Cape May Meet Photos

Thanks to the Pizza Man a fun time was had by all. Lets post those pics.

Hey bird,
You beat us to it. Pizza man certainly ran a nice meet, we will be looking forward to his next venture. A few photo's here, many more to come.

Hey 63Tbird,
Thanks for the pics !!! Hope to hear all the great stories soon about what a good time you's all had !!!! I had so hoped to make the run on Saturday,but couldn't get out of work. :mad:

Jersey Ridge, Sorry you couldn't make it. If it's any consolation, I'm at work today just to make for taking yesterday. You will just have to make it to the next one.

Some more pics at the beach and lunch at Harpoon Henry's on Sat.......

Hey 63Tbird,I hear you,and without a doubt,look forward to making the next one.Great Pics also, ONDLINKS. Keep'em coming !!! Mike

I'm anxious to see more -- looks like great weather!

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Wow, sorry I couldn't make it this time. Bet you folks turned some heads with all that hardware!:D

ONDLINKS, Figured Pizza Man made it all happen the least we can do is get the pics going. Hope all made it home safe. Good pics of the Mini Meet within the Mid-Atlantic Meet at Harpoon Henry's, or was it DA'ROC's (Drinkers Anonymous of the ROC).

I count nine trucks making it to Henry's. Pretty good considering we where just hanging out before driving to dinner.

Great pics to make all of us that didn't/couldn't make it jealous. I hope we'll hear some stories about your adventures too.

Wow, nice pictures but who is who? Looks like the Quick Silvers ran that meet! :D I noticed most had on jackets, was it cool there?

Wow, nice pictures but who is who? Looks like the Quick Silvers ran that meet! :D I noticed most had on jackets, was it cool there?

Yeah Tony there were 5 Silvers there, then 4 Blues, 4 Blacks, 1 Green, 1 Red, and 1 White.

It was pretty cool outside, but then again it's October in the Mid-Atlantic states. The high on Saturday was maybe 60, but the 15-20 mph breeze made it cooler than that.

jgal3200, You forgot one 1 Green. It was mine, but Silver ruled the roads.

jgal3200, You forgot one 1 Green. It was mine, but Silver ruled the roads.

Sorry 63Tbird, I did forget you. I will update my previous post.

That's OK. I'll let it slip by this time.:D

Pics from saturday's dinner, good food, drinks and lots of laughs playing 'ROC Jeopardy' presented and hosted by DBB. Good fun was had by all, of course table 3 swept the field, thanks to jgal our ringer!!!

Pics from saturday's dinner, good food, drinks and lots of laughs playing 'ROC Jeopardy' presented and hosted by DBB. Good fun was had by all, of course table 3 swept the field, thanks to jgal our ringer!!!

Hey, you answered some of the questions too. If you could ask any of my friends and family, they'll tell you, I know Honda's!!

Can't forget our New York friends, SnakePythons and " Tricked out Ridge Tony" They had the strategy!!!!!;)

Wow Pizza Man! You pulled it all together for our east coast members! Congrat on a super meet & greets! I look foward to hearing everyone's stories and seeing more photos as they come in. Thank you from all of your west coast brothers & sisters for the great pics.

I thought Table #1 was going to take the game. Thanks for pulling our table out from behind. Wish I could have been more help, but you guys had the answers faster then I could think of them. I guess I'll have to brush up in time for the next meet.

Hello Everybody:

I had a blast and made a lot of new friends. Since I live around the Rhode Island MAFIA, it was nice to meet the New York MOB. They know who they are.

Look forward for the next meet and I will look into something for Rhode Island. If Rhode Island is what some want, we should probably plan for May. Throw your ideas at me. Maybe we can get the New England crowd to put in their input. I need Pizza Man the event planner to get on the internet and be my research assistant. Don't know what his new project is going to be. He will be bored without planning an event.

Pizza Man did an outstanding job with the event. The Mid-Atlantic hospitality was excellent. We had Joe's famous meatballs with gravy and a brown paper bag of bulky rolls.

More pictures to follow.

more of the pictures.

More Pictures

And a few more.

Great job with the rest of the pics! Joe may not see these until monday some time........

Hey Margie:

Whose pictures are those? You have a very good camera. I copied and pasted some of your pictures into my photo album. Has anyone checked out the Cape May website for those pictures?

Now we need some names to go with the faces. I recognize a couple, but most are new faces to me. I spotted Raz right off. Glad to see it was such a dog friendly meet.

We have to save some room for Pizza Man. He will have a suprise for you. His second honeymoon will come to an end tomorow morning. Give him to tomorrow evening and you might see what you asked for. :D

Thanks Joe we had a awesome time!!

CU and gang made it home OK.... Left at 9:30 am est. arrived home at 3:30am cst. !!!! Made great time through Penn. 7 hours from Atlantic City to Ladyridges in Ohio. Called but could not get connected.. we gassed up and ate at a local place there Austin's... 2 hours stop there. Got back in and drove an hour and had to take a 2 Hour nap filling dinner!! 15 hours total drive time... :eek:

Great to see all the Ohio ppl again... brtimes2, shorty, dbb, and 63T...
And great meeting all the new people... seems like once you have a great meeting and placing faces with online names, you just can't stop going to these meets!!

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7 hours from Atlantic City to LadyRidge's in Ohio. Called but could not get connected.. we gassed up and ate at a local place there Austin's... 2 hours stop there.
OMG. :( 2 hours? Our Austin's in Brecksville? I am so sorry we missed you.
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I'm glad you made it back safe. Please tell Liz and Razzy I'm sorry I missed my hug.

Wow! It really looks like I missed a good one. I recognize a few of the faces but not all. Maybe the next meet. I was thinking of you all and hopeing the weather would hold out for you and it looks like it did.:)

Hey Margie:

Whose pictures are those? You have a very good camera. I copied and pasted some of your pictures into my photo album. Has anyone checked out the Cape May website for those pictures?
Hi Carl, your doing great with the pics, keepem' coming. My camera is a 5.0pixel kodak with a 40 zoom...love it. I haven't had time to work on your suggestions, but I will...work beckons:(

Can't forget our New York friends, SnakePythons and " Tricked out Ridge Tony" They had the strategy!!!!!;)

Yeah those guys were yelling before the question was finished being read, especially CW.

What a great time!!! Cape May was an excellent choice for location. Thank you, Joe, for all your effort and your time. It was because of you that the meet turned out so well. Hope you can sleep better now.:)

Joe, you did a great job on this meet. All I can say: GREAT LOCATION, GREAT WEATHER, GREAT FOOD AT MENZ, and the best of all the members that showed up, WAS GREAT TOO, except for table 3.:p I was talking to one guy, I think it is was Paul, about when I buy or lease a new car, with in 6 months to year and will end up with a rock or something hitting my windshield and cracking it. I woke up Sunday morning and went out the my baby and YES there was cracked. My luck. About 6 inch crack.
Once again, It was great to see all and is looking forward to the next meet. If you would like, I would work on a meet, for the spring on Long Island, N.Y. We have a great winerys out on Long Island.

I would work on a meet, for the spring on Long Island, N.Y. We have a great winerys out on Long Island.

If you do a LI meet then everyone must go to Gristina Winery and get a bottle of Avalon.

Great job Joe. My wife and I had a nice time meeting all our new friends. Missed you LadyRidge. How could the weather have been any better ?
Hope to see alot more pictures. We need a pizza man for a Jan. Florida meet.
After a slow start, table 2 almost won. I think table 3 cheated !

After a slow start, table 2 almost won. I think table 3 cheated !


Table 3 didn't cheat. I said this at the meet, my dealer calls me asking questions about my Ridge, to tell potential customers about it.:cool:

But table 2 did make a strong comeback!!

Yes on table 3. They did cheated. I would take the price away from them If table won, why didn't then pay for tables 1,2 dinner.


CHEATERS:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek

Just because I had the service manual with me doesn't mean I cheated.:p

All right Ondlinks and Jgal3200. Busted. Looking for pictures at work. :D

All right Ondlinks and Jgal3200. Busted. Looking for pictures at work. :D
I took a personal day, practicing for retirement;) Now Jgal may not have an excuse, probably reading up on the service manual:D

The 2nd honeymoon is over and I'm home. I have a few pictures to post and will as soon as I do some resizing. All the photos I've seen so far a great. I wish I had the opportunity to take more. I wouls also like to share some thoughts of the meet with you guys. So as soon as I get my act together I'll add them to this post.

I just got back from my daughters vet. Her Cocker was seriously ill and today was the day to put her down. My daughter couldn't do it so as soon as I got home I had to do it. Things at home are a bit hectic at the moment.

All right Ondlinks and Jgal3200. Busted. Looking for pictures at work. :D


What's your excuse CW?

The 2nd honeymoon is over and I'm home. I have a few pictures to post and will as soon as I do some resizing. All the photos I've seen so far a great. I wish I had the opportunity to take more. I wouls also like to share some thoughts of the meet with you guys. So as soon as I get my act together I'll add them to this post.

I just got back from my daughters vet. Her Cocker was seriously ill and today was the day to put her down. My daughter couldn't do it so as soon as I got home I had to do it. Things at home are a bit hectic at the moment.

Really sorry to hear that Pizza Man. Not any way to end a great weekend.

How come you guys aren't talking about the Friday night "Pizza" and Beer get together? That was some Pizza don't ya think?

I think for my first photo I'll show the "Cheaters":
From left to right, cwsatterlee, jgal3200 and fiancee Roseanna, snakepythons, ONDLINKS and wife Marge DoubleT and seated is 63Tbird and his wife. I'm sorry, Tbird. I forgot your wife's name and I never forget a pretty woman. :o Must be a senior moment.

How come you guys aren't talking about the Friday night "Pizza" and Beer get together? That was some Pizza don't ya thing?

Oh yeah that was "GREAT" frozen pizza!:mad: :mad:

The best was when you asked if Domino's delivered to the restaurant for better pizza.

Yes, good thing we had your MEETballs as a appetizer on the BULKY ROLLS....:D

The Pizza man wouldn't let our friends be served dommino's or frozen pizza! :eek: Right Pizza man. Looks like to was a great event, that I missed!!:mad: :D

That was the worst Pizza ever. I was truly embarrased. :o Ah, if I only had to do it over again!

I thought I would show our menu to anyone interested. Yes, I saved a copy. You got a problem with that? :D I hope this works.

Here's a few photos of some of us at the car wash:

Dawn, the morning of the meet:

Pizza Man, Sorry to hear about your daughters lose. Never an easy situation to have to deal with.

What do you mean by "cheaters". :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
jgal3200 and Ondlinks just know their stuff.

The better half's name is 'Grace' :D Maybe I shouldn't put that up here, it might show up on dbb's ROC Jeopardy.

Ahh everyone knew table 1 won, DBB is deaf in the 1 ear:D

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What a great time, Now we can Thank Joe

Weather=perfect
Meeting at the Lighthouse=perfect
Hanging at the Harpoon Henry's=perfect
Wine tasting=perfect
Dinner = perfect
Meeting all the ROCers=perfect
I have never had so much fun in one day, Shawty, Boo, Carl from RI, etc.

Great Pics !!! I Love The Car Wash !!! Must Have Opened Some Eyes There............ :d

Eaglesno1,
Nice pics, now how about that disgrace of a game yesterday:(

Yep, the downer for the weekend, I wanted to throw up:(

Yep, the downer for the weekend, I wanted to throw up:(
Good one, I also wanted to hurl but our Quarterback beat me to it:eek:

Good one, I also wanted to hurl but our Quarterback beat me to it:eek:

Nice, that's funny. Not about the game but the comment. She is an Eagles fan, so I have to deal with every Eagles lose like you guys do.

I missed the first quarter. I wish I had missed the whole game.:mad:

Here's a photo of Fred's Ridgeline! :D

Here's a photo of Fred's Ridgeline! :D

Great pic Pizza Man!!

Our Austin's in Brecksville?

Yep FULL rack of ribs there.... yummy yummy..
Liz had the Chicken Pasta... wished she had the ribs...

Just like Menz's it was a full tummy... Boy Joe you knocked everyone out with picking Menz's for dinner!! After dinner and jeopardy ... everyone was crashed out!!

Where did the day go?? It came and went so fast!!

:)

capemay.com, just updated their web site. There's only one photo and I know she took many more. Here's the link (www.capemay.com). In the left column click on "around our island" and then "look at this".

Pizza Man: Sorry to hear about what you had to do today. It would be very hard for me if it was one of my two babies. They go every where I go. If I was a dog I would want to be treated the way I treat my pets.

Excellent meatballs and bulky rolls. Next time we meet you will provide pizza. (Joking) Mrs. Pizza Man kept you occupied so we will make you a member of the DA'Roc's.

You by far exceeded my expectations of how the meet was going to go. If we do a RI meet, you will be on the steering committe.

DBB was that you that flew past me on the Garden State Parkway at the last exit before you go into NY. I was pulling the trailer and saw a blue with a ROC decal go by me.

As far as jeperdy, how can you cheat. Not enough time for jgal to look up answers. Just remember, young guys have sharp minds.

Look forward to seeing everyone again. I guess I will plan vactions around meets until something better comes along.:D

A couple more.

As far as jeperdy, how can you cheat. Not enough time for jgal to look up answers. Just remember, young guys have sharp minds.

I was just messing around saying I had the service manual, it was in the Ridge though. But I do have to thank Shorty, she's the one that gave it to me, so Thanks again Shorty!!!

Hey Joe, sorry about that sad bit of buisness you had to take care of today.

I also would like to say what great RL give away's you had, hats, T-shirts, travel mugs and the like and the raffle prizes were outstanding. I'm sure you spent much time twisting the arms of the sponsor's.....Thanks

Thanks for the condolences everyone. It's truly a sad thing to do, but it needed to be done. It reached a point where we were doing things to the dog instead of for the dog. My daughter is very upset, she's had "Ronnie" for 13 years, which is pretty old for a Cocker I understand. My daughter couldn't bring herself to bring Ronnie into the examination room for the final procedure so I did it for her. Not my pet and I still got a little misty holding her while the vet administered the drug.

Anyway, I stitched 5 photos for this next shot. I hope it shows up OK.

I hope no one minds, but I would like to put into writing my feelings about our Meet this weekend.

Organizing the Meet and participating in it was totally out of character for me. I’m generally a quiet sort perhaps somewhat shy. All through the planning stages Jeanette kept asking, “What’s gotten into you”? It’s hard for me to explain, but organizing these kinds of get togethers is something I’ve done only for family. It’s probably safe to say that over the course of the last few months I’ve grown close to a lot of you and I felt that getting involved would be a way to repay you for your friendship, camaraderie and acceptance. I think the initial start of the planning began in June. ONDLINKS’ wife reminded me of this Friday night. The planning activity became more involved as the weeks progressed. At no time did it ever become a “pain in the a$$”. It was fun actually. I received a lot of help from all of you not to mention encouragement.

It’s a funny thing, but once I met each of you I was amazed how much you all matched my online impressions of you. I suppose we all let our true colors show no matter what media we converse. Every one of you are people that I could carry on a personal relationship easily. I was happy to meet you all and you all made me feel you were as happy to meet Jeanette and I. I found it very comfortable to be around all of you.

For Jeanette and I the Meet began early Friday afternoon when jgal and his fiancée stopped by my house on their way to the Cape. We chatted for a bit then hit the road. Justin, I hope my driving wasn’t to slow for you! We stopped on the way to catch up with cwsatterlee and his “babies” at his campsite. Carl, you don’t have a shy bone in your body! You’re good fun.

