Originally Posted by
Rich W
Since it's almost a 300 mile drive from the Chicago area, I do not think there will be many (or any) last minute attendees
going from this area to WDC 2016, since our club will drive either Thursday or Friday, so they can be 'awake' on Saturday
to be able to sit in traffic (on purpose) on Woodward. A few of us have done the trip starting at 1am on Saturday morning
and arrive on Woodward just in time for breakfast, but that makes for a really long day (not recommended).
Some of the local owners have mentioned they would like to find a new parking area that has more shaded areas, either
for the cars or at least for the owners to sit in the shade, to watch the cruisers go by. Not sure about "shaded" availability,
but the MB location offers a decent shaded area for owners to sit, up until about mid-afternoon, then direct sun until sunset.
We have had sun and hot weather more often than not, on the third Saturday of August, for the past decade or so.