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Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:47 am

All the time i read about these in hot vws in so cal. I even went to a few in my high school days. So here's my thought. There is a dairy queen here in ranson west va. Perfect place to hold one. Only problem is getting the word out. Anyone interested? After the meet i have a ton of tools. I could help people work on thier cars and so could other people who come.

Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:22 pm

Sounds fun. I'm in Silver Spring/Rockville, MD.

-Scotty

Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:34 am

I'm in Fairfax, VA.
Bugs and Burgers? Nice.

What's the anticipated date for this thing?

Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:00 am

I might could do this! Make a weekend out of it. Im in Richmond VA.

Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:12 am

Great idea!

I would be there with my Ghia. I'm only about a half hour from Ransom. Good location. Nice little town.

You are thinking about this for the Spring or Summer, right?

Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:13 am

Anywhere around there to camp?

Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:47 am

vwagman wrote:

Quote: Anywhere around there to camp?

There are at least a few nice places I am aware of both in VA and WVA. Here are a couple:

http://www.cacaponresort.com/
http://www.watermelonpark.com/

Sky Meados also has some camping.

Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:03 pm

My thought was this spring but we could do it this winter if there is enough interest. There is a koa camp ground about 10 minutes away. I was also thinking it could be a monthly thing. Maybe even start our own vw club. Charles town races and slots is also less than a mile away for anyone who may be interested.

Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:27 pm

i'm in NE Ohio and might even make my way down. i love camping no matter the weather, rain, snow sleet or shine i don't care.

Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:38 pm

Im game if I can make a weekend of camping out of it!

Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:25 pm

There are at least 5 or 6 really cool places for people to camp within 20 minutes of here for you guys with westys.

Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:26 am

Ok, so I'm thinking March 14th. Then every 2nd Sat after that until it gets to cold too do it.

There are a couple of local impromptu car shows are here every weekend when the weather is nice. Both on Friday and Saturday nights. The VW presence needs help :)

http://www.dairyqueen.com/us-en/store-locator/

If you go there and put in your zip code, and the zip of 25438 as your destination, it will tell you exactly how to get there.

Who knows, if we get enough interest maybe we could make a whole weekend out of it. Another thought I had is that there is a Sonic not too far from here. It's in Winchester VA which is about 20 to 25 minutes away. That would be a really neat place to have a VW meet too. Maybe Friday night at Sonic for those who could make it, and Saturday night at DQ?

Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:38 pm

I am 45 minutes south of Winchester. I think it's a great idea.

Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:45 pm

dang, it's a 5.5 hour drive and 300 miles for me. but hell i'd be game for a trip once in a while once i get my radio working. it will defiantly be a camp out for me tho.

Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:12 pm

If you do get a radio i'll be happy to put it in for you.

Fri Jan 09, 2009 3:57 am

swhitcomb wrote: Ok, so I'm thinking March 14th. Then every 2nd Sat after that until it gets to cold too do it.

There are a couple of local impromptu car shows are here every weekend when the weather is nice. Both on Friday and Saturday nights. The VW presence needs help :)

http://www.dairyqueen.com/us-en/store-locator/

If you go there and put in your zip code, and the zip of 25438 as your destination, it will tell you exactly how to get there.

Who knows, if we get enough interest maybe we could make a whole weekend out of it. Another thought I had is that there is a Sonic not too far from here. It's in Winchester VA which is about 20 to 25 minutes away. That would be a really neat place to have a VW meet too. Maybe Friday night at Sonic for those who could make it, and Saturday night at DQ?

Are you still planning on this?

Fri Jan 09, 2009 6:56 pm

I am in the process of getting my Ghia road-worthy, but if this gets going, I'd gladly join you folks when she's rollin'. I am near Strasburg and work in Winchester.

Sun Feb 08, 2009 9:16 pm

Still planning on doing this. Hope to see everyone there. Is there still an interest. How many people are actually planning on being there? I would like to get an accurate count.

Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:39 am

I can probably make it, but not in my Ghia, it's not there yet. I'd still like to meet and greet the VW community members around here though. If we do several of these throughout the summer, as you suggested earlier, I will definitely get my Ghia to one or two before summer's over.

Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:58 pm

I should be able to make it also.