Once we got to the Avondale, the first voice I hear shouts down to us, “Are you with the ROC”? Shorty and Boo, it was certainly a pleasure to meet you both. I wish I could have spent more time to get to know you guys better. From then thing began to get hectic. I put on the meatballs to heat up and we started to gather in my room. ONDLINKS and Marge, FirstShirt and Sonji, Britimes2 her son and husband and dbb and Kathy came in and the introductions were going on fast and furious. I could barely keep up. Mdwalls arrived very late Friday. We didn’t catch up until Saturday morning. That night we had 7 rooms occupied at the Avondale, plus cw at the campsite and ONDLINKS staying with friends in a private residence. There were 9 trucks at our little Mini-Meet.

Then came the infamous Pizza joint. What crap! If I had it to do all over again I’d have cooked dinner for everyone in my room. That being said I still had a great time.

MORE TO COME IN ANOTHER POST

Count me in for the road trip and the wineries too. You know when all of the
DA ROCers gather it is bound to be a good time. Just don't make it for my birthday weekend March 16-18 PLEASE.

Joe, you did a great job on this meet. All I can say: GREAT LOCATION, GREAT WEATHER, GREAT FOOD AT MENZ, and the best of all the members that showed up, WAS GREAT TOO, except for table 3.:p I was talking to one guy, I think it is was Paul, about when I buy or lease a new car, with in 6 months to year and will end up with a rock or something hitting my windshield and cracking it. I woke up Sunday morning and went out the my baby and YES there was cracked. My luck. About 6 inch crack.
Once again, It was great to see all and is looking forward to the next meet. If you would like, I would work on a meet, for the spring on Long Island, N.Y. We have a great winerys out on Long Island.

I just wanted to thank Joe for organizing a really great day.It was nice to meet everyone and I look forward to our next one.Special thanks to CW for making me laugh and all the MOB jokes.Thanks also to my travel buddies Al and Paul.Andrew and Grace, a pleasure to meet you and Justin and your lovely fiancee as well.Dan, I like your choice of Ridge colors and the Chrome bars are really sharpe.Shorty, really nice to meet you and i love what you've done to the black Ridge--really sharpe. A big New York "atta boy" to Carl and his wife who came all the way from Wisconsin to join in the festivities. I know i've left some one so accept my apologies to those of you but it was really nice to meet you all.

I hope this works. I tried to attach screen names to faces.

Struck a nerve ? Guys, did you not see the winky face I put on my post ?
Great pics everyone. I wore my RL shirt to work yesterday. A co-worker
that owns a Sport Trac said OH MY GOD. I almost have him converted.

First and Foremost - THANK YOU PIZZA MAN! The meet was great and Pizza Man really did an outstanding job. Both the wife and I had a great time. The weather was great, the food was outstanding, and the conversations were fantastic. (except for maybe when Boo had to tell us about barfing while we were eating dinner) :eek:

Now, I need to set the record straight here. Yes, it was I who suggested pizza on Friday night. Pizza Man picked out a restaurant and we all went for dinner. We (me, Sunjoo, Shorty and Boo) ended up sitting at a separate table from everyone else. When I looked at the menu I only saw four different pizzas and no choice of additional toppings. So when the waitress came I asked what would be better, a pizza or sandwich? She replied sandwich. So I went with the sandwich. After all - anyone could tell by looking at the menu that this was not a pizza place and it was going to be microwaved frozen pizza - right???

Wrong - who would have guessed that someone with the handle of PIZZA MAN would order microwave pizza??? :confused: And of course some of those New Yorkers followed suit. (that's what New Yorkers do ;) besides cheating at Jeopardy) But everyone at the small table had a great dinner, super conversation, and even paid the bill of $187.00. (did someone say $187.00?) Thanks for paying the $187.00 Boo, we all appreciated you taking care of the $187.00.

We did take a few pictures, and in an effort to save bandwidth on the website I am posting a link. This also provides you a great way to download if you see a picture you really like.

Once again, Thanks to Pizza Man. Now, can someone start one of those polls? (I’m technically challenged). I would like a poll so we can vote for Pizza Man as the permanent HGIC (Head Guy In Charge) of all future MidAtlantic Meets!

It was great to meet all of you. Please stay in touch and enjoy the pictures http://firstshirt.smugmug.com/gallery/2042657

ps - Pizza Man - don't try and coin me - I've got one too. :D

Now, can someone start one of those polls? (I’m technically challenged). I would like a poll so we can vote for Pizza Man as the permanent HGIC (Head Guy In Charge) of all future MidAtlantic Meets!
Jeanette votes NO!

Jeanette votes NO!

Well, since she was so charming and obviously put up with you during all this ;) , we will give her a vote. But Sunjoo votes yes so that cancels her no out. Sorry about that . . . :D

Now if you vote no and I vote yes, were still at ground zero. But looking at all the other threads, well, I think you should just start planning now. On second thought, give yourself a break and start the planning next week.

I'm swamped with work at the moment but I do want to thank Joe again for all his hard work before too much time goes by :) It was a great meet, perfect weather, fun people, lots of Ridgelines with a variety of accessories :D I'll post pics when I get a chance (probably over the weekend).

Great to hear from you, dbb. Now I know everyone made it home safely.

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FirstShirt will tell you how he outsmarted everyone and decided not to go with the Pizza and opted for a sandwich. Truth of the matter is our table never even looked at the menu. We just decided to go with a variety of Pizzas. In my case, I had a few glasses of wine before we left for the Sports Bar. I was in no condition to read a menu. Gotta admit, though, I don’t think I looked tipsy. After a few glasses of beer on top of the wine, who cared? All I know is that I would like to have that night back to rework. I think I would definitely do that differently. It would have been so easy to bring a large crock-pot full of meatballs and gravy and a bag of Italian rolls and feed everyone and never leave the motel.

The next day we got together for a Pre-Meet Car Wash. I have to admit, looking in the sideview mirrors and seeing all the Ridgelines behind me was a thrill. The car wash was a bit scary. I’ve never been through a car wash like that. The truck stood still while the wash mechanism went back and forth. I got a little motion sickness and claustrophobic at the same time.

At 11:00 we all gathered at the Lighthouse. The day was beautiful, with clear blue skies and plenty of parking. The location was right off the beach and some walked the beach. Britimes2 mentioned seeing dolphins close in to the beach. This is a common sight in Cape May. I’m sure her son, Erik, was impressed. Britimes2 has a lovely family. A real joy to be with. The Meet lasted about two hours. This gave CuinaRidge and Eagles enough time to catch up with the rest of us. Seems CU and Eagles were using CU’s clock and forgot he started out in a different time zone. It was terrific to meet him and his wife Liz. I still can’t get over he came in from Wisconsin. The meet had a bit of press coverage, hopefully the will be pictures posted on their web site, capemay.com. There was also plenty of give aways. T-shirts, and coffee mugs and hats. Alsridge was kind enough to make tire jack platforms for us and they were appreciated by all of us.

After the Meet there was about three hours of “free-time” before dinner. I think this was great because it gave all of us time to do whatever we wanted in the Cape May area. For example, Britimes2 went to the zoo. Jeanette and I went to a Pumpkin Festival where we met up with FirstShirt and his wife Sonji. Others went to Harpoon Henry’s, a local watering hole, and followed that up with a trip to a local winery.

Next, was dinner. We had a section of the parking lot reserved for us. The sight of 15 Ridgelines parked together was awesome. Mdwalls was the first to arrive. He approached our parking area and was told by one of the kids serving as a parking attendant he couldn’t park in the roped off area as there was going to be a “Hot Rod” show. Never thought of the Ridgeline as a Hot Rod. Dinner was pretty good if I say so myself. Considering the Cape May location the price was reasonable and included tax and gratuity. Drinks were a bit expensive, though. Throughout dinner we raffled off a few prizes donated by our Sponsors. There were five $30 gift certificates donated by RealTruck.com, three $15 gift certificates from Burtman Industries, a $50 certificate from Murdock Industries to be used toward a bed mat, HandA sent many of the gifts distributed at the Lighthouse as well as remote controlled little Ridgelines and a Cargo Net won by Snakepython. Eaglesno1 came with a gift bag from his dealership that contained a hat, T-shirt, a really nice Key Ring as well as a tote bag, all with Honda Logos. Britimes2 won this. Eagles also supplied a Stainless Steel and Ceramic Coffee Mug. It had to worth more than a few bucks. This was won by 63Tbird. A big thank you to Eagles for the gifts. There were also two gift certificates donated by Willis Honda of Burlington, NJ. Each for $250. dbb and EaglesNo1 were the lucky winners.

A special thanks must go to dbb for his presentation of the ROC Jeopardy Game. I can’t begin to tell you how much fun it was. He put a lot of work into the refinement of the game and did an excellent job of hosting it.

MORE TO FOLLOW ON ANOTHER POST

Again Joe, Awesome job with this Mid-Atlantic meet & greets. Lots & lots of work go into the logistical planning and execution of a successful get together. It appears you’ve pulled this one out of your hat on the very first try! Congrats and a very special thank you to your lovely wife for putting up with all of us ROC-Heads~~

ROC-On good buddy!

We'll be better prepared to help out next go around!

In my case, I had a few glasses of wine before we left for the Sports Bar. I was in no condition to read a menu. Gotta admit, though, I don’t think I looked tipsy. After a few glasses of beer on top of the wine, who cared?

PizzaMan - your really making a statement here that this must have been the worlds worst pizza. I mean, looking at your words above one would think that it would not have mattered how the pizza tasted. ;)

And as far as outsmarting anyone . . . That will probably be the first and last time anyone accuses me of that. :eek: We at our small but humble table had no idea that all of you had ordered pizza. But, we did look at the menu. :D

I agree that we probably would have had a great time eating your meatballs and staying in the hotel. But you had done so much work already, there is no way we could have allowed you to do even more. Thanks again for a great meet. You should feel very proud of the results - and that's why I said what I did at dinner. Anytime your down this way you have a place to stay - no questions asked. (I lied, I do have a questionaire for all guest to fill out. You know "Will you be travelling with any Giraffe's?" and "Do you currently have any infectious diseases?" That sort of thing)

Your friends - Bob & Sunjoo

Thank you for the recap, Joe. What a nice way to remember all the things we did and all the people we met. Thank you also for the picture with all the screen names. I'm sure that is also interesting for all the ROCers that didn't make the meet.

