Fall/Summer DSM Drive?
 

I know there has been some talk by a few board members about doing a dsm drive, but I really want to get something organized. I was thinking something like a drive to Red Wing in the fall b/c I like to see the leaves turn colors down in that area, it's beautiful. Plus, I don't know about the rest of you, but I think that scenery would make for some kick ass car pics. I don't know what a central starting place would be though because I know we have board members all over. I'm down for a summer drive too, I just think fall would make for better scenery and cooler temps. Any thoughts?

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Fall would actually be awesome! This is a great idea! I may not have a DSM by then, but hey, most of us on here don't haha! I say we hit Rew Wing, stop and take pics and come back. Won't be a very long drive though. Not for me at least; Red Wing really isn't all that far.

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Lets get this organized!

Meeting point: Bloomington, MN IKEA parking lot since its so huge and towards the southern end of the Cities
Drive: South along the Mississippi River to Winona and back (it will be about 300 miles round-trip). I have an exact route already planned, I can go into more details later.

Would people prefer this to be later this summer or early fall as the leaves begin to turn? I am fine with either.

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I think we should do one soon :) and then one in the fall too, or something.

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I am down for doing it twice!! (as soon as i can get my DSM running again)

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yeah, i gave up on running dsms, thats why i now own a 3/s!!!

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I got an idea, start in MN and race to my house in Cali :) that would be sweet.

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gumball style!

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That would be sweet to roll out to Cali, but its sooo far!

Anyways, I think what would be cool would be to do one to Red Wing and one to Winona. One in the summer, one in the fall. I would like to wait a little while, but for the Red Wing one, I know of a good parking lot down by my house that is night and big, and would be good for all of us to park in. Any other suggestions?

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I hope you do realize we'd pass through Red Wing on the way to Winona. Doing just the drive down to Redwing wouldn't be that great, you really need to get south of Red Wing before the roads start getting fun/nice. I think for the cruise we'd probably actually head from Winona over to LaCrosse, eat some food there, and head up the Wisconsin side of the river for a little bit before it turns boring and we cross back into MN. People call toss out some dates if they want, I am game anytime August - October.

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Im down for whatever. But yea just do it when it cools down around 70 degrees or so.

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Ohhh especially if there's going to be traffic, I don't need my beast over heating. I vote September

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September works. No worries about traffic, this won't exactly be a stop-n-go rush hour drive. If anything, you DSM's better worry about overheating while trying to hang with the S and M in the high-speed twisties ;) This route I have planned is actually great for all types of drivers....you can go slow and enjoy the scenery or you can tear up some tires.

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I'm liking this more and more. I just hope I still have my car, or a nce car by then, and not a slow car!

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I will most likely take my bike. If your car is gone Tauni you can pile some people in my GTP and take that if you want.

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I'm Game!

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This sounds like fun! I also think we should wait for the weather to cool down. But Im down for whenever.

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So who's gonna be driving the tow truck? Haha jk if everything gets figured out I may take my bike.

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September sounds good, but I'm def. down for two. Maybe we can do a shorter drive sometime soon so we don't have to worry about cars having issues in this summer heat, and then a longer drive like S2kracka is describing to Winona in the fall when it's cooler. The IKEA parking lot is an ideal starting place.. I'm gonna get some of their cookies before we take off :D

Do you have a map you can post up of the route you have in mind S2kracka?

::EDIT:: I just had another thought; I think it would be pretty cool to get some signs printed out to put on everyone's car (or bike) somewhere that says something like "DSMStyle Summer Cruise '06" Anyone know where we could get some signs made up or printed cheap?

Once we get exact dates figured out I say we should talk to one of the admins and try to make this an "official" DSMStyle event.

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I don't have a map, but I can post up the exact route later on.

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bah, summer heat nothing. My 3/s has nice cold A/C :)

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Ah! All this talk is making me super excited! looks like I may be picking up a neon with a 2.4 swap, so we'll see what I have to work with other wise I may just have to pimp Craig's pimp ride!

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On the MN 3/S Spring cruise we go north/south on County 7 near Welch, MN. Very fun road!!

Another area that looks like a lot of fun is all the Alphabet roads in Wisconsin off of Highway 35, near the Pepin area.

Rural cruises are a lot of fun. I remember waaaaaay back in 1999 I took the DSMers on a cruise:
http://mn3s.org/dsm-rural-cruise1999.html

later,
Curt

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someone should step up and secure shit. but not me :)

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I am game for this too, the M would be a blast. We do this ride on the motorcycles, 61 gets pretty fun.

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I'm in.

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Ok, I PMed DSMStyle to see if we can get this set up as something "official." But we're still going to need dates and routes.

I think we should try for July 29th for the first cruise, which is a Saturday. The routes Curt posted above look pretty good, but we need more input from everyone. Throw out some dates and routes and let's get this thing going!

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29th sounds good to me.

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Your dsm runs great now that it has vacuum. :)

I would go on this trip too, if anyone is making a list.

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I'm down for two, we should plan one for mid-to early august, and another in late september when the fall is in full affect. I think we need to start coming up with days so that people can start planning if they need to. I was thinking a sunday would be nice. Most people get sundays off. Sunday mid august anyone?

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I want to do one like.. within the next two weeks. I think we should do one on the 29th or 30th of this month.

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I won't be attending the one this month. I'm moving that weekend

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I am booked up in August, I am in for the later one though.

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Oh, and I won't be going anywhere far, since my wheel is about to fall off and all.