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Okanagan Rides May 15-17

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 12:42 pm
by garth
A bunch of Vancouver area roadster nuts will be in the Okanagan May 15-17 exercising our cars and keeping our co-pilots happy. Everyone is welcome to join us for the daily run of back roads, vistas, watering holes and a BBQ Saturday afternoon. The program will be very informal, no prizes, no registration fees, no schedule and hopefully, no breakdowns or rescues required! Note: No planned runs will involve gravel roads, so if you find yourself on gravel, following a roadster, you're lost and have chosen the wrong guy to lead! This never happens! :lol: There should be opportunity for a brisk run up or down Westside Rd and a couple of other challenging roads too.

The intent this year is to sustain the interest of those who have attended previous years Matsuri events in Kelowna and wish to see it continue in some form. I expect attendees from WA, OR and possibly AB.

The BBQ will be at our summer house on Okanagan Lake, west side, about 1/2 hour north of West Kelowna or 1/2 hour south west of Vernon. Nearby accommodation is limited to a few lakeside campgrounds and resorts. If you plan to attend or want more info, contact me at gcuthber@telus.net or 604 928 6753. I will push out more details as attendence is firmed up.

Re: Okanagan Rides May 15-17

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 10:42 pm
by Datsun.David
Hey Garth -
Where is your summer place? My Aunt and Uncle are in Fintry...
I am hoping to convince my 4 year old that she should spend her 5th birthday in Kelowna... If I convince her, her mother will fall like a house of cards...

dw

Re: Okanagan Rides May 15-17

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 10:55 pm
by ted heaton
Foreigners from the South will be there.

Ted

Re: Okanagan Rides May 15-17

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 4:34 am
by garth
Datsun.David wrote:Hey Garth -
Where is your summer place? My Aunt and Uncle are in Fintry...
I am hoping to convince my 4 year old that she should spend her 5th birthday in Kelowna... If I convince her, her mother will fall like a house of cards...

dw
We are about 10mins north of Fintry at Wainman Cove. Cool if you can make it.

Re: Okanagan Rides May 15-17

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 4:55 am
by garth
ted heaton wrote:Foreigners from the South will be there.

Ted
Visitors Ted! Visitors! We visit each other across a near imaginary line. Foreigners come across a lot of water, from countries with too much history, speak English differently or not at all, and play a different version of football. Some build and drive really nice exotic cars which we refer to as foreign.

Re: Okanagan Rides May 15-17

Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 3:49 pm
by ted heaton
Off to a good start for the Okanagan Lake tour.
Canadians and "friends" from WA and OR drove from the Vancouver area to the Lake cabin.
Dry and sunny.

Ted.

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Re: Okanagan Rides May 15-17

Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 7:15 pm
by pebbles
Ted, dont forget to bring back some of that sunshine...

Re: Okanagan Rides May 15-17

Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 7:40 pm
by Linda
Looks like fun and a nice turnout too.
And I see an early promo for the Shedd BBq....

Linda

Re: Okanagan Rides May 15-17

Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 12:48 am
by garth
Thanks for posting the pics Ted.

David and Linda, come north next year. It can only get better!

Re: Okanagan Rides May 15-17

Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 4:50 pm
by ted heaton
Day of exploring. 5-15-15. About 200 miles.
Lots of old log farm buildings around.
First picture shows the helpful Canadian hosts while Bill Neal is washing his roadster.

Ted



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Re: Okanagan Rides May 15-17

Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 9:25 am
by Skyman
How does Ted decide what car he is going to drive??? He has too many roadsters to flip a coin. :roll:

Re: Okanagan Rides May 15-17

Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 9:35 am
by notoptoy
Great pictures again Ted! Some really beautiful country up there.

Re: Okanagan Rides May 15-17

Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 10:48 am
by Gregs672000
Wow, nice to see some of my friends there! Sorry I could not make it... Still moving and trying to get my house ready to sell. Next year? Always seems like I'm sayin that...

Re: Okanagan Rides May 15-17

Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 7:21 pm
by ted heaton
Okanagan drive 5-16-15. About 250 miles.
Drove West to Kamloops and up to Sun Peaks ski resort.
Garth provided a fantastic BBQ dinner ( the women did all the work! THANKS!). We had 9 roadsters present!.

Ted

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Re: Okanagan Rides May 15-17

Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 8:03 pm
by garth
Thanks for being the event scribe Ted! :D