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On a personal note, FirstShirt totally overwhelmed me with a speech referencing my work on the meet. Not being one to be fussed over I was somewhat embarrassed. He then told everyone of a tradition of putting coins on a bar and he who puts up the lowest denomination buys a round of drinks. He then presented me with a gold coin bearing the seal of the President of the United States, which outranks all other coins. I will from here on out drink free. FirstShirt, I thank you. Jeanette and I enjoyed the company of you and your wife. I hope to see you again soon.

This has been a totally rewarding experience for me. Everyone I met, and I met all of you, are the best. I instantly felt comfortable around you. My wife, Jeanette, who was extremely apprehensive about the whole Meet idea had a great time. Just look at the last photo (http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/showpost.php?p=147440&postcount=23) posted by cwsatterlee. She was having a ball. We will continue to be a part of future Meets and hope someday to outdo CU and Liz with a cross-country trip of our own. A big thank you and hug to all.

OK, I just took a very long lunch so that I could read all 90 posts and I know what has to be done.

DO OVER!

How about this weekend?

Wow! Did I ever miss a great time! Joe, this was over the top! Very, very nicely done! I am so sorry to have missed it. As I mentioned earlier, my wife was in Florida for most of the week for a very long and intense conference. She didn't arrive home until just before midnight on Friday. As exhausted as she was we just couldn't travel that weekend. So how about this weekend? Huh? Huh? With the amazing amount of work and planning that Pizza Man put into this event, we could just do it again, right?

Just kidding of course. I do wish that I had been able to make it. I at least had the opportunity, the pleasure, and the honor of meeting Joe and Jeanette a few weeks ago when I was traveling to Philly on business. I guess that I will just have to wait to meet everyone else until Joe recovers from this meet and does it again!:D

Joe, sorry to hear of your recent difficult times. Having recently gone through the same thing, I can appreciate just how hard it is. The only thing that I can offer is that with time it will get better. Remembering the good times helps to speed up the process somewhat. My thoughts are with you and your family.

And Joe, what you put together last weekend in Cape May matters. Your generous contributions to the ROC every day makes the ROC a better place and all of the members of this virtual ROC family benefit from having you as a member. My hat is off to you sir!:)

The following video was supplied by ONDLINKS. This is a link to it. (http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Uc=zmxwisi.c0uoqar2&Uy=lqqqmz&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0&mode=fromshare&conn_speed=1)

And Joe, what you put together last weekend in Cape May matters. Your generous contributions to the ROC every day makes the ROC a better place and all of the members of this virtual ROC family benefit from having you as a member. My hat is off to you sir!:)
Ultra-Hog, your thoughts mean a lot to me, however I feel you are far too kind. Everyone who attended the meet is what made it the success it was.

You Da man Joe, thanks:)

You Da man Joe, thanks:)
My pleasure, Dan.

Like I said on Saturday night Joe, you did a fantastic job!!! It was a blast, from the time I arrived at your house Friday afternoon, till the time I left Sunday. You really organized a great meet, and everyone that attended was a blast to be around. If you organize any other meets, we'll definitly be there!!!

OK you guys, enough already! I truly appreciate the kind words, but all of you are what made the Meet what is was. I thank all of you. It was a lot of fun for Jeanette and I as well.

Great Pic's and Posts !!! So disappointed to have missed it. :( I'm glad everything turned out so well,and you's all had such a great time !!! Next Time !!! ;) Mike

A couple more.
You guys & gals had great weather last weekend for the meet.
Sounds like a good time was had by all.
If may ask who has the Green ridge in the above photo.

Thanks.

If may ask who has the Green ridge in the above photo.
That would be 63Tbird. It's really sharp!

I just want to say what a great time I had reading/scanning thru this post and the pics! Everyone had some awesome pics and its easy to see a great time was had by all! How many RL's did you end up with? 17? WOW! And all the fun and activities from pre-meet to car wash.....You East Coasters are finally showing us West Coasters how to have a bash!!

Great job and thanks for sharing your fun with us!

How many RL's did you end up with? 17?
Actually, we ended up with 15. Nine of us were there Friday night, seven of the nine staying at the same motel. All 15 trucks attended dinner, an awesome sight, making 27 ROC'ers for dinner.

Actually, we ended up with 15. You eclipsed the New England Mt Washington meet by 3 trucks!! Way to Go Joe!!!!! Dang I still wish I could have made it 16 Ridgelines..... :D
Looks like the meets are climbing in attendence numbers. Must be an indication of the word getting out on how much fun they are and how Rocin' ROCers are...:eek:

Must be an indication of the word getting out on how much fun they are and how Rocin' ROCers are...:eek:
Or, maybe it was my charm and magnetic personality! :D

Or, maybe it was my charm and magnetic personality!

Joe - you hit the nail square on the head! And that's why you are now the official HGIC for all future MidAtlantic meets. We took a vote last night and you won in a landslide - even with the hanging chads! :D ;) :D

Joe - you hit the nail square on the head! And that's why you are now the official HGIC for all future MidAtlantic meets. We took a vote last night and you won in a landslide - even with the hanging chads! :D ;) :D
I've gotta learn to keep my mouth shut! FirstShirt, I'll do next year if you promise to still be in the area then. :rolleyes:

I've gotta learn to keep my mouth shut! FirstShirt, I'll do next year if you promise to still be in the area then. :rolleyes:
Glad to hear your up for another run at it. Wouldn't change a thing....well maybe the pizza & beer thingy:eek:

I've gotta learn to keep my mouth shut! FirstShirt, I'll do next year if you promise to still be in the area then. :rolleyes:

Yea Joe, you gotta watch that 'Firstshirt' guy and his g/f. One day they are here in AZ at our Sedona meet (April), next thing you know, they move and end up on the east coast (missing an AZ meet the same day!) LOL. :p

Bob, glad that you and Sunjoo made a meet out east!!

