Well here it is, our first club gathering!

Hempstead Lake State Park

West Hempstead, NY 11552

August 8, 2009

10:00:AM - until you feel like going home

There is a $6 charge to get into the park.

Hempstead Lake State Park is a multi use facility. Included are 20 tennis courts, children's playgrounds, basketball courts, bridle trails for horse back riding, biking and hiking...so this is a family approved Z gathering.

Please use this link below to get directions from your departing address:

http://nysparks.state.ny.us/gmaps/?pId=155

If you zoom in - That yellow line is Southern State Parkway and the exit is 18 , once you get off the exit you make a right and it will put you right into the park area.

You are asked to bring yourself (family is ok), Z (if your Z can't make it come anyway) and food/drinks to be shared by everyone. There are grills in the park, so we shall be making our own food.......hot dogs, hamburgers and anything else we can grill. This should be a great time and I am hoping be can get can about 30 - 40 cars to show up. Come and hang out and meet new Z people and have a great time chatting about cars or playing basketball, tennis, throwing a football around or watching your kids play.

If you have any questions, feel free to email or pm me. If there are any changes before the event, this thread will be updated.

Zya soon.

The rain date for this event will be August 9th same time.

Great location and easy access. Wish I could make it since I lived about one-half mile from the park for the first 22 years of my life.

I would like to thank everyone who came out and made this a great first gathering!

Thanks to Jimmy for picking out a great spot! We learned a few things for the next one we have there and the next one will be even better. Also would like to thank Jimmy's wife for BBQ'n for us while we spoke cars. Also would like to thank everyone who bought club decals and playing cards, the funds go back into your club.

So we had 17 -*19 Zs show up for the day. * (2 350Zs showed up and didn't come inside the parking lot) There were plenty of food and snacks to go around. It was good to see everyone sharing there Z stories with one another. I also met a lot of new people and saw a bunch of Zs I have not seen yet. Please forgive me if I forget your name next time I see you....takes me a while to remember names

The weather was great and really couldn't ask for anything better. Plenty of space for the cars and right across the lot was plenty of space for the kids to play. Next time we will plan to make this an all day event. We even had someone show up from the Craigslist Ad that was put up last week. Slowly we as a club are growing......I believe Craig came the farthest all the way from Central NJ! Thanks!

Will we have another one there? Yes we will very soon and the date will be posted soon. For those who were there and would like to suggest something for the next gathering please let us know.

Also some pics that Alex P took: http://picasaweb.google.com/tiale11/8809FirstNYZCCMeet#

Edited August 9, 200915 yr by EVILC