CFA Cause 11

Our second year at this great event!

Wednesday, May 25

Departing Decatur.

Some signs of the Mississippi flooding.

Then it got scary! Between Cape Girardeau and St. Louis, MO on I-55, I was watching this nasty storm system both visually
and on the live radar feed on the laptop showing several of those red boxes indicating tornado warnings.
This was 3 days after the monster that trashed Joplin, so the threat was very fresh in the mind.
I had planned the itinerary with this system in mind, assuming that it would have passed on to the East
before I got there. Unfortunately it had slowed enough that I was going to have to deal with it.

Soon after the third photo, it got really dark, I mean midnight black, although it was only 6:00pm, and the blinding rain began. Listening anxiously for the softball size hail to begin, I tried every overpass for cover, but they were all fully occupied! