Slipstream - May 2011

Red River Derby ~ Update!
By John Harvey, Tourmeister, Carey Spreen, Rallymeister
Remember to join us on Saturday, May 14, for the
Red River Derby Tour and Rally! This will be a fun
afternoon tour from McKinney to Rancho Sereno,
north of Whitesboro near the Red River. And as a bonus for
the competitive, you can enter the Gimmick Rally, which
will be held in parallel with the Tour, although it will use a
different route.
The Tour and Rally will begin at the Westgate Shopping
Center, US 75 (Central Expressway) exit 40A in McKinney,
on the northbound service road. We will meet at noon, and
the first Rally car out will be at 12:30pm, with the Tour group
leaving after the Rally entrants have departed. From there we
will wind our way through Texas horse country over some
excellent “blue roads”, ending up a couple of hours later at
Rancho Sereno, run by former Maverick Region members
Mike and Lisa Maberry.
And if you have been wondering about Road Rallying, this
is your chance to experience it for yourself - optional of
course! It will be an easy one; think of it as an Introduction
to Rallying. If you elect to enter the Rally, you will need to
bring a clipboard, a pencil or two, and make sure that there
are at least two people in your vehicle. You will get a set of
written instructions that describes your route, and, to see
how observant you are on the way, you will answer questions
related to landmarks along the route. This is not a TSD (Time-
Speed-Distance) Rally, so you will not need a stopwatch, just
a working odometer. The car (driver/navigator) that answers
the most questions correctly, and gets closest to the official
route mileage, will be the winner. And yes, there will be
trophies!
Rancho Sereno (www.ranchosereno.com), our destination,
is a 165-acre private ranch with two personalities - it is a
reigning horse breeding operation as well as a Bed and
Breakfast, with a 115-acre wildlife preserve thrown in for
good measure. Our hosts at Rancho Sereno plan to give us
a tour of their operation and then feed us afterwards, with a
wine tasting to boot! To offset the cost of the barbecue, we
will be charging a nominal per person fee of $15.
Please note that we need an RSVP from you to get an
accurate head count for the meal. To RSVP, go to http://mav.
pca.org, click on Events, then Rally or Tour (either one will
get you there), then click on the Red River Derby graphic.
Click “YES” and then on “Click Here to Pay!” Note that the
Quantity will remain at 1 even if you have RSVP’d for more
than one person, so please enter the total amount ($15 per
person x number of people in your party).
We expect to be finished by 7:00pm, and the trip back to the
Metroplex will take a little over an hour on main highways,
although you can go back any way you like!
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