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O ne of the great benefits of putting on an extended run aside from the fun and adventure, is spending a lot of time with the various couples that sign on. Such was the case recently with the Southwest Tour II trip which comprised 16 days, 10 cities and 3,200 miles. A jammed packed vacation with 13 Corvettes got rolling as we hit Route 66 from Kingman to Ash Fork and along the way stopped in Seligman to shop and have lunch. While there, about 20 Bentley convertibles, mostly right hand drive with European license plates came streaming into town. Despite heavy winds they braved the elements with the top down. A few hours later our cars descended down scenic Oak Creek Canyon and we arrived in Sedona in time to watch the sunset on the mesa at the local airport. The next day it was a ride on the Broken Arrow run of the Pink Jeep Tours. Some in our party were screaming so loudly, it made it extremely entertaining for the rest of us. Next was Santa Fe, New Mexico with stops along the way including Meteor Crater, Winslow, Jack Rabbit Trading Post, Wig-Wam Village Motel in Holbrook and finally lunch at the historic El Rancho Hotel in Gallup, NM. The following morning, we had our own private historic walking tour of Santa Fe as we learned about the city’s 400 year history, architecture and the secret office of Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. From there we took a leisurely Corvette cruise to the New Mexican Village of Chimayo, then to Los Alamos to see how the bomb was constructed and on to Bandelier National Monument for a tour of cliff dwellings before returning to our hotel. Next up was Albuquerque where we had a private trolley tour and later visited the famous Kimo Theatre. After an overnight in Socorro we visited the actual ground zero where the atomic age was officially born at the Trinity Bomb site in July of 1945. Yours truly was interviewed by Canadian TV about our trip and why we were there. We later checked out the UFO museum in Roswell. Next was Carlsbad Caverns, the Clyde Tombaugh Space Museum, the White Sands Desert and finally we rolled into Tombstone. After checking out the OK Corral and other sites, we visited a Titan 2 Missile silo in Green Valley, Az. Leigh Ann Severance sat in the director’s chair and pushed the simulated launch of the hydrogen nuclear warhead capable of hitting a target 6,000 miles away in less than an hour. Then it was on to Tucson for two days and visiting the Pima Air and Space Museum, the Boneyard and Old Tucson studios. While at the Boneyard, a reporter for local Channel 12 did a story on us and videoed all the Corvettes heading out on the road. While in Yuma we took a sunset dinner cruise on the Colorado River. The following day some folks went back to Laughlin, others headed for home and a couple of us continued to San Diego. While in San Diego we caught a Padres-Tigers game, went to Balboa Park and saw a 300 year old pirate shipwreck complete with treasure that was recently discovered, we toured the aircraft carrier Midway and had dinner in the Gaslamp District. Those same Bentleys were staying at our hotel in San Diego. What a coincidence! There is so much more I could tell you about, but I think most everyone had a great time. Perhaps another extended run may be in order in 2016. In closing, don’t forget your 50% deposit ($550) is due next month for the President’s Mystery Run which is Sept. 29 to Oct 3. CRAIG
Central Valley Corvettes General Meeting Minutes April 15, 2014 President Craig Hansen called the General Meeting to order at 6:32pm. The minutes from the March general meeting were read by Kim Fosnaugh. Joyce Kroeker made a motion to accept the minutes as read which was seconded by Lupe Dawson. Membership Chairman, Charlie Fosnaugh was absent. Treasurer Fred Parks gave the Treasurer’s report. There were no questions. Skip Severance, Vice President of Public Relations reviewed the April Birthdays and Anniversaries and important happenings on their dates. Pam Hansen, Vice President of Activities had run leaders report on their pervious runs of Southwest Tour II, Quilt Show & Laughlin. Upcoming runs of the Clovis Rodeo Parade, Salute to Vets Fly In, Superior Dairy, Great Central Valley Chili Cook-off, Word from Home Car Show, Dominoes and Presidents Mystery Run were discussed. Lupe Dawson, Sergeant at Arms (aka Alien Sheriff) collected $1.50. Our Sunshine reporter, Jan Pflepsen will report next month due to being gone on the Southwest Tour. Our Parliamentarian, Linda Laningham had nothing to report this month. Old Business: Craig Hansen thanked Mike Lebda & Charlotte Renna for attending our March Board meeting with ideas on membership. Mike mentioned our website did not come up when searching for car clubs in Fresno because our website name does not have car club or Fresno in the name. Charlie Fosnaugh took the suggestion and has added more words in the search engine for our website domain name. Craig Hansen reminded everyone we will need final sign-ups for the CVC Picnic to be held on June 1 st . Anyone attending the Presidents Mystery Run must pay half the deposit by the May meeting. New Business: Wade Haines was a guest and mentioned that his wife had purchased the Roadhouse and invited us to bring our cars up to the Grand Reopening on May 17 th . Several non-members have requested to post Corvettes for sale on the CVC website. Craig Hansen asked the membership to show by a vote of hands if they approve the posting for nonmembers. Discussion was held. Members noted we could possibly bring in a new member who buys a car posted on our website and to limit the posting to 30 days. It was agreed to allow posting of Corvettes for sale on the CVC website by nonmembers. Craig Hansen, Skip Severance and Mike Hayes met with our sponsor Ed Dena. They discussed keeping the information provided to post on the website more timely and invited Ed to attend our picnic and Christmas Party, and noted Ed is not currently interested in having CVC provide a car show. The next Board meeting will be held the 4 th Tuesday of the month, April 22nd at the Severances. The next General meeting will be May 20 th . Scott Parkin motioned to adjourn the meeting and was seconded by Ed Kroeker. The meeting was adjourned at 7:20 pm Respectfully submitted by, Kim Fosnaugh, Secretary Raffle: Thank you to the following members for donating raffle prizes; Debbie & Terry Anderson, Bird, Capurro, Comer, Danielsen, Dawson, Fosnaugh, Garrahan, Garrison, Hall, Hayes, Kroeker, Laningham, Marine, Null, Olson, Parkin, Pflepsen, Renna and Severance.
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