I was thinking us CT explorers could meet up at hooters on the berlin turnpike on 07/19. We could meet up eat some wings drink some beer bs a little bit try to get some pics of our X's with some hooters chicks. Then afterwards we could go cruise the pike for a little? Im thinking a good meeting time would be around 6pm. If interested please pm me or respond here so I can make a list of people and send a count to Hooters and get a reservation.

Thanks guys and I look forward to meeting you all.

So Far:

Rydinhigh (Mike)
Rx4phun (Gary)

Hey man i am interested but I think you meant maybe 07/19 rather than 06/19. Right? If so count me in.
Gary

Lol yes gary it will be for 07/19. Thanks bro. (man I need to get out of work and go home and get some sleep):confused:

Mike,

I like your idea. And I would love to meet some fellow members of the forum. But for me it will definitely be a problem. You see, unlike you guys I'm a mom to two children. And although the oldest is 18, the youngest is 10. And before you tell me to ask the older girl to watch the younger, she will be leaving at 6:00 AM that morning with my brother on a 12 hour ride to Michigan to meet the online friend she has been talking to for 2 years. My brother will be acting as a chaperone. So I'll still have the youngest home with me, and Hooters is not a suitable place to bring a child. She does, however love when I ask her if she would love to go for a ride with me. So if there is another place we could meet up along the Berlin Turnpike, I'll be there. I'll just need to know how I'll recognize you guys and the time. Me, I'm the one who will be driving a dark blue Explorer Sport with a SoBe decal on the back window, plus I'll have a child with me.

If that's cool with you guys, let me know. :)

Sandy I might have seen you around somewhere before, well your X at least. Thats fine with me. You can look at my sig for pics of my X.
Gary

Originally posted by Rx4phun
Sandy I might have seen you around somewhere before, well your X at least. Gary

I wouldn't be surprised Gary. I'm in and around Kensington quite a bit. The church I attend is on Kensington Road, so you might have seen it there or somewhere around. :)

Lately I've been taking my brother to his part-time job in Cromwell, because his Explorer's brakes need work. He should have it fixed by the end of the week though. Anyway, when I take him, I go through Kensington on the way there

Originally posted by Rx4phun
You can look at my sig for pics of my X.

She's beautiful. You do have a very distinctive license plate. There is no missing that :)

Hi Sandy nice to meet you. I understand your baby sitting issues. There are a couple of options we have though. 1. You could meet up with us afterwards. 2. My pregnanat fiancee would love to baby sit (she loves kids). 3 We can eat some where else. What ever you and everyone else wants to do is fine with me. I would just like to meet up with some fellow X'ers in the area. Nice meeting you and maybe ill see you around. I live in east hartford and am on the berling turnpike every fri. and sat. night. I have a 95 green xlt that says RYDIN' HIGH on the front windshield.

Hey Mike,

I'll meet up with you guys outside Hooters afterwards. I'll be there around 6:45 - 7:00. If your not finished eating by then I'll just look for your trucks and park near them :)

Sounds good Sandy.

Anyone else want to go?

rydinhigh - Thanks for the invite..... but my truck is still not finished!!! lol. I have been so busy and never have anytime to work on it. I still need to paint my cowl hood, paint my rear hatch door, paint and install my saleen side skirts, replace my O2 sensors, and get my MSD fixed.

I am planning to attack some of that this weekend.....
The truck should be on the road soon and if I can make it I will let you know... as of now probably not :( ....
But once its together Ill be up at the pike and will be sure to hook up with you and let you check it out!

Dude you still should come even just to bs. It should be a good time. Hopefully more people will come.

more people need to come. We still planning on 6 pm? You dont have to have a finished X or even one at all
Gary

6/19?

that's last month


I'll come, what are the real dates?

Sorry about that its July 19th as in next weekend. :D

has to be afternoon/evening for me to make it. I have to work until 12 and then I have a side job after that which will probably be 3 hrs....so I will be there for sure after that where ever you guys plan to meet.

