Maureen, I enjoy your wit.  I missed the boys but look forward to the many posts about their experiences.

Maureen, I don't know what their plans are for Michigan. I offered to set up something in Ann Arbor, wasn't sure where to do it in Detroit. Maureen Francis and I offered to work on it. As of last week, they didn't have anyone to help them. We suggested Ann Arbor as it is on 94 on the way to Chicago.

Joe, said he would have Rudy get back to me, as of yesterday we have not heard.....so maybe they are skipping it. Bummer............. Only 2 days left for the scheduled stop so I think they may have changed plans.

Maggie they have something on the BlogTour USA site about going to a Cuban restaurant but they don't know the name.  Gosh I want Cuban food now.  It is too bad you did not get a chance to meet them.  I can't wait to meet them...

Missy I don't think they will blow off a stop on the itinerary... the bloggers in SE Michigan should all just pick a spot and tell Joe and Rudy how to find it. Or maybe that is not how to deal with it.... maybe those on the east coast and Florida can say... get a bunch of bloggers together and how can they resist meeting you?

We've been working on our cook-out for weeks but we have a lot to do in the next 24 hours.

Maureen, hmm, that could have been on just about any corner here in Miami.  LOL  We're trying to eat healthy around here and haven't had authentic Cuban in a while.  I need to go get my fix at the local joint =)  Care to join me?

Maggie as tempting as real Cuban food is... they show on the BlogTour USA how hot it is in Miami..... My head would pop in that heat and humidity. I would melt.    

all of a sudden I have visions of the Wizard of Oz......I'm melting........

That would be me the wicked witch of the mid west if I was in that kind of heat...  "I'm melting."   Gosh it's days too late to order Cuban carry out or even whatever food Atlanta is famous for but they are headed through Tennessee and Jim Lee brags about their bbq. Do you think if I call "646-714-2720"  BlogTour USA 'd bring me some bbq? 

Maybe if Missy and Maureen F. and the other MI bloggers are lucky we will send some Columbus cuisine to Michigan....

Thanks for the update, Marueen.  I'll be one of the hosts here in Seattle.  Still a little far away to plan and blog on it.  I'm planning a tour of Redfin and Zillow, plus some fun stuff and an end of day party.

Thanks for pointing out the group here in Active Rain.  I didn't know there was one and it will be very helpful for me to see what they are doing in a day in other cities.

hi maureen!

thanks for the post.

we are somewhere in the smoky mountains of tenesssssssessee right now....talking to the "outlaws" - a harley biker group out of georgia.

we'll see you tomorrow.

re: ann arbor michigan - of course we're still on. just tell us where to be and we'll be there. the tour has two parts - interview and inform. we ask people about their thoughts on everything real estate related and then inform them of all the new choices they have to either find an agent, property, franchise, product or service and more. want to hear your story - brokers, agents, developers, consumers, etc.....

missy and maureen f. please call us anytime with the details for our ann arbor meet up. 646-714-2720

-rudy.sellsius° 

Maureen -- Thanks for the mention! and thanks for moderating the group!   If you are wondering how to do this, if you own the group, you can select what role each member has -- including not allowing people to post to the group..  A handly lilttle tool!

I so look forward to hearing more about your get together!   If anyone has a post that they did about the Blog Tour, please post it to the group!

Not to threadjack but here is a link to the newest installation of the BlogTour USA visits South Florida from the Sellsius blog

http://www.blogtourusa.com/blog-tour-usa/day-8-briny-breezes-and-south-beach-heat/#comment-232

 It was great fun meeting the guys and the other bloggers as well!

I recommend anyone who can get away go meet these guys... there is a lot to learn by getting together with other like minded people like that.

We cant wait to meet you Maureen.  Thanks you for your support of the tour... and us.  You are a great friend.

gosh I wish we would have started planning our event a couple of weeks earlier...the night before and there is LOTS to do still.

