[DeTomaso] PNW Fall Cruise - Recap and 2021 People's Choice Winner

[Mike & Elizabeth]

Panteras Northwest held the first Fall Cruise in two years over the weekend
of September 9-12.  We finally made it to Wheelin' Walla Walla after last
years' COVID cancellation, the extended weekend went well.  Attendees to
this years' event were Mike and Elizabeth Thomas in their Mustang GT, Jeff
Kimball and Kimmie Walker in their black Pantera, Jim and Ruth Rosenburgh in
their red/orange Pantera, Marc and Cindy Strickland in their black Pantera,
Norm McFadden in his burgundy Pantera, Ken and Jan Turney in their gray
Mustang GT, Brian and Jeannine Devine in their gray Lexus and Steven and
Susan Yett in their white Cadillac CTS-V.

 

Most travelled over to the Walla Walla area on Thursday and we stayed the
weekend in Dayton, wa, a historic farming community in the Palouse about 40
min NE of Walla Walla.  We did have one mechanical challenge when Jim
Rosenburgh's clutch master started sucking air and we had to leave his car
at Norm McFadden's in Richland.  Jim and Ruth rode the rest of the way to
Dayton with us in the Mustang.  The drive through the rolling wheat fields
is very pretty this time of year with the sunlight catching the amber
stubble of the freshly harvested wheat.  This area is incredibly dry due to
the ongoing drought.

 

Friday morning Jim and Jeff Kimball headed back to Richland to get the
clutch master working and the rest of us motored down to Walla Walla to
collect our show registration packets and other goodies.  That was pretty
much it for Friday as the weather turned rather wet (can you day happy
farmers?).  We had lunch in Waitsburg on the way back to Dayton and spent
the rest of the day relaxing at the hotel.

 

Saturday opened bright and clear with an early drive down to Walla Walla to
get parked for the show.  They said parking was from 6:30 to 10:00 so we
thought arriving by 8:30 would put us the middle somewhere.  LOL!  People
had started parking by 5:30 in the morning and we were just about the last
ones in at the far end of everything.  All cars are parked along Mian St. in
WW, and they stretched for what had to be a miles from one end to the other.
Marc and Cindy Strickland, who had driven over with friends and stayed in
downtown WW came over to join us after Marc worked out an electrical issue
with his Pantera.  A couple of Marc and Cindy's friends joined us for the
show.

 

When the show was done (no awards for our group this year), we drove west to
the Waterbrook Winery along US-12 for a wonderful outdoor dinner next to the
lake.  Voting for the People's Choice was held, and Norm McFadden won the
trophy this year for his very well turned out burgundy '72 Pantera.  We did
not vote on second or third place this year.

 

On Sunday morning some headed off for home while the rest followed Ken and
Jan Turney up their farm near Hay, WA.  Beautiful drive to a town so small
it says "Entering Hay" on both sides of the sign (just kidding).  But
seriously folks, there are only about 10 houses in what is considered the
town of Hay, and we had one couple waive to the parade as we drove through.
Their probably still talking about it.  Ken and Jan's house and farm are
about a mile out of town.  We stopped for a while to see the place and the
Pantera the Ken has working on for a few years to get back on the road.
Well, we were surprised to find that he actually has two Panteras, having
bought another one within the last year (the white and blue car in the
attached pic).  We'll add that one to the chapter records.

 

Following the visit to the Turney's, the rest of us headed our various
directions home.  Both cars that had issues during the weekend made it home
safely.  Now Jim and Marc have something to work on as we move into fall.

 

We all had a great trip and are looking forward to next year.  Things should
be opened back up by then and we'll need to find a new destination for our
travels.  Any suggestions?

 

Stay tuned for planning for our Holiday Party sometime in January.

 

Take care and stay well.

Mike Thomas

Panteras Northwest

 

 

 

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   Panteras Northwest held the first Fall Cruise in two years over the
   weekend of September 9-12.  We finally made it to Wheelin' Walla Walla
   after last years' COVID cancellation, the extended weekend went well.
   Attendees to this years' event were Mike and Elizabeth Thomas in their
   Mustang GT, Jeff Kimball and Kimmie Walker in their black Pantera, Jim
   and Ruth Rosenburgh in their red/orange Pantera, Marc and Cindy
   Strickland in their black Pantera, Norm McFadden in his burgundy
   Pantera, Ken and Jan Turney in their gray Mustang GT, Brian and
   Jeannine Devine in their gray Lexus and Steven and Susan Yett in their
   white Cadillac CTS-V.


   Most travelled over to the Walla Walla area on Thursday and we stayed
   the weekend in Dayton, wa, a historic farming community in the Palouse
   about 40 min NE of Walla Walla.  We did have one mechanical challenge
   when Jim Rosenburgh's clutch master started sucking air and we had to
   leave his car at Norm McFadden's in Richland.  Jim and Ruth rode the
   rest of the way to Dayton with us in the Mustang.  The drive through
   the rolling wheat fields is very pretty this time of year with the
   sunlight catching the amber stubble of the freshly harvested wheat.
   This area is incredibly dry due to the ongoing drought.


   Friday morning Jim and Jeff Kimball headed back to Richland to get the
   clutch master working and the rest of us motored down to Walla Walla to
   collect our show registration packets and other goodies.  That was
   pretty much it for Friday as the weather turned rather wet (can you day
   happy farmers?).  We had lunch in Waitsburg on the way back to Dayton
   and spent the rest of the day relaxing at the hotel.


   Saturday opened bright and clear with an early drive down to Walla
   Walla to get parked for the show.  They said parking was from 6:30 to
   10:00 so we thought arriving by 8:30 would put us the middle
   somewhere.  LOL!  People had started parking by 5:30 in the morning and
   we were just about the last ones in at the far end of everything.  All
   cars are parked along Mian St. in WW, and they stretched for what had
   to be a miles from one end to the other.  Marc and Cindy Strickland,
   who had driven over with friends and stayed in downtown WW came over to
   join us after Marc worked out an electrical issue with his Pantera.  A
   couple of Marc and Cindy's friends joined us for the show.


   When the show was done (no awards for our group this year), we drove
   west to the Waterbrook Winery along US-12 for a wonderful outdoor
   dinner next to the lake.  Voting for the People's Choice was held, and
   Norm McFadden won the trophy this year for his very well turned out
   burgundy '72 Pantera.  We did not vote on second or third place this
   year.


   On Sunday morning some headed off for home while the rest followed Ken
   and Jan Turney up their farm near Hay, WA.  Beautiful drive to a town
   so small it says "Entering Hay" on both sides of the sign (just
   kidding).  But seriously folks, there are only about 10 houses in what
   is considered the town of Hay, and we had one couple waive to the
   parade as we drove through.  Their probably still talking about it.
   Ken and Jan's house and farm are about a mile out of town.  We stopped
   for a while to see the place and the Pantera the Ken has working on for
   a few years to get back on the road.  Well, we were surprised to find
   that he actually has two Panteras, having bought another one within the
   last year (the white and blue car in the attached pic).  We'll add that
   one to the chapter records.


   Following the visit to the Turney's, the rest of us headed our various
   directions home.  Both cars that had issues during the weekend made it
   home safely.  Now Jim and Marc have something to work on as we move
   into fall.


   We all had a great trip and are looking forward to next year.  Things
   should be opened back up by then and we'll need to find a new
   destination for our travels.  Any suggestions?


   Stay tuned for planning for our Holiday Party sometime in January.


   Take care and stay well.

   Mike Thomas

   Panteras Northwest
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