The Upper Midwest Gathering, 2000
On May 19-21, 2000, 3/S owners from across the Upper Midwest met up in Wisconsin
Dells for a weekend of fun. The headquarters for all the events was Baker's Sunset
Bay Resort. Check out the complete schedule of events here.
The list of owners who attended the events include:
| Curt Gendron | 95 black Stealth R/T TT | Edina, MN |
| John Basol | 95 green Stealth R/T TT | Excelsior, MN |
| Oskar Persson | 95 white Stealth R/T TT | Plymouth, MN |
| Scott Cowan | 92 black 3000GT VR4 | Waukesha, WI |
| Mark Millard | 96 black 3000GT VR4 | Bloomington, MN |
| Derek Hayes | 93 red Stealth base | Marshall, MN |
| Derek Gaudish | 93 green Stealth base | Minnetonka, MN |
| Dan Hedlund | 99 black 3000GT VR4 | Brooklyn Park, MN |
| Ahmed | 92 red 3000GT VR4 | Chicago, IL |
| Shawn Tripet | 93 red 3000GT base | Spring Park, MN |
| Vineet Singh | 92 blue Stealth R/T TT | Chicago, IL |
| Mike Murray | 94 red 3000GT VR4 | Chicago, IL |
| Mike Gardner | 91 chrome illusions Stealth ES | IL |
| Lou Basile | 91 white 3000GT VR4 | IL |
| Matt Buff | black Stealth R/T | WI |
| Greg ?? | 95 Stealth base | WI |
On Friday afternoon, we met up at the hotel from 3-5pm. There was 5 or 6 of us that got there by 5pm. (Oskar, John, Derek G, Derek H, Shawn) We then headed over to Houlihan's to have some supper. A few people had some watered down drinks. After Houlihan's, we went back to the hotel to get ready for the drive-in. Around 8pm, we caravaned over to the drive-in. The two movies playing were "Battlefield Earth" and "Dinosaur." Most of us watched Battlefield Earth. That movie stunk.
On Saturday, we met at the Hotel and drove over to the Automotion Car Show around 9:30am. We met up with Mike Garnder and Lou Basile at the show. We lined up all our in the parking lot. It made for some nice pics. After the car show, we had lunch at the Pizza Pub. Greg managed to catch up with our group there. The food there was excellent and we got some good pictures of our cars in the parking lot.
Around 2:30pm on Saturday, we headed over to the Duck boats. Matt Buff found us there and rode the Ducks with us. Our Duck boat driver was a real comedian and he even came over and check out our cars after the tour. I couldn't get him to do a 6 wheel burnout with the Duck. Darn!
At 4pm, we went to Big Chief's for some go-karts. John, Ed and I really battled it out. John's kart had no brakes and he crashed into parked go-karts in the pits. It was kind of funny. After the go-karts, we got some food for our cookout at the resort. We cooked out and had a bonfire at the resort on Saturday night. A few of us drove around town that night to see what was going on.
Sunday morning we had the rural cruise. It was tons of fun. Vineet and Mike Murray met us at the hotel that morning for the cruise. We got some great pics of our cars on some of the scenic roads. After the cruise, we ate at Danny's Diner. The owner said he would put up a picture of all our cars in front of his diner. So after we ate, we lined them all up for another photo shoot. I can't wait to see the picture in the restaurant. We ran late at the diner, so we cancelled the Jet Boats.
Most people left after this. Vineet, Mike Murray and I went over to some other go-karts. These go-karts ended up being a lot more fun then Saturday's go-karts. Mike even got tangled up and the workers had to set him free. It was a blast. Next, we went and played some mini-golf. Lets just say, I cleaned up on this event.
After the mini-golf, it was around 6pm and Mike and Vineet headed back to Chicago. That concluded the Upper Midwest Gathering. I can't wait until the next one!!
