Skyline Drive Meet

Hey how did it all go this weekend? It must have been awesome for those of you there. With the changing of the leafs it must have been great. Do tell and show some pics please.

Yeah it was nice. Greg did great with helping with the lead duties. We all had a blast and enjoyed the day.

Damn Son, gonna have to teach you to express yourself better, like is that all there is to say. Can we get a discriptive story of this?

Nope I dont want to

Greg or Gill are more than welcome to tell the story.

I will tonight but Tico needs to start a photo album on the meetup so I can upload some pics

Hey wife had a good time and happy wife = happy life

Hey Gill go to hear you had fun. We had a blast and after having to look at your rig and Gregs Rubicon Emily and I have come to the conclusion that the WJ needs more lift.

we had a good time. really missed driving the jeep but the kids were sniffing that morning. brought the excursion so they could relax and watch movies if they wanted. the boys really liked the hike and climbing on the rocks. The beer hit the spot with the Outback food.

Wow - where to start?

Fantastic day, clear skys, cool but not cold, traffic from Severn to Warrenton was light - that sums it up! We pulled in at 9 and met with Nestor and Emily, Greg, Ruth and her son Eric and his 2 kids. About 9:15 we headed to Burger King for breakfast where Amanda and Shawn met us then headed back to Sheetz where Bill and his family arrived in the battleship - I mean Excursion. With that I took the top down from the jeep and made sure my wife had a sweatshirt handy. Nestor leaded the way to Thornton's gap which is the second entrance headed south. Stopped at an overlook where we turned to head south. Greg took the lead where we took a slow drive to the pinnacles picnic area for a quick break then on to more overlooks. It amazes me looking down into the towns what you can see, then thinking the history what a battery of artillery could see during the civil war!

The main stop was Hawksbill mountain - the highest peak in the park where we all found out what shape we were in. A mile up hill and a mile back. Did more of teh dashboard diner than a formal lunch. After a few more scenics and a stop at big meadows we exited around swift run gap about mile 65. The day was fairly young, early afternoon so we headed north but got sidelined by POTTERY!

Then we got back on the road where Emily called the Outback in Warrenton (I think) and warned them we were coming - they were not prepared. All in all a good dinner with a couple minor twists. Finally broke up around 7 where Shawn and Amanda headed back to Frostburg, Greg and Cindy and I headed north towards Ft Meade, The Giilbert's on there way and Nestor and Emily to nearby.

Pulled in around 9pm, woke the wife who was wrapped in coats and sweat shirts (top was up but windows werent in - oops) and headed inside. All in all a great non-mud day

It was a great day but not one without breakage.

Yay for brake calipers going bad and almost causing an accident. O well. Tis a jeep.

That was a great story, than you, I can vision the events as they unfold. As well as wished I had comewith you all. But I know Nester had a good handle on things.

ok some pics up http://jeep.meetup.com/201/photos/