Discussion Forum - Northstar Chevelle Club

Chad · Active Member

NORTH SHORE RUN

Chris R · 2K+ Club

Any idea on rates Chad? I couldnt find it on thier website.

Bungy L-76 · Active Member

I went to the reservation link, but it won't let you make a reservation that far ahead. (not online anyway) So I went back to Sept. 9/29 no rooms available, 9/22 no rooms available, 9/15 was open and the cheapest one was 206.96 for one night.

Chad · Active Member

You have to actually call as there is a block of rooms reserved under the Northstar Chevelle Club. (online will not have that info.) Rooms willl not be available until 1-21 to start making reservations.

4-door Chevelle · Super Poster

That sounds very cool for sure. One of the photo shoots I did with my new Chevelle was all over Duluth and Superior, it was fun and of course I stopped at A&W in Superior. I also have a small home 50 miles north of Duluth in Silver Bay to keep in mind. It is small but it will sleep between 8 and 11 people.

Here is a link to the cameras I have in the house:

http://silverbay.no-ip.org/

Chad · Active Member

The block is set up and is ready to make reservations for October 6, 2012

You can make reservations by calling 1-800-777-8560 and ask for the North Star Chevelle Club block.

I have 4 rooms with a king bed on the city side: $239.00 per night

I have 3 rooms with two queen beds on the city side: $239.00 per night

I have 3 rooms with two queen beds on the lakeside: $269.00 per night

I have 3 rooms with a King bed on the lakeside for $269.00 per night

All rooms that have not been picked up will be released on September 6, 2012.

This is quite a bit more expensive than their usual rates. If we stay two nights the rates drop to about $179.00 a night. Do we leave it as is or is anyone interested in going up on Friday during the day? I am not really for driving at night with our cars as we lose the cruising experience and we might be deer magnets!

-- Edited by Chad on Wednesday 25th of January 2012 04:53:21 PM

69chvldrvr · Member

This all sounds great, but......has anyone thought about security for our Chevelles and El Caminos?

Chris R · 2K+ Club

69chvldrvr wrote:
This all sounds great, but......has anyone thought about security for our Chevelles and El Caminos?

That was one of my first comments when we were at Johns exchanging info for this years core of officers when this trip came up. As one that already had a classic car stolen. I dont trust any parking lot outside of a car show anymore or some kind of club atmosphere. Secure or not. Been gun shy with that sort of thing almost 10 years now since that happened to me. Plus the reports that come in about once a week about someone getting thier muscle car stolen on TC.

John D · 2K+ Club

The security will be however many owners & guests that participate, lightly sleeping 100' away, slightly paranoid, and waiting to at the smallest sound.

The risk is no different than driving or parking anywhere else... you can get a jeans rivet/beltbuckle/zipper scratch at Anoka and not know it until a week later. I built my car to drive & enjoy, stone chips & all.

(Anyone with cahone's large enough to mess with a GROUP of classic cars at a hotel isn't going to be able to run very fast anyway.)

Bungy L-76 · Active Member

One thing we could do is take turns "patrolling" the lot. My dad attends a national Ford Crown Vic show every year at different locations around the country and that is what they do. Someone is always circling the lot all night long and they have never had a problem.

dashboard · 2K+ Club

I'll take the first watch.

SShink · 3K+ Club

I figured we'd all pull the coil wire or disconnect the power to the disty, that would make enough racket if they tried to start it!

I've stayed at hotels overnight with a Chevelle, and never had a problem. This was on cruises with other collector cars, so there were others in the lot.

This is why I have good insurance. I can understand if someone has a car they've had a long time or have an attachment to and don't want to lose it, but for me if it happened it would just be another reason for me to change Chevelles again as I have plenty of coverage!

Dan Williams · Active Member

Insure the crap out of and only go on cruises where you have the worst car in the group! Sleep like a baby and we tavel a lot of places 10 times tougher than Duluth!

SShink · 3K+ Club

Made the reservation today. Tina and I are booked!

Chad · Active Member

Awesome. We are booked, as well.

John D · 2K+ Club

Made our reservations - booked a room on the parking lot side.

Scott Parkhurst · Super Poster

The great thing about having a wagon is that no one would steal it when there are a slew of pretty coupes and ragtops around. It's that 'run faster than a bear' theory...

