Careful, Germany, you are getting perilously close to being drafted as the Supreme Coordinator.

The first and only rule for Crossfire meets is that the Supreme Coordinator (AKA Emperor) must dictate the when and the where and the what of the meet. Give this post a week for suggestions to be posted and then pick the most popular or accommodating one with a final "This is it!".

It would be nice for everyone to join up short of the final destination so as to arrive in one large group or meet at the destination and then head out to another one as a group. As an example we could meet at location X and then head out to location Y to eat. Regardless good route selection is necessary for that all important "entertainment effect" when driving to the final destination.

What is most likely is that owners from local areas will get together and meet up with other more distant groups while heading to the main event. Our Idylwild meet last year worked like this in that the San Diego bunch (if you can call two cars a bunch) meet with the LA group in San Juan Capistrano and then headed to Idylwild. Along the way we picked up SRT SIX and some road kill for lunch.

So a little research into where we will meet at and then where we will head to afterward is in order. Asking for suggestions from those owners in the target area is helpful. And don't forget to select an eatery for lunch/dinner. Chinese is always a good choice.

One thing we have not really done is to do an activity at our destination like hike around a state park or see a museum or tour a prison and watch Old Sparky in action. This meet sounds like it will involve more driving than other ones and it would be nice to stroll around a bit - especially for those of us with the ever so stiff riding SRT 6s.

Thought here, it may be nice to also look into motels/hotels in case some owners decide to spend the night before heading home.

I myself would nominate Palm Springs or something on the AZ border like Lake Havasu (never been there). Early or mid Aug is good for me. Yes I know it will be hot but the heat is going to run from Aug to Oct and frankly I don't want to wait till near the end of the year to get together. Considering how cool it's been lately having a meet now would work well weather wise but I think most of us need a couple of weeks notice to prepare.

Almost forgot that there is another Crossfire forum where the info of this upcoming meet should be posted. Might as well inform as many owners as possible. I'm not a member of that forum - I barely have time anymore to post on this one - but I'm sure other members here have dual citizenship and will spread the word on the other forum.

Well, if you've read this far then I guess that means that you have been drafted as Supreme Coordinator. Congratulations!