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| | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,598 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,598 | I'm planning on attending again this spring and have been looking into the hotels not far from Grigg's Stovebolt Compound. There are eight hotels, all about eight miles from Grigg's place. A couple are already full for that weekend. Yes, there are two Best Westerns. I'm planning on driving all day Thursday and crash in a hotel in Lexington that night. Will be making reservations with in the next two weeks. Prices are all over the place. I can always cancel a few days ahead if I can't be there. Then check in HQ about noon or so Friday. https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/b...rn-lexington-inn/propertyCode.47126.html (FULL)https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpre...tail?cm_mmc=GoogleMaps-_-EX-_-US-_-LXTEXhttps://www.countryinns.com/lexington-hotel-va-24450/valex?s_cid=os.amer-us-cis-VALEX-gmbMotel Six has computer problems. Wingate Lexington (FULL)Super 8, Lexington https://www.choicehotels.com/virginia/lexington/sleep-inn-hotels/va377?source=gyxthttps://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/b...nn-at-hunt-ridge/propertyCode.47092.htmlAlso if anyone needs anything or wants me to look at in mid Mo. then haul your way, just let me know. (anvil, truck, or tool box?) Help with fuel will be the only thing asked. Hope this helps! Don News from Lexington
Thanks Don,
In addition* to the above mentioned commercial lodging options we have:
--- Onsite camping, bring a tent
--- Ample RV parking, no hookups
--- limited RV parking on site with some power, RV parking with power 12 minutes away
--- Indoor "camping" onsite, bring your own sleeping bag/linens and make use of various beds and flat places on the floor
*Stay tuned for unveiling of the official Homecoming signup form in which we'll formally collect your preferences for onsite and remote accommodations. (this thread will not serve that purpose)
If you prefer a hotel please make your own arrangements as needed.
Grigg
Last edited by Grigg; 01/16/2019 4:05 PM. Reason: add info
1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck"The Flag Pole"In the Stovebolt Gallery1946 2-Ton grain truck 1946 3/4-ton pickup, 1953 1-ton pickup 1957 1-ton flatbed dually, 1954 Pontiac Straight Eight Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most! | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,280 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,280 | No offense there Cooky, but:
Real men sleep in tents, drunk, with random house cats (at least I think that it was a house cat last year).
Carl
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,598 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,598 | Carl, I'll keep my beard on this April and you can pet me if you want!  Don
1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck"The Flag Pole"In the Stovebolt Gallery1946 2-Ton grain truck 1946 3/4-ton pickup, 1953 1-ton pickup 1957 1-ton flatbed dually, 1954 Pontiac Straight Eight Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most! | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,795 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,795 | I just made reservations for 3 nights at Motel 6- - - - -$70.00 a night + tax. There's 2 beds in the room- - - -anybody want to split the cost?
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,280 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,280 | I just made reservations for 3 nights at Motel 6- - - - -$70.00 a night + tax. There's 2 beds in the room- - - -anybody want to split the cost?
Jerry Oh sure! Make that sweet offer right after I make my Real-men-sleep-in-tents-drunk-with-housecats speech... Is this year's homecoming happening on our Birthday again? There better be cake this year.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,795 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,795 | Yep- - - -mine's the 27th. Yours too? There just might be some pulled pork BBQ if I get a chance to fire up the smoker before I head east. Better than cake any day!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,951 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,951 | Real men sleep in tents . . . . . .
Carl Will there be a place to put up a tent? (Real men sleep in tents . . . . but . . . . do real tense men sleep in? Do they even sleep at all? ) Just something to think about. Dipstick
Last edited by Lugnutz; 01/15/2019 2:22 PM.
| | | | | Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,722 24601 | | 24601 Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,722 | There better be cake this year. Carl -- you get his cake and I'll eat it  But I think anyone who brags about having beavers as friends should probably refrain from making too many social demands ...  Just sayin' ... 
~ John A kid raised on Hotwheels, Matchbox and Tonka cannot be reasonably expected to own only one vehicle as an adult. 1949 Chevrolet 3804In the Legacy Gallery | In the Gallery Forum1973 IH 1310 Dump1963 Kaiser M38A12001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie"2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley) | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 | News from Lexington
Thanks Don,
In addition* to the above mentioned commercial lodging options we have:
--- Onsite camping, bring a tent
--- Ample RV parking, no hookups
--- limited RV parking on site with some power, RV parking with power 12 minutes away
--- Indoor "camping" onsite, bring your own sleeping bag/linens and make use of various beds and flat places on the floor
*Stay tuned for unveiling of the official Homecoming signup form in which we'll formally collect your preferences for onsite and remote accommodations. (this thread will not serve that purpose)
If you prefer a hotel as detailed above by Don please make your own arrangements as needed.
