Yeah Lou won't be in 'til Wednesday.

i feel like i'm the only one heading down to arrive thursday morning lol like i'm going late

Our first ZDayZ we all went down on Thursday. The next year, Wednesday. The next, Tuesday.

Now, we're there for a full week. :)

i just dont have enough vaca time. welllll i do but im tryin to save a few days for other things. using 2 for zdayz, 1 for carlisle, 1 last week for a visitor, and 1 for my tune. only got 5 left for the rest of the year :shakes head:

next year...he just moves there.

I am right there with you. I will be heading in with a group from down here on Thursday morning. I want to be able to go on other vacations other than just ZdayZ so I cant kill a whole week and accomplish that. I need to put a year of vacations in the hole then I could make it happen.

yea i only get 10 days a year (for now) and i think i got 1 floating holiday too.

i plan on working wednesday, going home to pack, nap, then leave around midnight to arrive around 10/11am thursday morning.

I'm one of the lucky ones who gets 3 weeks of PTO a year... already had a cruise to the bahamas in February, now ZdayZ in May... :excited:

very nice. i only been here at this job since nov. 2010. i bump to 15 days after 5 or 6 years i think.

I hate to say this, but I've been at my job for almost 40 (yes forty!) years :icon14: :icon14:. In November, I hit the milestone. I get 6 weeks of vacation, so I can usually get the time off that I want.

Mrs. mults and I will be leaving Cleveland after work on Tuesday and we'll be spending the night en-route somewhere. We will arrve in Fonana sometime Wednesday early afternoon. I hate the drive there :eekdance:, but once we're there, I love the drive :driving:.

i've barely been alive for half of the time you've been working so i cant say i put my time in yet for all that vacation time lol

i'm coming from pittsburgh so i got a lengthy drive as well. i really dont mind long drives but kinda sucks when you're alone. i did a 1200 mile drive when i bought my Z so this shouldnt be too bad lol

:woot: Attendance as of this evening: 648

It's going to be sooooo crowded

Not for you. :driving:

:HIGH FIVE: :icon17: I also get 3 weeks PTO per year :happydance:

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I used to have 18 days pto per year, now with the new job I'm on the vacation-sick day plan. 10 vacation days 6 sick days. :ugh2:

i think i need to fully clear this with khoi but i'm thinking a unofficial AAM after party every night in my cabin.

any body up for that? lol

Have fun. I'll be chillin' out, maxin' relaxin' all cool smoking a cigar on the deck. :tup:

you can still come be social lol i do believe (from pics) that mine has a deck as well. you're more than welcome to come smoke on my deck....:stirthepot: :yum:

Isn't there a meet and greet at Stig's place on Friday? Or was it someone else? :icon14:

there is one i cant remember who but i think its earlier. i'm talkin after part girl lol

It's at Mike's cabin. If he's got the same cabin as last year, it's on the corner in front of the lodge and restaurant.

yea thats who it was

I'll be at Mike's cabin at that time, so theoretically there could still be a meet and greet at my room that I'm not aware of... ;)

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I need to remember to bring some cigars! Good call sir :tiphat:

Are you going to be at Fontana all weekend this time?

Nope. :shakes head: I'm about 10 minutes away. Close enough to drive, far enough to be quiet. (Trying to find that silver lining...)

For those of you who know Mike the Powdercoater it goes without saying he is probably one of the nicest fellas out there. He is a true track junkie as well as a major supporter of the 370Z community, ZDayZ and ZNationals. Be sure and think of him when you need powdercoating for your Z!

Just checked on some gas prices on the way to Fontana (Maryville, TN) and the price is $3.119/gallon (regular grade). That's a good $.55 cheaper than the gas around Cleveland. Hopefully it won't rise too much as we get closer to Memorial Day. I just checked my spreadsheet and last year I paid between $3.659 and $3.799/gallon in the same area. Like the kid on the Kaiser Permanente commercial says, "Things are looking up".

yea i got 93 for $3.81 yesterday so any drop on the way down would be lovely. i'm not complaining since for awhile 93 was well over $4 a gallon here for awhile.

My allowance for gas for this trip is $500, which should get me at least 6 full tanks and about 7 fill-ups.. So yes, I'll take any breaks I can get :ugh2:

Again, I checked my spreadsheet, and last year I filled up 7 times (12-13 gallons each) and spent about $266. This was for 1,532 total miles and I averaged 25.98 MPG.

mine will probably be the same. i think mine will be 1600 total. plus dragon runs and whatnot i see it being like $300 or so in gas for me

1600? I thought we were both around ~600 miles each way, I think mine came to about 570

Google says it's 692 miles each way for me.

Yeah, but that's just to get there. Once you start driving the Dragon, Cherahola and the other amazing roads, the mileage will definitely add up.

mine is 566

so thats 1132 round trip plus a couple dragon runs and side trips so i'm sorry more like 1200-1300 total :tiphat: