Tony,
Yeah, that's the hard part about trying to choose a weekend. There is never a weekend that doesn't conflict with something else. We chose this weekend because of extended daylight, better weather (less hot and humid), and still 3 weeks from the Spring Fling. We looked at other weekends, but it was Memorial Day, or Kit cars at Carlisle, or near the Fling, 4th of July, etc... Guess it's better to have too many events then not enough.
My hope is that we won't lose too many folks to Maple Grove or Fords at Carlisle. They aren't Cobra centered and hopefully if people want to go to them, they'll hang with us Saturday and do one of those on Sunday. As for the hotels, I'd recommend chosing one of the first two, and I will make it the "recommended" hotel. We can even call them and ask how many people have to book to get a deal. I really think we'll have a huge attendance, just not sure how many are local. Do you know if any from the Upstate Cobra club are planning on coming?
Real 1,
The CRII is about 5 miles from New Hope. I'll put directions in the registration form (which will be out soon), but it's literally straight up the street a few minutes. You're dead on about the parking. My wife has been in contact with the New Hope people and they have given us some phone numbers to call about the parking. If we can't find a suitable place to park, then we probably won't stop. We have time to work on details, but at the moment, I'm not planning to have dinner in New Hope. Like you said, we'd be better off going elsewhere, where we have lots of parking and can get a giant table. I'm thinking we'll cruise around the New Hope area, find things to do there then head towards King of Prussia/Valley Forge and have dinner there.
I'm not necessarily thinking we
have to cruise through New Hope. Definitely open to all suggestions. I just think it would be fun, especially since it is SO close by.
Steve