—————————————– Columbia Gorge MG Club http://www.columbiagorgemgclub.org Volume 43, Issue #9 September 2017 Breakfast & Fall Tour—Oct 28 By Debbie and Larry Haroun On Saturday, October 28, Larry and I will be leading a tour to Shirley’s Tippy Canoe restaurant for breakfast and a drive after. We will be meeting at Columbia Gorge Premium Out- lets, 450 NW 257th Way, Troutdale, OR 97060 in the parking lot near the entrance at 8:30 m, leaving by 8:45 to get to the restaurant by about 9:00 am. Originally we were going to drive the Old Columbia Hwy to see the Fall col- ors. We are not sure if the Old Hwy will be open because of the fires. We will be exploring the area and come up with a drive. Questions: Debbie and Larry Haroun 503 564-9209. 28242 Historic Columbia River Hwy, Troutdale, OR Run with Peggy—October 7 By Peggy Oliver Please join us on October 7 for this reprise of a drive (run) with Peggy. Meet at 10:15 am at Lewis & Clark State Recreation Site in Troutdale (exit 18 off I-84). We will be leaving at 10:30 am to go over back roads and up over hills towards Bull Run and Ten Eyck Road. We will stop at Ca- lamity Janes Restaurant for lunch in Sandy, Oregon. After- wards for those who wish to continue, we will be taking back roads to Estacada and the Bent Shovel Brewery. This is a small venue in a Red Barn, family owned. It should be fun...... We would like to know how many folks will be joining Tri-Club Bowling Tournament us, so please RSVP to [email protected] or call Debbie Haroun 503-709-3616. On October 21st our second bowling match between Willamette MG, Columbia Gorge MG (sponsor), and Club T-MG will be held at: Kellogg Bowl, 10306 SE Main, Milwaukie, OR 97222 From 2:45-5:00. $9 for 3 games and $3 for shoes. Our teams are Team A: John Drake, Rita Drake, John Dutra, and Son- dra Dutra and Team B: George Wiggins, Roger Wilson, Carol Wilson, and Cathy Kurtz. We may go over to a near by Pizza restaurant for a bite Happy Halloween to eat afterwards. Prizes will be awarded. Page 1 Columbia Gorge MG Club OFFICERS – 2017 President Donna McNabb 503-936-6137 (cell) [email protected] Vice President Reid Trummel 503-753-3700 [email protected] Secretary Joan Shelby 360-281-6677 [email protected] Treasurer Carol Wilson 503/502-7448 (cell) [email protected] Activities Debbie Haroun 503-754-1486 [email protected] Sue Stose 360-601-7002 [email protected] Member at George Wiggins 503-704-0852 cell Large [email protected] IMPORTANT VOLUNTEERS We want to recognize the volunteers without whom our club would not run as smoothly as it does. Thank You! ABFM Reps John Dutra 503-786-0851 [email protected] Ed Mullowney 360-607-4928 cell [email protected] Regalia Sales Ed Mullowney 360-607-4928 cell [email protected] Storage Locker George Wiggins 360-666-1788 Monitor [email protected] Nametags Peggy Oliver 503-709-3616 [email protected] Membership Steffi Rollins 360-576-7973 Database [email protected] The MG Announcer The MG Announcer is the official publication for and pub- Newsletter Debbie Haroun 503-754-1486 lished by the Columbia Gorge MG Club. A mailed subscription is Mailing [email protected] included in the club’s yearly dues. Electronic distribution (PDF by e-mail) is available—contact the editor. Mailbox Carol Wilson 503/502-7448 (cell) Permission is hereby granted to reproduce any material pro- [email protected] vided credit is given to the author and to the Columbia Gorge MG Club or the original publisher if applicable. 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Membership dues are [email protected] $25 per year, $12.50 after July 1st. See the Vice President. 17658 NW Rolling Hill Lane Beaverton, OR 97006 Page 2 —————————————– Columbia Gorge MG Club A Message from They had a category for young people, but only one girl entered. She competed with the adults and got pretty high the President… in the standings—4th, I think—and everyone was rooting June seems so long ago. for her! One guy had a great design. A weight would drop That just tells you how full out of the back when the racer hit the flat part of the track. our summer was, when such a It just zoomed to the finish line. But, it didn’t always go significant trip fades into the straight, so I am not sure it was the winner. One guy went background of our memory. the comedy route. He had a rubber chicken as the driver Not to worry—I looked back and it would fall out, or go awry somehow, and everyone at my pictures and the pleas- would laugh. It did pretty well also. ures of the trip came right The whole event was really relaxing and low key for back to mind. us. It was quite warm but the breeze made it pleasant. There Bob picked me up from was enough to do and see, but not so much that it was the airport early on Monday morning. We had a great stressful picking. We were glad we went. breakfast downtown at the Hard Rock Café and then took On the way home, we took extra time (several extra some pictures for the Moss Motors photo challenge, before days) to go up the coast, collecting pictures for the Moss heading over the bridge to Paradise Point Resort and Spa Challenge along the way. We had never been to Mt. Palo- on an island in Mission Bay. The resort itself was built for mar and Hearst Castle. Both were a real treat. We got to see movie stars in the 1940’s (and upgraded since then). It is a the zebras on the Hearst ranch—a rare site from the high- self-contained paradise with lots to do, 5 swimming pools, way. We have been in the redwoods before, but they are and 3 restaurants. It was relaxing just to walk around the certainly spectacular in a small open car! We stayed on 101 place (tons of palm trees), sit on beaches, watch the water- to Crescent City and then crossed over to I-5 at Medford. sports from the marina or the fish in pond near the restau- We stopped in Cave Junction at Taylor’s Sausage that has rant, or swim. I enjoyed the resort as Bob took in many of the best jerky in the world! Hint: they ship! The trip home the technical sessions. We had come to San Diego for a up I-5 was back to the hot weather and we surely needed week’s vacation in October last year. The event had lots of our cooling towels around our necks. Fortunately, there we excursions to sight-seeing places but we had just seen sev- no traffic tie-ups so the car did not overheat on this leg. eral of them, so it was a great time to take in Tech Sessions Long MG trips are both do-able and enjoyable. we ordinarily don’t get to. Bob learned a lot, and more im- Take care, Donna portantly, learned that he knew quite a lot already! We made a point to get to the Beach Party. Some of the units are right on the beach and have a fire-pit. The Beach Party was a mixer with beverages, snacks, and s’mores PMX Custom Alternators & Starters from the fire in the pit. It was a great way to meet new Quality Rebuilding Since 1977 - Foreign & Domestic friends a catch up the folks you already know. Bringing a chair was important—the rented ones were filled pretty quickly. It is amazing how different sand is from what we have here. I like ours better—softer. Dinners were mostly on your own to group up and go places. We ate once in downtown San Diego at an English Pub that advertised in the program. It was well worth it— the food was great, and they had a great building decora- tion—a thief pulling a keg out of the attic. It was quite re- markable and life-like. I had thought that I bought tickets for the awards banquet, but it turned out that I had not. No worries, most people said that it was too expensive for the food you got. We wanted to see the awards, so we came in after the dinner was over and grabbed a couple of chairs.