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Photo Rallying Family Fun by Werner Foltz The last time Jackie and I participated in a rally was several years ago. We competed a few times each year in the novice class of Time Speed Distance (TSD) rallies. Then in 2001 we had a 9 pound life changing experience named Jillian who put a stop to our rallying days. The inside of a rally car is no place for small children - or for that matter, people who want to stay married - but we always managed to keep the fun in it. And so when we saw the ad for a "Photo Rally", our interest was piqued, and after a phone call verifying that 4 year olds were not forbidden by the rules, we were set to go. Photo by Charlie Davis parked on the other side of it boxing it in making it impossible to be seen, and pondered just leaving the car there, but Jackie forced me to be fair and pointed out that we already had a secret weapon - Jillian. She was the first in the car to spot about 25% of the items, and she had a blast doing it. We finished after 1 hour, and gave our entry to Wendy and waited for the results to be announced. We were pretty sure we had a 100% score, but there were others who had finished early also. Finally the announcement came that there were 2 teams with perfect scores, ours and none other than former Zone 5 Rep., Jan Mayo, and her teammate, Linda Bambina, (both generally acknowledged as fierce competitors). So it came down to a sudden death runoff, comprised of more detailed questions about the items: How many wine tasting rooms are there in Grapevine? What type of butterfly was on a particular statue, etc. We guessed 1 answer better than Jan and Linda and the victory was ours, Jillian’s first Porsche Club event victory. Jillian, Jackie, and Werner Foltz enjoying their sweet victory. We arrived in downtown Grapevine, paid our fee ($5.00) and received our packet of instructions - a stack of papers each with 3 or 4 photographs, and a question under each photo. The task was to find the items in the photo, and thereby find the answers to the questions. All of the items were within a 10 or so block area that is roughly downtown Grapevine, and there was a time limit of 2 hours after which everyone would meet back at Willhoite’s restaurant on Main Street. Grapevine was thus transformed into a rat race of Porsches, zigzagging around town, following and being followed. Most of the items were related to the interesting history of Grapevine. Some were easy to find - a water tower - the statue on top of city hall - but some were much harder, not even visible from the road. All of them required that you get out of the car to read something to be able to answer the question. One of the clues was a hand operated water pump, and a non-participant car had parked directly beside it. I Photo by Charlie Davis James Shoffit and Ronnie Arnold Photo by Charlie Davis Linda Bambina and Jan Mayo still happy with their 2nd place finish. Rally Results Participant Names Points Werner, Jackie & Jillian Foltz 45 (+ 2 tie) Jan Mayo & Linda Bambina 45 (+ 1 tie) Derek Johnston 45 Allen Tollefson 44 1/2 Steve & Jonathan Perrin 44 1/2 Ed & Tracey Gross 42 Rocky & Judy Johnson 42 Ronnie Arnold 42 Rick & Sherri Landerholm 42 Dee & John Lersch 40 Curtis & Becky Frisbie 36 Dave & Jean Frick 34 James & Jasmine Shoffit 34 Karl & Freida Landerholm 32 1/2 Mike Ernest 32 22
Post Parade Party at Willoite’s By Dee Lersch Most of us recognize the BIG Maverick events: Club Race, Founders' Day Dinner, the Holiday Party, the New Member Party, any Happy Hour, and, of course, each month when the <strong>Slipstream</strong> comes out! There are other equally colorful, if smaller, gatherings: the fall Round Up, the Swap Meet, and the first dinner social after Parade. This year's Post Parade dinner social was held at Willhoite's in Grapevine, a colorful Texas eatery that once was a garage (how appropriate.) More than three dozen Mavericks and visitors attended and we enjoyed a delightful mix of post-Parade, post-Photo Rally, what-we-did-this-summer chatter against a Parade slide show backdrop. Wendy Shoffit had organized an all-you-can-eat Texas Country Buffet, complete with steak and shrimp, accompanied by bowls of Hershey chocolate. The center piece at our table was the HUGE trophy that Wendy was honored with at Parade as the Porsche Club of America 2004 Enthusiast of the Year. Dave and Jean Frick brought (and gave away) more of those beautiful German and Bavarian Oktoberfest banners they had at May at Mayo's. Good food, good friends, GRAND memories. I hope you were there. Photo by Charlie Davis Photo by Charlie Davis Ed and Tracey Gross Rocky and Judy Johnson. Photo by Charlie Davis Ed Mayo and Joe McGlohen can’t pull themselves away. Photo by Wendy Shoffit Susanna Kavanaugh and Mike Lockas enjoying their dinner. 23
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