Socializing & Cathe Time

[NancyAZ]

Since we will not have catered meals for breakfast and lunch, and we potentially will be spread throughout theh resort restaurants for those meals, has any other "social" time been built into the schedule? Mealtimes are such a wonderful time to reconnect with old friends, meet new ones, and get to sit down and chat (and take pictures) with Cathe. I completely understand the monetary factor in dispensing with the catered meals, but hope that we will not lose those opportunities.

[susanzabo]

Great question Nancy, I was wondering the same thing. There seems to be a lot of downtime in the schedule, especially if you compare to NJ. Now I'm jealous!

Susan

[paulababy]

I was wondering the same thing. DH is coming with me, mostly so I don't have a 6+ hour car ride by myself, and he really doesn't mind his "alone time" . I'm just hoping that I get the "real Cathlete" experience of hanging out with my fellow RTers. BTW, Nancy, are you from Arizona? Just wondering since the "AZ". DH's brother lives in Glendale. Haven't been there in a while, but need to get back. Always love our trips to AZ!
Paula

[NancyAZ]

Yes, Paula, I'm in Tucson. My sister lives in Glendale.

[Pedmom]

I see a schedule for the NJ RT but not Chicago. Is there one? How do you know about no meals together?

[NancyAZ]

Originally Posted by Pedmom

I see a schedule for the NJ RT but not Chicago. Is there one? How do you know about no meals together?

Here is the link with the meal information and schedule for the three days:
Cathe Roadtrip Chicago 2012

[missw716]

Did anyone explain why there are less catered meals on the Chicago road trip than the NJ trip? Did I miss that in a thread somewhere?

[Pedmom]

I know a bunch of people will be driving so there will be cars. There are plenty of (cheap) places to eat around the area.

For those of you that like burgers and aren't from around this part of the country, there is a restaurant called Culver's that you need to try. Butter burgers. I need to say no more...........lol. We'll need those Cathe classes after a meal there!

[NancyAZ]

Originally Posted by missw716

Did anyone explain why there are less catered meals on the Chicago road trip than the NJ trip? Did I miss that in a thread somewhere?

Cathe posted in a thread to gauge interest for the trip that they could not include all of the other meals they usually do and still keep the RT cost the same.

[NancyAZ]

Originally Posted by Pedmom

I know a bunch of people will be driving so there will be cars. There are plenty of (cheap) places to eat around the area.

For those of you that like burgers and aren't from around this part of the country, there is a restaurant called Culver's that you need to try. Butter burgers. I need to say no more...........lol. We'll need those Cathe classes after a meal there!

Good to know there are a lot of options for meals. I guess I'm the oddball. Well, my husband and I, both. We just got Culver's here. We tried it and were not impressed at all. The burgers were so thin you could practically see through them. I'll take a Carl's Jr. Six Dollar Burger over Culver's any day. We were disappointed, too, because we know people who were practically waiting at the door for them to open.