Leavenworth Drive 2012 - Saturday, June 16th

[Mlarsen]

In like flynt

[2mAn]

164th park and ride isnt far from me, ill probably just go there

[IronJoe]

So excited. Best show/drive/event of the year is less than a week away!!

[Wschnitz]

North end is meeting at 164th park n ride. You south and Seattle center peeps will have to drive up here and make a mega caravan, or make your own and we can meet up at bellevue.

[2mAn]

so are we cruising to Bellevue College?

[IronJoe]

As Cramer has already said, there isn't supposed to be any organization in Leavenworth.. It's a cruise, not a show, so therefore the organization and planning goes into the pre-meet and parking/exiting Bellevue College. You are on your own once you get to Leavenworth. The town is too small, and with the accordion festival that weekend as well, it is impossible to have everyone park together. You just have to park wherever you can find a spot and enjoy your time in town, or continue on to a further destination, or turn around and head home.

Bolded for the people who are new to this event.


I typically spend at least an hour driving around town looking for parking, but that's because I'm a stubborn prima donna. People always find a spot somewhere and no matter where you end up, there are other cool cars around!

[ChrisK]

I've always wanted to go on this drive. The plan is to clay/polish/wax as prep for the the picnic on this Saturday. Does anyone have a random orbiter they'd be willing to part with for a day? Porter Cable? I don't feel like shoveling the $120+ for a brand new one.. and it may include the micro-brew of your choice!

[.Lindsay.]

Last year parking kinda sucked and there was no organization.
Ended up parking behind a hotel with a bunch of other people who also had no idea where to park

As Cramer has already said, there isn't supposed to be any organization in Leavenworth.. It's a cruise, not a show, so therefore the organization and planning goes into the pre-meet and parking/exiting Bellevue College. You are on your own once you get to Leavenworth. The town is too small, and with the accordion festival that weekend as well, it is impossible to have everyone park together. You just have to park wherever you can find a spot and enjoy your time in town, or continue on to a further destination, or turn around and head home.

Sorry you thought it would be different and that parking would be organized in Leavenworth, but to say the organization sucked is pretty far from the truth. The organizers and volunteers put a lot of time and effort into making sure entering, parking and exiting Bellevue College isn't a clusterf*ck and is very well organized.

With that said, i can't wait. This will be my 8th year attending and it gets better and better every year, with exception for when it was small enough that we could have a police escort to the highway and got tshirt. That was awesome.

[cramer]

Last year parking kinda sucked and there was no organization.
Ended up parking behind a hotel with a bunch of other people who also had no idea where to park

There is never any organized parking in Leavenworth. You are on your own to find parking. As you can tell, the town is rather small and doesn't have a parking area that can handle 1000+ cars.

[Wschnitz]

Hopefully my parents give me my car back then.

[ClausE30]

What is parking like when you get there?

Last year parking kinda sucked and there was no organization.
Ended up parking behind a hotel with a bunch of other people who also had no idea where to park

[Mlarsen]

I'm out. I got way too much going on this month.

[OldDrunkenSailor]

Sorry guys, late to the thread.

What's the plan for meeting up, fellow (northern) Seattle folks? What is parking like when you get there?

[CJ7]

ah damn Paolo! For once Ashley is in for a cruise and our homie isn't even gonna be there :hitler:

[CJ7]

ah damn Paolo! For once Ashley is in for a cruise and my homie isn't even gonna be there :hitler: