Re: Woodward Dream Cruise - Royal Oak, Michigan - August 15 & 16, 2025
**************Some important info for this event this weekend****************
Thursday
Dinner for the group at 5pm for those in town
Moose Preserve
43034 Woodward Ave,
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Gather outside at the hotel after dinner if you wish to hang out and socialize. (Usually in the back)
Friday
We can come and go anytime after 9am in and out of Memorial Park on Friday ONLY
Dinner for the group is at 6pm
Grand Tavern
3512 Marketplace Circle
Rochester, Michigan
48309-5512
Gather at the hotel after dinner if you wish to hang out and socialize. (Usually in the back)
Saturday
ALL Crossfires must arrive at the entrance to Memorial Park at 8am (Entrance in rear of the park off Coolidge ave)
Many of us gather at the host hotel up in Auburn Hills at 7am for a departure promptly at 7:30 to travel together 14 miles to Memorial Park
Sonesta Hotel
2550 Aimee Lane
Auburn Hills, Michigan
Bring your 2 way radios if you have them and be sure to have your own chair and cooler with beverages - Its going to be 91 degrees on Saturday.
If you choose to not gather with us at the host hotel you must be watching for us as we are driving on Woodard Ave from M-59 near Pontiac down to 14 mile Rd.
We will pass 14 Mile Rd and do the Michigan U-turn on to Normandy and go east to Coolidge Ave and turn right to go to the park entrance. MAP ROUTE HERE
You can join in on the run on Woodward at any place you wish between 7:30 and 8:00am on Saturday.
You can try to find a spot on Coolidge behind Memorial Park and wait for us to arrive as an alternative.
WE MUST ALL ENTER IN A LINE TO BE PARKED IN THE SAME PLACE IN MEMORIAL PARK AT 8AM
HAVE YOUR PARKING STICKER ATTACHED TO THE LOWER DRIVERS SIDE WINDSHIELD BEFORE ARRIVING
Allow the first Crossfire entering to get parked and follow the direction of the folks there to show you where to park once inside.
This does take a few minutes but please be patient, but please allow the parking attendants to direct you to your spot before parking your Crossfire.
Once we are all parked I will ask everyone to gather and have a quick meeting with some announcements about the day.
There is a good restaurant named First Watch on the other side of Woodward Ave. where several of us walk to for breakfast after we get parked and have a quick meeting.
See you all soon, Gary
Begin gathering in the back of the hotel and then we bring the group around on the road that exits the property in front at 7:30am
Last edited by Valk; Aug 13, 2025 at 07:30 PM.