December 14th in Hampton Roads (Newport News, Hampton, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach)

Anybody can come (especially our NOVA/MD/NC neighbors )

I will be editting this thread with updates, but as of today we are looking at:


1. Meeting in Norfolk at No Frills Grill in the afternoon @ 2:30 PM
2. Re-grouping at Old Dominion University
3. A Holiday Spirited drive down Colonial Pkwy
4. Heading to Newport News for lights
5. A tour through Downtown Norfolk
6. Over to Virginia Beach for Lights on the Boardwalk
7. Dinner in Virginia Beach

8. A few people may want to continue activities from here

bold means going as of 12:15 on Sunday
Current Cars/Drivers:
1. tenblade
2. Chix Rule (dinner and lunch for Steve )
3. shiftn6 +1 (dinner for 2)
4. checkered flag +1 (dinner and lunch for 2)
5. Poindexter +1 (dinner and lunch for 2)
6. Moparacker (dinner and lunch)
7. DrivinMissDavey + Dave22 (dinner and lunch for 2)
8. ACLR8
9. INDYMAC (catching up later)(dinner)
10. GOGOGO +1 (dinner and lunch for 2)
11. Black Nugget (catching up later)

Tentative:
*Luft46

No Frill Grill: http://www.nofrillgrill.com (for menu)
806 Spotswood Avenue in Historic Ghent
Norfolk VA, 23517
757-627-4262

Cuisine: American
Rating: 10.0


Newport News: (pending tunnel)
Colonial Parkway Holiday Spirited Drive

CELEBRATION IN LIGHTS

November 27 - January 1, 2004
Celebration in Lights- Newport News Park
Every night 5:30 - 10:00 p.m.
Drive through two miles of spectacular holiday light displays; $8.00 per car, $50.00 per bus; attendance- 100,000

It's a two-mile drive-through of 200 spectacular scenes, 70 of them animated, aglow with 650,000 lights in Newport News Park. View toys, elegant swans, leaping reindeer, multi-colored snowflakes and scenes from Virginia's past.

Norfolk: Downtown Norfolk/Waterside has a slew of lighted buildings!

AND, Botanical Garden lights will be in Towne Point Park!

Virginia Beach: LIGHTS ON THE BOARDWALK

Sunday Night: 5:30 - 10:00 PM
Cost is $10 per car
Starts at the end of 264 (21st) and heads down to 31st on Pacific Ave then down to 1st on Atlantic Ave. On 5th Street we enter the Boardwalk and drive down to 27th Street (the Boardwalk part is really where it begins).

Dinner: ROCKAFELLERS at Rudee Inlet
http://www.rockafellers.com

My best friend's fiancee will take care of us at the Rocks! BUT, I will need a head count! I will make reservations Monday the 1st - there will be a gratuity charge, and most of the employees are friends of mine. be nice tippers

I guess we'll need our own parking lot - should we tell them to let the valets off early - or bring your grey key


*****Holiday Spirited Drive and lights in Newport News ARE NOW "Tentatively" ON!!!!


Bring Radios and Cell Phones

Poindexter (Alex) is 757 343-3697

 

im down, this should be a lot of fun! cmon everyone, lets make this the best hampton roads meet yet...

all i have to do is teach christy to drive 6speed by then

 

Woo-hoo -- count me in +1 -- I think we'll make a weekend of it and finish Christmas shopping (oops -- we may have to drive the cherokee and the S2k to haul all the stuff) Could one of you kind folks in the area there recommend a nice hotel for me? Is there a Marriott or Holiday Inn Select near where all this is happening?
One more question: My daughter (18) and one of her friends is thinking of coming along -- would you guys object if a mustang tags behind for the light tour? They will NOT be participating in the spirited drive part -- Both of them are college freshmen and probably just want to gawk at sailors or something .

 

Does that mean you guys want to cut out the Colonial Parkway part?

Because where that ends is just about where the Newport News Celebration in Lights begins....

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by valentine
Woo-hoo -- count me in +1 -- I think we'll make a weekend of it and finish Christmas shopping (oops -- we may have to drive the cherokee and the S2k to haul all the stuff)

 

Dave22,

Desirae says you HAVE TO GO - she wants to go BAD!!!!

 

possible maybe +1

 

If all goes well, it will be FF2Skip and _+1!

 

Not be a party pooper, but colonial is not spirited. (1) BOAT LOADS of cops (2) not very twisty but its a nice drive. I'll guess that we can do 10-15 over. Also, the tour through downtown might be out of the way, since we will be comming back on 64, we could just head to Va Beach.

 

We'll just got off at Terminal/Hampton Blvd and shoot on through Downtown Norfolk. You suggested Colonial Pkwy, so do you have another idea Steve?

We can do something along with Colonial because Colonial goes straight to the lights - or so Dan says.