Following the success of @sixpkrt's 4th Midwest C-body Show earlier this month, it is time to post about the second CATL.
Wyatt, Tim, Scott, and I are in for sure. David likely is as well. Who else?
The first (2019) CATL ran from Rockford to the old Pabst Brewery in Milwaukee last September. The 2020 edition will run from Rockford to the Indiana Dunes National Park, on Lake Michigan's southern shore. The change in destination is meant to make it easier for folks from Indiana (e.g., @david hill) and Michigan (e.g., @GT dave) to join the original crews from Illinois (@71Polara383, @sixpkrt) / Wisconsin (@70 Sport Suburban) / Minnesota (@LocuMob).
Type of event: This is not a stationary show -- Tim's Midwest Shows have that corner of the "market" covered in spades. Same as last year, the idea of a CATL is to drive our C-bodies through smaller roads to some nice locations. Then, of course, we park the cars/eat/shoot the breeze.
This year's destination: the Indiana Dunes National Park is located 2.5 hours from Rockford using the highway and 3.75 hours using smaller roads (we shall use small roads going at least one way). The advantage of the Dunes is that the location roughly splits the distance between Indianapolis and Rockford (IL)/Racine(WI)/Watervliet(MI).
The itinerary: I have attached a map of the planned itinerary between Rockford and the Dunes. Scott, Wyatt,and I will depart from the Exxon station in New Milford around 8:30AM. We will meet up with Tim (and potentially with others from the Chicago / LaSalle /Chambana areas) at the parking lot of the Powattamie Park in St Charles, IL. After a pit/photo stop, we'll head east to the West Beach parking lot at the Dunes National Park, right next to the picnic area.
Parking and picnic: I have rented covered area "shelter" #3 from 6AM to 9PM. It is for 12 people max -- should the crowd be larger, I'll book #4 as well. Car fees are only collected in summer months, so parking ought to be free. Here is a map:
Wyatt, Tim, Scott, and I are in for sure. David likely is as well. Who else?
The first (2019) CATL ran from Rockford to the old Pabst Brewery in Milwaukee last September. The 2020 edition will run from Rockford to the Indiana Dunes National Park, on Lake Michigan's southern shore. The change in destination is meant to make it easier for folks from Indiana (e.g., @david hill) and Michigan (e.g., @GT dave) to join the original crews from Illinois (@71Polara383, @sixpkrt) / Wisconsin (@70 Sport Suburban) / Minnesota (@LocuMob).
Type of event: This is not a stationary show -- Tim's Midwest Shows have that corner of the "market" covered in spades. Same as last year, the idea of a CATL is to drive our C-bodies through smaller roads to some nice locations. Then, of course, we park the cars/eat/shoot the breeze.
This year's destination: the Indiana Dunes National Park is located 2.5 hours from Rockford using the highway and 3.75 hours using smaller roads (we shall use small roads going at least one way). The advantage of the Dunes is that the location roughly splits the distance between Indianapolis and Rockford (IL)/Racine(WI)/Watervliet(MI).
The itinerary: I have attached a map of the planned itinerary between Rockford and the Dunes. Scott, Wyatt,and I will depart from the Exxon station in New Milford around 8:30AM. We will meet up with Tim (and potentially with others from the Chicago / LaSalle /Chambana areas) at the parking lot of the Powattamie Park in St Charles, IL. After a pit/photo stop, we'll head east to the West Beach parking lot at the Dunes National Park, right next to the picnic area.
Parking and picnic: I have rented covered area "shelter" #3 from 6AM to 9PM. It is for 12 people max -- should the crowd be larger, I'll book #4 as well. Car fees are only collected in summer months, so parking ought to be free. Here is a map:
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