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[edit] February 16, 2008 - Meetup
[edit] Wikipedian goes to roadgeek meetup
User:Mitchazenia went to a roadgeek meetup on Long Island on January 26, 2008. Being the first Wikipedia member to go a meetup, Mitch went to Bethpage and met road enthusiasts such as Doug Kerr and C.C. Slater. Now here is Mitch's point of view of the meetup.
[edit] First location: B.K. Sweeney's Parkside Tavern
After driving around with my father, we pulled into the parking lot behind the tavern on Broadway in Bethpage. There I saw road enthusiasts Doug Kerr, C.C. Slater and Mike Tantillo waiting in the parking lot for everyone else. When we pulled in, I walked up and introduced myself. Doug and they introduced themselves and I was given several items by Doug, which was to the least my expectation. After a few others arrived, we went inside and got seated. The table sat 8 people, enough to fit everyone. Just as we sat down, the final arrival came, a worker from NYSDOT. Everyone instantly got into different discussions with enthusiasts. I, personally, got into discussing New York with C.C. Slater. After about 30 minutes, the meals came. Everyone began to eat and the discussion continued along. After all was said and done, the bill cost $107. Afterwards, we began our progress to our cars and we ended up using 2 cars, mine and Doug's.
[edit] Second location: The trip around Nassau and Suffolk Counties
Doug, who had the whole trip planned out, took the lead, with 4 passengers. My dad's SUV had 3 people in it. We drove around to the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway, where we parked and got pictures of the stub end north of NY 135. We then got over to the Long Island Expressway, where we got off at New York State Route 110, where we got off towards the remaining bit of the Long Island Motor Parkway. At the historic site, I took out my camera and grabbed photos of the original bridge, the remains, a historical sign put up in 2004 and the remains of the road. We soon got back in our cars and drove off towards the parkways of Long Island. We took the LIE back to the Meadowbrook State Parkway and traveled that southward to the Ocean Parkway. We then travelled the Jones Beach shore before parking near the Robert Moses Causeway. There we got pictures of the Causeway. We got back in our cars and headed over to the Causeway and traveled to Fire Island and the Robert Moses Memorial. We took the Robert Moses north, ending up at the Southern State Parkway and headed westward to the Bethpage Parkway, which was closed due to a water main break.
We got off at a nearby exit and got back over to the Bethpage to the Seaford-Oyster Bay and pulled back off at the Powell Street exit, where our journey came to an end at the parking lot for B.K. Sweeney's. We said our goodbyes and headed off.
[edit] Conclusion
All in all, it was a good day, for the trip there and the trip home, I gathered over 60 pictures and have several here on Wiki. I plan on going to future meetups and I hope other Wikipedians do!