Glad to hear your up for another run at it. Wouldn't change a thing....well maybe the pizza & beer thingy:eek:
IF I do this again, and that's a big if, I'd try to find a more cooperative motel. For Friday night, everyone brings what they're drinking and I'll do MEETball and Sausage sandwiches for everybody.

Bob, glad that you and Sunjoo made a meet out east!!
Me too, Bob.

IF I do this again, and that's a big if, I'd try to find a more cooperative motel. For Friday night, everyone brings what they're drinking and I'll do MEETball and Sausage sandwiches for everybody.

Awe, come on Joe. Please, please, please?

But seriously you did a great job, and I would love it, if you planned another meet. Just keep an open mind about it.

Awe, come on Joe. Please, please, please?
Actually, I would love to do another. I need to come down off this high from the last one first. Of course, I need to work into it slowly for Jeanette's sake. :D

IF I do this again, and that's a big if, I'd try to find a more cooperative motel. For Friday night, everyone brings what they're drinking and I'll do MEETball and Sausage sandwiches for everybody.
What's up with the big 'IF'.....OK, I volunteer to be your official apprentice event planner minion:D

Dan, how does mid-September sound this time?

What's up with the big 'IF'.....OK, I volunteer to be your official apprentice event planner minion:D
And I'll try to get some New Englanders down there... This may be the next National Meet...at Pizza Man's House!! :eek:

The meet sounds like it was great. I was sorry that we couldn't make it, but traveling that far with a 3 week old would have been torture!

Next year.... we'll be at either the big meet or one of the regional ones :)

I was sorry that we couldn't make it, but traveling that far with a 3 week old would have been torture!
Traveling that far without a three week old would be torture. :D We'll look for you next year, Kellcut.

Dan, how does mid-September sound this time?
Mid Sept. is perfect, big crowds gone, still warm out, and now you have a helper;)

, and now you have a helper;)
Your on, my friend!

And I'll try to get some New Englanders down there... This may be the next National Meet...at Pizza Man's House!! :eek:
National Meet? ...My house? ...Oh, Jeanette!

National Meet? ...My house? ...Oh, Jeanette!
Don't tell her until the Friday night before... Hasn't anybody told you it's easier to beg for forgiveness than to ask permission, or, is it the other way around...:eek:
No wonder it never works for me...:o

She thought I was nuts when I told her about this meet. I guess I could plead insanity.

Still large crowds in mid September, but then thats more people to show off our RLs to. I'm in.

Wow - I take a night off from reading the BB and there's two new pages of post in this thread! That just shows the spirit of the folks that post here.

Since my efforts to elect Joe the HGIC of future MidAtlantic Meets seems to have been successful, I will hereby relinquish my duties as Campaign Chairman and take on the duties of Chief of Staff. JOE - you let me know what I can do to help with the next meet and I'm your man! As long as my boss doesn't have other plans for me :( . I thought the hotel was fine - they just don't want any "groups" of any kind doing anything. Good for quite weekends with the SO, but maybe not so good for group functions. It's kind of a tradeoff.

And here's a thought - maybe all of us could go down to our local dealers (when the time comes) and see about getting some kind of sponsorship. I would have no problem going into a dealership down here and telling them there's a big meet and they'd better get on board or lose out to someone else. What's the worst that could happen - they say get out of their showroom??? (no problem, I already have my Ridge) :)

Joe - I know your a humble kind of guy and you've told us to stop thanking you - but the bottom line is you did a great job and the rest of us sat back and enjoyed it. Now we take five minutes and say Thank You? We still owe you and maybe next time we can do a little to help.

ie. If your making the meatballs, maybe some of us can bring the side dishes. We could call it the MidAtlantic ROCers PizzaMan Potluck, or MAROCPMP. :D

To my WestCoast AZ ROCers - wish I could have been there but I was having a great time out here. Maybe next time I can come out, make the meet and check on my house. Can you said Road Trip?

The better half's name is 'Grace' :D Maybe I shouldn't put that up here, it might show up on dbb's ROC Jeopardy. She'll be the Daily Double next time :) and I'll enhance the game to show pictures :D

Ahh everyone knew table 1 won, DBB is deaf in the 1 ear:D Huh? What? :D

DBB was that you that flew past me on the Garden State Parkway at the last exit before you go into NY. I was pulling the trailer and saw a blue with a ROC decal go by me. Yep that was me, I just pulled out of the gas station (gotta take advantage of that cheap gas when in NJ!) and didn't see you behind that big trailer until I passed. Hope you saw my wave :) You have a great outlook on life, you see the humor in things, everyone should be more like that :D

Traveling that far without a three week old would be torture. :D We'll look for you next year, Kellcut.

That is true also :)

Many of my shots are replicas of what others have posted but here are a few that aren't.

Dbb, looking at your photos brings it all back to mind. It was a lot of fun for the wife and I. The picture with the gun battery and all the Ridgelines in the forground is my favorite.

