The
Victoria Chapter kicked off 2019 with our Annual New Year's Day
Run. It started at the
usual place (Pacific Forestry Centre on West Burnside Road). The
weather was just about perfect -- sunny, cool and dry. Folks in
open cars were bundled up and ready for the drive.
There
was a very good turnout -- possibly one of the best in recent
memory. The parking lot was overflowing -- estimates were about
65-70 cars.
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Whilst not everyone signed
in, the record shows 48 cars (7 modern and 41 vintage). Victoria
Chapter was represented by 31 members. Members from other local
clubs: Torque Masters (4), Century Toppers (2), Corvette Club (1),
Rolls Royce Club (1) and Model T Club (1).
Brent reported that all 61 Route Sheets were distributed and not all participants received one. |
Run organizer, Brent Morrison,
led us around the waterfront, but the other way around for a change.
Leaving Burnside Road West, onto McKenzie, all the way to UVic,
Sinclair Road and down to Cadboro Bay Road. Back toward town, via
Beach Drive, King George Terrace, Crescent Road, Robertson Street,
Hollywood Crescent to Beach Drive.
Then around Ogden Point and James Bay, into downtown. The route
followed Douglas Sreet, to Saanich Road, Quadra Street to West Saanich
Road. We then followed Wallace Drive. Stelly's Cross Road to the
Saanich Fairgrounds (the site of our annual Swap Meet in June).
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It was estimated that about 55 cars
completed the run to Saanich Fairgrounds.
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Our dedicated volunteers, Bill Bouchard and his sister, Jeanne Tweten, and Jane and Gordie Thomas, had the reception room arranged, the coffee brewed and the boxes of donuts open and ready to go.
 Everyone was very generous in their contributions for The Mustard Seed -- 12 large bags of non-perishable food items (more than last year) and $327.25 cash. |
Thanks to Brent Morrison for another interesting drive.
And a warm
hug of gratitude to all those helpers who stayed at the end and
helped with clean-up and putting away tables and chairs.
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