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JUNE 11, 2002--St. Leonard, MD to Rock Hall, MD via Ocean City, MD
Well, after a year's planning it comes down to this: It's time to leave for Tahoe! Today I am heading from my home in St. Leonard, MD to Ocean City, MD, the East Coast terminus of US Highway 50, to meet a bunch of other Healey drivers. There will be about six cars starting out from here for Tahoe and some other folks from the Capital Area Austin-Healey Club (We're the guys who will be putting on Conclave in DC next year) will be showing up to lend support. Our route goes through Louisville, KY where on Friday the Bluegrass club is is giving us a welcome reception and we arrive in St. Louis, MO on Saturday where we will join up with another 20-25 cars for the trip west. I look forward to seeing and meeting lots of you in Tahoe, and for those who are driving--Have a great, safe and adventurous journey.
Those of us doing the drive plus the several supporting members of the Capital Area AHC, met at a predetermined spot on the Eastern Shore side of the Bay Bridge for the drive to Ocean City, the Eastern terminus of Highway 50, from where the journey west commences. David and Joyce Stonely (of London to Peking fame), who live in Rock Hall, MD hosted the drivers of three cars that had been shipped over from the UK a few weeks ago: Peter and Ann Hunt ("Around the World in 80 Days"); Julian Bowen and Laurence MacDowell, (both parties in two BT7 Rallye cars); plus Clive Randall in a 1948 Westland Healey. Just before this group departed David and Joyce's home to meet the rest of us enroute to Ocean City they were paid a surprise visit by "The Bob's"--Bob Brown of Chicago and Bob McElwee of St. Louis, who did all of the logistic planning for the tour and flew into BWI to hook up for our departure west.
From this assembly point we proceeded to Ocean City where a photo-op of the departure west had been arranged. The highway sign showing the distance to the west coast terminus in Sacramento CA had been taken down due to road maintenance, so Ocean City's Finest held it over the grouped Healeys for the photo-op. There were many bikini-clad young girls ogling the cars and many Healey drivers ogling them in the process, but around 3:00 PM we tore ourselves away and set out west-bound on Route 50--those who lent their support returning home in DC while we drivers headed back to the Stonely's home for a banquet, and from where we will begin our journey in the morning.
Well, after a year's planning it comes down to this: It's time to leave for Tahoe! Today I am heading from my home in St. Leonard, MD to Ocean City, MD, the East Coast terminus of US Highway 50, to meet a bunch of other Healey drivers. There will be about six cars starting out from here for Tahoe and some other folks from the Capital Area Austin-Healey Club (We're the guys who will be putting on Conclave in DC next year) will be showing up to lend support. Our route goes through Louisville, KY where on Friday the Bluegrass club is is giving us a welcome reception and we arrive in St. Louis, MO on Saturday where we will join up with another 20-25 cars for the trip west. I look forward to seeing and meeting lots of you in Tahoe, and for those who are driving--Have a great, safe and adventurous journey.
Those of us doing the drive plus the several supporting members of the Capital Area AHC, met at a predetermined spot on the Eastern Shore side of the Bay Bridge for the drive to Ocean City, the Eastern terminus of Highway 50, from where the journey west commences. David and Joyce Stonely (of London to Peking fame), who live in Rock Hall, MD hosted the drivers of three cars that had been shipped over from the UK a few weeks ago: Peter and Ann Hunt ("Around the World in 80 Days"); Julian Bowen and Laurence MacDowell, (both parties in two BT7 Rallye cars); plus Clive Randall in a 1948 Westland Healey. Just before this group departed David and Joyce's home to meet the rest of us enroute to Ocean City they were paid a surprise visit by "The Bob's"--Bob Brown of Chicago and Bob McElwee of St. Louis, who did all of the logistic planning for the tour and flew into BWI to hook up for our departure west.
From this assembly point we proceeded to Ocean City where a photo-op of the departure west had been arranged. The highway sign showing the distance to the west coast terminus in Sacramento CA had been taken down due to road maintenance, so Ocean City's Finest held it over the grouped Healeys for the photo-op. There were many bikini-clad young girls ogling the cars and many Healey drivers ogling them in the process, but around 3:00 PM we tore ourselves away and set out west-bound on Route 50--those who lent their support returning home in DC while we drivers headed back to the Stonely's home for a banquet, and from where we will begin our journey in the morning.