As October rolls in, we start out this month with the Newport Hill Climb in Newport. If you have never been, it is a great weekend consisting of car shows, food, and mostly prewar cars, trucks, and motorcycles traveling as fast as one dares to drive up an incline of 135 feet in a span of 1,800 feet of travel. To me it is an absolute joy to watch what are normally static car show display vehicles actually driving at a frantic pace up a hill. Most make it, a few do not.
After that it's off to Hershey, Pennsylvania to the AACA Eastern Fall meet commonly called "Hershey". Another event to add to your bucket list if you haven't been. Denis and I usually meet up with Joe and Patrick Goss when we get there. For many years they have had vendor spaces reserved to sell their items. It is 5 days of antique car heaven. This is my seventh year going and I hope to attend many more. Over 235 acres of car parts with thousands of vendors selling them along with food, beautiful cars including projects of every type. When Friday comes along so do many of the finest antique autos for the car show. More than 1,200 cars show up to cap off an already phenomenal week. Since this event will be going on while the October meeting is in session, our trusty vice-president Jeff Findlay will preside over the meeting. We have a couple driving events in October. Our Turkey Run cruise will be on the 25th. We will be meeting at the River City Community center on old 231 and will leave around 9 am. It is a relaxing stress free drive down the back country roads to Turkey Run. We will then have lunch. After that you may return home at your leisure. Another potential tour is in the works as I write, so check the website often for all the pertinent information. Until next time, happy motoring!