We had planned to leave about 12 noon to
drive to Luray - a 90-minute drive.
I started off Friday with looking out and
seeing RAIN RAIN RAIN!!
Pat couldn't drive the Morgan in the rain -
the only top we have is a surrey top for sunshine! (on the agenda for next year - making new top)
Friday night Lorien joined me down there
and we attended the keg party and held up the MacAuleys' die hard reputation!
Pat came up the next morning.
Saturday was the Concours d'Elegance and I
started early (8 AM) at the Registration/Regalia (i.e. hats, t-shirts, etc)
table, then we headed to the Concours location. Here are the cars that were
still on the field after it rained again for about half an hour! We were in the Luray Caverns parking lot.
this blue one is Morgie - see newly
installed buckles on back of top:
After the car show, we had a Gymkhana,
which is carspeak for crazy people doing crazy things while driving a car. This
time the driver and navigator had to ride stick horses, bring back 2 planks,
drive over the planks, shoot beer cans off with a water gun, rope a 'horse',
find some grub in a haystack (cans of beans, rubber chicken, etc), then the
driver had to wear a blindfold and be navigated thru a short slalom to the
finish. While Pat and Lorien were getting ready to run, the couple from PA ran
into the wall during the blindfold part! There is a video which I hope to get my
hands on when it gets posted, and then I will share. Sheridan, Eric and Max
joined us for the Gymkhana. Here's a picture of the wall, picture a car running
into it! The same driver later backed into a column in front of the hotel and
dented his bumper!
On Sunday,
we had the Autocross. That's where the driver races around at breakneck speed
(usually in second gear) through a course marked with pylons on a large
asphalted area. We were lucky to be in the Shenandoah Valley at the Shenandoah
Speedway. Lorien and Pat both ran our car. It sounded pretty smooth!!
More Autocross pix:
More Autocross pix:
Sunday night we had the Awards Banquet and
Midnight Madness. Lorien and Pat both got trophies for the Gymkhana and the
Autocross!! Yaay, MacAuleys!! The only Midnight Madness Managed was that Lorien
and I, who were still around after everyone else had gone to bed, placed a
couple of cacti from the gymkhana onto a couple of the cars.
Monday the rain started up again and since
we had to check out and go home, Pat had to drive in the rain the 60 miles home.
The rain came and went several times and was gone by the time we got 20 miles
from home, but it was grueling!! For him, not me, I was following safely, warm
and dry in the van with all the luggage and paraphernalia.
Miscellaneous shots of the fam, the
banquet, midnight madness, the morning waiting for rain to stop, driving home.
http://morgandc.com/Gallery/MOG43-smac-misc/index.htm
One of the best events was the Rally, which you unfortunately missed. It was a non-trophy event this time, but it included a stop at a vinyard. Eric was my navigator and John Bigler climbed into the back seat. We had a great time driving through pretty countryside, and Eric kept us on course while John and I chatted about Morgans.
ReplyDeleteThe vinyard stop was a high point and the Morgan crowd was large and loud. My most hilarious memory was John trying to get out of the back of the four-seater with the top up, and landing face-down in the grass. He was good-natured about it, aside from the grass stains. Eric and I laughed so hard we forgot to take a picture.
MacMog