Julie and I met Carl and Liz for dinner tonight. It was a great time and now I'm full and exhausted...time to get some much needed rest so I can arrive in St. Louis full of energy tomorrow.

Drive safe, everybody!

Awesome time thanks Tom & Julie...

Yep if your ever in Springfield Illinois, Darcy's Pint serves up one mean Horseshoe!! :eek:

Rest up well and get ready to ROC ...

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Pictures of day 1: the sign in
t-mac is the left most in red on picutre2
gary flint left most in picture 3
going to eat at the lion is picture 4

The 4th floor parking deck

Keep them photos comin' in for those of us who couldn't make it. Talked with Keith k757 on the phone for about a minute this afternoon & he said he was there.

Have a great time!

I am expecting some You Tube videos from the meet...

Is there parking on the roof?

Is there parking on the roof?

No the hotel is on floors 5 -8

No the hotel is on floors 5 -8


Did you find a spot that we can set up lawn chairs for the late night crew?

Did you find a spot that we can set up lawn chairs for the late night crew?

My guess is the lobby drinking area as it is Air Conditioned and they stop serving at 19:00 - I am going back to the Ridgeline to get the beer to put in the room fridge -did get 80 5oz cups for tasting samples.

You guys make me jealous! :-D

ROC and roll!

Bought a swimming pool !!! and it's coming with.....

Beers and Late nite swimming....

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My guess is the lobby drinking area as it is Air Conditioned and they stop serving at 19:00 - I am going back to the Ridgeline to get the beer to put in the room fridge -did get 80 5oz cups for tasting samples.
Good thinking. I brought 100 3 oz cups for the same purpose.

great pictures!! can't wait to meet up with you guys midday friday (today).

You guys make me jealous! :-D

ROC and roll!

ME TOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Roc on guys!!!

madi05

We expect to arrive early evening Friday. If we are delayed, it would be nice to know where you all went after dinner so if someone can post, we'd appreciate it.

We expect to arrive early evening Friday. If we are delayed, it would be nice to know where you all went after dinner so if someone can post, we'd appreciate it.

As long as the internet is up, I will be posting - at 9:00 this AM a group is going to the Arch. ( me too ) . Will post pictures.

The party was going on in the warm 4th floor parking deck last night, went to get the beer and ended up talking til midnight. The beer's in the fridge.

Those not staying at the ROC hotel (Drury on Olive) will need to find a ROC member staying there to get a room key to let you into the parking deck so we can get a picture of all the ridgelines on the 4th floor. A couple of ROC's stated that they are not going in the deck - too low a ceiling, but there is still 6 inches above the luggage rack on the 4 that came up with luggage racks.

Going for breakfast.

As long as the internet is up, I will be posting
Seems awfully quiet now. :confused: Where are the pics you promised !! :D

ME TOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Roc on guys!!!

madi05

ME THREE!:o

I'm here but only two others when I got here about 2:00. Heading down to the lobby in a bit as I guess we're doing something at 5:00. I'm wearing my ROC t-shirt :).

Here are pics from this mornings trip to the arch

The brewery and dinner tonight

Still more pics of the dinner

I'll post more after the beer tasting on the 4th floor. that is where I am going now.

Thanks for the great pics Larryr. Now we need a group shot of everyone with names to go along with the photos…….

We're sitting right beside you guys in spirit..........

it's 0130 in the morning - there is still a lot of beer left and I am having trouble working the mouse so i will post pictures later after i get some coordination back. I will try to get names and faces together in a future post but everyone has not gotten here yet and the presentions are at 10:00. I sure hope this makes sense. I was a party pooper as most are still on the parking desk dragging Gary Flint and the honda team from ridgeline to ridgeline to show what has happened or needs fix or improved.

Gary is very curious as to how many ridgeines have had the splash sheild on the passenger front wheel cut by dealers / oil change places as doing so allows water to get in the engine compartment and can do damage.

He asked buth ChrisM and me about that -We both laughed as we do all our own maintainance and have not had a dealer do any regular service.

Fell asleep a minute ago so I am going to bed.

Hey Guys,

As you can tell from my name i'm from the Element Owners Club. I tried to find you guys at the Drury inn around 9:30pm but the guy at the front desk said you all were at Trailhead In old St. Chuck. Oh well I'm gonna try to come to Huey's on saturday. Is it ok if I show up in my Element? You guys won't drag me down the highway will you?

