Miata Mailing List: March 1998, Message #22

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I think it's a great idea.  And I believe I told Bob that when he suggested
it.

IIRC Bob's original idea included his ability to leave Florida, go to the
convention, and continue on to the west coast.  It may be this end purpose
that some at MCA or ?Texas saw as a threat???

As long as the feat were planned as independant legs in and back out with
published itineraries, an individual could come in on any leg and go out on
any other to complete 'their' chosen trek across America ( NYC - LA,  Miami
- Seattle, Miami - LA, etc).  This shouldn't cause ANYONE to lose any sleep
about taking away from the central event.  In fact, they should see it as
an opportunity to offer a 'XXX Across America' that could NOT be rivaled by
anything NOT PLANNED AROUND A NATIONAL

As far as some of the particulars...
1) Establish a number of routes (legs)
2) Divide each route up into reasonable segments ( ie - not force 900 mile
days but then avoid 200 mile days)
3) Identitfy and recruit local clubs/individuals that would take
responsibilty for each leg
4) These people/entities would need to locate and identify places to stay
at each endpoint (theirs)... to nclude a range of motels/hotels,
campgrounds, private homes that could/would host participants as well as
places to stop for food, fuel, and if necessary repairs)
5) In conjunction with step 4, someone would have to be kept informed
of/track those participating and feed that information back to the groups
responsible for each leg segment..

Gee, does it sound like a task for an entity like MCA????????????? and the
ready, willing, and able locals...


Ric Allan
Braveheart 97M
Loveland, Ohio

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> From: Bill Bowser 
> To: Multiple recipients of list 
> Subject: Re: Miatas Across America
> Date: Saturday, February 28, 1998 2:10 PM
> 
> 
> 
> Hank asked..
> > 
> >     What needs to be done to make it happen?
> 
> It seems to me that this so-called event is actually a coordinated series
> of Miata caravans coming from all parts of the continent (yes you guys
> from the frozen north would be welcome too) and converging at Dallas (?)
> for the 1999  national event.  So the task would be to plan routes and
> schedules to assemble a massive Miata caravan.  It coulde prove to be a
> difficult logistical challenge, but it would be really neat if we could
do
> it. IMHO.
> 
> And, if properly publicized and executed it might be newsworthy.  I don't
> understand how the MCA could object to it, but there are a lot of things
I
> don't understand.
> 
> What does everyone else think about this?
> 
> Bill Bowser & Drifter
> Black & Red '93 LE
>   Cincinnati, Ohio
>