Pendleton Northwest Meet  July 24 28, 2007 

Good morning SCVC.  Stand by for news.  It was reported that 1928 to 1931 (and newer cars) Model "A"s were spotted on the California-Oregon Coast and inland back roads this past July.  Well let me tell you except for one fine Model "A" (Bob Meneely says he'll fix the problem and get the car back on the road) that decided it didn't want to go we all made it safe and sound to the town of Pendleton Oregon.. The coast route took time to enjoy some rain and some beautiful sights.. The inland group got acquainted and also enjoyed the desert area of California and Oregon.  We went for the Regional Round Up in Pendleton Oregon and were we in for a great time.  Now this is a town of 17,000.  Ranchers, business owners and farmers make up this wonderful area. They treated us like kings and Queens.  It's been told they really enjoyed 200 plus model "A"s running around their town for 5 days. On Tuesday when we arrived we were greeted with a DRAG race (sponsored by F.A.S.T.) at the airport.  Wow. some fast model "A"s..

Wednesday we did and Indian Museum Tour (very interesting) and had an Ice Cream social in the park. (Now I ask you what's model "A"ing without Ice cream) We did tours of the town which included a charm bracelet collection from each of the businesses in town. We toured the Under ground city.  What a spectacle...We played car games, doing such things as riding the MOP pony (tossing eggs) trying to rope a model "A" head with the water neck attached, pitching horse shoes and driving while holding or balancing water glasses on the fenders of our model "A"s and in our hand. We did down hill drags, no engine running (the best part was the fact that at the bottom of the hill were active RR tracts. We did flat model "A" coast runs trying to stop prior to the finish line and we did the GRAND tour. There was a fashion tea & Hubley races.  The repair tent was busy 24 / 7 even with our own cars but all went well. About 385 folks enjoyed Pendleton with a club of 15 family's.  We won in fashions, we won in youth participation, we won in car judging.

We all had a Marvelous time.     Sooooo now you know!!!!!

Jay Day

August 11 Presidents Tour

President’s Tour aka “Travels with Charley”

We had a nice day for touring with 16 or 17 Model A’s and a number of newer cars traveling to Salinas on the morning of August 11.  Some of the more adventurous travelers wired up various menu items on their manifolds to cook on the way to Steinbeck country.  In the “dust bowl” thirties, Steinbeck wrote about this practice of cooking on the manifold during the long migrations out to the West Coast.  After an hour or so on the road, we stopped at a little park in Salinas to eat what the Model A’s had cooked.

There were Spam recipes, and steamed vegetables, ribs, soufflés, garlic bread and many other imaginative recipes laid out on the picnic tables.  Some dishes were a little undercooked, but everyone had fun with the results.  Saner SCVC members drove into town for a more conventional meal in real restaurants…

We had a small drawing in front of the museum before we went in to explore the Steinbeck Museum, and the Petty’s won a real bottle of “Cheap White Wine”…they would have been immensely popular with the characters of Cannery Row.  After a few hours, we departed for home with a detour through San Juan Bautista for the obligatory ice cream stop.

It was a good day with some nice folks on some scenic roads…

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