Rogue Valley Street Rods

As soon as we returned for ‘Snowbirding’ in Medford, Or. it was time to dig out the Boler, check it for travel, load it with all the other stuff we need to take for the long weekend (like food, drinks, toiletries, dog/cat food, fresh water, clean shorts, socks and I’m ready to go!
Then there’s all Char’s stuff, that’s another day of packing, LOL. Seriously, the more times you go through the exercise, the more things you forget to bring, even using a check list!!!

The ’46 is loaded, the animals are in the back, the top is up (darn it, as its such a nice day), the Boler is hooked on the back and we’re down the road. The new multi-level hitch allows us to tow the trailer level to the road, looks a lot better and is easier to on/off load too.

We cruise through our small town of Mission, BC amidst a number of honks, whistles, waves and thumbs-up as we wend our way along the scenic north side of the Fraser River towards Albion, BC where we turn off the highway and enter the loading area for the ferry across it.

After a short wait while we walked the dog, met a lot of other ‘ferryers’ and answered a lot of questions re: the age of the Ford, who did the work, where we got the trailer, where we were going etc. we finally were ushered on and took the 15 minute cruise across the ‘Mighty Fraser’.
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Bunny & Charlotte’s 1st Annual Birthday Cruise, March ‘09

After a week of planning plus a trip over the cruise route, Charlotte began calling several club members to invite them to join us on a day of cruising, sightseeing and dining to help us celebrate our birthdays this month.   It is a memorable one for Charlotte as she heads into a new decade and daughter Debbie came up with this idea to make it special for us.
It had been a summery week prior to the Sunday date, the forecast was iffy and the night before it blew hard, rained heavily, it turned cold and was overcast. With the car all cleaned up and the van loaded the phone started ringing with reports of snow to the north, rain in the east and some cancellations. We said we’d see how bad it was and make a new
plan if it didn’t improve by the time we had set to leave.

Our friend Troy had sent out cruise routes and meeting times for us and at 9:30 am we drove over to the Rogue Valley mall to get ready to meet those that showed. We drove there in our ’46 convert. (with the pups in the back) while Debbie and son Brandon followed in the van. Just before 10, some of the gang began to arrive, the sun was trying hard to break through the blue/grey sky but there was a cold wind blowing from the north so jackets were necessary.

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This month’s newsletter has some very interesting articles. [ View ]