Chariots onTires May Tour 2010

"The tour was one of the best we have been on" was overheard at breakfast on Monday morning!

It was a great tour ... it started off in the sun on Friday afternoon with 4 garage tours. We saw old cars, finished cars, rough but restorables, puppet collections, and had a great time re-uniting with old friends; and finished up that evening with a meet and greet attended by our one and only May Tour Queen (you had to be there!!).

Over 170 cars were in attendance from all over British Columbia and North West Washington. The oldest car was a 1911 Russell Knight 7 Passenger Touring car and the newest was a 1981 Pontiac TransAm, both from Maple Ridge. We had about 20 Orphan Cars which were recognized with a Certificate of Attendance at the Awards Banquet.

Saturday brought overcast skies, some of us travelled to Hayward Lake and the Stave Lake Dam, and had a great time in the hail storm.

Sunday's tour was to Alouette and Pitt Lakes. We stopped at Pitt Lake for lunch, but ended up eating in the car, as the liquid sunshine surrounded us.

Supper (on Saturday and Sunday) was provided by the Hourglass Restaurant and they did a fantastic job of feeding almost 400 people in less than 1/2 hour. The food was out of this world!

A Tea & Fashion show was held on Saturday afternoon after the judging meet. Over 100 people attended and we couldn't keep up with the teapots.

During the judging meet the 1937 Dodge scored enough points to bring home a 2nd place ribbon. Here I am with the car in period costume.

Sunday afternoon found us at the Valve Cover races, where in true spirit one of the teenagers took the valve cover off his car and taped his skateboard onto the bottom with Duct Tape. This was loads of fun. My little Madame Butterfly did not place. Wait until next year!

Monday morning came way too soon. After dismantling all the displays, the stage and the set up, we all gathered in the parking lot to say 'see you next year in Sushwap'.