A LOOK BACK at 2009 A sampling of our 2009 Events - Okanagan Chapter
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Dan & Bill take advantage of a nice day in January to take the A's for a spin. |
LORDCO demo at Bruce's Winter Shop talks help keep the interest up over the down months. |
Early May and we are off to help celebrate Fintry Falls Days. |
Fintry Octagonal Dairy Barn setting for a small Car Show. |
Perfect match at the Annual Kamloops Chapter Easter Parade. |
Tempo starting to pickup. Annual Rutland May Day Parade is a perennial hit! |
Warmer weather brings lots of families out to enjoy the Parade! |
Same weekend 'World of Wheels' in Peachland. Not warm enough for the air conditioner just yet! |
Peachland's 100th Anniversary Parade getting setting up. |
The Tudhope that our Chapter restored several years ago! Has been residing in the Kelowna Museum for a number of years, so discretion won over bravado - it led the Parade on a trailer! |
. . . and the rest of the vintage cars followed.
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2009 MAY TOUR Victoria. Great hospitality. They even arranged perfect weather. |
The Okanagan Chapter contingent!
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Some guys have all the luck! |
The Oldsmobile fits right in with Lt. Governor's Mansion on one of the Tours around Victoria.
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Best of Class at the Annual Midway, B.C. Show & Shine. |
Sad times! Honour row for Alex. We also lost Donalda, Leen, Denny and Gordon as the year progressed. |
North Okanagan Chapters' Annual FATHER'S DAY Show & Shine. |
First of many weekend Chapter Tours 2009! |
Good old Canadian built Massey Harris, just like new! Just one of Al's collection we visited on today's tour. |
Checking things out in the lot before we start our many Thursday Night Tours. |
A surprise stop along the way to check out Jack's '33 Ford project! |
Passer-by checks out the '28 Ford Phaeton while we enjoyed the treats at Carl & Barb's. |
Lined up and ready to Tour to Jake & Julie's for our June Meeting. |
Sign-in folks. We need to keep track of the participants and vehicles! |
Another signature! |
June Meeting at Jake & Julie's is always a highlight of the Tour Season! |
A perfect setting for our cars! |
Jake's pristine 1930 Chevrolet Universal AD Roadster. |
Jake fires up his 1906 International Harvester HAY PRESS. |
Another Thursday Nite Tour took us out to Jim's Business in Peachland. |
Father Pandozy Tractor & Steam Show. A selection of Jake's John Deere tractors. |
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Larry cooking up the onions while Rick and Jack talk shop. The club provided the food services for the Tractor Show again this year. |
Second day and Al is busy cooking up the burgers. |
The hamburgers must be good! Gwen is digging right in, much to the amusement of Jack! |
LUMBY DAY'S Clown matches the '55 DeSoto. |
The Car Show was well received by the folks attending the Lumby Day's Celebrations. This was a first. Hopefully again next year, as it is a beautiful run up to Lumby in the old cars! |
Original Model T drew lots of attention! Especially from the younger set! Of course the old folks had a few tales to tell, too! |
What is a Parade without the SHRINERS! |
Annual Downtown Kelowna Show & Shine 2009! |
Oh my! That doesn't look good! Word soon spreads about the massive Glenrosa Forest Fire. |
Breakfast prior to the Inter-Chapter Event at Pike's and Bergeron's. |
Checking out one of the Pringle's steam engine and treasures before we headed over to Ian & Dee's. |
Parking lot at Ian & Dee's. The 1909 Maxwell, one of the treasures we discovered at the last stop, sits front dead centre for all to admire! |
Sunshine and good company as folks from the Kamloops, Shuswap, Merritt and North Okanagan Chapters gather for a day of touring, visiting and of course eating! |
Meanwhile the boys are cooking up a storm! |
WOW! Is there going to be enough food to feed all these folks? |
Looks like we will be OK! |
Myrna works the crowd! |
Dee & Denise Art Show certainly added to the ambience. |
Next door Jack's '33 Ford and Daphne's Hat House were a hit, too! |
Another Sunday and the South Okanagan Chapter and the Okanagan Chapter met at the Summerland Research Station for a picnic lunch . |
Some beauties in the parking lot waiting to hit the road. |
A marvellous collection we visited along the way! Ok! They are all nice, but this one is our choice! |
