July 2008

Hello all!
 
July is upon us and I hope the flooding has not directly affected anyone.  Laura and I took a drive this past weekend, (July 6), and the damage is extensive on both sides of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers.  Hwy 79 was still covered by water north of Elsberry, MO and Hwy.100 on the Illinois side was closed just south of Hardin, IL to somewhere past Grafton, IL.  The water had gone down what looked to be about 6 to 8 feet in most places by the water line on the trees.
 
The Wentzville Rod Run was June 6th.  There were 6 or so members from our club there that I saw.  It looked to be around 150 cars or so in attendance in the cruise and the weather turned out good.  There was rain all around the area that night but it stayed dry in Wentzville for the cruise.
 
June 29th was our annual picnic with the Kansas City Camaro Club.  We left Wright City at just after 10:00 A.M. in very cool and cloudy conditions for Columbia, MO.  We encountered a quick rain shower on the way but it only lasted a few miles.  Not really enough to get the cars dirty.  Our club had 18 Camaros in attendance and K.C. had 12 so we brought home the traveling trophy from the event.  I counted about 45 total people from our club there in total.  The food was good and thanks to the cooks!
 Our next big club event is the Supercar Reunion, Aug. 28-30.  We will be outside in the parking lot with the cruise in show on Saturday, Aug. 30.  We discuss this in detail at the July meeting.  Chuck Connoyer has flyers available to pass out and post.

That's about it for now.  Hope to see you all at the meeting.