AnnouncementsPACE 20th Anniversary Picnic Saturday, August 11
This years edition of the PACE Picnic will be special because we will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the founding of our club. Those involved in starting and maintaining the club can attest to the hard work and dedication of many members over those 20 years and is a good reason to gather and celebrate. We will have our signature cover bridge drives that day, good food and time for reminiscing and talking about the future. Come and renew old friendships or make new ones. Plan on being part of the celebration. Read more...
Miatas At The Gap - July 27-29, 2012
I will be leading this year’s run to the Miatas at the Gap XVI Event. It is July 27th to 29th in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. The event is circled around the Tail of the Dragon which is a windy road along the side of a mountain. The road is very well banked and consist of 318 curves in 11 miles. Miatas flock there from as far away as Canada and approximately 350 show up for the event.
The trip will start July 25th from Wal Mart in Shrewsbury, PA and drive through country roads into eastern West Virginia. We will drive casual country roads, no more than 10 mph over speed limit, down West Virginia about parallel with I83 in Virginia. We will spend the night at a nice little hotel and continue to the Fontanna Village in North Carolina on July 26th.
I will be staying in Robbinsville about 30 minute from Fontanna since I booked the hotel late. Thursday night this regional event will have a run across the the Cherohala skyway. On the way back we stop along the side of skyway which is one mile in elevation. When your eyes adjust to the darkness you feel as though you can reach out and touch the stars. No sources of light for over 25 miles so the stars are breathtaking to view.
View website for event at www.gap.miatas.com for all details.
Ron Mathews, miatamanone@yahoo.com
Miatas Play Music City Regional Event
We're going to Nashville! To get more event info and registration forms click here. In addition to attending the event there are plans being discussed to extend our visit to include the Great Smokey Mountain area of Tennessee and North Carolina. If you are interested in joining some fellow PACErs on a southern adventure contact Bill Anderson and let him know you are interested.
Fall For New England Regional Event
The Mass Miata Club is holding a regional event in October 2012. Bill Latsha is planning on leading a drive to and from the event. If you want more information on the event click on the logo shown above.
There are already a number of PACE members registered for the event. If you are interested attending the event and want to keep updated on developing plans contact Bill at wjlatsha@verizon.net and he will add you to the contact list.
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Last Event
Ocean City New Jersey 2012
While the weekend started out a bit bumpy for us--Bob and Sue Gresh--as the leaders, it turned out to be quite a nice trip to OCNJ. Upon attempting to leave our house for the meet point, our Miata decided it wanted to stay home in the garage. Just muttered a faint click, click, click. So, after loading our stuff into the Avalon, we headed to the Eden Resort to share the sad news that the other 9 cars going would have to follow a dirty Avalon with a nice-sized dent in the back bumper from a mishap earlier in the week. Alas, though, Garry and Mary Lookingbill immediately offered us “Lil Guy”, their black Miata, and Bob and Garry went to his house to get it. After reloading Lil Guy with our stuff and heading back to the Eden, we were on our way to Lewes, Delaware only 25 minutes behind schedule. We can’t thank them enough for their generous kindness—it really saved our weekend (and everyone else’s I’m sure)! The weather was beautiful. As our group of 10 cars was directed to board the ferry, Jay and Bonnie heard the officer directing us say to the person on board the ferry that she had 11 Miatas heading on board. She had included a beautiful Corvette that just happened to be in line behind our last car. Boy, was that guy unhappy when we, thinking it was kind of funny, told him what we’d heard. Let’s just say he was NOT amused. The ferry ride was great but a quite choppy. After arriving at our motel we drove into Ocean City, where a very nice parking lot owner let us park all 10 cars for free!! We had a lovely dinner at Clancy’s By The Sea and then walked the boards. On Sunday morning we drove to North Wildwood, where we toured the Hereford Inlet Lighthouse and Gardens. Getting out of Wildwood proved to be a hassle because of the traffic, but we made it out. We encountered another much larger traffic tie-up along Rt. 47, but once it cleared we had smooth sailing. After a few restroom breaks and, of course, an ice cream stop, we made it home. All in all, a great weekend with great friends!
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