MI Fall Color Tour 2009 Final Info & Agenda

[Todd Baumann]

4th Annual Fall Color Tour 2009.

The hotel is going to be the Quality Inn, 1492 US 31 North, Traverse City, MI 49686.
The Phone number is 1-877-329-1538.
They have a block of 15 rooms reserved for us right now and if we need more that will be arranged. They are all supposed to be grouped together to make it easier to watch the cars and stay together overall like last year.
The rooms are $85 + Tax per night. You must call and make the RESV. yourself and must tell them that you are with the Factory Five Owners Group to get the rates. You can talk to whoever answers the phone to make the reservations. Resv. must be made by Sept 23rd to get the rates after that they will be for the normal rates.The hotel features complimentary continental breakfast 6-10am, 24 hour Coffee & Tea, Indoor Pool & Hot Tub 6am-11pm, Free Wireless Internet, Free local calls, In Room Coffee Makers - Hair Dryers -Iron/Ironing Board, radio alarm clocks and cable TV.

As for the agenda it is going to be as follows and trip packets will be available for those that leave from the starting points Friday and Saturday.

Friday, Oct. 2nd

10:00 AM Meet and check in. Kentucky Fried Chicken, 3180 Owen Rd, Fenton, MI 48430, (810) 629-6740
Trip packets will be available for those that leave from this point.
10:30 AM Depart KFC.
12:00 PM Arrive for Lunch and gas up at nearby gas station.
1:30 Hook up with west side travlers.
4:12 PM Arrive Quality Inn-Traverse City, 1492 N US-31 N, Traverse City, MI 49686, (231) 929-4423

4:13 – 6:15 Personal Downtime before Dinner

Friday Evening Dinner

6:15 PM Check in Hotel parking lot.
6:30 PM Depart Quality Inn
6:45 PM Arrive at Restraunt
After dinner a cruise through the center of town once or twice to disrupt things a little bit.

Saturday Oct. 3rd:
9:45 AM Check in Hotel parking lot.
Trip packets will be available for those that leave from this point.
10:00 AM Depart Quality Inn-Traverse City [1492 N US-31 N, Traverse City, MI 49686, (231) 929-4423] on US-31 [SR-72] (West)
10:36 AM Arrive Leelanau Wine Cellars [12683 CR-626, Northport, MI 49670, (231) 386-5201]
11:06 AM Depart Leelanau Wine Cellars [12683 CR-626, Northport, MI 49670, (231) 386-5201] on CR-626 [E Tatch Rd] (West)
11:26 AM Arrive River St, Leland, MI 49654
11:41 AM Depart River St, Leland, MI 49654 on River St (West)
12:05 PM Arrive Boones Dock [S Manitou Blvd, Glen Arbor, MI 49636]
1:35 PM Depart Boones Dock [S Manitou Blvd, Glen Arbor, MI 49636] on SR-22 [W Harbor Hwy] (East)
1:37 PM Arrive Cherry Republic Winery [6026 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI 49636]
2:07 PM Depart Cherry Republic Winery [6026 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI 49636] on S Lake St (South-East)
2:23 PM Arrive Pierce Stocking Scenic Dr, Empire, MI 49630
2:53 PM Depart Pierce Stocking Scenic Dr, Empire, MI 49630 on Pierce Stocking Scenic Dr (South)
3:34 PM Arrive Frankfort
4:04 PM Depart Frankfort on SR-22 [7th St] (South)
4:05 PM Arrive Shell [1229 Forest Ave, Frankfort, MI 49635, (231) 352-7674]
4:20 PM Depart Shell [1229 Forest Ave, Frankfort, MI 49635, (231) 352-7674] on SR-115 [SR-22] (East)
5:09 PM Arrive Quality Inn-Traverse City [1492 N US-31 N, Traverse City, MI 49686, (231) 929-4423]

Saturday Dinner – All invited, Attendance Required Approx $15 per person
6:30 PM Check in again in Hotel parking lot.
6:45 PM Depart Quality Inn for restraunt
7:00 PM Arrive for Dinner Location to be diclosed later.

Sunday Oct. 4th:
9:15 AM We generally stop for breakfast somewhere, I don’t have a planned place, but we are working on it, then we usually run over to the Black Star Farms Winery on the Leelanau peninsula and pick up a couple of things and then make our way home. We normally just retrace our steps up on Friday with a stop in the afternoon around 2PM or so for some more chow.


There you go we should have a great time as usual and are hoping that everyone can join us again. Any questions please let me know.

And also if you can let me know if you are going to go I need final numbers for the restraunts and stops along the way.