Minnesota and Iowa Packard Clubs Tour - Sept. 18-20

Posted by Daniel Leininger On 2009/9/16 23:06:16

Any Iowa or Minnesota Packard drivers going to this event?

This weekend I plan to drive "my Packard to the levee" and I hope the levee isn't dry. I also hope the 210 mile trip is mechanically uneventful. I expect to put 500 miles on my Packard this weekend.

The Minnesota and Iowa Packard Clubs are hosting a joint weekend tour to Mason City - Clear Lake, Iowa, Sept 18-20. Clear Lake is the sight of the Buddy Holly plane crash of Feb 3, 1959 that killed him, Ritchie Valens and J.P. 'Big Bopper' Richardson.

Don Maclean's - "American Pie" is a tribute to Here's a great explanation of the song:fiftiesweb.com/amerpie-1.htm

"The Day the Music Died." websitefiftiesweb.com/crash.htm

Mason City contains Music Man Square, a tribute to Meridith Willson, Mason City boy, and the '76 Trombones' composer. So we have a Rock 'n Roll AND Broadway Marching Band weekend!en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_Willson

I just hope this Fri., Sat., Sun., will not be the "Days my Packard Dies."
So far this summer every trip in my Clipper had a successful return (except one.) Actually, that one had a 'return' involving a Trailer.

Dan Leininger