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Happy Thanksgiving
Events For The Month Of
November 2009
Welcome
to our 3 newest members!
Robert Kibbing of
Alpharetta Greg
Goodrich of Hilton Head
Edwin Greenway of Macon
November
7,
2009:
North Georgia Cruise and
Drive-in Movie. Join us for a fun fall drive to the mountains ending
with a movie at the Swan Drive-In in Blue Ridge, GA.
This
event was a go and the weather was perfect!
For complete details: www.peachstateclc.com/drive-in.doc
For a planned make-up of an
October rainout, the group met Saturday the 7th of November at the Sonic
Drive-In on Highway 92 near
Trickum Road
in
Woodstock
. We had hot dogs and shakes, chicken sandwiches and fries – what else
would you do at a drive-in? Chuck, the owner-manager, said he was a
Cadillac guy himself. Chuck invited the club to make his two Sonics our
regular meeting place. He offered us ice for our tours and meetings (in
exchange for us using his place as a rallying point). Next time we give him
a try, we will get his membership application on the spot!
By 1:00 PM we were ready to
depart: Lee and Mary Jean Dunn (’57 sedan, Geraldine); Frank and Martina
Butler (’64 Eldo convertible, Big Blue); Sandy Partridge (’76 CDV,
Monica); Jack and Donna Hurley and son Eric (recent vintage Cadillac); Bob
and Judy Winchell (’76 Mirage); and Doug Bailey (’66 SDV). Lee led the
way up I-575 about an hour to the Panorama Farmer’s Market. It was a
popular place! In the lot were scores of motorcycles in groups of eight and
ten, and a LOT of families out exploring a beautiful Fall afternoon in the
mountains. We of course received a huge dose of much appreciated “Thumbs
Up!” And a few road hogs with little concern for the stopping distances
our big cars need… Inside the packed farmer’s market, we loaded
up with apples, apple butter, pies, and fudge. Back in the cars by 3:30,
Sandy
led us on to
Blue Ridge
, another hour out Rte 515. We lined ‘em up near
Main Street
, then fanned out to explore.
Main Street
is a narrow, quaint thoroughfare lined with coffee and gift shops. After an
hour or so sipping coffee and spelunking for a bargain, we gathered at the
Serenity Garden Café for – what else? – a serene meal. Lobster bisque,
crab cakes, pasta dishes, even fish ‘n chips. An enjoyable and peaceful
dinner among good friends…
About 6:00 PM we got back in
line and
Sandy
led us to the Swan Drive-in for a first-run release of Jim Carey’s “A
Christmas Carol.”
Sandy
had worked out a special spot for us with the management, so we were
“front and center” for the show. Little did we old timers know that
there’s a new practice at the old drive-in these days: You BACK YOUR SUV
into the space so the kids can bunk out AND watch the movie! I saw parents
facing the food court, backs to the movie, while their kids were camped out
in the back of the vehicle… We watched the movie the old-fashioned way,
nose first, in a lineup of Caddies that were undoubtedly the envy of all
the adults in the audience. The kids? They were probably scared to death by
the ghosts of Christmases past, present and future! It’s a good flick,
and one I want to see without headlights flashing on the screen.
Most or all of us left the
theater after the first movie, facing a two-hour drive home. The Winchell's
got out ahead of us and we never saw them again (although I know they made
it home safely). The Dunn's and Hurley's split off for Waleska. Frank and
Martina were left in our wake, as Sandy and I tooled merrily home averaging
about 65 mph on 515 and I-575. I was home by 10:30, and I assume the others
were close to that as well. The word I got was that all the cars performed
flawlessly.
I believe I am joined by ten
others who offer our hearty thanks to Sandy for arranging and leading our
marvelous Fall tour of the north Georgia mountains and movie theater…
Doug
See the
2009 Upcoming
& Past Events page for pictures.
Mark your
calendar - 2010
The Annual Peach State
CLC
Spring Driving Tour: April 9 - 11, 2010
You
don’t want to miss this trip!
2010
DRIVING TOUR
Autos
and Architecture in Alabama
April 9 – 11, 2010
Think you know
Alabama? Think again! Join us for a glorious drive through northern
Alabama: see historic towns in the Tennessee River valley like
Gadsden,
Decatur
and
Florence,
Alabama; see amazing architecture by world renowned architects like Frank Lloyd
Wright and Paul Rudolph; drive through
Alabama’s Lake district and visit
Huntsville, the birthplace of
America’s aerospace industry.
Alabama
has 20th Century modern homes and buildings that are awesome; we will go
inside art deco and Frank Lloyd Wright houses.
Lake
Como
in
Italy
has nothing on
Lake
Guntersville. And every highway we take is scenic with old houses, roadside
architecture, vintage cars and classic junkyards galore. We’ll stop at
some vintage car dealers, visit historic houses and eat authentically
delicious southern cooking and
Alabama
barbecue from local cooks which chain restaurants could never touch.
We plan to leave at
8:30 a.m.
on Friday April 9 and return on
Sunday, April 11, 2010. Details of the driving tour and signup sheets will be posted on our
web page.
Our
event chairman is Terry Bird
29th Annual Peach
Blossom B.O.P.C.
Buick * Oldsmobile *
Pontiac
* Cadillac
Car Show and Swap Meet
Hosted by the
Peach
State
Cadillac & LaSalle Club of
Atlanta
Join us for Friday Check-In
and Saturday Car Show April 23rd and 24th 2010
Contact the
Hilton Atlanta/Marietta Hotel
& Conference Center
for reservations at 770-427-2500
For complete details and
reservation form: www.peachstateclc.com/bopc.doc
Grand National in Kansas City: July 14 - 17, 2010
Make your Hotel reservations
now. Rooms are going fast!
http://www.kcgn2010.com/
November 2009 Member's Picture Gallery Car
Belongs To:
Alan Grist of Ringgold, Georgia
1970 Cadillac
Deville Convertible
(Each month a different Peach State CLC member's car will be
featured. So, take a digital picture of yours and send it, along with
a brief write-up, to the Web Page Designer)
My passion
for Cadillacs began as a youth with the TV show "The Dukes of
Hazzard". Each week I looked forward to seeing Boss Hogg's big
white Cadillac convertible. I bought this, my first Cadillac, in the
summer of 1986. I spent that summer restoring the car and have
enjoyed it ever since.
I
need your car for the Members Picture Gallery!
Send me an email with picture(s) and a
small description of your car and I will post it here on the web
site. LHS36@aol.com
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