looks like a fun time

 

Who all showed up?

 

I haz pictures 2.

 

I haz pictures 2.

This one is pretty neat with the side blur giving a real good sense of motion. Very cool.

 

Max brought his rally car:

This, frankly, is what Little Red wants to be when she grows up. Sweet turnout. Looks like you guys had some fun. Were any leaves shaken off of the trees?

 

We had 8 cars on the drive, I think. No trees got hit, although between the minimum maintenance roads and my terrible shocks I came closer than I'd like to tree-car interaction.

 

Looks like a nice time!

Any wreckless driving?

 

Shaking the leaves off the trees comes from driving fast past the trees, not hitting them. You hear/heard (?) that phrase all the time come Saabtoberfest.

***weeps***

 

I almost caused an accident thanks to Palmer's extensive gravel road choices.

 

Yes, it was my aim to destroy cars.

Palmer, if you have your own club then why do you come on here all the time? ;-)

Also, weren't people warned about gravel roads? Was anyone forcing people to drive in excess of conditions on these roads?

LOL. I know, right?

Also, I was forcing people. That's why Bruno co-drove*

 

Palmer, if you have your own club then why do you come on here all the time? ;-)


Also, weren't people warned about gravel roads? Was anyone forcing people to drive in excess of conditions on these roads?

 

Also, weren't people warned about gravel roads? Was anyone forcing people to drive in excess of conditions on these roads?

I've been a big fan of gravel roads ever since I learned they were good shortcuts on the farm grid of the Midwest and then ended up moving to a state where you could probably drive end to end on them with not too much planning.

That said, if you don't drive them regularly or have much experience with them in the first place, it can take some time to relax, loosen your arms and not try to react to every little jiggle coming up the steering wheel.

 

she was probably doing her Eric Carlsson Impersonation

 

I've been doing high speed on loose gravel since I was 14 years old learning to drive on my uncle's farm. I love loose gravel, its pretty much like driving on snow.

 

Who had the car with the double 3 spokes?

 

That would be mine.

 

Awesome pics! I like the tree one as well, the leaves are still on the green side tho..

 

We should do a fall drive rather than looking at Gregs pics from SOC08.

 

We just did a fall drive.

And it's not either/or -- the members really like the Thursday night monthly get together.

 

A) It's still summer.
B) The leaves are still green.

 

Ok, someone pick a route, pre-drive it, and then lead the drive.

 

I remember that we were going to have a drive in October, or at least that's what was mentioned at a recent meeting. I did not know that this one was the replacement for the October drive...:-(

 

It's not?

 

So confused. I was with Jessop/Champ. We thought at the meeting it had been said there was an October drive.

Bad assumption on our part, we thought the most recent one (which we couldn't make) took the place of the October drive.

Who cares, there will be other drives, etc.

 

I think the possiblity of an October drive was brought up at the meeting.

It has been done in the past.

So sure, if there is interest...

 

Well, Dean Nelson puts some rally stuff together, he may have talked about that at the meeting.

I, OTOH, do not recall any talk of an October drive in addition to the September drive.

 

Someone should do meeting minutes and send it out to the club email. Job for the VP? Or is there a secretary?

 

Secretary.

 

Drew, I wasn't asking whether the secretary should take the minutes. I was asking if the VP should...since we don't have a secretary. Or whether we should appoint one.

kbi

 

We do have a secretary, Jim Paulson.

I will check with him re: comments at the August meeting. But if such comments were made I think they were casual and not part of the "business meeting" of the club.

 

It would be great if we could have a QUICK recap of meetings. Nothing detailed, just casual stuff, here's what we did, here's what's coming up next, dates to keep in mind, etc

That would be nifty. Plus it gives the secretary something to do, besides an empty title.

 

Do you guys have a mission statement? JK!


Greg, your pics came out really well. Looks like your learning the ways of the SLR.

 

I'm sure we do have something along the lines of a mission statement, seeing as how the club is incorporated as a non-profit.