11/24/07 - Mystic Seaport, CT meet

[k757]

Saturday 11/24/07 .......>>>> LINK TO WEATHER REPORT <<<<

10 am
Mystic Seaport (Mystic, CT)
(I-95, exit 90) Park and meet across the street from the Seaman's Inne parking lot to the right, behind pond.
LINK to MAP: 105 Greenmanville Ave, Mystic, CT

The parking lot is EASY to find. After you get off of I-95, head south through about 3 to 4 lights within a very short distance. Then there is about a mile until the next light. You will turn left at that light and then into the parking lot. Pull to the back corner (away from the road)



mid-late afternoon
Mohegan Sun Casino (Uncasville, CT) for dinner & entertainment for those who wish to continue on. Dining options at Mohegan Sun

It is about a 30 min drive to Mohegan Sun from the Mystic Seaport
1 Mohegan Sun Blvd
Uncasville, CT 06382
Link to Map: from parking lot to Mohegan Sun Casino


Mystic Seaport is doing their Field Days that weekend.
Special activities include:
19th-century games on the Village Green for the whole family; a creative puppet-making workshop in our Inspiration Station; fabulous Planetarium programs; and rollicking songs of the sea in our "Tales and Tunes" program.

Keith's notes
It took ~4 hours to go through it all, and that is with me skipping the little movies and a couple of small buildings.

GREAT tip... whatever the temperature is, subtract off 10-15 degrees from that and that is what it feels like after an extended time outside and the wind chill. I will be bringing a winter hat and a bit heavier jacket than I think I might need. You can always cool off, but you can't warm up.

- In Historic Mystic, Santa arrives by tugboat (2pm), then at 6pm, there is a tree lighting ceremony, Christmas carols, and a lighted boat parade.

http://www.whalersinnmystic.com/insi...-specials.html


Attendees
1) k757 - Danbury, CT - 2006 Redrock Pearl RTS
2) keithlk101 - Foxboro, MA - 2007 Steel Blue Metallic RTL
3) barmstrong - Southeastern CT - 2006 Billet Silver Metallic RTL
4) jforget1 - Rhode Island - 2006 Nighthawk Black / Beige RTL
5) brutel1 - New Jersey - 2007 Nimbus Gray Metallic RTL
6) bobtwhite - Massachusetts - 2007 Billet Silver Metallic RTL
7) alsridge - Massapequa, NY - 2006 Billet Silver / Gray RTS
8) Zemog - Rhode Island - 2006 Billet Silver / Gray RTS
9) JerseyRidge - New Jersey - 2007 Formal Black RTS

Maybe
bobpres - Deering, NH - 2007 Billet Silver RTS
SpartanML - Sparta, NJ - 2006 Nighthawk Black / Beige RTS

OUT
Oznative
MoosePond
StoneRidge07
Brich
VFRDYLAN
shovelhd

[bobtwhite]

My wife and I vote for Mystic Seaport. We like the sound of the lantern night tour. Hockey sounds fun too.

Bob

[Oznative]

I'm game for just about any place within a 1/2 day ride. Mystic Seaport sound like fun to me though. This is the hunting season for me so it depends more on when than where.

[VFRDYLAN]

This would be my first ROC event... sounds interesting.

I'd be interested in Mystic or the Casino..depending on the day, weather and holiday events.

Coming down from Seacoast of NH.

[PerryLynch]

Such a cool bunch of places to select from! Sadly, there is no way that I could make it to another Northeast meet.

One thing to mention: If you do New Haven, the entire Green area beside the campus is littered with open wi-fi, so there is no reason the rest of us can't see what's going on. Just bring your laptops and webcams, OK? Also: the 6 square blocks just south of the Green are full of the most diverse array of ethnic restaurants I've found outside of New York City.

That's my 2¢ for this thread ;-)
Perry

[Zemog]

Mystic Seaport sounds good to me.

[MoosePond]

this is a tough season for us as we're pretty much committed for every weekend between now and the middle of January . . . but decide on something and we'll do our best to join in for a day trip . . . Mystic Seaport or the USS Nautilus sound appealing . . . according to our friends the diehard weekend gamblers (they definitely qualify as "whales"), Foxwoods is a bit rundown and they recommend Mohegan Sun as a much nicer experience

btw, let's go easy on the new kid, he's still trying to find the box with his towels and has to dry off with old t-shirts when he gets out of the shower!

[brich]

This time of year is also tough for me. November has me at hockey rinks for 28 hours, mostly scattered over the weekends. No idea what December will bring. Mostly the same I assume. Oh the things you do for your kids...

I'll watch and see what get's planned. Maybe I can squeeze some time in. I just have to meet my favorite Yankees/Canadiens fan who drives one of them Red Ridgelines...

[keithlk101]

A holiday theme would be nice. I can tell u that the steam train is fun, but this time of year the riverboat would be too cold if they even run it this time of year.

[StoneRidge07]

I would try to do my best to make any of them with the wife. Hopefully the date will fit. Mystic Seaport looks like it would be fun.