The Miami 2017 Road Trip Rally Party...Sign up NOW!

Hello, Road Trippers!

I want to remind you: THERE'S JUST ONE MORE WEEK TO SIGN UP FOR THE 2017 ROAD TRIP RALLY PARTY!

Please read on for info on what this event is, as well as how you can sign up. 

**Our deadline for sign-ups is Thursday, October 5th, 2017**

We don't want anyone to be disappointed. Please be sure to reserve your spot now!

Definitely, we have found a good range of activities for you to do, all to give you a good feel for the local vibe there!

I should mention that our discounted tickets to the football game, Raiders vs Dolphins, are sold out. 

**November 2nd -thru- November 5th, 2017 is when it all happens!**

Our Hotel, the Margaritaville Resort, is right on the beach! And all of our plans for you are within a short walk or a 2-minute Lyft/Uber ride away. Hey, we even have big tour buses available to bring you to the Raiders vs Dolphins game on Sunday!

Check out the infographic here for details. Clicking it will link you directly to our website where you may purchase tickets for these events. Raider Nation from all across the country have attended our annual Road Trips for the past several years, and you are certainly welcome to come join in with us!

Come join in! We will all have a great time together!

** (NOTE: The Bus-To-Game transportation is currently sold out) 

Our hotel, "The Margaritaville Resort", is located right there on the beach in Hollywood, Florida. And it is pretty AWESOME!

This resort hotel will also serve as our group's gathering place where we will have buses set up to take you our scheduled events, and also to the game at the Dolphins' Hard Rock Stadium. 

This resort hotel is in a beautiful location and just mere STEPS AWAY from the beach! Also, a host of restaurants and bars are nearby along the Boardwalk. 

To reserve a room:


Call Margaritaville's Reservation Center: call (954)-874-4444 to make your reservation. You will have to reference Road Trip Rally or RAL1103 to obtain our Road Trip Rally Party group rate. 

Margaritaville Resort, our amazing host...and it's right on the beach!

There's LOTS of night life in our hotel's area, as well as the dazzling Hollywood Blvd nearby where you can find sizzling hot dance shows and great food. We worked with both Convention Bureaus of Ft. Lauderdale and Miami to put this package together for you all. You will not be disappointed!  :-)

Raider Nation...your Florida vacation awaits! Let's show them how it is when Raider Nation fills up every restaurant in town and shakes more booty in the dance clubs than they've ever seen before!


We are also doing a day trip to the beautiful BAHAMAS on Thursday, November 2nd, 2017. If you can believe it, there's a Raider Nation member who lives on the island there who is ready to host us and show us a great time!

For those who would like to sign up for the BAHAMAS DAY TRIP on Thursday, November 2nd, the Tour Operator is handling the ticketing for this. 

The high-speed boat will take us to FREEPORT, GRAND BAHAMAS ISLAND.

The High-Speed Ferry gets us to the Bahamas in style!

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TO SIGN UP FOR OUR BAHAMAS DAY TRIP:

• Contact CINDY at (800)991-0623, extension 101. Be sure to tell her that you want to be on the ROAD TRIP RALLY PARTY's boat on Thursday, November 2nd, 2017.
• The price is $132.76 (one hundred & thirty-two dollars & seventy-six cents) per person, which includes all port fees & taxes.
• You may upgrade to a first-class seat if you wish. Cindy will let you know the price to do this.
• Cindy will ask you for your Passport number because...

       ...this is an INTERNATIONAL boat trip. You are traveling to another country. You will need a valid passport , one that does not expire within the 6 months of our trip (before June 2018.)

• U.S. CITIZENS: You may use an original copy of your birth certificate (no photo copies) along with a valid government I.D. If you do this, you will need to present both of these documents together...one without the other will prevent you from boarding the boat.
• NON-U.S. CITIZENS: You may be required to use the passport of your home country and/or a visa. Cindy can let you know; you will not be allowed to board the boat in Florida if you do not have the correct documentation/permission to re-enter the United States.

• The Bahamas Ferry is a high-speed boat that will get us there in about 2.5 hours (photo above)...we have to show up at the Ft. Lauderdale terminal at 6am for passport processing.

• The boat departs at 8:00am and returns to the U.S. at 11:00pm.

Raider Nation...international !!
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Lots of things to do on the island. This promises to be a really cool thing that we can do together.  :-)

See you in November! And thanks!!

~Afro

NFL Season Begins! Raiders vs Titans Game Report!

Welcome, Raiderfans!

So, the Raiders are back in action! I'm here at Ricky's Sports Theater, famous for being the home of Raider Nation! And the place is packed out with folks cheering on the Silver & Black.

The Titans tried a little trickery to start out the game, but it failed miserably. The Raiders went straight to score a touchdown, and it looked like this would be another victory in Nashville.

However...

The Raiders' defense is struggling. Once the jitters left Titans QB Marcus Mariota, he put on a clinic in efficiency. He was 5-for-7 in 3rd down conversions, and he ran the bootleg without fear. 

Meanwhile, Raiders' QB Derek Carr had a 2nd-quarter drive where he was sacked twice in the same series. There is no doubt that the Titans want a victory in their home opener...they've suffered Raider Nation taking over that stadium in vast numbers the past two years and clearly want to give the Nashville locals something to feel good about.

RB Marshawn Lynch had a couple of good runs. WR Michael Crabtree looks great today, but the other Raiders' receivers & tight ends aren't making an impact in this game at all. They had some dropped balls...as in "plural" dropped balls.

Stats from the 1st-Half of this game: 

Ricky's is where Raider Nation watches games in Oakland!

The second half went kinda slow, but it was clear that the Raiders figured out how to shut down the Titans. After moving the ball so well earlier, the Titans never again saw the end zone as they had to settle for field goals the rest of the way.

Amari Cooper found better control of his hands, and Marshawn Lynch posterized an opposing defensive lineman Jurrell Casey that made you think of LA Clippers' Blake Griffin's monster dunk on Kendrick Perkins...that Marshawn dude is strong!

But hey, don't take my word for it! See for yourselves here from this tweet the NFL released: 

Sometimes... It's best to just stay out of BEASTMODE's way. pic.twitter.com/tr3ViqHdEh

— NFL (@NFL) September 10, 2017

 "Definitely a shot to myself and my pride with Lynch coming up in here and running up and down on us like that," Casey said." (source: Adam Vingan, of the USAToday newspaper)


Seth Roberts got a touchdown (the Raiders are 10 wins-0 loses when he catches a touchdown pass) and the defense stepped up in the second half, limiting Mariota to 2-8 in 3rd-down efficiency in after halftime.

So, for the second year in a row, the Raiders open the season with a victory! And that is a very good thing!

No doubt the future placekicker for the Raiders made his debut today. Giorgio Tavecchio booted not one, but TWO 52-yard field goals today! Some kickers can't make that distance at all, but this guy did it twice!

Final stats from today's game:

Next week, the NY Jets come into Oakland. There was an infamous game where former Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez blew out the Raiders 38-0, and was so bored with his mastery over the Raiders that he ate a hot dog on the sideline while the game was still in progress. Well, let's see who's gonna eat it now!  :-)

Thanks for talking with me. And of course, I welcome your thoughts on the game!

Before I go, here's a little peek into the vibe here at Ricky's today:

Thanks for your valuable time, Raider Nation! See you next week!

Yours,
Ken

p.s. Yes, CBS Sports: we know that this Tavecchio guy probably spells the end of long-time Raiders placekicker Sebastian Janikowski's tenure with the team. But still, we didn't need your cameras to keep going over to catch Jano's reaction to each successful kick that Tavecchio made. Let the man be.