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Big Cedar Lodge Tour by William (Bill) J. Coates Once again last week on October 22nd, 23rd, and 24th Ted Glover, with the help of Andy Miller, put together a great run. The Oklahoma-Arkansas-and now Missouri tour is in the bag. It’s not our fault Arkansas didn’t have the space Texas has and tried to put the same number of miles in a smaller area. The fore fathers of Arkansas are totally responsible for building curved roads that go up and down hills between tall trees that over-hangs the road with beautiful leaves of red, orange, and yellow which naturally beckon a Texas Porsche driver. You stick a curve in front of me and my Porsche and I will enjoy it, I know I will, I’ve seen myself do it. We had 15 cars and only one car missed a turn in 3 days of driving over 1,500 miles. This is the first tour that all the cars were of the 911 family with no Boxsters. The cars were as colorful as the scenery with red, white, yellow, silver, blue, and of course, black. The one time we got cars lost was because the person met us in a ... I will enjoy it, I know I will, I’ve seen myself do it ... different town and was new, therefore did not attend the driver meeting which is held before we leave in Dallas. They did not know the rules but learned quickly, we really look after each other. We left Dallas Friday morning with a drive up through Oklahoma to Poteau for lunch at Warehouse Willy’s then back on the road into Arkansas. No rain so the roads were dry and traction was very good so we did our best to straighten them out with our road handling ability. We sure enjoyed the handling of the Porsche automobile. Don’t worry we had no effect on them, they are still just like we left them. With one rest stop after lunch we rolled into the Big Cedar Lodge in Missouri at about 5:00 PM. We all registered and cleaned up for the evening meal at the Devil’s Pool Restaurant. Ted Glover is retiring from leading all the tours fulltime but will work with Andy Miller next year for about 5 or 6 trips. Before the meal we gave Ted an album of pictures from all the trips and comments from different people who have gone on these trips. Andy Miller and I have been on most of the trips that Ted has put together, so we wrote along with a few others’ comments about Ted for the album and a lot of the members signed the album after writing their own thoughts. He really enjoyed looking at the pictures and reading the funny captions that Andy put on the pictures. I know Ted and he will put this album in his library for all to see. Bonnie, Ted’s better half, may even let it sit on the coffee table. Speaking of Bonnie Glover we have to thank her as well. I can’t think of one trip she was not on always relaying turns, road numbers, calling back to see if all made the turn, helping with coordination, allowing for her time with Ted to be taken by the club, and radioing to us to turn right when Ted would say left. Private joke, Bonnie always relayed to us what direction Ted said to turn and we were always telling her afterwards she said left, and then he turned right, and that she did not know which was her left or right. But then we heard Ted in the back ground saying left and she only relayed what he said. Bonnie, rest assured we all know where the error originated. After the evening meal and hours of laughing we all dropped into bed, spent. No, dummy, not in the same room. We are a together group but all had separate rooms. Speaking of rooms there is no need in renting expensive rooms at these nice hotels or resorts because you do not spend much time in them awake. But the scenery at Big Cedar was fantastic. The next day we went on two roads that we have never been on which Ted and Andy rightly named the “The Snake” and “KingSnake”. These things had more curves than Jane Mansfield and as many changes as Texas weather. We conquered the “The Snake” then took a rest at the town of Summit and then whipped out the Porsche snake charmer on the “KingSnake”. There is no Snake we can’t put back in the charmer’s Snake Basket. A long lunch in Mountainview and return trip to Big Cedar followed. We all rested and got ready for another good night meal with all our friends at the Candlestick Inn in Photo by Andy Miller Photo by Andy Miller Beautiful scenery Beautiful cars 18
Branson over looking Lake Taneycomo. This restaurant put us in a closed room, they were smart. We again had a very good meal and each received a piece of chocolate fudge cake that three people could have shared. It was again an enjoyable meal with our friends talking about the events. This was followed by an easy drive back to the resort and straight to bed. The next day, Sunday, we were on the road at 7:30 to Turner Bend down route 23 with a stop at the Queen Wilhelmina Lodge Restaurant on the Talimena Scenic Byway. A short stop in Antlers, Oklahoma and then the final drive back into Texas. If you haven’t been on one of these trips, you should go. Photo by Andy Miller Maverick Tours always seem to dine at places with lots of “character” 19
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