Looks like a great time. Good seeing my old S2000 buddy, Vyktor from Florida, in a couple of the shots. Vyk, we need to have a joint Ridgeline-S2000 meet. We'll get a couple trailers and haul the S's to the Dragon or something?

Shay

Tonight, after all the presentaions and the trip to Hueys Honda, I will post more pictures, though I would have had more time, but I haven't had time to do much more than sleep and go to the ROC events.
Going for breakfast.

Great pics Larry. Thanks for keeping us all updated! Look forward to seeing and hearing more about the weekend's events!:D

here's a few from yesterday morning

Great pics Larry. Thanks for keeping us all updated! Look forward to seeing and hearing more about the weekend's events!:D


Ditto here. Good to see Mr & Mrs Cajun Country Ridgeline in one of the photos, too!

You'd think with all the tech-wonks, though, that they'd be web-casting the event live :D Maybe they can get a web cam going at the dealership this afternoon!

Looking forward to the August 11 dealio in N'Awlins!

Friday night's dinner at Trailhead Brewery and the Late Night Crew "swimming pool" . . . will post more later today "live" from Huey Honda!

Here's some from last night, I used flash but looks like some are still dark. My white RTS is in the first one along side some guy with Ohio State stickers all over his :p , Geotech's white RTL with the bull bar is in the second. I took more but they are all dark :mad: , will try to do better today.

l love all the pics posted. Keep them coming.

FWIW, it would be terrific if you could label each ROCer in the pic. ;)

heres a few pics

heres a few pics

That fourth pic....what color is that truck? It doesn't look like anything on showroom floors elsewhere! Nice lights, too.

The lights are sharp but I did not measure their height. They sit higher than the roof rack.:)

The black truck is considered the "sport truck" demo. The bed was lined with fabric.

That fourth pic....what color is that truck? It doesn't look like anything on showroom floors elsewhere! Nice lights, too.
That is one of Honda's off road concepts from a SEMA show a while back... Every once in a while posts will appear about those lights and why honda has not put them out yet... Same with the "street" concept. People want to know why honda doesn’t have those fog lights out or body fascia...

Is the first pic of the tipsy Blue RL the recommended procedure to drain the trunk of excess ice-water? :p

You guys look to be havin' a great time. Wish I was there!

Have fun, and keep the pics comin'! :)

Um, why didn't my RL come with a set of these? They would be helpful in an oil change...:cool:

Here's some more pics of the All-Terrain concept vehicle:

and, here's some of the Sport concept vehicle (way too "pimped out" for my taste); however, the steering wheel and power-lift tailgatge/tonneau (via wireless remote) were sort of cool:

and, finally, here's Gary Flint himself working on my "sticking window" problem (front passenger window sometimes doesn't go up or down - probably a faulty thermal sensor in the motor, will be fixed later). I'll post more pics tomorrow morning of tonight's final "late night crew" parking garage party.

WOW! The meet really looks like a lot of fun. Wish I was there. Gotta plan for next year I guess.

Gary Flint and Kevin both from Honda working on "my" truck!!! How lucky for those of us who attended are to have had the chance to meet with the development team for the Ridgeline product. Here I have Gary and Kevin (Past Development manager and current development manager) working to correct an issue with my tailgate. The Service Technician Steve really knew his stuff and was looking to fix the issue when Gary and Kevin joined in and resolved the issue as a team effort. I can not say enough about the great times we have had so far (See the second photo).

I came up to Huey's today and those concept trucks were awesome!! I tried to find Tom but no one knew where he ran off to. I was there around 2:30. I missed you all last night at the Drury Inn. I guess you all were still out at the brewery. Hope you all have fun tonite!!! I love the swimming pool. You should put up a No Diving sign.

Here some more pics:

...and some more!

I am definitely going to make plans to attend next year. Or at least try :rolleyes:

More from today...

Ok, I will avoid duplacating moosepond's pics.

here are mine from today - tmac and Gary Flint and then to Hueys Honda.

At hueys honda

the off road car with skid pltes and light bar and the switches for the light bar - and the dash with light of the street car - I kept looking for xibit to jump out and say we pimped your ridgeline

still more pictures
the fancy cover for the bed on the street car - a 1972 civic that could fit in the bed and the rock dropped into the bed demo

and still more picture - I got my A11 fusebox upgraded to an A12 for free. If I paid for it my local honda dealer, it would have cost more than the hotel and gas to come.

Moosepond had rust on his plastic bumper. Gary Flint and his team assisted on the repairs and we got to watch!!!!

