Road Trip to Palestine March 20, 2010
The Biggest Little Parade in Texas - Plus 25th Annual Car Show
By Karen Harrington
Our SCAT Club is making plans for our Annual Spring Cruise to the Dogwood Trail Festival in Palestine, Texas. The North Texas Mustang Club plans to make this trip with us again this year. We always have an exciting and interesting trip! We had over 50 Great Cars last year. Come join the fun.
- Details: An all day event, cruise to Palestine, participate in the Parade, hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and the 25th Annual Car Show hosted by the Cars of Palestine Car Club, enjoy the Dogwood Festival, and cruise home
- When: Saturday March 20, 2010
- Where: Meet at the Wal-Mart parking lot located at US Highway 80 and Belt Line Road in Mesquite no later than 6:45 am to leave 7:00 am sharp.
- Pit Stop: We take a break about an hour into our trip at Athens, fuel and stretch
- Arrive: Anderson County Courthouse at 9:30, Parade begins at 10:00 am.
- RSVP: 972-867-6861 Karen Harrington (so we will know who to look for), Cell phone contact for Saturday: 214-392-4930, or 214-335-9928.
The Parade is always fun, it has quite a variety of different kinds of entries, floats, cars, marching bands, horses, etc. The Spectators are enthusiastic and seem to look forward to Our Phenomenal Cars every year. After the parade there is the car show and an interesting festival. The car show is close enough to the festival we generally park at the car show and roam the festival and the shops. After the car show we regroup at the Kroger shopping center right next to the car show, refuel and prepare for a cruise as a group through the Dogwood Park. The Dogwoods were in Beautiful Bloom in 2009 and we hope for abundant flowers again this year. Gary Neirynck plans to take our Annual Photo with everyone and our cars at the park, a classic tradition capturing memories of our special cruise and friendships.
Last year as we left town we were delayed replacing a fuel pump, an item required to make a certain generation of Mustangs run and the return trip home was rerouted. The advance team took up position at the Cotton Gin Restaurant on Highway 175 at Crandall and waited for the repair crew to catch up. Our faithfulness to each other is a treasure both our car clubs share.
We are considering our return trip route and a possible stop for dinner somewhere this year. A few people usually have to come home early or have other plans in the Palestine area, which is fine; we welcome anyone as long as they can stay with the club. In the past we usually arrived back in the Dallas area around 7pm; if we stop somewhere for dinner we will arrive back in Dallas a little later in the evening. .
As we cruise to and from Palestine, we communicate using personal radios, for example the Motorola Personal Radios. If you have one, please bring them, they add to the fun and help keep a group this size in touch with each other. We tune into channel 7.4. You will need the multi channel radios with the additional security channels.
Mark your Calendars for March 20th and plan to spend a great day cruising to Palestine, a picturesque 2+ hour drive south of Dallas on Highway 175 to Athens, then Highway 19 to Palestine, then the Parade, the Car Show, the Festival, the Dogwoods at the Davey Dogwood Park, a FUN DAY together!
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