I don't have to outsmart thieves; there just has to be one car more desirable than mine around... LOL!!

Anyway- this sounds like a fun deal and the wife and I have never been up there. I'll twist her arm and see what happens.

Derek69SS · Founding Member

I'm really hoping to have the car back together for this. :)

Chad · Active Member

Reminder, we have till Sept. 6 then the noom's that are blocked will be released

69SSConv · Active Member

Lisa and I booked our rooms.

67ss · 1K+ Club

Really wanted to go but I have a wedding that weekend so we are out.

Chris R · 2K+ Club

I had plans to attend this trip with Michele but it turns out she is under contract with her work to help out at the Twin Cities marathon that weekend so im out as well.

gearlube · Active Member

I am all booked Looking forward to it!

Chad · Active Member

Its getting closer , hope every one who is going got a room. Lets get a tally going, so the people on the fence get off.

Chad · Active Member

Its getting closer , hope every one who is going got a room. Lets get a tally going, so the people on the fence get off.

SShink · 3K+ Club

Chad wrote:

Its getting closer , hope every one who is going got a room. Lets get a tally going, so the people on the fence get off.

O.k. folks... we need a headcount of those that are going. IT'S ONLY 3 WEEKS AWAY!!!

Tina and I have made our reservations, and are thinking about also staying the night of Sunday, Oct. 7th to extend our weekend.

Who else is going???

John D · 2K+ Club

Sheryl & I are "in"...

gearlube · Active Member

Elizabeth and I are booked. Will be taking the Camaro though.

Chad · Active Member

Shawna and I are also thinking about staying Sunday night, but do to work and the sitter we will have to wait untill last minute.

gearlube · Active Member

Do we have firm plans on times etc? What time are we meeting Saturday? Where are we meeting?

SShink · 3K+ Club

gearlube wrote:
Do we have firm plans on times etc? What time are we meeting Saturday? Where are we meeting?

It was in the pdf attachment on the club calendar on Oct. 6th, but that link doesn't seem to be working now. John D. can you look into that?

Otherwise, I think the meet up time was 8 or 8:30 a.m. at Lock and Dam #4 in Hastings. Same place as the 1st Fall cruise meetup location last year.

There will be a slight deviation from the directions around the Stillwater lift bridge, as it is currently closed. Chad is figuring out the change now.

John D · 2K+ Club

The original entry to the calendar was done by Team Linkert, and either the pdf or the board host has some type of time deadline. I changed the link to work.

Here's another link to the file.

-- Edited by John D on Monday 1st of October 2012 04:37:59 PM

SShink · 3K+ Club

Thanks JD.

So here's who I see has committed on this post that is going & has made hotel reservations:

1. Chad & Shawna

2. Tom & Elizabeth

3. Loren & Lisa

4. John & Sheryl

5. Stan & Tina

Anyone I'm missing?

John D · 2K+ Club

Well guys & gals, I regret to say we're going to have to back out of this trip... homecoming weekend & too many things to do at the house & cabin.
Take lots of pics and have fun!!

OscarZ · Treasurer

Shannan and I went to Bayfield to celebrate our anniversary last weekend. The colors were the best I can remember and the weather was gorgeous. What a difference a week makes! Hope the wind left some leaves for you! Still wish we could have made it but Shannan has her 20 year HS reunion Saturday.

SShink · 3K+ Club

JD, sorry to hear you and Sheryl aren't going to make it, but we understand.

Mike, yeah we are probably a week too late this year going up. Tina and I usually try to go up the very first weekend in Oct., but this year it's a week into the month, and with the draught and conditions, the leaves dropped earlier.

Bayfield's Applefest is this weekend though, and it's a potential idea for the weekend plans, so we'll see.

Otherwise, I'm sure we'll make the best of it and have fun no matter if the leaves are on the trees or the ground!

69SSConv · Active Member

Lisa and I are still planning on going. I am a little concerned with the heater side of things, with my car being an AC car with a lot of that left to hook up I only have one fan speed (Low). Should be OK, only concern is if I need defrost, it could get ugly? (or really hard to see?)

SShink · 3K+ Club

Here's a few pics from the cruise and Gooseberry Falls yesterday:

Lost in the 60s · President

Wow, the river is low after all that flooding in June.
It's always scenic up there.