TMac - thank you for a wonderful meet. Those who did not make it missed out as much as a ford or chevy truck owner does when they don't drive a ridgeline.

Also thanks to Huey Honda, The were perfect hosts and bent over backwards to fix everything that was complained about. The have been a presidentail award dealer many times over the last few years and it shows. They don't have the most modern showroom, but the people in service (some on their day off ) worked their butts off in 95 degree weather for us.

Gary Flint and his team really listen to our gripes, issues and wishes, If the even do 10% of what was sugggested, they will have to open another manufacturing plant just for honda trucks.

I am suggesting to every ROC member that attended to thank T Mac and Julie, Huey Honda ( we had to affect their sales in a negative way today ) and Gary Flint and his team that joined us in St. Louis.

I had a ball, my wife who I dragged with be had a good time. I am sure I will be at the 2008 meet with my Ridgeline unless it is in Hawaii or Alaska.

..and again, MORE!!!

this is the prototype replacement jack to change tires with as so many had issues with the crank tire jack that seens too short - I thought it was a little too heavy for most to use. :D

Did anyone ask Mr. Flint about the milege computer for the NAV system. If there is a fix or not.

I was hoping they'd ask him what frequency the TPMS broadcasts on... :rolleyes:

The last beer party - The roc members presnet signed one of the rocks used in the rock drop demo and presented to Gary Flint. Then as I was ready to leave the dog climed int o the beer pool and then climbed out and shook on some ot those seated too close to the beer.

Even set correctly for the dark lighting my camera didn't do very well :mad: . Had T-Mac take a few shots of me and Gary with my truck but they didn't turn out very well (not Tom's fault). Did get a good one of Razz the Dog in the pool. I hope he didn't leave some extra liquid in there :eek: .

Getting ready to head west on I-70 back home. Thanks for everything to Tom and Julie and the Honda gang, and was great to meet others here :) .

Just awesome! Love all the pics and stories. Look forward to seeing more, and also knowing when and where next year's meet will be!

Keep the pics and stories coming guys! Great job T-Mac (and Julie)!!:D

I would also like to thank jpphoto for the picture of the group - hope you will post it somewhere in digital format at a nice resolution.
jpphoto did a great job of finding places for us to go to for dinner.

thanks from the ROC attendees

I have some video of the introduction of the Honda team that presented to us on Saturday - it is 253 mb long. I will not post it until T-Mac says its ok to do so.

I did not record Gary's presentation, It is awesome, I keep fearing Honda will make an 1 hour infommercal out of it an put it on cable, then I will have to figure ot which of the 1000's of ridgelines at walmart is my blue one. (hint honda marketing - this would not be another stealth marketing campaign - might open a lot of eyes )

I will also try to get a snapfish site (Internet picture sharing) setup to post the 2mb resolution pictures I have when I get home.

I am at my wifes' parents house right now and all my stuff is packed in the ridgeline.

hopefully I'm home tonight by 20:00.

It almost makes me cry that I missed it. :( Hopefully I can make Ridge Run '08!!

I, too, aplogize for missing the fun. Had full intentions of going, then a new job took us further away from St.L, and the new job meant we couldn't get away for the weekend.

Like everyone else, I'm planning on making the next one, especially if you all keep moving west - maybe KC or Denver for 08?

Just got home after the 930 mile round trip to St Louis. Awesome time!! Ready to go again. Met a lot of great folks and made lots of new friends. Hope all have a safe trip home. Sorry I missed the good-byes this morning. Since I could not run with the big boys at the "pool party" Saturday night and went in about 11:30 PM, I was able to get an early start this morning. Thanks to all for being so nice to my wife and I. Thanks to Carl for the Wisconsin cheese, thaks to Keith for the BLUE Matchbox RL, thanks to Tom and Julie for putting on a great event, and finally thanks to all for the new friendships.:)

Duncan

Here are a few pics from the 2nd Annual RL met in St Louis:

Here are a few more:

My personal thanks to everyone involved for a great meet!

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The black ridge in the last post was showing us that our trucks are always in 4 wheel drive.:D

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This sweet Ridgeline will cost you a mere half a million, Playstation 2 included.

