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"#006 - Palooza sound great, but what is the weather in northern AR in Nov? In my youth, I used to do extended back pack trips on snow shoes Today, if it gets to 60*, I’m done :-)"
Believe it or not, the late fall weather in the Ozarks can be top drawer and in the mid-seventies. For a number of years, a group of PCA Nord Stern Region (Minnesota) members drove down to Ozark Lakes Region's three-day region event, Flaming Fall (+/- 810 miles one way). The event was held near Branson at one of the lake resorts. At that time Branson was not a year-around entertainment center; almost every venue closed around October 1.
The folks in that part of Missouri are really into Halloween, so the Falling Fall Saturday's afternoon rally / tour(s), with the Ozark Mountains winding roads, and the fall foliage, with the home-place Halloween displays, were spectacular. Eureka Springs is just below Branson, and now that town is where (on information and belief) the Porsche Palooza event is sited. If we can schedule and get into "the Palooza" as 2024 entrants, we will be there.
#006 / Type 2
We will definitely be there. It is an event that after you've been once you immediately plan for the next year!
The host hotel is booked solid already but there are tons of hotels and B&Bs all over town.
The weather seems to always cooperate with mid 60s to 70s during the day and chilly at night. Only once did we get some snow flurries.
I am one of the vendors selling Porsche model cars, dioramas, clothing and some really cool leather backpacks.
Hi all!
I would like to be #045! I'm on my second Porsche. The first was a midnight blue 202 Boxster S. I just purchased a black-on-black-on-black 2020 911 Carrera Cabriolet. It is my retirement present to myself, even though I am still working at 63.
Kudos to our Membership Director! Great job. I might still have a roommate if I would have found someone like you along the way.
At this rate, I think the first 100 licenses will have Charter Member status. No secret hand shake yet, but will give that some thought.
#097 - Almost a sin here, but I’ll blame it on age, having trouble figuring out exactly where your assist grip is. Ca you do a better pic? Thanks
#006 - Palooza looks like a must stop! Maybe you can plan or provide a route for a short PSTOF, no pun intended, Ozark run for the attending members. :-)
We appreciated the information regarding the Wanderloo Lodge and Gravel Bar. It looks great, and given it is right across the road from the host hotel, Inn of the Ozarks, we made reservations minutes ago at that lodge.
From Kansas City Region's website, Porsche Palooza's event registration opens Friday, October 4, 2024.
Thanks!
#006 - Type 2
Last edited by Type 2; 04-11-2024 at 07:20 PM.
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You wrote: "#006 - Palooza looks like a must stop! Maybe you can plan or provide a route for a short PSTOF, no pun intended, Ozark run for the attending members. :-)"
#001, how did you divine for a number of years, we were the Tour Meisters for two of our regions? We will do writen instructions, with cautionaries where necessary. We run two groups on our road tours, the Fast Group (already looking for a vounteer group leader from the Senior Forum with an instruction reader, i.e., a Navigator, who is not prone to motion sickness), and the Half-Fast Group. We generally lead the Half-Fast Group... a Tour Meister has to be crazy to lead the folks in the Fast Group, especially when they are seniors, and all driving GT cars!
Ok! Booked the Wanderoo, pretty reasonable. When does registration open?
Oooops! Breezed over the registration date, not age, one more Bud.
Who’s gonna join us ?
Just ran across this thread. I will take the next available number.
I'm 68 and still have 1980 928 (purchased in 1986), 1988 911 (added in 1990), and 1995 993 (2006). I used to have a 1987 944 Turbo that I sold a few years after I got the 993. Not enough garage space...
#097 - Almost a sin here, but I’ll blame it on age, having trouble figuring out exactly where your assist grip is. Ca you do a better pic? Thanks
A posted snipit from YouTube shows this gentleman’s right hand near the grab location on a 997.1. I don’t know if this is the case for other year models.
"#006 - Palooza sound great, but what is the weather in northern AR in Nov? In my youth, I used to do extended back pack trips on snow shoes Today, if it gets to 60*, I’m done :-)"
Believe it or not, the late fall weather in the Ozarks can be top drawer and in the mid-seventies. For a number of years, a group of PCA Nord Stern Region (Minnesota) members drove down to Ozark Lakes Region's three-day region event, Flaming Fall (+/- 810 miles one way). The event was held near Branson at one of the lake resorts. At that time Branson was not a year-around entertainment center; almost every venue closed around October 1.
The folks in that part of Missouri are really into Halloween, so the Falling Fall Saturday's afternoon rally / tour(s), with the Ozark Mountains winding roads, and the fall foliage, with the home-place Halloween displays, were spectacular. Eureka Springs is just below Branson, and now that town is where (on information and belief) the Porsche Palooza event is sited. If we can schedule and get into "the Palooza" as 2024 entrants, we will be there.
#006 / Type 2
In October 2022 we drove through the Ozarks in my 991, on the way from Colorado to the east coast (as far east as New Hampshire). That part of Missouri is very scenic, and some of the roads are amazing.
Florida State University, 1975 - Junior Year. I was living in a townhouse with three roommates and driving a 1963 Split Window Corvette, which was - and still is - a pretty cool car. I had been working at motorcycle dealerships for 5 years by then and made quite a bit of money to afford my car habit while my peers flipped burgers at minimum wage. At that age, I thought a Corvette was just the beans as did most the girls on campus. There was an older guy (probably 30) several townhomes down from ours and he owned a Porsche 911, though I cannot recall the exact model. I wandered down there one day while he was washing his car and struck up a conversation. I knew very little about Porsches other than they did very well on the race track and like so many others dismissed them at tarted up VW's. My neighbor said "Let's go for a drive" and we headed out on 319 to Thomasville GA in his 911. On the return trip, he let me drive for about 10 miles. That was it - I was. hooked. I had never driven any car that felt like this 911. It was just spectacular, like an extension of my body as if my thoughts could control the car, I wasn't muscling it around like the Corvette with is single leaf rear suspension. The 911 was a scalpel vs the dull butter knife Corvette. Perfect.
I sold my Corvette, bought a used 1970 911E and never looked back at a Corvette again. Now 49 years later I am still in a 911, and though I have had several BMW's, Mercs, and the odd Aston Martin, I always come back to Porsche. My 992 is # 8 and I am still driving a 3 pedal car. I do wish I had kept # 4 though, the 1996 C4S. Though it was slow relative to other cars of that vintage (a BMW E46 M3 would eat its lunch) and didn't handle very well when pushed hard, it did look the business and the prices have skyrocketed on them. Some days I think "Go get another one", but the reality is I'm spoiled by my 992S and just. know that 993 would be even slower now....but they are nice to look at.
At 64 I am still grappling with the concept that I am a senior.......but I know I am. The young girl at the theater wants to sell me a senior ticket, at McDonalds they charge me for a senior drink and I can pay the senior price on the New Jersey train to NYC. My first 911 was a 1985 red Carrera Coupe which I bought in 1987. Really disliked the car (A/C could not be repaired, seats uncomfortable, difficult to shift into second gear which the dealer could not repair etc.......) and sold it in 1989 for about what I paid. Just picked up my second 911 in December (a 2024 911 Cabriolet 4S in colors that would make Ferdinand happy) which I waited two years for and was finally able to order to my specs. A wordly different car. I am enjoying this car and look forward to driving it now that the weather has gotten warmer here in PA. It is my fun car and not a daily driver. In fact, took a drive today with the top down in 70+ degree weather after having the dealer install the summer tires.
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