I am going to be meeting up with Luke (Hult250R) and Jordan (BlueMan) Thursday afternoon in Iowa and we're going to split a hotel room that night in Chicago so we're ready to roll first thing Friday AM. I've got a couple questions for the locals.

1. I will be picking up John at O'Hare Thursday night. Can anyone jump on Hotels.com or something and find us a decent place to stay that's close to O'Hare where our cars will be safe sitting outside at night? Looking for something under $80/night if possible. I'm not familiar with the area at all and the lowest price isn't always a good place to leave your car after dark, if you know what I mean.

2. Will there be a caravan departing Chris's place like last year? I know a couple people are crashing there, so I'm thinking there will be a few cars leaving there. Basically, I'm trying to figure out where we will need to be and about what time so we're all ready to roll with the caravan.

That's pretty much it. I leave in ten days and I still need to book a hotel for us and make sure we have a plan of action for Friday AM so we don't get left behind.

Anyone? TIA.

ugh ;(

Originally posted by Star Turbo Talon
ugh ;(

Wha...? No one can help? I can just as well pick a hotel myself, but it would be nice to know it was in a good location. :shrug

no you ass......i wont be going this year.

I will find you a hotel over the weekend there are quite a few right by ohare

Here brian i might be able to find cheaper but this is right by the airport only 2 miles away. if you pair up with someone its about 80.00 each person room is 144.00 2 beds. I can prolly find you cheaper if you dont mind being farther away from the airport.


Holiday Inn Select
CHICAGO-O'HARE (ROSEMONT)
10233 WEST HIGGINS RD
ROSEMONT, IL 60018
UNITED STATES
Tel: 1-847-9548600
Fax: 1-847-9548800
Email: rjohn@fhginc.com
Check-In Time: 3:00 PM
Check-Out Time: 12:00 PM


Terry

Honestly, don't mind being a bit farther away, sir. I appreciate your helping as always. We're going to tell them only two people. ;)

here this will be ok and not far away at all. just outside northlake area

Super 8 Motel O Hare South
3010 N Mannheim Rd
Franklin Park IL 60131


800-346-8357

Rock on. Thank you, Terry. Now we can book with peace of mind. :thumbsup

Originally posted by Star Turbo Talon
here this will be ok and not far away at all. just outside northlake area Super 8 Motel O Hare South 3010 N Mannheim Rd Franklin Park IL 60131 800-346-8357

How much is this one a night???
I wanna cheap out as much as possible! lol

it was like 70.00 a night

Luke dependign on how far north you want to go if you bed down around plainfield area or joliet it will be about 55.00. everyone from chris's house will need to head back south in the am towards I-80 anyhow.

well me, Driggs, Jordan, Brett (QC DSM TSi) and Run4Cvr are gonna all be rooming together in Chicago that night so were there for the chicago caraven on the morning.

You cool with $20/ea that night, Luke?

I want to move on this one in the next 24 hours. Let me know. Get Jordan in on this too. I want to be sure, ya know?

We will be ready to roll Friday AM. All hung over and rested up. LOL

speaking of, what time is the chicagoland caravan movin? i need to make my plans. maybe im in the wrong thread. ;-)

Originally posted by Diceman19
speaking of, what time is the chicagoland caravan movin? i need to make my plans. maybe im in the wrong thread. ;-)

I havent seen any info on that one yet

Originally posted by Hult250R

Originally posted by Diceman19 speaking of, what time is the chicagoland caravan movin? i need to make my plans. maybe im in the wrong thread. ;-)

I havent seen any info on that one yet

I've been wondering the same thing. I think we need to nail it down so the guys in Indy and Michigan can figure out when they need to leave to meet up with us.

Isn't Norwalk a 4-5 hour drive? If we left Chicago by 0900, we could be in Norwalk checking in around 1500 at the latest (depending on how long we have to wait for the Michigan guys again this year). :+

I think we should leave Chicago by 0900 Friday AM.

norwalk is a 4 hour drive from indy, bout 2 and a half hours from where we met up last year with michigan and indy/chicago converge. i will probly just have someone call me that is leaving in chicago, when they are leaving, that way i know the exact time they are hitting the road. i am heading up to aaron's house and spending the night there again this year. much more convenient than trying to coordinate a 3 hour trip to meet right on time.

checking in at 1500, due to michigan holdups, should be excellent. :D

Originally posted by Star Turbo Talon
here this will be ok and not far away at all. just outside northlake area Super 8 Motel O Hare South 3010 N Mannheim Rd Franklin Park IL 60131 800-346-8357

Just booked this one for us. The number above goes to Hotels.com. They wanted $80/night. When I booked it directly through Super8.com, the rate was only $59. Wo.0t!

EDIT:
Is maps.google.com/maps?q=17845+Halsted+St,+Homewood,+IL+60430&spn=0.041478,0.080398&hl=en the Home Depot we met at last year? If not, where are we all meeting in Chicago for the Friday AM roll-out?

Post it up!

EDIT2:
From the maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.565660,-87.635171&spn=0.002729,0.005289&t=k&hl=en, it looks like it is.

Let me know. I need to know this so I can get my maps all printed out before I hit the road this weekend.

Thanks!

Fuckers :) I'm going to rub it in all your faces if our crew gets there before you guys haha..BUT, we may have a fairly large caravan of people coming down from MI, both 2gs, and 1gs, so someone is bound to have a roadside repair somewhere haha.. But anyway, you guys need to figure a time out, then like last year, have someone give me a call when you leave chicago..not like it will matter anyway haha :)

Originally posted by XtremeRS
Fuckers :) I'm going to rub it in all your faces if our crew gets there before you guys haha..BUT, we may have a fairly large caravan of people coming down from MI, both 2gs, and 1gs, so someone is bound to have a roadside repair somewhere haha.. But anyway, you guys need to figure a time out, then like last year, have someone give me a call when you leave chicago..not like it will matter anyway haha :)

That almost sounds like a challenge, sir! :7

I'm just waiting for some of the Chicago people to chime in. I mean, I know I'm probably tre most active member in this forum right now, but I don't think it's my place to schedule a meeeting point in someone else's hood. I think this is the HD we met at last time in Chicago, so it's a start.

Watch this turn out to be a flat out drag race... }(

i win. :-)


i say we meet at the same spot as last time, slong as it is empty like last year. we need the space. i doubt mcdonalds or something would love us taking up their whole parking lot for an hour.

Originally posted by Diceman19
i doubt mcdonalds or something would love us taking up their whole parking lot for an hour.

Or two to three, depending on how late the Michigan crew is this year. }(

Where are the Chicago Guys at???
We Need your Help!!!
When and where are we meeting???

Guys add 45mins at least to your drive time. construction by the 294 bottleneck going into indiana is really bad with traffic. Any time of day is bad.

Terry

Originally posted by DR1665

Originally posted by Diceman19 i doubt mcdonalds or something would love us taking up their whole parking lot for an hour.

Or two to three, depending on how late the Michigan crew is this year. }(

now see, i wasnt gonna go there. :D

Originally posted by Diceman19

Originally posted by DR1665

Originally posted by Diceman19 i doubt mcdonalds or something would love us taking up their whole parking lot for an hour.

Or two to three, depending on how late the Michigan crew is this year. }(

now see, i wasnt gonna go there. :D

Now, on the good side of things, a girl I haven't seen in something like 15 years (childhood friend) has just moved to Chicago and emails me tonight telling me that, if we're going to meet up when I'm in Chicago, she needs to know, as she's leaving to go home to Cleveland on the 13th.

There might be a black Cavalier rolling with us for some of the way. LOL!