Rendezvous 2005-2007

[Mark Sedenquist]

Gen,

Where and how did you amass this list?

Weird Contest Week - Ocean City, NJ (Aug) This sounds intriguing!

[Mark Sedenquist]

I'd like to add the Mackinac Bridge Walk (click the "annual bridge walk" link for details, and there's pictures of it behind the "photo gallery" link) as a potential RoadTrip Rendezvous.
Edit: Though I've never been, I've wanted to go to the Gilroy Garlic Festival ever since I heard about it.

Everytime I drive through Gilroy, the aroma of roasting garlic permeates every part of my vehicle. Yes, that is an interesting idea. And close to Monterey and Santa Cruz and etc. I like the suggestion.

Mark

[Mark Sedenquist]

Just to get the thought processes churning...
1. The Iowa State Fair (reputedly one of the nation's best)

Well, I've been doing some checking -- and one of the things we could check out would be the annual Butter Cow scupture. The orginal sculptures were created by Norma "Duffy" Lyon and required 500 to 600 lbs of butter. I think the last one she created was the da Vinci's The Last Supper I know that doesn't sound very cow-like, but that much butter is..... interesting.

We also could just drive to some memorable ketchy things like the world's largest coffee pot and coffee cup water towers in Stanton, Iowa. My bet could be on visiting the Ice Cream Capital of the World. Did you know that the Blue Bunny ice cream company produces over 100 million gallons every year?

Mark

[Quebec Gen]

Ice Cream? Yummy! Now you're talking! I'm in! When are you planning to go there?

Gen

Ps - ok they make lots of ice cream but certainly not the best! Ben & Jerry RULES!!

[Gerald Thurman]

An amazing photo on that site. Are you going this year?

No, I'm not. I did it a few years ago when I just happened to be in the Black Hills at the time of the hike. I stayed at a cabin at a KOA campground that was not far from the Crazy Horse Monument.

[Mark Sedenquist]

Ice Cream? Yummy! Now you're talking! I'm in! When are you planning to go there?

I must admit, I had never noticed the Blue Bunny brand until recently. I bought some "Tin Can" flavor in the interests of science or journalist fervor or something. Although, OK, the flavor does not have the creaminess of a Dryers or even Ben & Jerry, but it will do in a pinch... Mark

[RoadTripper Brad]

Although these aren't increadibly interesting events, they are quite fun!
- Washington State Apple Blossom Festival- Wenatchee, Washington
- Ridge 2 River Relay - Wenatchee, Washington (occurs in spring, about the same time the Apple Blossom festival kicks off)
- The Estrella War - Phoenix, Arizona (HUZZAH! Scadians know quite well of THIS SCA Event!
- Octoberfest- Leavenworth, Washington (Brautwurst anyone?)

Thats about all that I can come up with off the top of my head.
Brad M.

[Mark Sedenquist]

- Octoberfest- Leavenworth, Washington (Brautwurst anyone?)

All good suggestions --- along with the concept of chasing a hurricane!

Mark

[PNW Judy]

Procession of the Species: http://www.procession.org/index.php
Very cool, fun, and funky festival in Olympia, WA in April

Fremont Fair in Seattle, WA: http://www.fremontfair.org/
Celebrate the summer solstice with nude bicyclists and other crazy stuff

Omak Stampede & Suicide Race: http://www.omakstampede.org/index.htm
The rodeo is fun, the race is exciting, and the Indian Encampment is amazing.

Makah Days: http://www.makah.com/makahdays.htm
In addition to a fantastic Native Americann festival, you can enjoy the beautiful Olympia Peninsula there and back including the Olympic Rainforest, a trek out to Cape Flattery on the Makah reservation to go to the farthest west/fartest north point in the continental US, and enjoy a fantastic museum with artifacts from a Makah village at Lake Ozaette that are about 1,000 years old.

Just a few ideas off the top of my head.

[RoadTripper Brad]

Fremont Fair in Seattle, WA: --
Celebrate the summer solstice with nude bicyclists and other crazy stuff

Omak Stampede & Suicide Race: --
The rodeo is fun, the race is exciting, and the Indian Encampment is amazing.

Makah Days: --

Very interesting ideas... although I'd personally skip the Fremont Fair's nude bicyclists...

The Omak Stampede and Sucicde Race is a big event, but I don't think it will last much longer. Last I heard it was on the list to be phased out by the Colville Tribes as an event.

The Makah days are also a treat... I never have gone, but when I was up in Cascadia I did want to go to that.

Just a suggestion... why don't we set up our own event somewhere? Or a Caravan through some part of the country as a rendezvous? I can imagine now 20 or 50 cars in a line down the highway all marked with some sort of RTA Rendezvous Roadtrip mark. (and listening to the music I'm listening to {Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers} is making me want to get back on the road.)

And speaking of Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers... perhaps a rendezvous in ol' Mexico (Rocky Point, Sonora) for RCTP's big October Concert at the Cantina??? I hope to be going with my brother from Texas (who gave me the option of going on my own free will or going by force).

-Brad M.

P.S. - Mark, you guys really need your own TV show... on the Travel Channel or something!