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Saturday Morning Grexwalks and Lunches
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Oct 11 19:47 UTC 2003 |
GREXWALK BULLETIN -- Starting time reset to ** 10:00 am ** beginning
October 18. Start gathering at 9:45.
(10:00 am was originally the start time of the walk, but it has drifted
later about two minutes every year. To prevent the after-walk lunch
from turning into a after-walk dinner, the regular walkers have agreed
to move the start time earlier by a half hour. We hope this will set
lunchtime around 12:30 pm.)
OK, now here is the usual text to introduce the Grex walks to
newcomers.
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If you are near Ann Arbor, join us for a Grex Walk!
Every Saturday morning, between 9:50-10:00 am, a bunch of Grexers gather
for a 75-90 minute walk, followed by lunch at a local eatery.
Newcomers are most eagerly welcome; this is an opportunity to meet
and socialize with other Grex folks and get some exercise in the
bargain. Not all the walkers are Grex users: we have regular
attendance from friends, children and pets, and sometimes complete
strangers join us from our Event listing in the Observer.
Fall is the season for some of the most beautiful Grexwalks, as
the leaves change color and the weather gets crisp. Towards the
end of the season we might even have to dress for a bit of snow.
After the October 18 walk, we will travel to Dexter for lunch and
a visit to the Dexter Cider Mill; this is usually the most popular
Grexwalk event of the year.
Feel free to come to the walk but not lunch, or the lunch but not
to the walk. Everything's very informal.
Currently we pick a different place for lunch each week. Watch this
item and make suggestions if you have a favorite place that we could
visit. With few exceptions, any restaurant that receives a nomination
and a second will be put on the list for a future debriefing.
The upcoming lunch schedule can be seen with the !lunch command,
or on the web at
http://www.cyberspace.org/~krj/lunch.txt
On most Saturdays -- all except FIRST SATURDAYS -- the walk
starts in Gallup Park, and we gather by the parking lot near the
entrance on Fuller Road. Directions for how to find us are in
response #1 ( resp:1 ) of this item.
On the FIRST SATURDAY of each month, the walk is held at
Bird Hills Park.
Those dates will be: Saturday, November 1
Saturday, December 6
Directions for how to find us in Bird Hills Park are in
response #2 ( resp:2 ) of this item.
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response 1 of 68:
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Oct 11 19:50 UTC 2003 |
Gallup Park directions, for most Saturdays:
Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth Saturdays:
We meet in the parking lot just off Fuller Road, opposite Huron High
School, just west of Huron Parkway. In Mapquest, enter the address
3000 Fuller Road, Ann Arbor, MI
Here's a closeup map of the Gallup Park entrance area:
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\ F \ | HHS | | H |
| \ u \ ----- | u |
| | \ l \ | r |
| | \ l \ | o |
Furstenburg \ e \ | n |
Park __ \ r \ | |
/..\ | \ \ | P |
/.....\ | | \ | k |
/......| / \ \ | w |\
\...../ | | | y | \
|.....| | | | |\ \
\....| | | /--\ | | \
|....| | *| |..| | | \
|....| | | |..| | |
|....| | | |..| | |
|....| \ / /...\| |
-------/.....\--|-|-/.....\---
....Huron River.| |...........
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Gallup Park
Grexers meet in the parking lot near where the "*" is.
Please NOTE: we meet by the FIRST parking lot, before the bridge over
the river. If you need to drive over the bridge to find a parking
space, you'll have to backtrack to meet us.
(Gallup Park Grexwalk directions originally by Mark Conger (aruba))
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response 2 of 68:
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Oct 11 19:51 UTC 2003 |
For FIRST SATURDAYS, at Bird Hills Park,
Mapquest will get you close to our meeting place if you type in this address:
1900 Newport Rd, Ann Arbor, MI
Here's an ASCII text description of how to meet us in Bird Hills Park:
(credit: Jan Wolter)
Jackson Dexter \\\/ NORTH =>
Road Road \X\
| / /\\\ Maple Road
---|----/-----------/--\\\----------------
| / / \\\
| / / \\\ M-14
| / Miller / \\\
|/ Road / \\\
| / \\\
| / school ||| Newport Road
| /---------------------,------------------
| 7th / ||| --' |
----|-------/ ||| Park Here |
| / ||| | Bird
Huron | / Miller ||| | Road
| | Road ||| |
Downtown | ___|||___________________|___
Ann --------------------'-. ||| Huron River Drive
Arbor Main \|||
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So you want Newport road, just where it crosses the M-14 highway.
Just a wee bit north of the bridge is a little dirt road that slopes
down to a little parking lot. The walk meets there. If you are
coming from the highway, note that there is no exit at Newport, just
at Main Street and at Maple and Miller. Getting from Main to Huron
River Drive is a bit tricky. Be alert. Amateurs may do better
approaching Newport Road from Miller Road. Occasionally the parking
lot gate is left locked. Park at the school and walk across the
bridge.
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