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This 2022 Vintage

Register " I met a couple who had driven

their TR3 from Los Angeles and
Convention was a made the trip in four days. I, on the

Triumph other hand, drove my Chevy truck.
"

Mike Birx

NBCC's Mike Birx Takes You There home of Ulysses S. Grant. It?s a quaint little
Midwest town that rolls its sidewalks up at 6:00
Monday, August 29 ? Thursday September 17, p.m. sharp.
2022 The convention was held at Eagle Ridge Resort

located about 15 miles from Galena. The lodge is
in the center of a large 6,800-acre golf
GALENA, Ill- Galena is roughly 600 miles from community that boasts four 18-hole courses, a
Nashville and is in the northwest corner of Illinois. lake, miles of scenic roads, and on this occasion
The drive was an interesting mix of Interstate and rows and rows of vintage Triumphs.
rural highways with about an 80 mile stretch of
There were approximately 180 of these LBCs on
small towns along the east bank of the Mississippi
display. I met one couple that drove their TR3
River, which included a four-mile section of old
from Los Angeles; I, on the other hand, drove my
Route 66. The town itself is famous for being the
Chevy truck. I was on a mission to gain as much
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