Originally posted by rydinhigh
thinking a good meeting time would be around 6pm.

Ya, that's cool. I must have missed that post...I skimmed it real quick.

I saw you guys nixed Hooters...new place?

Still at hooters on the berlin turnpike.

Mike,

My brother was telling me the other day that Hooters has great food, so I got onto their web site. I found out that they have a children's menu, so bringing Jennie in there wouldn't be a problem. If I can get my brother to leave a decent amount of money to run the household while he's away, I'll join you guys there, otherwise, I will stick with the previous plan.

Let me know if that's ok :)

Well im not going to be able to make it. My 92 year old great grandmother came home a week early (today) and she needs 24 hour care. Guess who gets to watch her saturday? Thats right me. Well if you all still want to go thats cool. If we could go the weekend after that would be even better. Well just let me know.

Thanks

Originally posted by rydinhigh
Well im not going to be able to make it. My 92 year old great grandmother came home a week early (today) and she needs 24 hour care. Guess who gets to watch her saturday? Thats right me. Well if you all still want to go thats cool. If we could go the weekend after that would be even better. Well just let me know.

Thanks

Mike, sorry your plans got messed up, next Saturday is cool for me. I'm really looking forward to meeting you guys :)

Hope your great grandmother continues to improve :)

Do we want to move this to another date? I am leaving next wednesday for a week and a half but whatever works out of all of you folks
Gary

No no no you all go. I will meet up with you after. If somone wants to pm me there cell number that would be great.

Unfortunatly this is the only sat I will have free for a while now so it has to be this sat or next month sometime.

What do you guys want to do. I have done these before and usually everyone backs out the day before and only 1 or two show up. Not that you are backing out rydinhigh I completely understand your position....that's been my experience.

One time we had a meet with about 13 ppl that were definite and when I got there only 3 ppl actually showed. It's discouraging....

next month would be better for me also because hopefully my truck would be back on the road!!!

Well sometime next month would be fine if thats what everyone wants to do. Its really up to you guys (and gal).

If most of us can meet up this weekend I'm all for it. :)

I would rather do it this weekend as well

ok so lets do it this weekend as planned
then next month when pur pony is up and rumming we will meet again. Sounds good??
Gary

Sounds good. I got gary's and sandy's phone number. I am going to try and still get there for 6 though. If im not there don't wait for me.

Rydin, waiting is not a problem....how much time do you need?

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2001ExpSport
Rydinhigh
Rx4phun
Sobelover

Well we can wait a for a bit in the parking lot before we go in. Shouldnt be to hard to find us. I'll be there with my brother at or a few minutes before 6
Gary

Well I really dont think that I am going to make it. I can't find anyone to watch grandma for a couple of hours. If anything changes I will give someone a call. Make sure you take lost of pics for me though :D

Well, we can just do it a different weekend then. Maybe if we had more ppl.

Howdee, guys! I was just reading this whole weekend planning seminar, and got an idea! Come on up to Essex Jct, Vermont in 2 weekends for the 4-wheel jamboree! It's a 4-wheel drive truck show that I've been looking forward to attending. I tried to go last year, but helped out some friends in need instead. Go to http://www.familyevents.com/4wheel/eventinfo.asp and do some browsing around. I'm not sure which day I'll be there; it's still an hour and a half away for me. I'm sure Matt (FordExplorer157) will be a huge help if you have questions since he lives there. (Sorry for volunteering you! ;))

How does that sound?

Well Sandy (sobelover) and I went tonight. Didnt get any pics to bad you other guys couldnt make it
Gary

I'll have to agree with Gary, it was too bad you guys couldn't make it. We had a lot of fun. The food was great, and I was so surprised at how many families
were eating there, so having my 10 year old with me was no problem.

I hope that we can get a bigger group together on a Saturday that is convenient for everyone. The best way to make this work would be in exchanging telephone or cell numbers, because we may not be all on the forum at a specific time. Mike(Rydinhigh) has Gary's and my cell numbers and Gary and I have each other's. :)