David thanks for the link think nothing of threadjacking this post for vital info like a BlogTour USA post.   

Tom (my boss) has me blogging during the event tomorrow for those who are with us who are blog curious.  We will have a real time blog... I am going to do it here on AR because it is the easiest.  So be watching for a blog with very fresh photos.

I can't wait to meet Joe and Rudy.

I guess I will hear from them either when they pass through Sacramento on the route to San Francisco -- with absolutely no previous intention of stopping in California's capital city sans an express invitation, yet among a lively and heated hotbed of real estate deals from pot house farms to mortgage fraud, which includes all those straight-forward and honest deals in between -- or on their way out of Dodge. Ah, but we have few card rooms within city limits and no casinos like Reno.

Naturally they won't stop in KC.  All we have to give them is BBQ.  Good BBQ. Oh, well.   They'll enjoy that drive across Nebraska.   :)

I eagerly await their arrival in St Paul on Monday....what to wear, what to wear?

Hi Maureen. Hey Rudy and Joe, it looks like you still have a lot of cities to go. It's been 2 weeks already since you left NY. Wow.. It was great meeting you guys in NY.

Have a great time tomorrow.. we see the boys next week..

Hi Maureen - I bet you guys have a great time today at your get together, and I'm watching for your 'real-time' post you mentioned above.

Too bad there aren't any New England stops listed on their tour - I've checked a couple of times, and I guess we're just the forgotten blog cousins way up here..........   ;-)

Ann

Maureen

Thanks for publishing the schedule. I had looked for it t couldn't find it.

May try to drive to Phoenix!

But can hardly wait to see folks in SF

Maureen

I almost missed the guys when they were in South Beach!  I called them frantically like 30 minutes before the left Miami.  It was fun.  I have pics next to ARDELL's face on the back of the bus.

Let the good times roll!

Rudy, Hanging out with the Outlaws. I hope they are not like they were back in the early 70's. I had a friend in California who was a Nomad for the Outlaws and he was one sick puppy. I was glad I was on his good side. His name was "Speed" and his Ole Lady we called "Shorty" they were on the run. What stories. Enjoy your trip.

Jay:  Rudy talked yesterday a little bit about meeting the Outlaws....

Kevin: I did not understand Ardell's photo until Rudy explained it. They said they got to meet you and Ines on that stop. 

JoeAnn: It's probably worth the trip to Phoenix....

Ann: We did the real time post from the event... I actually went inside and did it because I was nervous about  typing and manipulating photos in front of people.  I thought they'd have it on the screen when I came out but Rudy and Joe had them mesmerized.

Maybe they'll do a New England fall foliage BlogTour USA for a sequel.

Kaye: Next week? It has to be the week after!  Doesn't it? Ann Arbor (Detroit) today, Chicago tomorrow... the Twin Cities on Monday... Denver on Wednesday.... then I lose track... The route on the west coast confuses me. 

Mitchell: Did you see on the BlogTour USA blog they just  posted more about NY... they have a Welcome Mat (one of the sponsors) show of their NY stop.  It is video. A couple of the NYers don't want Rudy's camera in their face. 

Jennifer: What does one wear in St. Paul (or is it in Minneapolis? or a suburb?) to a weenie roast?  Our event was a weenie roast too.  I have to get all the names /identities straight for all the Real Living Title people who worked so hard at our event.  So I can thank them over and over.  I was elsewhere for most of the first part of the event but the girl who stood over the hot fire was wearing capri pants and a tank top I think.  Cute girl.

Chris: They're from the east coast... they may not "get" BBQ.  Some of us went to a bar afterward and my boss fed them pizza.... People from the east coast say our pizza sucks (one of our adminstrative assistants is from NY and she says Columbus has no good pizza all the time.)  Either they were just being kind or they liked Amano's pizza. Rudy took the left overs for breakfast.

Elizabeth: They're covering lots of ground. I hope you get to see them.  Are you going to San Francisco?