp… Take Father Hurley Blvd to entrance to Milestone Shopping Center on right… Pull into entrance and take first left or second left and proceed to Starbucks on left…

Heading North on RT 270 from RT 495:
Get off at Exit 16 Father Hurley Blvd and bear right on ramp toward Damascus… Take Father Hurley Blvd to entrance to Milestone Shopping Center on right… Pull into entrance and take first left or second left and proceed to Starbucks on left…

From RT 70 Baltimore Area:
Get off RT 70 at Exit 68 which is RT 27 Mt. Airy exit… Take RT 27 South through Damascus (stay on RT 27 as it takes a Right in Damascus) and continue until you get to RT 355 Frederick Road… Take Left on RT 355 and proceed to first light and turn right into Milestone Shopping Center… Go to stop sign and turn right and you will see Starbucks…

From other areas: Use your GPS or favorite online mapping program and head to address:

Starbucks Milestone
20934 Frederick Road
Germantown, Maryland 20874
301-515-1084

 

Please RSVP on the calendar

 

Sounds cool, especially the photo ops... Count me as tenatively in along with Paul!

 

Assuming I can still drive, Ill be there.

 

Sounds like a GREAT drive. I'll let Chris know about it but I'll be in Mass for the weekend.

 

What is a FRS or GMRS and suppose I don't have one???

 

hand held radio that is used on drives so everyone can keep in touch. There are usually extras for borrowing...
do you live around here (DC Metro area)?

 

Yeah, I live in Rockville and would be interested in this run, but gotta check what's on the calendar first.

 

Gina and I have 3 and others will have extras... It's a great way for everyone to keep in touch... Especially the caboose with the leader! It's not a necessity that you have a radio to go on the tour...

 

Cool. I will def try to get in on this. I'll know tomorrow.

 

BTW, as I plan to do these things when I can, does anyone have a suggestion as to what kind of radio to get, where to get it, and how much I should pay? Thanks!

 

Gina (Javagirl) got a 3-pack of Motorola radios at Costco for $74.00... An excellent deal...

 

Cool. But what am I looking for? I have 4 Motorola "walky-talky" type radios. Is that what you are talking about?

 

Motorola Talkabout two-way radio

 

Cool. I do have those!

 

We're in

 

I'm in too..this sounds like a great run!

 

I will have to figure out a way to change my schedule so I start getting Sunday's off. So many nice runs planned on Sunday! Which is my "Monday" at work.

 

I had extra time in the day yesterday so I ran it again just for fun... It's a blast... DCMM gets this run 1st!!! I'm running this tour for the Chesapeake Region Porsche Club on June 24th... It's definately a 2-break tour with maybe a surprise short 3rd break for a group photo op...

 

I'm interested in going, but not sure if I have anything else going on.

 

Make sure your radio has chanels and sub chanels. We ride on Channel 7 Sub-channel 21. So just make sure your radio can do 22 channels and 22 subchannels. If not, like JavaGirl said, there will be some to borrow, but you can pick them up at Best Buy pretty easily.

These are our *essential* pieces for doing runs, it is our communication for EVERYTHING!!

 

This will be stickied closer to the time frame. Don't worry folks, it won't dissapear! I just don't want ALL those stickies!

 

..but...but I like stickies (j/k)

 

This sounds great! My wife and I are going to drive down from NJ on Saturday night, we'll look for you all on Sunday Morning.

Jim

 

Count me in too...not sure if my copilot will be joining me this time.

Cassie