Cruise to Dumas, April 28, 2007

Attending (We had 10 cars!):

• Maxenne and Dale Redmon (2 cars)
• Butch and Jackie Watkins
• Mike Bryan
• John and April Redmon (2 cars, 2 pups!)
• Emily and Shelby Kohn
• Les and Joanne Holman
• Cathy Sutton and Felicia Allred
• John and Lynn–Guests

First, I would like to welcome guests John and Lynn, who cruised with us this time. It was great having you, and we hope you’ll join Caprock Cruisers for more fun in the future.

We met at Region 16 and cruised to Dumas, where we flagged up at the Visitors Center and cruised on down to Sonic. We were late, and we’re sorry, Butch and Jackie! Thanks for showing us all such a good time! The people who brought their own cars were a lot of fun and nice to meet. Be sure to check out the pictures here. If you have any to add, please send them on to me. Blu Man Cruiser showed off his new flames, and the are cool! And Jackie brought the CruiserBear she made to be their co-pilot! He is really neat!

Congratulations to Cathy for winning the 50/50 pot.

We talked about the possibility of ordering more shirts of different colors so we can have a variety. We also talked about the future fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House. We need to come to a decision on a date for this soon.

Also, Emily and Shelby attended the PCCC meeting, and a few people talked to that group about insurance for car clubs. This is something we should

Please join us for

PCCC Cruise Night

Saturday, May 5, 2007 6:00 p.m.

Region 16 parking lot, Hillside and Bell

Classic Rollers will host May cruise, will be cruising retirement homes.

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Our next regular meeting will be on

Saturday, May 12, 2007
(Day before Mother’s Day– don’t forget, y’all!)

Meet at Hillside and Bell at 4:30 We will leave promptly at 5:00 to cruise to Fritch to meet Mike and Jane at the Dairy Queen. From there, we will cruise to a restaurant near Lake Meredith for supper. More details to follow.

 

Remember, we have flags and decals available to sell, and also have extra shirts if anyone needs them.

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Veteran’s War Memorial Car Show

Saturday, May 19, 2007
At the War Memorial @ Georgia and the Canyon E-way

Entry fee $15.00

Open to all vehicles.

$250.00 award for Best of Show
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Wheels Extravaganza @ Tradewinds Airport

Saturday, May 26, 2007
FMI See the Amarillo Corvette Club Website

They’ve invited us to attend!

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Don’t forget, the BIG D Cruisers are coming up the last weekend in June so we can go to Palo Duro Canyon and have BBQ and see Texas. So mark your calendars!

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A new Car Show will be on 6th Street in October.

October 6, 2007

 

Rt. 66 Celebration of Wheels

 

San Jacinto Academy Fundraiser Car Show

 

Will be held on the campus on W.6^th St. **$20 entry fee** will also include lunch hamburgers, hotdogs. Also will be a drawing for a trip for 2 to Barrett Jackson Auction in Phoenix, AZ in January. Show will be 10-4, awards at 4:00. Proceeds will go the PTA to help buy teaching supplies (books, computers, etc) for the teachers classrooms.

 

This month, the Panhandle Council of Car Clubs presented Make a Wish with a check for  $57, 219.00, due to the great turnout at the car show in March!

 

 

 

 

If you can think of anything to add, please send them to me, or add them in the comments section of this blog post.

 

Submitted by April Redmon

Cruisers at the Cross, 3-31-07

Cruisers at the Cross, originally uploaded by caprockcruisers.

Attending:

Cathy Sutton
Emily and Shelby Kohn
Maxenne and Dale Redmon
Jane and Mike Bryan
Jackie and Butch Watkins
April and John Redmon
Les and Joanne Holman

We met at Region 16. John was excited to show off Phantom Cruiser’s new Lambo hinges!

We took off for Groom, and visited the Cross, and the various sculptures surrounding it that represent the stations of the Cross. More information about this landmark can be found at http://www.crossministries.net We all took lots of pictures, too. They can be seen by clicking on the Flickr photo box in the sidebar.

After we visited the Cross, we cruised to McLean, down part of old Route 66 to the Red River Steakhouse. The staff there was nice and the food was good, the company even better!

