Northern Michigan Fall Driving Tour September 28-30, 2018

[Patrick C]

Please join us for the 3rd annual Northern Michigan Fall Driving Tour! September 28-30.

The route will involve driving from Harbor Springs, Michigan to the beautiful Old Mission Peninsula in Traverse City! Several hours of gorgeous coastal driving and countless photo opportunities.

September 28th:
TBD based on who will be in Petoskey/Harbor Springs early enough. At the least plan on dinner at a location TBD.

September 29th:
8:45 AM—meetup and depart Petoskey, Michigan (location TBD).
10:45 AM—Arrive at Old Mission Peninsula
Drive the Peninsula, stop at various sights and shops.
12:30 lunch at either Peninsula Grill or Jolly Pumpkin.
3:00 PM—Depart Old Mission Peninsula
?? PM—Dinner in Petoskey, Michigan

September 30th:
Morning drive on the M-119 Tunnel of Trees, lunch, and then depart for home.

Looking forward to another great driving tour and exploring this new location! Please RSVP here or PM me for a link to the private Facebook event page.

[ssdelorean]

You know the Mrs & I are in! C you then!

[Patrick C]

You know the Mrs & I are in! C you then!

Great!!! Let’s see if we can top the 7 DeLoreans from last year!

[Delorean Industries]

I'll be in Glen Arbor that weekend at our place there. I wasn't planning on having a DeLorean up there though as the garage isn't finished yet. Not sure how you would feel about a non D in the caravan.

[Patrick C]

I'll be in Glen Arbor that weekend at our place there. I wasn't planning on having a DeLorean up there though as the garage isn't finished yet. Not sure how you would feel about a non D in the caravan.

Absolutely! We would love to have you join, DeLorean or no DeLorean!

[Patrick C]

One week to go! Working on a headcount. Who all is coming?

[Patrick C]

Updated itinerary and location!

Route in progress:
https://goo.gl/maps/MojDikNKqyz

Attendee / car count:
*L & K: 2
Shannon & Jeanette: 2
*Rick & Ricky: 2
*Kolin & Kristine: 2
*Patrick & Terry (?): 2
*Andrew: 1
*Josh Schimek: 1
Jeff Toman 1 ??
* = Definitely (or better be) driving a DMC
Looks like 12 total people and 7 or 8 cars?

Possible Stops:
Breakfast / coffee shop departing Harbor Springs? Or drive a little and then stop?
Boyne City: @45 minutes
Water Street Cafe, Boyne (coffee, pie, baked goods - accepts
cash only) -- Late breakfast snack, photo op?
East Jordan
Ellsworth
Looks like pass-through kinda towns
Central Lake: (Parking: Streetside along State or Main)
Bachmann's Store / downtown shopping
Mammoth Distilling
Touch of Class cafe / bakery
Bellaire:
Shorts! Even briefly? Maybe contact them and see if they want a photo-op since
they’re notorious BTTF fans
On 31 north of Eastporte(15 minutes south of Charlevoix, about 125 miles in to the drive):
Royal Farms - cider, donuts, wine/hard cider tasting
Lunch Options: Charlevoix
Bywater Cafe (The Beach House at Michigan Beach) - Charlevoix (good looking
menu but all outdoor, casual seating directly beach-front) - https://goo.gl/FdHqQP https://bywatercafe.weebly.com/
OR
Kelsey’s Lakeside Grille - http://www.kelseysgrille.com/home.html Big marina parking lot, photo op?
Lunch Options: Petoskey
Knot Just a Bar - Petoskey http://www.knotjustabar.com/
Add on tunnel of trees at the end and have dinner along that route?
...Or dinner locally at some place like Teddy Griffin’s?
...Or invade Patrick’s families house and order in :)
Events / Goings On:
Hops & Highlands @ Boyne (Chair lift rides from 11am-5pm)