Greetings!
Day two of our adventure began with the short drive from Danville, PA to
Parsippany, NJ via
I-80. Although we got started later than our planned departure time of 7am,
the trek went fairly smooth...for about 15 miles. We then hit construction
that reduced traffic to one lane, with cars jockeying for position...not at
all
fun. Pete and I got into the open lane and managed to coast along at speeds
between 10mph and 45mph, which allowed the MGs to run at normal temperatures
(thanks again, Gods of Construction!).
We rolled into the Hilton parking lot about 10:30am and found many MGs sans
owners...as the day trip to New York City had already left the property. We
found the registration room and picked up our packets; visited with some of
the numerous vendors set up inside the hotel; and got checked into our room.
(Why hotel cannot honour their original obligations of room requests is beyond
me...we were told first that our room was not ready...then that our room was
ready, but not the type we had requested over a year ago...then, by golly
there is a room available that met our requirements! GEEZ!)
I worked the NAMGBR table from noon until 3pm, then headed out to the
parking lot to mingle with those enthusiasts that were arriving from various
parts
of the country. Georgia, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ontario, Indiana,
Oklahoma, Texas, and Illininois to name a few states that were represented.
Most of
the MGs were Bs..a few Midgets, one TD, a new Jaguar and a new Mini...
Supper involved a short road trip to "Arthur's", where we found the home of
the 24 ounce, $19 steak....GREAT and FILLING! A trip to the "Bottle King" for
some potables (Boddingtons and Bass were the ales of choice) and it was back
to the Hilton parking lot to swap tales. We called it a nite about midnight
in order to catch some shut-eye and get prepared for Friday's activities. Tech
sessions, gimmick rallyes, a funkana, a picnic, and a parking lot party with
DJ is on the docket for today.
I anticipate the arrival of more "local" enthusiasts today before the car
display on Saturday.
Off to the tech sessions....more later!
rick ingram
1969 MGC
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