Re: YOUR FAVORITE PACKARD ACTIVITY

Posted by Denny Z On 2009/5/26 21:19:09

Touring. Well I heard a definition a few years ago that explained touring pretty well. "Touring is the longest route between two ice cream shops!" I remember touring on a rural countryside once when we stopped at a nice little dairy whip on the banks of a river near a bridge. Well after the banana splits were gone, we headed along the river in the opposite direction from the bridge, traveled about ten miles to the next bridge and crossed. We doubled back along the same river only on the other side about ten miles back until, you guessed it, we came on another dairy whip almost across the river from the first one! Twenty miles . . . two banana splits! Mmmmmmmm!
I tour mostly with the VMCCA. Usually our tours are a week or so and hub out from one lodge. My local chapter hosts an annual tour out of Defiance, Ohio in early August called the Three Rivers Antique Car Run which we limit to 110 pre-war cars. This is our 16th year and has become a sort of reunion of old car friends from about 15 or 16 eastern states.
Near the end of August, my wife and I are going on the Old US 27 Tour from Coldwater, Michigan to Cheboygan (point to point) across the state. We're also touring in and around New Castle, Indiana for a week in June on our local club tour called the Farm Boys. We expect about 50 cars.