Potomac Chapter, SDC - Spring Tour 2010
Berryville, VA, Stephens City, Bridgewater, Natural Bridge, Roanoke, Bedford VA, Waynesboro, Va.... home.
Paul & Karen Johnson (64 Convertible), Bob & Ann Devore (64 Cruiser), Bob & Donna Johnstone (64 GT Hawk) Gordon & Sydney Kertzel (62 Lark ), Murray Welsh ( 1950 Champion sedan), Ron Hoff (& Dad) (65 Daytona), Darrell & Ruth Carr ( 55 Champion Sedan), Steve & Mary Walter (56 Powerhawk), Dave & Nadine Farris (59 Lark HT), Jim & Kaye Dowdy (little yella thing)


Potomac Chapter, SDC - Spring Tour 2010


Friday, April 23
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The big Surprise....
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Paul Thrush & wife Dorothy showed up at our marshalling point.
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....with his 1948 Commander over F**D Ranger Chassis....
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..all work by his own hand....
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..even tho his health was not the best..
Read more about this fantastic achievement HERE
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Getting underway...
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We passed by some local festivities...
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Lunch at Mrs Rowes, near Bridgewater VA
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Randy Nesselrodt & Chester Bradfield join us...


Friday evening, at Natural Bridge, VA
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138 stairs down (and up) to the bridge
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George Washington & others, carved
their initials in the walls
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later that evening, Darrell played for us...
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..everyone on the hotel balcony evening enjoyed it...
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Saturday, April 24
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Nearing the Visitors Center, Roanoke VA
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We're met by Williard Hamill, who owns
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..an Air conditioned R3 Avanti...

At the Center, we visit the O. Winston Link Photographic Museum
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Inside the visitors Center..
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Behind the visitors center...


The Raymond Loewy Exhibit at the Visitors Center
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We drive over to the Transportation Museum
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Sunday, April 26
Morning at the hotel....
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Murray Welsh (1950 Champion Sedan)
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Bob Johnstone (64 GT Hawk)
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Steve Walter (56 Powerhawk)
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Dave Farris (59 Lark HT)
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Darrell Carr ( 55 Champion Sedan ) (5th made..)
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Bob Devore ( 64 Cruiser)
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Ron Hoff (65 Daytona)
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Paul Johnson (64 Convertible)
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Gordon Kertzel (62 Lark)
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40K mile original...
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Leave Roanoke to Bedford VA
....and the National D-Day Memorial
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Pics from Paul Johnson
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This is a short movie of the memorial

.....It certainly puts things in perspective
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....then, we head for ...

The Peaks of Otter Restaurant

on the Blue Ridge Parkway
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Quite a climb ...
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Pics from Paul Johnson

....and then homeward, up the Parkway to Waynesboro...

But we make a pit stop at a watering hole....
(Pics from Paul Johnson)

We gave a busload of tourists a parade...

Everyone was glad to see the cars...

..Especially Shane Brannock, whose father was a Studebaker dealer in Waynesboro...

  We left the rest stop, drove north on the Parkway, exited at Waynesboro, took Rt 340 North and went our separate ways.

Quite a fabulous weekend. Thanks, Paul & Karen