Mountain: BMW 4 Corners Meet & Retreat - August 3rd 2012

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Mountain: BMW 4 Corners Meet & Retreat - August 3rd 2012

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Come one, come all, to the 2nd annual Midwest BMW gathering in Pagosa Springs, Colorado! The small mountain town provides the perfect atmosphere to cater towards an event like this. Sitting right next to the Continental Divide, the town of Pgosa Springs gives a perfect mix of curvy mountain roads, and a vaction like atmosphere. Whether you are a fellow BMW nut liek me, or just a family with a BMW, this is a great place to meet some new people, and have a great time.
Additionall, our gracious hosts Neel and CK, have once again offered their hotel to us. Discounted rates will be given to everybody, along with room preference, and VIP access to the bar.

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Last year (the first annual) was a great hit, with people coming from multiple states, and this year we are looking for even more representation!
Last year included a few group acitivities such as the trip up Wolf Creek Pass, and then the group ride up to the Continental Divide! We also had a great time at the local brewery for group dinner, along with the BMW Short Filmfest that culminated in the Showing of Rug Cunningham's La Carrera Classic-- something you really don't want to miss! In the morning, relax at the local Hot Springs, where the hot soothing waters are said to aid in the rejuvination of the body.
We had a great time last year, and I'm sure Neel has got some more awesome ideas for this year.


The date is set for the weekend of August 3rd, 2012. Feel free to arrive at you convenience!

So here are the specific details...
What: Second Annual BMW 4 Corners Meet
Where: Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Pagosa Lodge - http://www.pagosalodge.com/
3505 West Highway 160.
Pagosa Springs, CO 81147.

As far as lodging goes, he has about 80 rooms and will be giving them out at a discounted rate. Although it is peak season he can get down to $70 a night, which is a great deal.

To reserve a room, the number to call is 970-731-4141. Mention BMW meet in August.

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The activites in the area include:
A local Brewery
A local Hot Springs
Hiking/Scenery at Treasure Falls
Wolf Creek Pass Ski Area
Continental Divide
Great Mountain Roads for the group drive
Local hole in the Wall Restaurants
River Rafting
Hot Air Balooning
Horseback Riding
Art in the Garden Festival
Fred Harman Art Museum
Indian Ruins

Among other things, there are car events such as a mountain drive, meet and greet, possible swap meet or tech session, and general BMW enthusiast chat. Plans are still coming together, but no matter what, it should be fun!

Feel free to come on out, and let me know if you have questions, ideas or want to help out. [email protected] or [email protected]

Some pictures from last year:

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Please mark your calendar, the more, the merrier!!
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Bert, Dan, any of you outsiders think this at least sounds interesting??

Hope we can get a nice shark crew from Denver... Brian, Brian, Gene, Aaron, John, Jim, Ian??
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I was bummed I couldn't go last year so, I am interested
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I have the lined up to be posted in the local MotorSport Report, hopefulyl getting an bigger audience.

It would be neat to caravan down...
There are some people on mye28 expressing interest, so we should have a group willing to head down together... Would be great to see another shark in my rearview mirror!
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Beautiful location! I can't commit this far in advance, but definitely would like to be kept posted and on your distribution list.
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Too bad it's so close to the Monterey car thing, it sounds, (and looks) like a great run.
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Well, you can never schedule something that everybody can go to.

But there's a new development. I have heard there may be a mountain drive to the gambing town of Ignacio. Should be fun.
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beautiful scenery,wow ,wish i wasnt doing anything for about a month !
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More Info regarding attendees thus far, getting a decent group now!

Planning Attendees (from various forums):
Neel
Klove83
tschultz
oldskoolracer
02rollin
davintosh
1st 5er
Badger10mm
travisj
Ken H.
Robert Bondi
528elover
me78569
REHaas
MMcClintok
wh00sh
AG
AK
AB
Critter

Maybes:
Nebraska_e28
wkohler
turbodan
TurboChris
vinceg101
randomy
clarkkey594
PB
BF
JA
RH
M6smitten
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Any updates on this? I am trying to plan my summer time off and would like to know if this is still a go or not. Please let us know...
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Yes, still scheduled.

There have been people from Minnesota, Texas, California, New Mexico, Nebraska, Colorado, Arizona who have all tentatively planned to go.

What other information do you need?

More updates from the e28 forum are located here:
http://www.mye28.com/viewtopic.php?t=102791
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tschultz wrote:Yes, still scheduled.

There have been people from Minnesota, Texas, California, New Mexico, Nebraska, Colorado, Arizona who have all tentatively planned to go.

What other information do you need?

