"Gold Crown Midget Nationals" Oct 6, 7 & 8

illiNOISE · 9/21/11, 2:52 PM

History buffs attending the Gold Crown might make the ten minute drive from Tri City to the Lewis and Clark State Historic Site for our "Flags Over the Mississippi: Struggle for Empire" event. Reenactors will portray American, French, and Spanish militias, as well as civilians. The LC Site is located on ILL Rt. 3, just north of 270. (The second exit past the Tri City exit, if you're coming from Indiana.) GPS address: 3500 New Poag Road, Hartford, IL

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Dick Monahan · 9/21/11, 4:10 PM

I probably won't do this alone, but if someone wants to make it a group excursion, I'll be there: http://www.soulardoktoberfest.com/

opnwhlmnd · 9/22/11, 12:52 PM

Things to do in St Louis within half hour drive of Tri-City Speedway

The Anheuser-Busch brewery tour is worth doing and it's free with 2 free beers of your flavor of choice at the end of it.

Grant's Farm is very much worth doing. It's compliments of Anheuser-Busch, this Busch family estate was once owned by Ulysses S. Grant. Animal shows, petting area and a tram ride through the wildlife preserve.

The Gateway Arch is neat if you have never been to the top. Just call ahead or go online and purchase your ticket to avoid the long wait times. The museum under the arch is really neat

The St Louis Zoo is a great zoo and it's free admission

If you like arts and thngs the Art Museum is near the zoo and free. Missouri Botanical Garden is near there and also free

The Science Center near the zoo is very cool but there is an admission charge

The "hill" area of St Louis has some great great Italian food. I like Rigazzi's the best. You just have to get a Rigazzi's fishbowl of beer.

A little further west in Chesterfield is the Kemp Auto Museum. Very nice collection of cars. Plus you can go to the Ferrari, Maserati, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, and Lotus dealer very near there and sit in exotic cars and dream.

If you like motorcycles the Moto Museum has a great collection.

Or we could have a giant BBQ at my house about 40 minutes from Tri-City

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Dick Monahan · 9/22/11, 2:41 PM

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Originally Posted by opnwhlmnd

Or we could have a giant BBQ at my house about 40 minutes from Tri-City.

I'll be there.

fasster23 · 9/23/11, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Hawker

Come on down, I'll be shooting again this year and Chuck Fry will be flying out from Northern CA and staying with me, to shoot too for his first GCMN. Morty knows how to find me!

I never tried Pappy's, but I'm sure it's good....OK has the best BBQ in the land IMO (even better than TX...LOL). The best BBQ I've ever had in OK was my dads and a place called Head Country BBQ in Ponca City, OK. They've won just about every competition out there and the sauce is the greatest. http://www.headcountry.com/

The best BBQ is in KC but that's a bit of a drive. I guess I could bring some.
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9/22/11, 12:52 PM	#33 Re: "Gold Crown Midget Nationals" Oct 6, 7 &
opnwhlmnd Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,425	Things to do in St Louis within half hour drive of Tri-City Speedway The Anheuser-Busch brewery tour is worth doing and it's free with 2 free beers of your flavor of choice at the end of it. Grant's Farm is very much worth doing. It's compliments of Anheuser-Busch, this Busch family estate was once owned by Ulysses S. Grant. Animal shows, petting area and a tram ride through the wildlife preserve. The Gateway Arch is neat if you have never been to the top. Just call ahead or go online and purchase your ticket to avoid the long wait times. The museum under the arch is really neat The St Louis Zoo is a great zoo and it's free admission If you like arts and thngs the Art Museum is near the zoo and free. Missouri Botanical Garden is near there and also free The Science Center near the zoo is very cool but there is an admission charge The "hill" area of St Louis has some great great Italian food. I like Rigazzi's the best. You just have to get a Rigazzi's fishbowl of beer. A little further west in Chesterfield is the Kemp Auto Museum. Very nice collection of cars. Plus you can go to the Ferrari, Maserati, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, and Lotus dealer very near there and sit in exotic cars and dream. If you like motorcycles the Moto Museum has a great collection. Or we could have a giant BBQ at my house about 40 minutes from Tri-City . __________________ Find a purpose in life ..... Be a bad example

9/21/11, 2:52 PM	#31
illiNOISE Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 890	History buffs attending the Gold Crown might make the ten minute drive from Tri City to the Lewis and Clark State Historic Site for our "Flags Over the Mississippi: Struggle for Empire" event. Reenactors will portray American, French, and Spanish militias, as well as civilians. The LC Site is located on ILL Rt. 3, just north of 270. (The second exit past the Tri City exit, if you're coming from Indiana.) GPS address: 3500 New Poag Road, Hartford, IL www.campdubois.com Posted via Mobile Device

9/21/11, 4:10 PM	#32 Re: "Gold Crown Midget Nationals" Oct 6, 7 &
Dick Monahan Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,143	I probably won't do this alone, but if someone wants to make it a group excursion, I'll be there: http://www.soulardoktoberfest.com/