Monday, April 4, 2016

4-3-16


Today & yesterday was #44's day to get out on the roads of Tucson.
Yesterday Pat, Bob, Ray, Linda, Bob & I drove to Tucson. About 20 old cars (Model T Speedsters) registered at Residence Inn for the weekend festivities.
Saturday afternoon Bob & Bob drove #44 & Ray & Linda took out their red #55. Pat & I followed them in our modern car & we may have stopped at a thrift store along the route. ;-)
On Sunday (today) was the "race". It's not your typical race where the fastest car gets the prize. Instead it's a 150 mile day, driving your cars, following written directions and the winner is declared later by the car(s) who get closest to the official route time (which was determined on a pre-ride by the race organizer). Does that make sense?
In any case...throughout the race the cars have check-points, they stop for lunch and afterwards there is a BBQ with awards. AND...Linda & Ray collected the 3rd place trophy!! Congrats to Ray & Linda! Bob & Bob came in 4th (but no trophy). :-) They ALL had a blast!!
We are really thankful that the Californians came to visit us in Arizona. It was fun to catch up, enjoy the nice weather, drink some fresh grapefruit juice & race old cars together.
Breakfast photo above was in our backyard (notice Harley's spot) & hiking photo is on top of Marcus De Niza Trail (both pics are from Friday morning).

2 comments:

  1. So glad you and Bob were able to spend time with Bob and Pat....family is so special!

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  2. It was a long road trip to them to trailer their Model T's from The Bay to Phoenix & Tucson. But we're sure glad they did. It's always a fun group that gathers for the Model T events.

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