Originally Posted by grizzlychoppers

Directions to Ames, IA:

It's really easy to find. If you're coming over the bearing straight just follow the coast through Juneau, past Vancouver and into Seattle. No need for a passport, it's an open border! While in Washington pick up some apples and say hi to the OG Sleepy Tiger. Head south into the IE and collect the members of ScinergySoCal. If you're getting hungry at that point ask Rodney to find a place to eat! He'll probably not only recommend a restaurant, but also provide slightly tilted pictures of several of his favorite dishes! Normally I would say to pick up John Sr. while you're there, but he left two weeks ago and is basking on a beach with 30 sorority girls somewhere. Such is the hard life. Head northeast out of the Sunshine State and cross the Rocky Mountains into Denver. There you can collect Nick, Elyce, Frosty, Hax and all of the members of ScinergyCO! That's a group of true Road Warriors. Ask DJ Hax for tips on picking up NOPI Chicks. A right turn out of Denver headed toward the southeast will land you in Tulsa, birthplace of Scikotics. Although Jon and Jaquetta won't be joining us this year you could still probably bum a cookie off of them, maybe a beer too. Be sure to sign up to attend Asylum while you are there. The DFW crew should meet you there in Tulsa saving you the scenic drive that is Eastern Texas. You may need to stop by Clay and Crystal's place and help him finish a mod or ten before getting him to join your caravan too. Heading due east after collecting the OKC tribe will plant you somewhere in the Ozarks. You will want to keep your windows rolled up and doors locked here to reduce the chance of hillbilly infection. Fortunately, the hillbilly population has been mostly driven out by Midwestern college students too poor to get all the way to South Padre or Daytona for vacation. Bring beads. You will eventually come to the garden spot of the middle of nowhere, Springfield, MO. There you will meet Horberg. He has invited you all to stay with him for the evening provided you change all of the diapers on his beautiful new daughter. Pay no attention to the man with the crazy look in his eye that just appeared behind you at this point. That's just Rob. He probably is crazy, but we love him anyway. Ask him to tell you a Volkswagen story, it soothes him. The Road Warriors from the Peach State should join you as well. They are a surly bunch with wild tales of visiting distillery after distillery on their voyage into the Yankee north. I have provided no directions for them because they know the way. Like salmon migrating upstream to spawn, they'll make their own way, but possibly without the spawning, who knows? HEAD NORTH! Kansas City beckons with its BBQ, jazz music, and reasonably priced shopping experiences laced with old fashioned Midwestern values. Members of ScinergyKC, Scikotics, Scinister Scions, and the Scion Region itself welcome you to their area. Hopefully the St. Louis crowd headed by the infamous OG of the Midwest, JBO himself, will meet you as well. STL Scions are a fearsome group with fantastical rides. Make sure somebody in the bunch has a spare tire or two. TAKE HEART! You are almost there. The Interstate 35 takes you out of Kansas City through the most scenic portion of the country since central Nebraska, SOUTHERN IOWA! You will be able to witness vast amounts of nothing punctuated with nothing in particular at all! On the horizon looms Des Moines (the "s" is silent, both of them). It is your final market before the glory of Ames. You will run into Dan, that is okay. He is very used to the abuse. Tell him to go to hell. Then join the Des Moines Scikotics on the final leg of the journey into Ames. The congregation is there! Where the Interstate 35 intersects the Highway 30. No too distant from where Buddy Holly and Richie Valens played their final show, along the route named for possibly our greatest president that bisected our country for nearly a century, east of nothing much, west of nowhere extremely special, north of places you've seen before, and south of nothing in particular. YOU ARE IN AMES!

Originally Posted by grizzly_choppers

I'll refer all potential campers to you brother.

All potential campers just PM shorberg

There.

Thanks for cleaning up the roll call. Expect to see a thread dedicated to just that in March.

-Alex

Originally Posted by Driver_Lost

NO! Not the I just woke up and you snap a my space pose pic. I thought we burned that?