Modern Vespa

Mike's wife picked up a Rabbit shaped cookie cutter today.

Unfortunately, because I was staying at the choo choo (and had been there since Monday) I had quite a few folks assume that I would know as well. I had the same information, and basically no information regarding location (it wasn't even listed on the CC tv channel for the various events, I actually checked )

The information was not readily available, and those of us in the hospitality room setting up the breakfast didn't get any information on where to point people asking us.

All of them Curt, all of them.

Kudos to the organizers, sponsors, hosts and hospitality staff of AV '08. I think it was a great success overall and I for one had a fine time.

I had a great time and didn't even bring a scooter- probably more fun than when I did have a scooter in Seattle. I even got offered the cupcake seat.

With those that are concerned or had challenges getting finding things or whatever; prepare a coherent email with facts and when it is asked for have it ready to go.

This is a volunteer run operation and compare to the other similarly run and even professionally events I see on a daily basis: It went well.

Food challenges: Registration was probably one scooter time, it would be interesting to see how may registrations per day over the term that registration was open.

I had a fantastic time. Thank you VCOA for a great job. I liked the little maps for the rides. The hotel was great, food was good, location....Chattanooga is awesome!

Super great news! I've been looking for an excuse to cruise down the coast to the Bay Area...no need to search any longer. Anyone else wanna ride down?

VCLG might offer you the route they used to guide us on the way to Seattle in '07 (it went right past P-Town Scooters somehow.)

It was one of the best rides, maybe the best, I've ever been on - other than the whole center lining between opposing logging trucks on Highway 1 but that wasn't a requirement.

Here's a close approximation of the route.

Day 1: P-Town -> Coos Bay, OR
Day 2: Coos Bay OR -> Fort Bragg, CA
Day 3: Fort Bragg, CA -> San Francisco

SF -> San Jose will require more in-depth planning if you want to avoid freeways. Otherwise, it's a relatively straight shot down Hwy 280.

Man... Every time I think back to that trip, I still smile like a giddy school boy lookin' at his first pair of ( @ Y @ ). If I had the time, I'd do it all over again . . .

At the cheerleader scooter wash it was pretty obvious it was your first pair - where's that photo now - Oops/Osc/Snapshot? Things have gotten better since?

You know I'm kidding right?

Fun while it lasted, but you can't make a decent fruit salad with kiwis; you need MANGOS!

All-in-all, the feeling of accomplishment of GETTING to Seattle was better than pint-sized cheerleaders. Highway 1/101 IS the way to go. Period.

After quite an adventure, Lauren, Valerie, Xtina and myself all made it back to the Southbay this afternoon. 17 days and 7 & 5730 miles, one flattened jack rabbit, a totaled GTS, a couple of bottles of Ketel One, many cervezas, too much bbq, another great Amerivespa, & meeting new / old friends made it all too tiring and fun.

Thanks to JD and the rest of VCOA and Hill City SC for a great Amerivespa.

Love all the enthusiasm that's going out there. With Bradford Duval from Corazzo (Does that make Chad the president's secretary?) as the new VCOA pres and me as the new VP as his cohort in crime we are planning to make San Jose the best Amerivespa to date.

We will be able to do that with some good planning, $$$, and a lot of your help. VCLG will be co-hosting with VCOA in conjunction with our 20th anniversary celebration. I'm sure when Rolf and Julius formed VCLG they would have never figured on having a 20th anniversary party this big!

We have made preliminary contact with clubs and will be firming up the date quickly. It' s just a little bit harder when we need to find an appropriate venue to handle the crowd that we expect to join us.

The SF Bay Area is one of the best scooting areas in the country with so many great riding routes that we want to put on a great party.

I would encourage those of you who are not a VCOA member to join. VCOA is the only organization who has been promoting the Vespa and scootering community at the national level. Besides discounts on Amerivespa, you'll receive American Scooterist magazine and a national directory of VCOA members. If you haven't attended an Amerivespa before there is a great feeling to meet folks from everywhere that all love to scoot. It does give you a sense of community beyond our own clubs.

So I'm glad to be home in one piece (more or less) to get this party started. Will be keeping you posted.

Ciao!

Do you know the way?
Amerivespa 2009

Mike,

We miss you already!! It was great getting to hang out with you and I am glad you made it home safely.

Valerie 8)

As I miss you folks also. Mutual admiration society here. Great to meet you, Bret and everyone. I do hope you find your way to San Jose next year.

Ciao!

Welcome back Away Team!

Houston. The Eagle has landed. Repeat - Air Force One has returned. Over.
:static:


Glad to see you made it home in one piece, Jefe.

NOW . . . time to get down to some REAL business, yaknowwhatimean?

Hey Bobo,

It's getting closer to Santa Barbara. 8)



It was great to see you,
Jo Ann

You sure about that? He looked kinda crumbly to me.


I am looking forward to AV 2009 and what crazy times are in store. My condolences to VCLG and VCOA who will be working their bums off on organizing this event.

I read through most of this post, and didn't see the actual date, luckily I used some logic and found the info on the VCLG website

Amerivespa
July 2-5, 2009
Los Gatos, CA

Join us for Vespa Club of America's annual national scooter rally, Amerivespa!
Hosted by Vespa Club Los Gatos and the greater San Francisco Bay Area scooter community.
More information coming soon at www.amerivespa.org

http://www.vespaclublosgatos.com/

Dates confirmed on MV in this post - https://modernvespa.com/forum/topic35878