More updates from the e28 forum are located here:
http://www.mye28.com/viewtopic.php?t=102791
Thanks for the update...I do not have an account on e28, so this link is very helpful.
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The list has been growing. Another to the list coming from Missouri!
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Bump for this meet!!

Looks like a steady 40-50 people planning to come, just trying to spread the word!!




Latest update:

We are looking into getting T-shirts printed! Here is a rough estimate. Pricing will likely be in the $15-$20 range.

Here is the front Graphic we will be using for the front breast.
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Let me know what you think!
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I'd put the front emblem in the middle if it was slightly larger. Would look good on the left but smaller. Does that make sense?

Back looks great!
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I like it, too!
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Looks like I will be unable to make it to this event afterall :( The logistics of getting the "exploding M635" fixed and my work travel schedule will just not allow it. Hope everyone has fun! If there are any left over, please save a Tshirt for me!
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Budget M3 wrote:Looks like I will be unable to make it to this event afterall :( The logistics of getting the "exploding M635" fixed and my work travel schedule will just not allow it. Hope everyone has fun! If there are any left over, please save a Tshirt for me!
Bummer!!
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Shirts being ordered this week, event is coming up!!

Mark I should have a few leftover, so I will let you know. It looks like the cost will be $20 for any size up to XL.

For anybody else interested, let me know I can distribute at the event, or on the way down.
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Bump-- we have a group heading down to the event!

I hope we can pick you up in a caravan down that Friday! A group of us in coming down from Denver to Colorado Springs to pick up more people heading to the event.

We are meeting that Park Meadows 8/3, and a group from Nebraska is heading down with us!

If you want to join, give ma a call or email 303-249-4632, [email protected]


A rough outline if the schedule:
I am going to give Neel a call later today to really hammer out the schedule-- I have just been in the process of trying to get a car ready for the event, ordering tshirts etc.

So far this is the rough outline. Neel said he was going to try and talk to his friend about settign up a deal for Horseback riding if people didn't want to go on the drive.

We wanted to start an event that was for BMW enthusiasts to have a great getaway without the need for being a BMW club member (fees and such). So anybody and everybody is welcome. The plan is for people to arrive Friday, depending on where everybody is coming from.

Settle in to rooms, relax a bit after the drive, maybe grab a bite to eat, or meet up with some other people. There is a swimming pool and hottub available also. Likely Neel, the hotel owner, will allow us to hang out in his bar to have drinks and meet and greet. I need to get with him about maybe having some snacks or food.
Everyday, included in the cost of staying is a complimentary continental breakfast.

Friday
~6:00pm meet/greet at the bar. Maybe get Neel to have some sort of food option.

~8:30pm Potentially go to the hotel hottub or Brewery, or even Pagosa Hot Springs to relax after the drive down. At the brewery, eat food, maybe take the tour??


Saturday we will likely do a mountain drive, we have to iron out the location, but he was talking about the gambling town of Ignacio potentially. There is also hiking, and the continental Divide/Wolf Creek Pass. In the afternoon, we are looking at a Forced Induction talk (by Ken Hawkins who has the 700hp E28 M5), along with a car show/ BBQ. This leads us into the evening, and we will likely do the BMW Moviefest like we did last year (in the bar). Of course Neel will allow us to watch this on his 72" flat screen, and people can mingle etc.

Saturday:
~10:00am Leave for mountain drive, go to Ignacio, Continental Divide, or some place

~4:30pm Ken Hawkins FI discussion

~5:30pm BBQ/ CarShow. Hang out, eat, mingle. Potentially have a car show with prizes.

~8:00pm BMW Moviefest with The Hire and the La Carrera Classic and more.

Sunday

~12:00pm Checkout/leave


In the meantime if some of these things don't sound appealing, you or your family can go to the Pagosa Hotsprings or other activities, as outlined in the thread above.

Shirts are going to be printed this year, so I will have those for sale, it should be a good time! Looking at about 35 going to be available.
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Sweet-- sounds like we will have a caravan of about 10 cars heading from Denver down to Pagosa friday August 3rd
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This weekend already!!
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Got some great pictures!!

Here is a collection of mine and others' photos


My order of pictures got messed up in the upload, but there are so many images I don't want to go through them.

Enjoy-- it really was a great event and we got some new ideas for next year!!

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Something about starting off a trip in a clean car does something for the soul. :D

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Thought this was interesting.
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A little appetizer before dinner. This was a sample of all beers they offered at the little restaurant we went too. One was Jalapeno Brew, very interesting & flavorful.
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Passed this on the way home. Hmm... Pitstop???

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