Morgan Road Trip to the Pacific Northwest Planned for the Fall of 2018
MOGSouth members looking for adventure or have the need to check a cross country Morgan trip off your bucket list?
A new road trip is being planned for the fall of 2018. It is primarily for Morgans that will travel from Cleveland OH to the Pacific Northwest.
A preliminary itinerary has been developed with the assistance of Bill Button (Morgan owner from Washington state) who knows the roads very well.
There are still some details to work out but the overall plan is as follows:
Leave Cleveland after Labor Day 2018.
Travel to Rapid City, SD
Visit to Needles, Rushmore
Travel to Yellowstone (this is still uncertain because we don’t have time to do it justice)
Travel to Glacier NP
Travel to Olympia NP
Travel down Washington and Oregon coast to Northern California
End trip
The trip will be about three weeks from Cleveland to Northern California. From Rapid City on it will be primarily a driving trip over glorious roads that Morgans were made to conquer. Some attractions will be included along the way but that is not the emphasis. Journey back home will be on your own.
Warning! There will be interstate traveling from Cleveland to Rapid City. This is necessary in order to get there as quickly as possible. Speed will be a reasonable 60 mph or so. We don’t want wear ourselves and cars out before the real fun begins. About 6 hours driving a day.
I have already advertised the trip to others and there are still a limited number of spot available. But time is of the essence to make lodging reservations at some hard to book locations (Yellowstone).
We already have interest from Morgan owners in Ohio, Morgan Club of DC, and the West so anyone interested needs to respond quickly to assure inclusion. Interested parties can contact me directly.
I need to get a commitment reasonably soon because we will be making lodging reservations shortly. The commitment must be almost certain and a non-refundable deposit might be required depending on the terms we get at the hard-to-book locations (i.e. Yellowstone).
Also, negotiations with hotels often require booking a set number of rooms to get a discount. If there is a reduction in the numbers of participants there could be a penalty.
Furthermore, we might have more interest than spaces and we don’t want to exclude someone only to have another participant drop out. I don’t mean to be harsh but that’s just the way it is. Let me know as soon as you can.
Bob McKenna