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#508440 - 05/09/08 08:39 AM
Cumberland Meet Show & Trailer Parking
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charlier
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Registered: 03/26/05
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I have been watching the long range weather forecasts for Cumberland the last few days.
http://www.weather.com/outlook/driving/interstate/tenday/USMD0115?from=36hr_topnav_driving
http://www.accuweather.com/forecast-15da...=21501&metric=0
I am the first to admit that weather forecasts more than a day ot two out have a history of being very inaccurate.
However, this does bring up a few questions that the Meet Chairman or other Meet Staff might like to address.
Since the show is on grass and the field is most likely not a former golf course, is there any way of knowing how well it drains after being rained on?
Will the Meet Chair and other staffers be able to layout the show field differently at the last minute if parts of the field are swampy on Friday afternoon/evening?
The trailer parking is also on grass as I understand it. Does that field have good drainage?
If not, I would imagine that the Meet staff have made provisions to secure heavy duty towing equipment should some tow vehicles and trailers become bogged down on soft ground?
Obviously, I am sure the Meet Staff have also been watching the weather forecasts and thinking about some of these same issues.
Some of these situations can be planned for and others not.
To be quite honest, the thought of getting stuck in the trailer parking area and/or getting my antique vehicle all mudy is not too appealing.
Add to that spending $300-400 in fuel, tolls, food, etc. for a mud filled trip and I have to think twice about the cost/benefit of going.
Input from the Meet Staff would be greatly appreciated.
Edited by charlier (05/09/08 08:41 AM)
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#508692 - Yesterday at 11:08 AM
Re: Cumberland Meet Show & Trailer Parking
[Re: charlier]
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windjamer
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Registered: 10/27/06
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Loc: new york
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HMMM, fifty members have read the post and no answers.Charlie its been said that im not bashful, so Ill be the first to step in it. First let me say that I love cars in the park, there is nothing better than a blanket on the ground with a picnic basket a cool drink and just watch the folks walk by and admire the cars. If I can remove my shoes and socks and air out my stinky feet, even better. BUT,what we had at the pasture oops, I ment former golf course last year was far from idalic. We have a wonderful hard working reagion and Im sure changes will happen,but like you I worry about a muddy field in MD. I drove a hundred and sixty miles last year and still had to clean Hershey mud off tires and wheel wells when I got home. I dont want to do it again. NO, I dont have a million doller car, but I spent ten+ years to rescue it from the grave yard,and Im doggone proud of it. I wont subject it to a mud bath. Dick
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#508702 - Yesterday at 11:57 AM
Re: Cumberland Meet Show & Trailer Parking
[Re: windjamer]
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Bhigdog
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Registered: 10/23/01
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Loc: Eastern PA
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Unless it's fcst for a down pour on Sat. I'll be there. If the trailer field is soft or muddy I'll find another place to park it, that's usually not a problem. If the show field is soft and muddy I'll just have a nice breakfast somewhere and go home...........Bob.
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