We had the little people visit us the last half of the week so
we didn’t ‘get out’ till Sunday. And
Sunday we would run the 3rd Annual Summer Screech. This is an event that Cruisin For Heroes has
put on to raise awareness of the Fisher House Foundation and to cruise to
Williamsburg, VA for lunch at the world renowned, Capt. Georges Seafood Restaurant. The Princess and I would ride the 130 miles
on our Harley for lunch years ago….but now we drive our hot rod instead. There are shorter and faster routes but we
use a low stress back road route….it’s just more enjoyable to drive that kind
of road for 3 hours. Yup, three hours….we
plan half way pit stops going & coming.
We began the adventure in Fredericksburg, VA at a WAWA on Rt. 1
and traveled toward Tappahannock and the first pit stop. We left the WAWA with 23 cars I think. About 22 miles down the road we picked up 2
more cars. Then at the first stop in Tappahannock
we picked up two more! So….I think we had about 27 cars making the trip to
Williamsburg….it was a nice sized group and fairly easy to keep everyone together. And it included everything from a new
Sub-Lime green Challenger to a Model T Bucket!
We had some daily drivers tag along too because of the heat and a couple
special cars were broken but the owners wanted to make the excursion with us. We reserved a room at the restaurant and
everything there went as planned….just too much food. If you can’t find something to excite your palate
then you must not eat food. The Princess
tried to clean out their supply of snow crab legs and I think she was being helped
by a few other people in our group.
Finally we all waddled out to our rides and began the adventure
home. Some would stay and explore
Williamsburg, some would go home a different route and some would follow us
back by a different route than the one we came on in the morning. We cruised 50 miles to our last pit stop in
Central Garage, VA. We fueled up,
drained our bladders…..said our goodbyes and cruised the last 63 miles to
Stafford and home. Some would also stop
for ice cream somewhere on the way back but we were just too wiped out for that…..did
I just say to tired for ice cream?
It was a great day to drive the back roads of Virginia in our
hot rods….then eat at a primo restaurant.
We are so lucky to know cool people to share a day like this with….I
love this hobby!
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