Grigg
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 | Do we know the exact address????
Ron, The Computer Greek I love therefore I am.1954 3100 Chevy truckIn the Gallery 2017 Buick Encore See more pix1960 MGA Roadster Sold 7/18/2017
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 614 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 614 | I know where at least one of those limited parking power hookups are going too. The newest member to the 1-ton club. The one and only Bill Marlow! Welcome aboard! Jim | | | | | Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,399 Camp Commandant | | Camp Commandant Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,399 | I get no special treatment even though I am a new member of the One Ton Club. Its first come first serve  | | | | | Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,722 24601 | | 24601 Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,722 | Billy, just tell the maitre'd you're with Hambone. *He* gets special treatment ... He's now a made man in the timber framing mafia ...
~ John A kid raised on Hotwheels, Matchbox and Tonka cannot be reasonably expected to own only one vehicle as an adult. 1949 Chevrolet 3804In the Legacy Gallery | In the Gallery Forum1973 IH 1310 Dump1963 Kaiser M38A12001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie"2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley) | | | | | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 1,718 Moderator: 60-66 Trucks; North Eastern Bolters | | Moderator: 60-66 Trucks; North Eastern Bolters Joined: May 2007 Posts: 1,718 | | | | | | Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 406 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 406 |
If all goes to plan here I'll be driving my accommodations to the event , no plug ins needed !!
Hopefully I wont need axle stands this go round.
John
good planning is no substitute for dumb luck
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 843 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 843 | Don I think Gloria and Sylvia need a holiday when do you think you will head east another road trip on the table
57 3200 pickup 265 V8 with service tray
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,598 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,598 | Hot darn!!
Another road trip with that crazy Kiwi/Aussie.
Better bring more bail money this year!
Good chance I'll be hauling a 59 bed for Victor to the Homecoming.
Let me know when you are sure you will be coming. Then we can start planning out some type of fluid schedule.
Anybody want to read a play by play of the "drive-a-bout"?
Don
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1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck"The Flag Pole"In the Stovebolt Gallery1946 2-Ton grain truck 1946 3/4-ton pickup, 1953 1-ton pickup 1957 1-ton flatbed dually, 1954 Pontiac Straight Eight Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most! | | | | | Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,234 Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part | | Moderator: Interiors, Texas Bolters, Name that Part Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,234 | Wish I saw still in VA to see the crazy Aussie!
Chris | | | | | Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 614 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 614 | -darn Tim, -YOUR CRAZY-! To fly all that distance just to see us? Seriously thou, It will be good to see you again! Lot's of new power plants will be there also! 3 that I know of. See ya soon!  Jim | | | | | Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 843 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 843 | Couldn’t miss an ice cream fresh out of Griggs hometown will be glad to see you all when it was posted about going to Griggs I thought I want to be in on that weekend
57 3200 pickup 265 V8 with service tray
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 568 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 568 | Is there a power spot for the Camp Stovebolt Lifeboat? I am planning on attending. I have not seen an update on the official homecoming site yet on attendance sign ups. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,598 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,598 | Well the road trip is on!! Tim and I will start working out the details soon to get to the Homecoming. But Tim may want to hitchhike to southern Tennessee and travel back down under, from Nashville. Should we start a road trip thread? Don
1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck"The Flag Pole"In the Stovebolt Gallery1946 2-Ton grain truck 1946 3/4-ton pickup, 1953 1-ton pickup 1957 1-ton flatbed dually, 1954 Pontiac Straight Eight Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most! | | | | | Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 843 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 843 | Been hot downunder so we need a few cold ones on the way Don thinking i would like to head east with you and whatever Gloria And Sylvia want to do
57 3200 pickup 265 V8 with service tray
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,598 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,598 | Tim, hope you don't mind riding is in a old Ford that is rusting out.
Ever hear of a 59 Chevy bed as a camper shell?
We'll see what happens!
Don
1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck"The Flag Pole"In the Stovebolt Gallery1946 2-Ton grain truck 1946 3/4-ton pickup, 1953 1-ton pickup 1957 1-ton flatbed dually, 1954 Pontiac Straight Eight Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most! | | | | | Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 843 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 843 | Don good nothing wrong with the Ford it’s the destination that matters
57 3200 pickup 265 V8 with service tray
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