The black ridge in the last post was showing us that our trucks are always in 4 wheel drive.:DNo doubt! Now I understand how the VTM and VSA really work...the best demo they put on. Sure the rock-drop was something as well.

yes, I made it back. I was wanting to snooze on the drive back :rolleyes:

For those who were within driving distance and didn't go, you REALLY missed out. Hanging out with Gary, Kevin and the Honda crew each night in the parking ramp was really great. I found out that the Honda guys didn't have matchbox RL's! Even Gary didn't have any until he recently purchased a 4-pack of red's on eBay. So I had to hook them up.

Friday, six of us toured Busch Stadium. If you are a baseball fan, this is a must. Beautiful stadium.

I'll work on the photos tonight, so maybe by tomorrow night I should be able to post up.

MOD Hat on
Please post your photos to a photo hosting site and then post the link to the album here. I use Photobucket, but there are many free sites on the web.

This was my first "ROC" event and it was awesome! I want to give a big "Thank You" to Tom and Julie, Gary Flint and his Crew, Huey Honda and all of the other sponsors that were involved for this event. Thank you to JPPHOTO for getting the big group shot for this years event. Thank you to Karl for the wonderful Wisconson cheese; ChrisM for my matchbox BAJA Truck (wish the real one was there!!). My husband and I had a wonderful time and really enjoyed getting to know other Ridgeline owners. Can't wait to meet up again!!

Tracy

We made it back a few hours ago. I bought a small plastic pool on the way home and Julie and I are going to sit outside and... nah! Just kidding. I'm exhausted and thinking about my head on the pillow within 30-60 minutes.

Thanks again to everyone for making the drive, for being so much fun and for being a part of the ROC! I have some images to share, but for now I'll simply start with the four trucks that Gary and company had on display for the ROC members on Saturday. I can tell you that he put forth a lot of effort to get those there that day and as you can see, it was well worth it!

We had a great time and can't wait until next year. Thanks to everyone that took part in this. Very well planned out, Huey honda was great, Gary and the Honda Team, T-mac and Julie , Jphoto and St. Louis "Thank you for a great weekend". The power point presentation was Awesome (different from last year). :D

I have created a picture share

http://2007roc.myphotoalbum.com/slideshow.php?set_albumName=album01

user is 2007roc
passwd is - pm me and i will give it to you

Thanks for posting the photos ... and keep 'em coming.

How many Ridgelines were there, all told?

Looks like a great time, really wish I could have made it. Hopefully one year the national meet will be a little closer to the Northeast.

How many Ridgelines were there, all told?

Julie just confirmed that we had either 38 or 39.

Sounds/Looks like a great time... So when are all of you going to tell us (losers :rolleyes:) what Gary had to say?

So when are all of you going to tell us (losers :rolleyes:) what Gary had to say?

Gary said it's a solid truck - good choice. ;)

My father and I want to thank TMac, Julie, Gary, Honda Guys and Huey Honda for everything this weekend. We had a great time and met a lot of great people. I hope that I will be able to attend again next year.

My father and I want to thank TMac, Julie, Gary, Honda Guys and Huey Honda for everything this weekend. We had a great time and met a lot of great people. I hope that I will be able to attend again next year.The photo of you driving (on friday into StL) turned out good. I'm going to upload raw,crooked photos so everyone has some variety to look at.

Give me 30 mins

Hey guys, finally got home, wow that was a long drive. Thanks a bunch for putting this on. I learned so much more from Gary's presentation. He is a true genius and he can party. Wow, I am still googoo for all those Ridgelines. Those who missed this opportunity really missed out.:p

I took a few pictures also, but none of them would show anything that hasn't already been posted. I would like to say thanks to T Mac, Gary, and everyone else involved that made this past weekend a special one. It was great finally getting to put faces with screen names. Everyone we met was very friendly, and we made many new friends. Gary and his team's presentation was very informative, and I appreciated their willingness to hang out with us and answer any questions at any time, even during the late evening beverage consumption. Lastly, thanks to Huey's Honda for hosting the clinics, feeding us, and performing so much free work. I felt that the event was very successful but we could have used a few more folks to help finish off the beverages. Maybe next year... :D

P.S. - It was totally cool to see almost the entire top floor of the parking garage filled with Ridgelines.

Here are my photos...

Photos from FRIDAY (link) (http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q178/keith_757/2007%20ROC%20RidgeRun%20StLouis/Friday/)

Photos from SATURDAY (link) (http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q178/keith_757/2007%20ROC%20RidgeRun%20StLouis/Saturday/)

click on the first photo to enlarge, then you can scroll through the folder by using the arrows near the top right)
There are a LOT of photos (223 :) ), so happy viewing.

Here are my photos...

