What am amazing day!  You could not ask for a bigger Toy Story!
My goodness people...how do you even have the time!

Great passions were shared in 3 amazing "Garage" stops.

Our first stop was at the new and amazing Al and Pam Deml residence.  BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!
Some Al grillin' cuisine and good conversation was enjoyed by all.  What a View!
Someone whined to get rid of the gravel, Al rebuffed with a promise to tile the entire drive!  Stay tuned...
Al and Pam remodeled the former Hidden Creek golf course club house into their new home.
Al showed us how the golf cart storage area is being converted into an awesome vehicle storage with lots of space.

 Our 2nd stop was to Bernie LaCanne's.  WHOA that sweet rare Black 1964!!!! (and that bathroom!)
  Beverages and snacks were provided before we headed to our final destination.

The Final stop for the day was at Rich and Glenys Lorenz's.
Corvettes have been a fun hobby for Rich and Glenys and we were able to view 40+ years of toy collecting!
Rich has accumulated much corvette toy memorabilia. Their garage not only provides parking for their corvette cars,
but also a display area for the collection of many corvette related items.
Lunch and bonfire were provided to finish the days activities of the garage tours.

- Keith Kearney

We started out at 6am Thursday: Bernie, Dave & Pam, Demls, Georges, and Lunds---the Hoffmans followed later.
We had a small detour in Iowa because of all the rain that Iowa had and we stopped at the Casino in KC for lunch. It was great as always. 
Everyone has plenty to eat and we were treated to an employee singing Happy Birthday to a patron. It was absolutely wonderful!
As you remember it was very very hot out. The Georges could only have their top down for a short time it was tooooo hot.
 
We made it to Joplin with no mishaps and checked into the Hotel where we all went to the bar for free cocktail hour.  What fun and snacks to boot.
 
James and Cory had a great time on Friday when Al Deml led us on some very curvy roads to Branson.
They were glad he didn't plant his vette into the backside of a log truck.
Hoffman's car overheated in the heat. Temps were 105--107- heat index of 120 Jim said.
 
Hofffmans had some hiccups in their vacation this time. Road rage...car inconveniences...remember Jim and Lez's troubles
I guess it was their turn.
 
We had a run to downtown Joplin for a Cars Show. All the corvettes were on display there. Around 40 cars.
The Poker run was great. The Lunds, Wendlends, Georges, and Demls went on this run..saw much interesting Route 66 stuff and we had a ball.
We saw the original TOWMATER from the movie (CARS)!
Also went on a cruise to a Filling station on ROUTE 66...many other cars got lost on this event,
but those of us that made it were treated to Ice Cold watermelon and free Pop and Water!  
Lots of ROUTE 66 stuff for sale there for cheap. Neat old Gas Station.
 
The 50's Nite was great, as you can see we (Patty and Paul--Colleen and Dennis--and Jim and Marilyn and Cory) were the only ones dessed up.
We were the hit of the nite cause no one else dressed up like the 50's.
The band was fantastic...we danced all nite...even the guys did their stuff.
 
Bernie and the grandson left early on Sat. aft to come home...Deml's left on Sat evening to come home.
Rised and Shined on Sunday mornin' for a fast trip home.
 
Colleen 's girlfriends from Fargo were with us also...Fun girls and boy could Barb handle that Vette on the corners!
They liked to follow Al and Bernie.

- Marilyn George