On the way out, we cruised by the very first Phillips 66 service station. A teeny tiny treasure along the old Mother Road. A bio can be found here.

Jackie and Butch have been working really hard on our upcoming visit to Dumas’s Sonic Drive- in, coming up on April 14. This is our regular meeting day. We’ll meet at Region 16 at 5:00 p.m. then cruise to Dumas. We’ll stop at the tourist Info center just on the inside of town, and place our flags on our cars. (You did get yours, didn’t you?) Then we’ll follow Butch and Jackie to Sonic, where we’re sure to meet a lot of locals who bring their cars too. Don’t forget to bring your chairs, and your jackets, just in case! We’ll also be having a 50/50 drawing for some special prizes.

Our club stickers are underway as well, and available for purchase. Thanks to Emily and Les for arranging this with The Vinyl Garage.

PCCC April Cruise Night,  This Saturday, April 7, will be at 6:00 p.m. Hosted by the Texas Panhandle Mustang Club and is an Easter Egg Hunt. Door Prizes! FMI contact Vana 683-3711 or Lee 381-2009  Don’t forget, this is an extra chance to show off our cars!

Submitted by April Redmon

Shamrock, March 17, 2007

Attending:

• Mike and Jane Bryan
• Dale Redmon
• Emily Kohn
• David Freeman
• April Redmon
• PT from the Thunderbird Club

What a GREAT day! We met at the Tourist Bureau at 8:00 a.m., and traveled with the High Plains Thunderbird Club to Shamrock for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Once we got to Shamrock, as usual with parades, it was hurry up and wait. The crowd was great, and very, very green! Next year, we MUST bring candy. The children are scary
if you aren’t throwing candy.

After the parade, we went to the school for Irish Stew and Cornbread…but the bikers got there first. And considering we were number 82…well, they were pretty much out of food when we got there. Dale braved eating what was left, but the rest of us hit an UNBELIEVABLY crowded McDonald’s and had a burger and fries.

Then Mike and Jane and Dale headed home, and Emily, David and April strolled around town and took in a few shops and vendors before we went to watch the lawnmower races. We can now say we’ve been there and done that.

The Thunderbirds were really great fun to travel with, and very nice. They invited us to stop and eat with them at the Red River Steakhouse, but by then, we were ready to head home.

The Thunderbirds have arranged a deal with the Tascosa Drive-in Theater, and we are invited to join them sometime this spring or summer to go to the movies. As long as we have at least 20 cars combined, we can get in for 5 dollars each. They will even let the clubs have the pick of the lot! So there’s another thing to look forward to.

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On Friday night, the 16th, we met at Sonic for Tots and Talk…but the wind made it mighty chilly, so we went to the Home Plate Diner. We had a nice visit there, despite an unfriendly employee.

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On another note– if you see the photobar on the left, or the photobar on the website, we have a Flickr account! As part of my (April’s) sponsorship of the club, I bought a Pro account, so we have unlimited uploads. I’ve uploaded nearly all of the club pictures so far. And have created sets for all the Cruisers that have a particular theme. So if you have some photos you want uploaded, just send them my way. Caprock Cruiser members can save photos from this site, and even send off for prints if we want. So hopefully, the club will find this a useful feature.

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We’ll see you at 2:00 P.M. this Saturday at Region 16 for our cruise to Groom and then McLean. Hope you can amake it!

Submitted by April Redmon

Cruise the Rockies VI — August 10-13, 2006

Attending (We had a GREAT turnout!):

• Ruth Kimball
• Felicia Allred
• Cathy Sutton & Parents
• Dale & Maxenne Redmon
• Les & Joanne Holman
• Mike &Jane Bryan
• John & April Redmon (and Dodger!)
• Butch & Jackie Watkins

We met up with the other Texas clubs at the Big Texan on Thursday morning, then took the route through Springer to Red River, NM. It was a smooth trip, until we ran into this curiously wet substance after crossing the state line. Once we realized it was rain, we took lots of pictures to show the folks back home what it looks like. (Turns out, we seem to have brought some back with us, since it’s been raining here since we returned.)

