Saturday, April 21, 2012

Cruise Info

Cruise Sponsor: Doug & Glenda McMahan

Destination: Rough Creek Lodge & More

Cowtown had 47 CTV Members & 31 Guests in attendance.

CTV Participants

John & Cory Armes
Donn & Candy Beck

Bill & Jane Buehler

David & Becky Clark

Larry & Ann Freeman

Jim & Donna Forsythe

Jack & Karla Gandy

Robert & Cydnie Geyer

David & Patricia Gill

Gary & Gwynne Hanna

Donald & Carlanne Hickman

PJ & Deborah Jackson

Mark Kirby (guest)

Doc Lambert (w/guest)

Don Littlefield

Mike & Carol Loney

Kerry & Nancy McGovern

Doug & Glenda McMahan

Jim Perry & Rita Gadnai

Fred & Margaret Proctor

Fred & Donna Rosett

Carol Savage & Jim Jones

Alan Shanholtz

Doug & Patricia Shilen

Raley & Jo Anne Smith

Tony Sokoloski

Guests:

Mary Anne Kolb

Al Pugh

Philip Bonds

28 Members of Brazos River Corvette Club

TOTAL: 44 Corvettes & 76 Participants Cruised today

great turn-out even with 6 Vettes & 11 People cancelling

Event Photos labeled RJS-04/12 provided by Raley & Jo Anne Smith

Photos labeled provided by Doug & Glenda McMahan

We met at the old Albertsons just south of I-20 on 377
	Doug held the driver's Meeting before loading up
We departed at 9:35 heading south then west on a back road
	our route took us only 2.1 miles down 377 (5 stop lights) to turn on our first back road. Unfortunately, there was also a "Ride for the Heros" cyclist ride down that same road - would have been nice to know :(
	We "shared the road" with the cyclist and finally came to 171 where they went north and we went south :)
Meanwhile in Granbury
	Brazos River Corvette Club was meeting up in Granbury to head over to the location we were meeting them
	They then headed over to the meet point
Connecting with Brazos River Corvette Club
		We pulled into the meeting point about 10:35 where 10 Vettes from BRCC and one of our members were waiting.
On down the highway
	After visiting with BRCC members for a bit, plus allowing cruisers time for a pit stop, we headed on out towards RCL.
	People were pulling over on the side of the road to watch and take photos
Arrival at Rough Creek Lodge
	We arrived at the gate around 11:40 where we were greeted by a RCL guide; they had both ends of the 2.4 mile private road blocked for our Corvette  Caravan of 38 Vettes.  Jose and the staff at RCL did a great job taking care of us.
	They had special parking area (wasn't big enough) prepared for us; with guides to help get them parked.  Once parked, we strolled to the lodge entrance.
Inside the Lodge
	They had tables setup with tea, water and place settings for the number of folks we had called ahead to provide.
		The food line was opened and folks helped their own plates at the buffet MENU
As most were finishing lunch, John Armes (CTV President) spoke a few words about today's event and the fact that this was a cruise  Mike Lanzara had been working with Doug on for several months, prior to his passing			John Bratta (BRCC President) also shared some nice words about Mike and his love for Cars and people having fun
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