It’s a go… we may have at least five cars going up to White Court for the day to take in the car show and the air show. Double you fun.

Meet at PetroCanada/A&W at Acheson (just south of the Yellowhead on Hwy 60) at 9.15 AM for departure at 9.30 AM. The estimated return time in Edmonton is around 9.00 – 10.00 PM. So this is a long day out with a fairly rapid drive to and from Whitecourt. Jonathan’s the contact and his info is in the Open Road.

We’ve talked about going for three years and finally it looks like we’ll have a small entourage heading east to Sasktoon for the Saskatchewan British Car Club’s Brits by the Bus car show. There’s a start up BBQ on the Saturday July 24th and the show on the Sunday. This is also when Saskatoon runs it’s Taste of Saskatoon so there should be some good eats just across the way. We hope to have a loose planning meeting before the trip and depending on who’s going and what cars the route and timeline may change. Still should be a good time, club member Bob Kosinski met up with some of their memebers at the Radium MG Show and says their a good bunch. If you haven’t had a good long run in your sports car you should consider this one.

Baptiste Lake run held at Keith Wilson’s place on the Lake, took place this past weekend. The day started in the rain but by the time we got to St. Albert the sun was out and we were able to drop tops and head off. First stop was Weslock’s Tractor Museum which had a good slection of 50’s and 60’s tractors. The lunch at the Westlock Inn before heading off to Baptiste lake.

Tours of the lake by boat and pontoon craft, a fine meal of pulled pork and pulled Venison with salads and desert went down well. Thanks everyone for all that input. The fire was ready for when people got back from the evening tour of the lake and jokes, chat and the warmth of the fire wrapped up the evening. Those staying in Athabasca headed off a bit before midnight, it was still light out and those staying behind went into the hot tub till par boiled and pruney. The morning started with a dip in the hot tub and then Lorraine whipped up some pancakes and sausages and we all dug into a fine brunch. Some drifted off to the city later on in the morning and then a few hung in there till afternoon. Partially becuase I was out helping move a shower and a boat lift. Cottage life is so relaxing… Thanks Keith and Lorraine another wonderful time.

The Vintage Sport Car Club of Calgary is holding their 2010 show on July 17 at Stanley Park Calgary, on Park Avenue SW. Join our Members who are going down to attend and show their cars. Departure from the Leduc McDonalds which is accessed from the Queen E via the first Leduc exit past the airport. Meet at 7 and departure at 7:15. Route and pit stops to be decided at the muster. The special Marque is Italian Cars so we expect to see all the Alfa’s and Fiat’s and Ferrari’s etc. in the club to roll on down and show our flag.

The club had a successful run to the Ukrainian Historical Village where we joined a much larger car show than the previous year. We had two gazebos set up and looked quite organized. The lunch provided this year was much improved from the year previous and there were a lot of people coming though who enjoyed seeing our cars and talking with our members. This continues to be a good little run and hopefully the Village will continue to invite us.