Special Thank You from Cruise the Bay 2011

Calling All Rodders,
 Cruise the Bay event coordinators Jack & Judy Miller would like to send out a special Thank you to all who helped and attended the 2011 Cruise the Bay Events!  Getting ready for the 2012 season , see you all then!


From Jack & Judy.......
The 2011 Cruise the Bay season has come to an end. The thank you notes are being mailed to our sponsors, and to all of those who helped The Bay go and grow, our Make A Wish donation is in the mail and of course thoughts and plans are starting up for 2012. but first we want to give a short summary report.

We had 16 cruises, and saw many cars, bikes, trucks and spectators visit us our the summer. our Cruise the Bay 50/50 and event T-shirt sale along with cash donations from our Wishing Well donors and our food vendors have enabled us to send a $1900.00 donation to the Erie Area Make A Wish Foundation which will be earmarked for a local child's wish. we were blesses with 7 perfect evenings-gorgeous Erie weather with beautiful sunsets, 1 rain the area but not on the Bayfront night, 1 true rain out , 3 rain came ending the nights early and 4 evenings although not perfect we can call then can't complain nights. We once again welcomed visitors from a variety of cities, states, and some Canadian provinces as well! What a lovely cruise season it was.

Again thank you to everyone who cruised in,sold and bought 50/50 tickets and/or T-shirts, handed out door prize tickets, gave out our silly cruiser gifts, helped or participated in the various contests, cleaned up, set up,promoted--you get the idea. Thank YOU!!! One and all for making 2011 Cruise the Bay season a fun and enjoyable time for all of us. We look forward to doing it again in 2011.

To start off the 2012 season we will hold our winter fund raiser, the "Snowflake Cruise In"

a dinner and dance on Saturday, February 11th at the Bel-Aire Hotel. More details to follow.

Sincerely,
Jack & Judy Miller
for Cruise the Bay

"My 409"

Calling All Rodders,

 For the past few weeks friends of ours, Geoff & Linda have been scouring the country side.  Geoff was on a mission to find a "Chevy Impala 409".  Linda wasn't as sure  as Geoff, but off we go to Toledo Ohio one Sunday morning.  Geoff was sure he had found just the right car!  He was so excited and sure he was bringing home a car that day!  It was raining in Erie that morning, but we soon drove out of the rain and the sun began shining, lighting our way to Geoff's Dream Car!

We rounded the corner and there she stood gleaming in the sunlight!  She is a good looking car but as we quickly told Geoff, "calm down we need to get under the hood and crawl all over her to make sure you are getting what you want".  The anticipation was killing Geoff.  Linda was just as anxious, because she didn't want to jump to soon and regret their purchase. 

After about an hour of inspecting and taking her for a ride we left. Now, to discuss the purchase on the way home to Erie.  Geoff was hooked but was willing to listen to all of us  as we pointed out the things he needed to consider if he bought that particular car.

He was ready to make his offer.  Monday morning he made the call and by Wednesday his dream was in his driveway.  It was like Christmas morning! The excitement was in the air as they brought the car out and took it for their first ride around the peninsula.  What a beauty.

 Now, out to his buddy Rex's garage for some fine tuning and tweaking. Rex and Geoff have spent the last week tweaking and tuning the car to perfection.  After a morning of adjusting it was down the road for a test run.  Geoff's smile was as big as the car when he came back from his test run.  As, he just sat in the garage listening to her purr.

This is what this hobby is all about, good friends getting together to share their knowledge and sharing in the excitement of a new project and finally driving down the road with the pride of a new car owner.  It was fun for us to be honored with chance to be a  part of Geoff and Linda's new project.  We are sure they will have many hours of enjoyment traveling around to the local car events.  Make sure you look for the Red "409" Chevy Impale at the bay front next season.  If you watch close you may even see it out this year as the season comes to an end.















Congratulations Geoff & Linda.

Thank you for letting us share in your adventure! 
Enjoy the ride, see ya at the next car event!

Fall Festival and Car Show at Peak & Peek 2011

Calling All Rodders,
Fall is in the air... Pumpkins are flying and cars are gathering!

  Where in Clymer New York at the Peak & Peek Resort.  Another great show this year as the ski slops are turned into show grounds for the Tri State Local Car enthusiast's!

 As the weather cooperated and the turning of the leaves added color to the country side, the local and not so local cruisers filled the slopes.  They had crafts, food, a petting zoo, kettle corn, prizes and punkin chunkin. Something for everyone.  What a great way to end the season in our area.

The shows are getting fewer and further apart as the air gets chiller but there is still some great fun to be had out there.  Enjoy the fall and be safe.

  Watch the Blog for our adventures in  the southern states as we search out beautiful cars and shows in the sunny south.  Don't forget to get you car event information to me for next year as soon as you can as the calendar is always waiting to be filled up with great events to get ready for in 2012.  Thank you all for your great support, I really appreciate all the nice things you have had to say about the site and I am glad that many of you use it to plan your fun.
See ya next season. 
Annette Diemer from http://www.callingallrodders.com/