Long Island, NY Club .... Part IV - Page 106

Lil'Oggi · 08-01-2008, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by skyhighny

So it was a beautiful evening yesterday and I decided to just get in my car and drive. I ended up by Robert Moses to be by the water while the sun set. However, I just drove around and across the bridges because I wasn't sure where to park. It was actually pretty cool because there was a huge red sun setting as I crossed the bridge. Do any of you know of a good place to park over there so you can watch the water and your car at the same time? Is the OBI parking lot the best place to go?

P.S. Yes Gino I have already been up for an hour!

Did you nudge him, or did he nudge you?

skyhighny · 08-01-2008, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Lil'Oggi

Did you nudge him, or did he nudge you?

Damn Oggi you caught that? Didn't think anyone would notice!

skyhighny · 08-01-2008, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by pep

Hey Karen, what are you doing Saturday night hot date?

Or are you just going to hang with the horses?

Whatever your doing have fun...

Sadly no hot dates, just a party!

Lil'Oggi · 08-01-2008, 09:44 AM

Most of yesterday I spent scouting the route for GCR2. I'm pretty sure the start will be at the Landmark Diner at the corner of Northern Boulevard (25A) and Port Washington Blvd. There's plenty of parking as the adjoining professional building should be empty on Sunday. I'm going to check it out for breakfast this Sunday at around 7:30 AM to see if I'm right. I'm choosing a restaurant location over a park so everyone can get some food and the indispensable coffee right away. Also, the location is a snap to get to, not just for us natives, but for anyone coming from out of town. We'll be an easy shot from the Throgs Neck Bridge, with exits from the Cross Island Parkway, Northern State Parkway and LIE 495 just a hop away.

Right now, the route takes us through Plandome, Manhasset, and Sands Point, down through Roslyn and back up into Glen Head and Glen Cove before turning to more familiar territory in Mill Neck, Bayville and Oyster Bay.

I had wanted a start going up through Great Neck and into Kings Point, but most of the area is so like Queens, with rows of apartment buildings, and the roads themselves are so dull and gridlike, that the occasional burst of beauty simply got outweighed. Too bad. There are actual villages there that no one has ever heard of, like Thomaston, Saddle Rock and Kensington, and the main drag up through Great Neck Plaza on Middle Neck Road reveals some of the great and beautiful history of the place. Kings Point, after all, is "West Egg" in The Great Gatsby.

In the end, I had to consider that, steeped in history or not, the place had to be something fun to drive a top-down sports car through, and most of it wasn't, so I opted out. The best run section, through Kings Point and the ritzy houses, is a dead end with a turn-around. So, decision made. We shall begin by examining "East Egg", Sands Point and run like the wind through all the Long Island peninsulas east of there.

Here is a link to the map that will show you the Landmark Diner Start Point.

Landmark Diner
1023 Northern Blvd
Roslyn, NY 11576
(516) 627-4830‎

(1023 is the listed address for the diner. For some reason, Google Maps gets the street view photo right at #1009. At 1023 they show a car wash.)

Landmark Diner Map

And here is the link to the GCR2 page again: Gold Coast Run 2

pep · 08-01-2008, 08:32 PM

Chris, I know the area of KingsPoint very well I did the work on alot of those ritzy houses in that area,Great twisties in kingspoint but if you don't know the area very well easy to get lost in there, any way the Kingspoint police won't like us very much tearing up the road up there, and I know most of them, they will definitely have a field day giving out tickets...

skyhighny · 08-01-2008, 08:44 PM

Just in case no one finds this in the Hamptons Run thread...

If anyone is interested I just discussed it with Mark and we are meeting up for dinner at Hooters on Aug. 9. Exit 59/60 on the LIE. If anyone is interested in joining us (SkyhighNY, Skyman CT, Sky 07 & Ronzer) let me know!

SolsticeSJA · 08-01-2008, 10:36 PM

Hey I'd love to go to the track where I have spent every saturday night for 12 years until last year but I'm leaving for Harvey Cedars on LBI for a week starting tomorrow am. NO COMPUTER......that's kinda freakin me already but I have 6 books to read so I should be ok. See ta'll morning of the 10th. miss you already.....

Lil'Oggi · 08-01-2008, 11:21 PM

Take a look at this: Underground SCCA Solstice

I think this is what Sarge bought. It'll never see a track.

skyhighny · 08-02-2008, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by SolsticeSJA

Hey I'd love to go to the track where I have spent every saturday night for 12 years until last year but I'm leaving for Harvey Cedars on LBI for a week starting tomorrow am. NO COMPUTER......that's kinda freakin me already but I have 6 books to read so I should be ok. See ta'll morning of the 10th. miss you already.....

Have a great time Steph! Don't party too hard you have work to do when you get back!

1sgt · 08-02-2008, 08:51 AM

There Are 2 Scca Solstice In Port Jeff 1 Na 1 Gxp .

Xmicro_Redline · 08-03-2008, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by maxblast

Hey for the record, I fell in love with the Camaro as soon as I saw it at the NY show. I would get it if I could afford it. Right now with two houses, a sports car, boat payments, I have to sit on the sidelines for now.

I will let you ride in Mine, since I only have one house and no boats, so a third car it is!