2nd February 2022, 08:02
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3rd February 2022, 12:35
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| Distinguished - BHPian   Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Seattle, WA
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Infractions: 0/1 (5) | Re: Team-BHP Meets @ Seattle, Washington Quote:
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I could not confirm this earlier due to being terribly busy at work. I got to know yesterday that one more person could not join and can come only on Feb 6th and Sumit also confirmed his participation if Feb 6th. Croupier and Abhiram, hope you guys can make it on Feb 6th. Please confirm by posting here. If not possible, then we might have to cancel this for now. Confirmed List When : Feb 6th, 2022 Meeting Point : Home Depot, Bellevue Meeting Time : 9:00 AM Where: Drive to beautiful German town-Leavenworth 1. Mobike008 (BMW X3M40i) 2. Abhiram90 (Audi Q7) 3. Ram (Subaru Forestor) 4. Nitin (Hyundai Santa Fe) 5. Croupier (Subaru Forester) 6. Sumit (Tesla Model Y) Stop 1 : Snoqualmie Pass Stop 2 : Cle Elum Lunch : Muchen Huas  Come on, Let's do it.  | ||
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4th February 2022, 22:02
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5th February 2022, 00:39
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Infractions: 0/1 (5) | Re: Team-BHP Meets @ Seattle, Washington Quote:
https://wsdot.com/travel/real-time/m...ses/Snoqualmie Well, since all of us have AWD, snow chains is not required. On a side note, I have driven so much in Snow in East Coast but, here in WA state even small amount of snow and everyone talks about snow chain which I never used in my life.  Hope you are confirmed for Feb 6th (Sunday). Please confirm? Quote:
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5th February 2022, 06:45
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5th February 2022, 12:09
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6th February 2022, 00:06
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Infractions: 0/1 (5) | Re: Team-BHP Meets @ Seattle, Washington Quote:
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 ..Nice you could join.Confirmed List When : Feb 6th, 2022 Meeting Point : Home Depot, Bellevue Meeting Time : 9:00 AM Where: Drive to beautiful German town-Leavenworth 1. Mobike008 (BMW X3M40i) 2. Abhiram90 (Audi Q7) 3. Ram (Subaru Forestor) 4. Nitin (Hyundai Santa Fe) 5. Croupier (Subaru Forester) 6. Sumit (Tesla Model Y) 7. Asher (BMW 530e) Stop 1 : Snoqualmie Pass Stop 2 : Cle Elum Lunch : Muchen Huas, Leavenworth. See y'all tomorrow. Let's plan to head out from the meeting point by 9:30am latest. | ||
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6th February 2022, 22:17
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6th February 2022, 22:35
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10th February 2022, 08:38
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11th February 2022, 00:01
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Infractions: 0/1 (5) | Re: Team-BHP Meets @ Seattle, Washington Quote:
 It took me almost 6 months to organize the first Team-BHP meet after relocating to Seattle. But, as they say better late than never. Hopefully, going forward we can enjoy a drive meet once in 3-months at least. This meet had 4 BHPians and 2 Non-BHPians (Actually, Ram is an unofficial BHPian from over a decade as he participated on many drive meets I used to organize back in Hyderabad, so he is no stranger to drive meets) We all met in parking lot of Home Depot in Bellevue and I was bit late for the 9:30 meeting time and when I pulled into the parking lot of HD, I was taken aback as at least 2-3 Mexican guys pounced at my car. They were the handy men and thought I was looking for one. It reminded me of the “Adda” concept back in India where you get labor for your handy works at home. We spent sometime introducing ourselves and it was nice to know Croupier relocated to Seattle just a couple of months ago from Hyderabad and decided to join up so soon. Another amazing aspect was to see his car splattered with Team-BHP stickers. Was a great sight to see this in US, first for me till date. Same goes for Ashir’s BMW 5-Series which was adored by my favorite “LTD” sticker. We headed out and drove towards our first stop which was “Snoqualmie Summit” which was about 50 miles away. We enjoy the broad I-90 East towards the mountains surrounded by beautiful scenery. We reached there around 11am and stopped for some photo shoot and a pizza slice from the most popular guy in Washington. Next stop was at Cle Elum where we found a nice spot which was completely ice, sleet and did a small photoshoot with all cars lined up. This place was tricky as it was slippery like hell. We had to really watch our feet lest we break some bones. LOL! Finally, reached Leavenworth which is a beautiful German town (Last I have visited this place was in 2015) and it got some old memories back. It’s one of the most beautiful place with all buildings having German architecture and this town is surrounded by mountains which makes this place unique and gives a European/Alpine feel. We had a tough time selecting a place for lunch as everywhere it was just Bratwurst (German Sausage/Hot Dog) but, found a place with a vegetarian option. Had a decent lunch and then we headed back towards home around 3pm. It was decided to take a different route while going back via. Stevens Pass which is a beautiful scenic area and this decision was an expensive one. We got stuck in a major traffic jam (Due to all Skiers coming back from the mountains and it was a Sunday) and it took us 2 hours to cover 6 miles. Can you beat that? Would be interesting to know if someone in US has covered less number of miles in a 2-hour span. Haha! Except this situation, the overall meet was fantastic and it was wonderful to meet the local BHPians and already waiting for the next drive meet. Ok, so I went first. Now it’s your turn to come up with your pictures and a brief report. Cheers and Many more in future !!                               | |
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12th February 2022, 03:31
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Infractions: 0/1 (5) | Re: Team-BHP Meets @ Seattle, Washington In continuation to previous post. Here are a few videos of this drive meet : This was on return. Driving towards Steven's Pass. Gorgeous sceneries  When we stopped for 2nd time at Cle Elum. Found a snowy spot to take some pictures and video Last stop before we all dispersed- Stevens Pass, WA  |
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14th February 2022, 02:00
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Infractions: 0/1 (5) | Re: Team-BHP Meets @ Seattle, Washington While we wait for other BHPian's to share their pictures and report. Here is participants list for the meet. Mobike008  Croupier with family  Ashir  Abhiram90  Ram (Non-TBHPian but, BHPian for 10+ years)  Sanjay- Ram's relative  Nitin- Mobike's friend  |
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15th February 2022, 11:59
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15th February 2022, 13:45
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