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MATC APRIL 10, 2011 CRUISE |
By Bea Zastrow The promised warm sunny day was a bit slow in coming as 25 MATC members gathered to start our tour, but the sun finally emerged during our drive and it warmed up a bit. We were pleased to have new MATC members, Carol & Marvin Schroll, join us in the caravan of 12 vehicles. There were ten T'Birds - one each: '59, '60, '62, '63, '64, and 5 Retro Birds. We started out with 11 vehicles and picked up Skip & Barbara Panowitz at a pre-arranged location on the way. Although we planned to stay together, every car was given a map to ease any worries of getting lost in the boondocks. Walkie Talkies and cell phones were used to communicate among the cars and Phyllis Cherry did a great job serving as "tail-end Charlie" to keep the lead car advised when everyone had made a turn or gotten thru a traffic light. We only got separated once when the leader, Earl Zastrow, realized too late that he should have pulled over to let cars catch up before making one turn. But thanks to cell phones we got together again without too much lost time. The route took us over back roads with very little traffic, great rural scenery - some with running streams. A wild turkey and a possible beaver dam were sighted along the way. Some of the roads were gravel and some had one-lane bridges, two of which were covered. We stopped at the second covered bridge for a photo op, and then proceeded to enjoy good food and fellowship at Liberty Road Seafood & Steak on Rt. 26. PS: It was a good thing that we were able to do the cruise on the 10th, because our "rain date" was the following Saturday, the 16th, when it did just that - it rained all day and caused flooding in a number of areas in Frederick County, including part of the cruise route. Bennies Hill, our very first road on the tour was closed, followed by Poffenberger Road which probably was too because it has permanent "flood area" warning signs. Other areas on our route were affected as well. |