| Classic Cruising Club 2004 Event Photos |
| March 28, 2004 Snoqualmie Valley Cruise |
| Starting point - Preston, Wa |
| Nestle Viewpoint, Carnation |
| Nestle Viewpoint, Carnation |
| Nestle Viewpoint, Carnation |
| Lunch on Lake Joy, Carnation |
| Our inaugural cruise began in Preston, WA on the most beautiful day of the year so far. We cruised north to Fall City and traveled on the Snoqualmie River Road past Tall Chief and Carnation Golf Courses to Carnation. West from Carnation to the Nestle Regional Training Center (formerly the Carnation Research Farm) and north on West Snoqualmie Valley Road to the north end of the valley. Back down to Duvall and east on Cherry Valley Road and up to Lake Margaret for a quick spin around the lake. Back down to beautiful Lake Joy for lunch. What a perfect day. Seven old Volvos and ten participants who all had a great time!! |
| May 16, 2004 - Index/Galena Cruise |
| April 18th - After Magnuson Run to Redhook Brewery in Woodinville |
| We got lucky with another beautiful day for a tailgate parts and swap meet at Magnuson Park. Afterwards six cars made a quick run to the Redhook Brewery in Woodinville for a beer. We got to sit out on the deck and bask in the sun. We forgot to take pictures of us there though! |
| Sunday, May 16th dawned with drizzle which tends to scare some people away from driving their classic cars. Not ME! My neighbor, Dena Wilson and I set out for Monroe to the meeting place and arrived at 9:45 to find no one else there! However, Greg and Tam Kauffman were at the north parking lot so we knew there would be at least two cars for our road trip. Gary Ramstad and Bob Hemion soon arrived so we did end up with four cars for our cruise. Unfortunately, the skies did not clear that day so some of the beautiful sites (mountains) weren't in view. But it still was a beautiful drive on backroads from Monroe to Index with a quick stop at Wallace Falls State Park and at the little park in Index. We then ventured 10 miles northeast towards the old mining town of Galena. We parked right along the Skykomish River for lunch. Aftet we headed back to Hwy 2 to a cafe for coffee. It never rained on us the entire time so you rain wimps really missed a great trip! Gail Ritchie |
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| Our cruise started at the Smokey Point rest area on I-5 and continued on backroads through Conway, past LaConner and thru the indian reservation. Across the Deception Pass Bridge and down Whidbey Island with a lunch and rest stop at Bob Hemion's family cabin. |
| June 13th Cruise to Whidbey Island |
| Lunch at Alder Lake |
| Alder Lake Dam viewpoint (above) and Mt. Rainier viewing point (below) |
| August 15th Cruise to Alder Lake |
| Sunday dawned absolutely beautiful with temps in the 70's all day. Our longest cruise to date brought out the fewest cars (3). Greg & Tam Kauffman in their 1800ES, Gail Ritchie in her 1800S and Chris Humberson on his first cruise in his new Jag. We encouraged him to come since both of his Volvos are not drivable yet. We took 3 hours to get to Alder Lake on backroads from Issaquah to Enumclaw, south to Orting then continued south past Lake Kapowsin to Eatonville. Then southeast from Eatonville to Alder Lake with a stop along the way to view Alder Lake Dam. On the return trip we took a faster route on Hwy 161 from Eatonville through Black Diamond and stopped in Maple Valley for a beer. All the rest of you that missed this trip missed a good one. But, we'll repeat it next year. |
| Alder Lake Dam |
| August 15th Cruise to Granite Falls and Beyond |
| Our drive started in Monroe and led on beautiful backroads, past Lake Rossiger to Granite Falls, Northeast on the Mountain Loop Highway (which ends by the way before it loops around Mt. Baker). We originally planned to visit an old mining town I had visited as a child that was still showing on the map called Monte Cristo. After stopping for lunch at a small park, we came to the turnoff and found the road was permenently closed. So we detoured to visit the ice caves off the Mountain Loop Highway outside of Granite Falls. A one mile uphill hike brought us to the ice caves shown below. On returning to Granite Falls we also visited the Granite Falls fish ladder. Didn't really see a fish ladder but a really great area of the river . A cruise where we actually got some exercise too along with beautiful scenery! |
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