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RIVERWOOD WINERY
WESTON, MO FUN RUN
BLUE SKIES, GREAT ROADS, AND BEAUTIFUL CARS
Due to the stifling effects
of the COVID-19 out- break, most if not all of
the KCRPCA events had been canceled or postponed well into 2020. As the public concerns eased and things opened up a little more, the club decided to hold a Saturday Drive on Saturday, July 11th. The required social distanc- ing protocols were incorporated, of course, and on event day the turn- out was...in short...fantastic. It may have been due to cabin fever, a pronounced lack of drive time, the ultimate destination being a winery, or a combination thereof, but the assembled crowd of cars and people was impressive – larger than most car shows of late. Ev- eryone was all smiles...you could tell even with the face masks. This was the first outing of the season and you could really feel how charged-up we all were to hit the road again.
The planned route took us up
CLUB MEMBER KEVIN AURBURN
KS Highway 5, a notably twisty two lane highway that winds through Wyandotte County north on its way to Leavenworth, KS. At the starting point in the lot of a Kansas City, KS Wal-Mart, Drive Chair Mike Rehak had everything organized: waivers were distributed and signed, directions were passed out, last minute trips to grab bottled water or whatever were made. When it was time
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for the required drivers briefing, Mike climbed up a light pole in
the middle of the group as we all stared -- curious if he was going
to offer up an impromptu pole- dancing demo or if he suffered a pre-drive meltdown from the heat. {This was mid-July in the Midwest after all] In truth, Mike made
YEARS
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Der Sportwagen
the climb to gain some height to better address the group. Too bad – we’re usually big tippers – he could have done well :-)
The briefing concluded (without any pole dancing, dang