Southern Ontario Canada Region- St. Jacob's & Area - 07/05/15 03:35 AM
Friday evening Abby and I started washing up the 1950 convertible for this weekend's tour.
Jane & I put in quite a bit of leg work getting the route all mapped out... then I was up until midnight on Friday evening making changes and printing out the mapquest copies for everyone. A helpful tip for those of you that plan driving tours... if you're wondering if roads or routes are paved, scenic, etc, use cycling websites to help map things out. They are far more helpful in describing the road conditions.
We left Saturday morning, hoping to make it to the hotel in St. Jacobs by 11am. Our plan was to have free time for everyone to shop the St. Jacobs Farmers Market, and Antique stores, then meet for a quick tour over to Crossroads Family Restaurant for dinner.
The market was crowded and exciting. St.Jacobs is in a huge Mennonite community, so the foods and crafts were excellent. Jane bought Abby a pair of shoes. We had lunch with the Thomson's, then headed back to the hotel to meet the rest of the gang.
Along for the tour are: Paul & Maggie Rozon (1931roadster here on Chat) in their 1953, John & Happy Thomson in their 1934, Dave & Vermayle Longmuir in their '80 Corvette, George & Carole Worron in their 1978 Impala, Don & Judy Lampkin in their 1974 Caprice, and a great big welcome to new guests John & Laura Kennedy (Jack Kennedy, here on Chat) who drove modern as they are not yet finished their 1932 roadster.
The ride to the restaurant got interesting for Rozon's as a wheel almost came off the back of his '53. Some quick help from a local with a hoist in his shop got Paul back on the road... and lost again! Another U-turn, and they finally caught up with us. Thank God for their highly detailed Mapquest map, or we may never have seen them again!
We prettied up the Crossroads parking lot...
John Kennedy looks over Paul's 1953...
Then we headed back to the hotel to get dirty working on John Thomson's 1934. An adjustment to the brakes, and a timing adjustment...
After dinner we headed to the hotel lobby for drinks & chatting. Paul shared the story and pictures of his big new (old) vehicle purchase with us all!!! I'll leave it to him to share it with you guys...
Jane & I put in quite a bit of leg work getting the route all mapped out... then I was up until midnight on Friday evening making changes and printing out the mapquest copies for everyone. A helpful tip for those of you that plan driving tours... if you're wondering if roads or routes are paved, scenic, etc, use cycling websites to help map things out. They are far more helpful in describing the road conditions.
We left Saturday morning, hoping to make it to the hotel in St. Jacobs by 11am. Our plan was to have free time for everyone to shop the St. Jacobs Farmers Market, and Antique stores, then meet for a quick tour over to Crossroads Family Restaurant for dinner.
The market was crowded and exciting. St.Jacobs is in a huge Mennonite community, so the foods and crafts were excellent. Jane bought Abby a pair of shoes. We had lunch with the Thomson's, then headed back to the hotel to meet the rest of the gang.
Along for the tour are: Paul & Maggie Rozon (1931roadster here on Chat) in their 1953, John & Happy Thomson in their 1934, Dave & Vermayle Longmuir in their '80 Corvette, George & Carole Worron in their 1978 Impala, Don & Judy Lampkin in their 1974 Caprice, and a great big welcome to new guests John & Laura Kennedy (Jack Kennedy, here on Chat) who drove modern as they are not yet finished their 1932 roadster.
The ride to the restaurant got interesting for Rozon's as a wheel almost came off the back of his '53. Some quick help from a local with a hoist in his shop got Paul back on the road... and lost again! Another U-turn, and they finally caught up with us. Thank God for their highly detailed Mapquest map, or we may never have seen them again!
We prettied up the Crossroads parking lot...
John Kennedy looks over Paul's 1953...
Then we headed back to the hotel to get dirty working on John Thomson's 1934. An adjustment to the brakes, and a timing adjustment...
After dinner we headed to the hotel lobby for drinks & chatting. Paul shared the story and pictures of his big new (old) vehicle purchase with us all!!! I'll leave it to him to share it with you guys...