I'm giving you just 48 hours' notice.  My apologies for letting it go so long.

Auldbrass is an extremely exclusive home.  As you probably already know, it's the residence of Joel Silver, 
the film producer that created Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, 
and many others.  
As such, he's only interested in allowing people into his home on a "bare minimum" basis.  
His home, however, is a landmark of some sort (national?) and amongst other benefits, the home
receives special funding 
and special consideration by the government, which is very 
beneficial to Mr. Silver. 
The contingency for receiving this special consideration is
 that he be willing to open the doors occasionally to special 
interest groups and allow for private tours of the home.

It's not often that he does this, and I can assure you that he 
does it on a minimum basis.  However, as you probably already 
know, this Sunday, November 4th is a day that he's opening his 
doors.

In short, we can get tickets, and arrangements have been made 
to tour the home.

The cost is $100 per person, and will include a catered luncheon.  
The tour starts at 11am and should go until 4pm, during which 
lunch will be provided at no additional charge.  The funds 
apparently go to Beaufort Open Land Trust, a government entity 
that enables places like Auldbrass to function as it does.

There is sorta a "group rate" available, in that if the first person
purchases a ticket for the tour at $100, additional tickets can be 
purchased at the "Beaufort Open Land Trust Member" price of 
$75.  Thus, it's beneficial for us to meet together prior to entry 
and all of us (whether it's just you and me, or whoever wants to 
attend) to enter together.

There is a maximum of 500 tickets that will be sold for this
 event, and around 350 have already been sold.  In short, I've 
been told that if we are able to create a large group or a small 
one, they can accommodate.

The next tour isn't available for at least 12 months, when the
 Charleston Historical Society is scheduled to have a much smaller event there. 
 I fear that this event happening on Sunday may be the only 
chance to tour the exclusive home for at least a few years.  
Simply put, we've got to do this now or I don't think it's going to 
happen.

There is a guest speaker, too,  
Charles Montooth of Taliesin Architects.  
He was one of the original four FLW apprentices, so it's a really big deal.


Additionally, I was told that the entire plantation has recently 
been restored, which apparently is a really big deal...  Apparently 
it's been dilapidated a long time, and it's just recently been 
completed.  The people that I talked to proudly told me that the 
plantation has just been finished.

I'm looking forward to this...  And I will be there.  If you would, 
please announce the ride anywhere you see fit
I'll also get all the maps and locations picked out and such so that 
we are loosely organized.

You know my email address...  and my cell phone number, if you 
need to get in touch with me.  Let me know, too, if anyone needs 
lodging for the night and I will see what I can do to recommend 
hotels and such...
Although, I don't know that with this late notice of the ride 
anyone's going to want to stay overnight anywhere...  But heck, 
I'll still do my best to help wherever I can.

Let me know a head count, if you will, and I'll put together a place 
to meet that everyone can find easily.  Plan on needing to be local 
to Yemassee (45 mins to an hour south of Charleston, as you 
now) around 10am.

I'm really looking forward to this...  :-)