A GTG is planned for the first ever Crossfire meet in Rocky Mount, VA (Franklin County, VA) starting Friday May 31.

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PLEASE POST IN THIS THREAD IF YOU WILL BE ATTENDING
Please provide your name(s) and city and state
Please indicate your arrival day (am/pm) and check out (departure) day
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About the event:
Enjoy the accommodations at the Baymont Hotel in the beautiful mountains of Southwestern Virginia. Enjoy meeting other members and experience some incredible driving in groups around the Blue Ridge Mountains.

This initial get-together (GTG) is for drivers of all skill levels and driving interests. The focus will be on having a relaxed weekend and driving some crooked roads revealing the geography of “Moonshine Country” and why the making of moonshine was so widespread. Depending on the attendance level, there may be an opportunity for more than one group. In that event, we will need a volunteer group leader(s) to lead some pre planned routes. Please indicate if you would like to lead a group.

Please make your reservations directly to:

BAYMONT BY WYNDHAM ROCKY MOUNT
1730 N MAIN ST
ROCKY MOUNT, VA 24151 US
Phone: (540)489-4000
Email: baymontinn.rockymont@gmail.com
Confirmation Number: 88597EC008013


We have a block of rooms set aside for our group. Room Rate is $65 per night + taxes (approx $10).
Just call (540) 489-4000 and ask for the reservations desk.
Tell them your booking with the "Crossfires in Moonshine Country Group" to be certain to get our reduced group rate.
Reservations must be made by April 30 to get a room at our group rate.

Set your GPS to: 1730 N MAIN ST ROCKY MOUNT, VA 24151 US
This will bring you directly to the Baymont Hotel.

Check these links for info about the area:

Franklin County Info: https://www.visitfranklincountyva.or...anklin-county/

Franklin County Historical Society: Franklin County Virginia Historical Society

Attached are maps of some of the potential runs:

 

Attendance List:
Shamrock Wayne and Jane Mullins Wilmington NC 2005 SSB SRT6 Roadster Friday Sunday Baymont
PNA Paul and Kathy Argyropoulos Damascus, MD 2004 SSB Crossfire Coupe Friday Sunday
Tar Heel David Mary and David Leonard Charlotte, NC SRT6 Coupe Friday Monday Baymont
Bsomers Bill & Jackie Somers Leland, NC Friday Monday 2005 SSB Limited Roadster
Gonracn Dennis Haff Newton, NJ Friday to Monday
John Clendenin Roanoke, VA (Local)
Iamfink2 Pat and Mickie or Lauren Laurel, MD. Friday thru Saturday 2005 Crossfire Roadster Limited


Don't forget your radios.
Group meet @ 7:00 pm Friday and 8:00 am Sat in the lobby to discuss event.activities. ( Runs, venues, etc.)

 

Here are some more potential runs.

 

Hi Wayne,

I am looking at coming. I hope Kathy will join me as well.

Paul and Kathy Argyropoulos. 2004 Crossfire Coupe. SSB. Damascus Maryland

I'm going to take a look at the material posted here on the form but I'd still like to know if there is a schedule of events. I'm going to make tenative hotel plans now and I expect we'll try and drive down Friday morning. If I missing something on here that's already posted about a schedule please let me know. Thanks and really hope I can join you.

 

Mary and David Leonard, Tar Heel David, will be attending arriving May 31 and leaving June 3. Reservations made at Baymont.

 

Nothing formal yet. Depends on the number of people. Most of the runs I posted will visit either a winery, brewery, or distillery. All will include a lunch stop. There should be time for individually exploring. This is my first time trying to organize one of these. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

 

Great. I just made my reservations as well. Happy to chat and provide some suggestions. One thing I would suggest is setting up a meet up place and time on day 1 and day 2. It could be the hotel lobby for a specific time on Friday and then on Saturday. At minimum at least people will know where to hitch up. I'd also suggest collecting mobile numbers so group text messages with updates could be sent out while we are on site.

 

By the way, we will plan on arriving on Friday likely about mid day or late morning and then leaving Sunday.

 

Bill & Jackie Somers
Leland, NC 28452
Arriving 5-31-2019
Departing 6-2-2019

 

Honey looks forward to seeing you 2

 

thanks. will implement

 

We're looking forward to the trip and the opportunity to meet other Xfire owners..

 

Interesting GTG. We lived in Blacksburg, VA for 4+ years back in early 1980', so the locale is somewhat familiar to us. Marked this on our calendar and will consider attending.

 

Hope to see you there.

 

Looking for something a little different? Check this out. Located about 30 miles South of Roanoke, VA. Lots of potential runs, great rate on hotel rooms, not overrun by other events, opportunity to drive some amazing back roads.

 

We will be using GMRS radios to communicate as we make our runs in the mountains. Good quality hand held units will work, but they don't
have much range and are difficult to manage when driving. Mark Christopher has done an outstanding job of locating a very good radio at a reasonable price of around $100.00. they are available at many locations (Lowe's Home Improvement, Crutchfield, Amazon, EBay and other vendors). Google Midland MXT 105. Go to the Crossfire Forum, Post 5 for info about the radio.
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...r-3-6-a-3.html ,

This is the radio used at Crossfire GTGs

 

Will be visiting Friday, May 31, 2019
Friday May 31, 2019 Activities
Attached are the files for Friday.
If you haven't made hotel reservations, the guaranteed rate expires April 30.
Also,if you haven't do so, please let me know by return msg or posting on this thread if you are planning to attend. Need name(s), location, days of attendance, Car info (year, model, type, color)

 

We should be there before noon on Friday and resdy to go on the afternoon run

 

You can put down Pat and Mickie or Lauren (I'm not sure if my wife is coming or my daughter) from Laurel, MD. We will be arriving on May 31st and checking out on Saturday morning June 1st doing runs all day Saturday and into the evening with the group then departing and spending the night at my daughters In Lexington, VA.

 

Thanks for signing up. I am working on a couple of run options for Saturday. Don't know how many will be there, so I'm waiting a few days to post the runs. Looking forward to seeing you again.