Corvette Cruises: Raleigh, NC
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From: Wake Forest NC
Corvette Cruises: Raleigh, NC
Since becoming involved in the Corvette Community in the Raleigh, NC area I’ve found that some folks who have Corvettes enjoy the experience of spending time with other Corvette enthusiasts. For the past 18 months I’ve been coordinating “Sunday Afternoon Corvette Cruises” for Corvette enthusiasts in our area. These happen about once a month throughout the year and are designed to be “Family Friendly”. If the weather/forecast doesn’t cooperate I cancel the cruise. These are open to any Corvette enthusiast.
The way it works is that I set a date each month, develop all the details and send out an email a couple weeks in advance. I make a reservation at a restaurant that has a private dining area as the destination of the cruise that is approximately 60-90 minutes away from the starting point of the cruise. (Finding restaurants with a private dining area allows us to have our own space for fellowship while we eat.) Sometimes after our meal we find an ice cream shop nearby for more after-dinner fun.
I determine a specific route ahead of time (Google Maps) that includes primarily country roads. I try to avoid congested areas when at all possible. Typically, the starting point of each cruise is at a designated location near Wake Forest, NC with the meeting time being 1:30 on the scheduled Sunday afternoon. This gives folks plenty of time to get home from church. From the meeting point we then head to our destination together in a caravan and arrive at the restaurant about 3 PM. (For those of you who have done this kind of thing you know how cool it is to drive your Vette in a line of several other Vettes.)
So far, we’ve had about 10 cruises and have had anywhere between 3 and 13 cars in our cruises.
I’m posting here to invite those of you in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area to PM me if you want to be included on the emails that I send out as the notice of these cruises.
The way it works is that I set a date each month, develop all the details and send out an email a couple weeks in advance. I make a reservation at a restaurant that has a private dining area as the destination of the cruise that is approximately 60-90 minutes away from the starting point of the cruise. (Finding restaurants with a private dining area allows us to have our own space for fellowship while we eat.) Sometimes after our meal we find an ice cream shop nearby for more after-dinner fun.
I determine a specific route ahead of time (Google Maps) that includes primarily country roads. I try to avoid congested areas when at all possible. Typically, the starting point of each cruise is at a designated location near Wake Forest, NC with the meeting time being 1:30 on the scheduled Sunday afternoon. This gives folks plenty of time to get home from church. From the meeting point we then head to our destination together in a caravan and arrive at the restaurant about 3 PM. (For those of you who have done this kind of thing you know how cool it is to drive your Vette in a line of several other Vettes.)
So far, we’ve had about 10 cruises and have had anywhere between 3 and 13 cars in our cruises.
I’m posting here to invite those of you in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area to PM me if you want to be included on the emails that I send out as the notice of these cruises.
