[mobike008]

An unsusal Team-BHP meet that happened in Hyderabad on May 6th, 2023.

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/team-...ml#post5547670 (The 2018 Team-BHP Hyderabad Meet Thread)

[mobike008]

It’s been a while and this thread has been quite silent and sulking. Well, there has been plenty of Team-BHP meets but, all of them are not reported due to lack of time.

The frequency of our meets is as often as twice in a month to once in a month. depending on the season/weather.

But, we definitely catch up for some activity once in a month for sure albeit a smaller, enthusiastic BHPian group.

Living in PWN has changed the concept of Team-BHP meets for me.

Here we do not need to drive anywhere as the nature and scenery starts at our “doorstep” and unlike other states in US, PNW offers spectacular views in just 150 miles range from wherever you live in the Greater Seattle region.

Team BHP meets have matured over the standard “Drive Meets” to these :

1. Hikes (In the past one year, I may have done at least 10 hikes with BHPian’s)

2. Bicycling- A few meets happened just to ride a bike (Bicycle is known as bike here)

3. Driving to the hike is also akin to a Team-BHP drive as the routes in Seattle are always windy and cutting through forests and mountains so the driving pleasure is “thrown in” to a regular drive each time.

4. Home Parties- Oh, we get together at least once in a month and party till wee hours of the night.

Also, we do drives with families whenever we get the opportunities. These pictures are from one such “Team BHP Family Drive Meet”

Last Saturday, an impromptu plan was made at 10:00am and we all decided to start at 1:00pm to Lake Diablo in the “North Cascades National Park” which is roughly 90 miles away from home.

Since wifey was not joining and mom took her place, we decided to jump into one of the lovely 3- cars that ventured out for this drive meet :

1. Volvo XC 90 (Ashu)
2. BMW 5-Series (Vineet)
3. Toyota Highlander (Crackhead)

#1 and #2 are neighbors and #3 was BHPian Crackhead.

We left home finally at 1:30 pm and reached a lovely little American joint in the mountains for a late lunch around 3:00pm.

Immensely enjoyed the lunch and then drove ahead through enjoying views of scenic roads with aqua blue waters and mountains that still had snow (Imagine, it’s late summer here and summer from last winter hasn’t melted yet).

We reached our magical destination around 4:30pm and spent over an hour sinking into the views which were no less than a “Slice of Heaven’ and then drove down to a spot where we sat by the water with kids having fun in the water with the senior citizens bonding and connecting.

After an hour or so, we drove to a dam and spent some additional lovely time before heading back to home around 7:30pm

Got back home at 9:30pm and Ashu was kind to offer an "after drive party" at his lovely home. We picked some food enroute and headed straight to his home where all of us (whole gang including the senior citizens) partied until midnight.

Well, I never knew when I used to organize Team BHP meets in 2007 (Whew, it’s already 16 years now) that Team BHP drives would mature to this stage.

I’m lovin’ it !!!

[mobike008]

This is how the Team-BHP meets are getting evolved over a period of time.

And, I'm lovin' it.

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/trave...ml#post5604075 (3 Germans (BMW, Mercedes, Audi) | A Day-Trip to Mt. Rainier National Park)

[mobike008]

Unfortunately, I have seen a trend ( Hyderabad/Detroit/Seattle)

Folks who meet for the first time are enthusiastic and all gung ho about meets/drives etc and join for a couple of drives and then probably lose interest and drop out or never show any interest to join for drives.

It doesn't matter to me.

And, I may be the only member who seems to keep pushing the Team BHP meets relentlessly forward even if it means just 2-BHPians meet and do what we do best.

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/trave...ml#post5615238 (2 BHPians and a Porsche Boxster S | Road trip of 400 miles in 11 hours doing the North Cascade Loop)

[mobike008]

Last Sunday a few of the BHPians did a lovely day trip to the Mt.Rainier National Park and enjoyed the ~ 300 miles day trip.

Here is a photoblog of this drive meet :

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/trave...ml#post5634816

[mobike008]

Seattle Folks,

As the winter is approaching fast, it’s time to kick start this beautiful season by a short drive to the gorgeous “Picture Lake” in the North Cascades National Park & Mountains.

A few weeks ago, I saw that area already got a lot of snow so it should be a beautiful drive.

This is how Picture Lake looked a couple of weeks ago.





Join up, if you are interested.

Broad Plan :

Meeting Day : November 18, 2023
Meeting Time : 8:30 am
Meeting Location : Chic-a-FIL, Marysville, WA
Total Drive : 250 Miles or little more depending on from where you are coming from.

Lunch : Post the drive meet, we will stop for lunch around noon at some place. Folks, who need to get back can leave early. I personally need to be back home early afternoon for the mundane weekend chores.

Confirmed Names :

1. mobike008 (BMW X3M40i)
2. Crackhead (Toyota Highlander)
3. Abhiram90 (Jeep Wranger)
4. Ram.A (Subaru Forrester)
5. Sumit. H (Tesla Model Y)

[mobike008]

Originally Posted by mobike008

Broad Plan :

Meeting Day : November 18, 2023
Meeting Time : 8:30 am
Meeting Location : Chic-a-FIL, Marysville, WA
Total Drive : 250 Miles or little more depending on from where you are coming from.

This meet happened. And, it was a fun drive even though the turnout of BHPians was less that anticipated.

Here is a short photoblog of this drive meet :

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/trave...ml#post5667613 (Team-BHP Drive Meet to Frozen Lake | Drive to Picture Lake in North Cascade Mountains, WA)

You may ask- Why photoblog and not a drive meet report?

Well, Washington has so many amazing locales that unfortunately "cars" take a backseat. Yup, they have to take a backseat as after all they are minions in front of those majestic snow capped mountains.

Hence, I feel it's more ideal to share a photoblog rather than a drive report which is ONLY about cars.

Frozen Lake



Walking on Frozen Lake



Curvy roads for the last 20 miles up in the mountains.



3 Muskteers.

[mobike008]

BHPian Crackhead and I with our families carved some mountains roads in a Porsche and BMW.

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/trave...ml#post5743458 (Carving the mountain roads in a Porsche & BMW | Day Trip to Diablo Lake & North Cascades Mountains)

[iamapc]

Originally Posted by mobike008

BHPian Crackhead and I with our families carved some mountains roads in a Porsche and BMW.

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/trave...ml#post5743458 (Carving the mountain roads in a Porsche & BMW | Day Trip to Diablo Lake & North Cascades Mountains)

Good to see the detailed post on the drive. One request, please post here when future drives are planned in the Seattle area. I would love to join if schedule permits.

[mobike008]

Originally Posted by iamapc

Good to see the detailed post on the drive. One request, please post here when future drives are planned in the Seattle area. I would love to join if schedule permits.

Thanks. I lost interest in posting here as nobody seems to be interested.

Let me give it another try.

Meet Date : April 13th or April 14th (Depending on which is a sunny day)

Time : 11:30am

Agenda :

1. Drive on the famous Chuckanut Drive which is famous for twisties in mountains.

2. Stop for lunch

3. Go to Skagit Valley Roozengarden Tulip Festival.

I'm anyways going this weekend as this is the last weekend to enjoy the best Tulips in America. I would prefer to be at Skagit late afternoon as the colors pop even better and would also like to be there during sunset.

I wouldn't mind this getting converted to a Team-BHP drive. We did a similar drive back in April 2022. Pics are on this thread.

Let the confirmations come in.