The twists and turns of Cimmaron Canyon and Carson National Forest revealed majestic mountians and beautiful scenery that included tall, green trees with a winding creek twirling around their feet, within yards of the road. Along side, you would see people fishing, or just spending time with nature.

It was all good, but then: Eagle’s Nest. We were only 18 miles from our destination, and we hit a wall of rain and hail that pounded down so hard we had to turn around and take refuge underneath a gas station awning at the turn off to Red River. It was quite a site, seeing 16 or 17 Cruisers huddling under there while buckets of cold, fresh rainwater sluiced down around us. We made sure to be good customers to the little convenience store there, since we were blocking their pumps and using the facilities it was only right to stock up on more drinks and snacks!

Soon we were making our way through Bobcat Pass and descending into the little valley that nestles Red River. On the mountains surrounding the little town, the dormant ski runs looked like green ribbons laid over the slopes. PT Crusiers from 17 different states were filtering in, getting their rooms and beginning to get to know one another, or meeting up with old friends.

Everyone was pretty much on their own that night as far as activities go. Some of us retired to our rooms, others took advantage of the cookout in the park, and a few found some good restaurants to eat at. John and April Redmon even managed to sneak Phantom Pooch and his purse-like carrier into the restaurant they chose. The owners didn’t mind, as long as he wasn’t running around (unlike the restaurant in Taos, where Dodger wasn’t welcome. Oh well, you win some, you lose some. We knew it was a chance we took. Eating outside on the sidewalk isn’t so bad.)

The next morning, everyone registered and picked up their goodie bags (David and JoAnn, we have yours for you.) The day was spent shining up the cars, shopping, visiting and relaxing. Some took the lift up to the summit for lunch. That evening there were hamburgers and hotdogs in the park, while Cruisers from all walks of life exchanged ideas, oohed and ahhed over each other’s cars with their displays and decorations and had a great time in general. After dark, a bunch of Cruisers with and without lights formed an impromptu parade up and down Main Street. It was quite a sight!

On Saturday, most of the 141 Cruisers that attended CTR lined up and took the road to Taos. Once we got there, things got a little mixed up as to where we were supposed to go, and what we were supposed to do, but we eventually fell back together. Due to unexpected road construction, and the fact NONE of us wanted to get fresh tar on our Cruisers, we took a different scenic route than had been planned. It was a little longer, but there were some interesting things to see along the way, such as the Rio Grande Gorge.

That evening, the awards ceremony was held in the community hall. A surprise to many, there was a wedding to start things out! There was a couple there who’d become engaged at CTR last year who wanted to include the attendees of CTR this year in their special moment. Sadly, earlier in the day, there was also a funeral. Longhorn Cruisers brought their beloved friend James Spiller’s ashes to the point in New Mexico where the Red River and the Rio Grande converge and set his earthly remains free over the spectacular 360-degree vista at La Junta Overlook.

Getting back to the awards ceremony…the emcee was hilarious, and made sure the whole room had a great time. Colorado PT Cruiser Club did a great job at making everyone feel at home.

Mike and Jane Bryan won a hand-carved rear shelf the commemorates Cruse The Rockies VI, and it just happens to look GREAT in their Cruiser. They had a cool rear deck display, “Blue Man Cruiser.” Jackie and Butch had a representation of Communion for their rear deck display. John and April’s display was Phantom of the Opera, as usual, with a new addition: a working candelier.

Jackie and Butch and Ruth all won doorprizes. John and April won a One Cool Cruiser Award, voted on by the citizens and Chamber of Commerce of Red River. Big D Cruisers won Club Participation and SnoopCruiser and Phantum (not the Redmons’) tied for Best of Show.

After the awards, everyone was hungry, so we did the best we could since all the restaurants were closed! Word to the wise–if you plan to eat late in Red River, bring your own food! There was another parade down Main.

The next morning, there were donuts and coffee, info exchanges and good-byes, and everyone made their way home, already thinking about Next Year’s Cruise the Rockies VII, to be held in Steamboat Springs, CO.

Please feel free to add your own recollections in comments section of this blog entry!