[PPCC] Who Wants To Road Trip to the Great Western Fan Belt Toss in October?

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Calling All Adventurous Members of the PPCC!! 

Eric Schakel, of the Rocky Mountain Corsa has come up with a great road trip opportunity, out to the Great Western Fan Belt Toss in Palm Springs, California. 

I'll be including the below article in the next newsletter, but wanted to share the initial notes now for folk's consideration. 

We'll discuss it in more detail during the upcoming Club meetings. 

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ROAD TRIP! 
Eric Schakel 

Hatched in a moment of temporary insanity, with hints of youthful nostalgia dredged from foggy memories, a movement is afoot to induce a bunch of otherwise-rational Rocky Mountain Corsa members to drive to beautiful Palm Springs for the Great Western Fan Belt Toss and Swap Meet over the October 23-25 weekend. Hear me out, you know you want to do this! 

The GWFBT is a legendary event I have heard of since early Corvair years, probably second only to the National Corsa Convention (and we've been there, done that, with impressive teamwork and result) in terms of "must-do" Corvair events. In recent conversations with other Corvairistas, I have found others who share that curiosity. 

The question, then, is what are we waiting for? There's no time like the present to make this fabulous road trip opportunity into reality. After all, none of our cars (or selves!) are getting any younger, so why delay this important bucket list item any longer? 

AND, if we attend the Toss in reasonable force, we can perhaps induce some of our SoCal Corvair brethren (and sistren, naturally!) into visiting Colorado for the Tri-State! 

But wait, there's even MORE! The touristy shops along I-15 sell date-flavored milkshakes. Dates are nature's pre-eminent sugar fix, truly the candy of the gods. There is nothing quite like a date milkshake, and you can't even get them in the freezer section of King Soopers and toss them in the microwave like you can White Castle cheeseburgers. I'm not kidding... 

As self-appointed Road Trip Instigator, I will provide information next month, with some valuable insights from other potential GWFBT Road Trippers. Mark your calendar now, and alert your boss and parole officer - let's do this thing! 

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I'm on board! Who else is in?? 

Ed 

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