ONDLINKS gave me a link to his photo gallery. I don't think he'll mind if I post a few of his shots. The first is of the signed banner. The second is a shot of ONDLINKS profiling in the back of his RL. The third is of me looking for someone to photograph. The fourth is Jeanette trying to give away some of the sponsor supplied gifts. The last shot is of the beach in front of where we parked at the Lighthouse.

Eaglesno1, That's three hours of my life I'll never get back. ( yesterdays game )I should have gone back to Cape May.

Eaglesno1, That's three hours of my life I'll never get back. ( yesterdays game )I should have gone back to Cape May.
Pathetic. Luckily I wasn't tuned in to the game. I have a painting project going on at home and was busy trying to complete it before going back to work after vacation. I'm with you, md, I did go back to Cape May Saturday night. Cold and windy, but a great dinner! This would have been a terrible weekend for our meet.

Upon further review, it seemed like the trucks played second fiddle, with having to compete with the great people,weather and scenery. I did get a little time to look over a few that were parked near me at the beach and came away with these observation's, FirstShirt's Special Edition is just what it is, Special. Shorty's black RL has some fine hardware installed, I remember saying, hey Shorty, did you put all that stuff on? Her reply, Hell no, I pay the dealer to do that!

Next up, 63Tbird, what a great color scheme inside and out, I also liked his tire/wheel setup. Now Double-T had some bling, great lookin' chrome accents, pin strips and many add-on's. Don't think He's done yet either.

CW probably has the most unique way of repairing dings, just throw a bullet hole decal on it, can't argue with that logic and with the Leer cap, I gotta say it looks cool!! Eaglesno1 with LadyRidge Eagles decals, very nice (although the team stinks)

It was great to see so many RL's together and the many different ways people chose to make the truck their own!!!:)

Thanks for the compliment ONDLINKS, Lady does great graphics work and I'm glad that the got to be seen at the meet. However, since the back window is gone so are the decals:(

However, since the back window is gone so are the decals:(
Hey Eagles, I just ordered two of the decals. Want one?

Thanks for the compliment ONDLINKS, Lady does great graphics work and I'm glad that the got to be seen at the meet. However, since the back window is gone so are the decals:(
OH NO!!! :(

I'll try and get another made and shipped out next week. No charge Rich. You've been through enough.

My horoscope for today says, "It's a great day to get a big idea or party off the ground". "Put together a plan".
Don't you think it's too early to start planning the next Mid-Atlantic Meet?

NO, NO, NO--not too early at all!:)

NO, NO, NO--not too early at all!:)
Hey Britta, how big is your back yard? :D Just kidding!

Well, I do back up to a school, so we could line up the trucks in their parking lot... We actually did think about a meeting over here in the summer; that's when Annapolis is the most beautiful and fun.

My horoscope for today says, "It's a great day to get a big idea or party off the ground". "Put together a plan".
Don't you think it's too early to start planning the next Mid-Atlantic Meet?

Not if you spear-head a meet in the spring, say late April, early May :D

Stay tuned, Dan. I'm thinking there may be a meet with the New Englanders this Spring. We'll see what shapes up.

I certainly wish I could have made the meet in Cape May, but did not get a Ridgeline or become a member till 3/31/07. Will have to wait for the next one or form one of my own.

Also how about adding "New Jersey" to the title/caption of Mid-Atlantic Ridgeline Owners at: http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/

I know. I know I'm being picky, But New Jesey is prone to being picked on. :p

Jersey Jim, I live in Pa, in one of the Delaware River communities. I've always thought NJ would be considered Mid-Atlantic. :confused:

Stugots,

Go to http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/ , scroll down till you see
"Ridgeline Clubs and Gatherings" Then listed under that is "Mid-Atlantic Ridgeline Owners " New Jersey is not listed.

You are certainly correct in that NJ is a Mid-Atlantic State. Just thought it would be nice to have it in the title with all the other states mentioned. No big deal. I'll just suck it up and take it like a man :(. You know we Roc'ers in NJ got to stand up for ourselves.

"Hey, forget about it."

Jersey owners are represented under the Northeast heading. How about North Jersey stays there and South Jersey moves to Mid-Atlantic?

On the way to Cape May. :p

Jersey owners are represented under the Northeast heading. How about North Jersey stays there and South Jersey moves to Mid-Atlantic?

On the way to Cape May. :p

Ondlinks,

Did not mean to stir the pot. Just making conversation. Did not realize at the time New Jersey was listed in the 'Northeast" Section. But your idea is excellent since I think most people (IMO) consider South Jersey more aligned with Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington D.C. and West Virginia. But hey I'll drive anywhere for a meet if I can make it.

Anyway sounds great to add South Jersey to Mid-Atlantic but no need to do it because of me.

Respectfully,

Jersey owners are represented under the Northeast heading. How about North Jersey stays there and South Jersey moves to Mid-Atlantic?

On the way to Cape May. :p

Hello Dan....How are you ? How about we get some more of the Jersey Ridgelines to make the PA. Meet ? Can't find a better reason to get behind the wheel of that awesome machine of ours and take a nice long trek,to meet up with fellow Ridgeliner Friends !!! Sounds like it's gonna be a blast !!!Come on guys....this is the perfect excuse to take that baby out for a long haul !!! :D