Wild Horse Windfarm - August 28th - Event Date: August/28/10

Okay, so it looks like there may be some interest among members of the club to visit Wild Horse Wind Farm.  Even though I am a noob I will try and set this up so let the planning begin!

Here are the details I have thus far:

Event:  MINIs Ride Like the Wind  (A Trip to Wild Horse Wind Farm)

Location:  The Wind Farm is located between Ellensburg and Vantage along Vantage Highway

Participants:  I would like to get an official list of who will be going on this trip.  I know quite a few of you have replied to this tread but not everyone has difinitively committed to going.  Those of you who have expressed interest but have not officially said "yay" or "nay" will appear in italics with the word "tentative" next to their nick.  Please reply to this thread whenever you get the chance to confirm if you will be coming along.  Confirmed attendees are in bold.  If I have any of you listed incorrectly please let me know.

 

Cobalt  (1) (Organizer)

Wildfamily (3)

BurnerS (2)

Soggy-1 (2)

johnf36 (tentative)

catlvr2 (2)

Hapa Haole (2) 

MINIRVA

tyintegra (2)

minicommittee (tentative)

MiniCharley (4)

beanybb (tentative)

It's-a-MINI! (2)

Dizzy_Jenny (1)

THRLRYD (2)

swhobbit (2)

drnick (4) (2x MINIs)

Silver_Surfer (2) (tentative)

Tina2009 (1) (tentative)

Slyderone (2)

Dave's not here (...but he will be there )

Speeddemon150 (3)

valvashon (3)

garumph (2)

Chili Mama & Chili Papa (3)

cheetah (tentative)

italianjob (2)

Scott (2) (MiniCharley's friends)

GIR (2) (In his temporary non MINI)

Speeddemon150 (3) (2x MINIs)

Grape Ape (2)

AMINIAC (2)

tvstrategies

ywang18

refractured

mymagic (2)

 

 

TOTAL MINIs = 30

TOTAL Participants =  ~62

 

Description:  An opportunity for PS MINI club members to spend the day touring Wild Horse Wind Farm in Kittitas County.  This tour includes time at the wind farm visitor center where you can learn the details of wind power and facts about the wind turbines installed on the site.  (If our group is large enough we can have a conference room reserved at the wind farm where we will be given a detailed presentation about wind and solar energy by one of the plant managers.)  As part of the tour you will also be taken to the base of one of the turbines where you will be allowed to go in the access hatch and see what it looks like inside! 

Visitor center hours are from 9am to 5:30pm with tours running from 10am to 2pm.

After the tour at the Wind Farm is complete, we can drive on to Vantage for lunch.  (I am not very familiar with the area but a quick web search shows there are plenty of diners and small restaurants around the area.  If someone knows a particularly good place to eat definitely let me know.)

Cost:  Zip. Zero. Nada.  The tour is free!  If you want lunch after the tour you will have to pay for yourself.

Date:  Saturday August 28th, 2010, departing from Krispy Kreme parking lot in Issaquah at 9am!  This means we will be meeting up in the parking lot at 8:30am!

For those of you who dont know how to get to the Issaquah Krispy Kreme doughnut shop: 

From Eastbound I-90, take Exit 17 for Front St., turn left onto Front St. and continue onto East Lk Sammamish Pkwy SE.  Stay on East Lk Sammamish Pkwy SE and turn right into the parking lot at SE 62nd St.

 

From Westbound I-90, take Exit 17 for Front St./East Lk Sammamish Pkwy SE, keep right to merge onto East Lk Sammamish Pkwy SE.  Stay on East Lk Sammamish Pkwy SE and turn right into the parking lot at SE 62nd St.

 That is the gist of the trip.  Once again, everything is still very much up in the air at this point as I want to see if there is truly enough interest among members to make the trip worthwhile.  If we can get a group of around 15 to 20 people (not necessarily 15-20 MINI's but the more the merrier ), we will definitely be able to reserve the conference room for the wind energy presentation so that is what I would like to shoot for.  I also need to figure out a good for everyone to meet prior to leaving (likely Issaqah) but I'll worry about that minor detail if this trip gets beyond the planning stages.

Questions, comments, suggestions please let me know.  This is my first time attemptiong to orchestrate an event such as this so I am open to suggestions especially if you know any interesting roads we could drive on the way to or from.

-Cobalt

Funny you mention that, I was thinking a breakfast/coffee place would be an even better starting point especially considering we would be leaving early in the morning.  The only reason I picked XXX was because I know quite a few members have been there before.  I have revised the trip details to reflect this including directions to Krispy Kreme for those who may not know how to get there.  Thanks for the suggestion Wildfamily!