A large contingent left early in the morning, heading to Quesnel for the Gold Pan Steak-Out Show & Shine. Well that was the excuse for the trip anyway! |
Stops along the way helped break up the driving and provided a few treasures to lug home. |
Camp One, Lac la Hache. Great day of driving! |
Amazing how Pot Lucks are always a winner! |
Couple of our vehicles at the Quesnel's Prospectors Car Club Gold Pan Steak-Out Show & Shine. |
A great showing of vehicles including this Avanti. |
Parking lot outside the Kerlsey Hall where the Steak Dinner, Dance and Charity Auction were held. |
All dressed up and ready to dance the night away! |
Great place to gather, socialize and dance. |
Meanwhile the boys are out back of the Kersley Hall doing up the steaks! |
That's it folks! Time for some to head home, while others took a side trip out to Barkerville. A super tour! |
Checking out the '29 Roosevelt at the Annual OKANAGAN CENTER PIECE FESTIVAL. |
A few of the Chapter cars providing the Car Show element to the Center Piece Festival. This is a great Annual Family Event in Okanagan Center in support of the local Museum! |
Dennis & Bill's Fun DRIVING Tour at the O'Keefe Ranch for a relieving and refilling stop. |
A Garage Tour along the Salmon River Road. |
Dennis listens in while Bruce explains the cars to the owner of the property, who just happened to be an old business acquaintance when they both were in Quesnel. |
Picnic lunch and time to tour the Haney Park in Salmon Arm. |
The Museum, a small cafe and several heritage buildings (two were refurbished by the Shuswap Chapter) are well worth exploring! |
Grindrod and the Hub Cap Emporium was a fun stop along the way to the Ice Cream Shop in Enderby. |
CHRISTINA LAKE LABOUR DAY WEEKEND campout sponsored by the Columbia Chapter. |
We made it! Time to set up camp. |
Time to sign in, renew friendships, and of course eat! |
Traditional day tour took cars to the Doukabour Museum at Grandforks. |
Sunday car show and activities. |
More cars at the show. |
Hmmm! Seems 'Mother Nature' likes to whip up a wind around this time of the year. |
Bill & Dan took the A's out for a spin to celebrate National Model A Day. |
Wednesday Nite Show & Shines at McCurdy Road were part of the summer fun, too. |
Electric pickup created by Ward's electric owner was a hit at one of the shows! |
Gathering for a run out to Grandpa's Playground in Beaverdell. |
Another great time at Reinette and Don's playground. |
Time to hit the road home. Downhill this time! |
First card for the Annual POKER RUN Enderby is the destination this year. |
That deer hit it right about here! |
Listen up folks! We don't want any one lost today! |
First stop is the Pike's and card #2. |
Village cheese Factory in Armstrong and card #4. Yah I know, I missed card #3 - we did that one at the Kalamalka Lookout. |
Enderby Lions Park with a scrumptious BBQ provided by the Lions Club. |
Huge THANK YOU to Vickie & Jerry for organizing the BBQ and the prize draws! |
Isn't he cute! A definite keeper! |
And this year's POKER WINNER is . . . EDITH!! |
Another marvellous feast. This time to honour the departure of . . . |
Pam & Ernie who are returning to Ernie's roots in Alberta. |
Chic points out his family members at our October meeting. |
Chic and boys holding his Founding Member Plaque in recognition of his contribution to our Chapter. |
Kind of get the idea this group likes its food? This is the feast in honour of Ian's Birthday. |
Here's the birthday boy!!. |
CRATER VALLEY ANNUAL STEAM SHOW at Westwold is a great driving tour. |
A real live steam car! A real bonus in the car show section. |
Lots of steam machines like this Marion Steam Shovel, a working steam sawmill, and many other steam engines makes for a very interesting day. |
OK folks! I think it is time to put the cars away! |
Annual Chapter Awards Banquet and Dance. |
Lil pins one of her creations on Jean. |
Founding Members Plaques awarded to these Okanagan Chapter Founding members. |
Member of the Year Trophy presented to Morgan by Past President, Lorrel. |
This year's silly award winner received a map and a can of gas. For those who don't remember, the map is for getting lost on the Poker Run, and the gas is so he won't be late for a meeting when he runs out of gas again! |
2009 was a SUPER year! A BIG THANK YOU to all who organized and took part in the many events! |
Thanks to all who contributed photos for the 2009 year! |