Mark Shaw Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Just got back from a HCCA regional tour at Lake Quinalt Lodge in the Olympic National Forest. Great tour with 17 pre-16 cars out of 42 cars on the tour. We had several model T Fords, an Empire, a Jeffery, a Columbia, a Kissel, etc. etc.... and only two Buicks! We had one 1914 model 25 Buick Touring from Idaho and my 1913 model 31 Touring (directly under the flag pole in the photo) on the three day tour. We covered over 200 miles of touring in cool Northwest weather. Nobody overheated, but we saw some racoon coats, lots of gloves, and some chilly people in the open cars dressed in period attire.I think this is the last summer tour for me in this open car. It drizzled on the way home yesterday, so the car is in the shop with the top up drying out before it gets put up for the winter. I also made my list of fixes to get done before the next tourning season.Any others been on an end of summer tour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centurion Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Mark, that's a great photo and it sounds like a wonderful time. Wish I had seen you all on the road.I'm hoping the weather will hold up for a final cruise of the season with other Buick friends over to Grand Coulee dam on the final weekend of this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Shaw Posted September 17, 2007 Author Share Posted September 17, 2007 Here's a closer look at the two Buicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Thriller Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Well, if nothing else, I have to tour (OK, drive) 3 cars down to storage which is a little over an hour from the house. One of them is the '41. Before that, we need to get the 3 already in the storage location moved from one building to another.I forget if it is the 23rd or the 30th, but we have a toy run here where the admission is an unwrapped toy for a children's charity. I may try to get to that, although it isn't really a tour per se.That's quite an impressive photo...not often you see that many that old in one place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Stoneberg Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Mark, Nice picturesYour title of the post cracks me up though. It just getting to be driving season down here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jscheib Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Bill,Thanks for pouring salt in the wounds.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Stoneberg Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Talk to me in July and August when it is 95 degress and 95% humidity for weeks and weeks. You wake up and walk outside and have to go back in to take another shower.Or September when its Hurricane season.... Or when we get 12 inches of rain overnight.We have our bad weather too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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