Photos from FRIDAY (link) (http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q178/keith_757/2007%20ROC%20RidgeRun%20StLouis/Friday/)

Photos from SATURDAY (link) (http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q178/keith_757/2007%20ROC%20RidgeRun%20StLouis/Saturday/)

click on the first photo to enlarge, then you can scroll through the folder by using the arrows near the top right)
There are a LOT of photos (223 :) ), so happy viewing.

great shots keith, I found myself in a lot of pictures, funny how the photographers are rarely in their own pictures - late for work looking at them.

Thanks to all for posting all the pictures. Looks like everyone had a good time. Wish I could have made it, but maybe next year. I can't say enough for the people that are willing to step up and put something like this on. I know it takes a lot of work, but it certainly appeared that your work paid off and was appreciated by all that were able to attend. Keep up the good work! You all are awesome!!

Steve (geotech) and I were trying to hint to Tom how Kansas would be a good central location for next year's event ;) . Smaller towns and still stuff to do (and yes, shopping), only downside would be if we did geotech's Flint Hill's run everyone's shiney truck would get dusty :cool: (plus, and hour's drive from where the group might be staying) but it's actually worth it.

Just like to add thanks to everyone for being so nice and welcoming :) .

Here are my photos...

Photos from FRIDAY (link) (http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q178/keith_757/2007%20ROC%20RidgeRun%20StLouis/Friday/)

Photos from SATURDAY (link) (http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q178/keith_757/2007%20ROC%20RidgeRun%20StLouis/Saturday/)
If anyone desires the full-size version of a photo, send me a PM with your email and I'll email it to you.

I had a great time at the meet and really enjoyed meeting a lot of the new members that have very few posts. To those folks, please post more. We'd really like to hear from you.

I also had some nice conversations with some long time members. It is really nice to be able to put a face to a screen name.

I got a chance to sit down and share a meal with Moosepond, K757, Scully69, (whose truck looks almost exactly like mine by the way.), her husband, MikeT and a bunch of other folks.

I also had a chance to talk to a bunch of folks over a beer or 4. (LOL) If I left out your name, it was not intentional. I could write a book of the interesting conversations that I had a chance to have.

Gary and his team were very informational and at the same time really listened to our concerns. They held a focus group on Saturday with about 10 of us. I wish I could remember everyones name but I there were just too many folks. For those who don't realize it, Gary brought along about 5 people with him. He also brought along his family.

I would also like to mention that my wife came along and stood out in the heat with me for much of the day Saturday. I have never announced it on the open forum but my wife insisted that she come to the meet despite the fact that she is 8 months pregnant. (We are expecting a son on September 5th!! :) )

Here is a link to the pics that I took. I tried to post pictures that no one had yet posted.

http://s101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/HondaRidgeline/Roc%20Meet%202007/

Enjoy :)

Why oh why did I have to work. I wanted to go so bad. But there will always be next year. Do it in Louisville, Ky or better yet as my local honda dealer hehe. I hope to be able to make it to next years and this time have my ridgeline. It said to see everyones ridgeline and not have one but I will. I must. Its a honda.

Glad to see everyone had a fun time.

have not seen the group photo so here it is:

Well guys I finally got a few minutes to finish uploading the shots I took. Did not take a whole lot Saturday as I was a little busy trying to get everything ready to print onsite the pictures of the group. But I see Keith did a great job of getting everything.

Here is the link to my photobucket Ridge Run site. Enjoy


http://s187.photobucket.com/albums/x169/jpridgeline/Ridge%20Run%202007/

To everyone that came THANK YOU for a wonderful weekend. Wish we could of had more time to chat and see a little more of St. Louis. Carl I hope Raz didn't mind sharing his pool with the rest of us. Getting to know all of you face to face was an experience!!! Hope to see all of you next year.

CUinaRidge, Shuey, ChrisM, Gary Flint, jwizard and TMac thats two we've attended and hopefully will make it three in '08.

Here is an old one for you. St Louis, 2007, Keith behind the camera, Fred on the left, and yours truly on the right. Great meet, wish we could do this again!

Here is an old one for you. St Louis, 2007, Keith behind the camera, Fred on the left, and yours truly on the right. Great meet, wish we could do this again!damn, I look good :act035: :act002:

Here is an old one for you. St Louis, 2007, Keith behind the camera, Fred on the left, and yours truly on the right. Great meet, wish we could do this again!

:cheerleader: Hey, I took that photo :cheerleader: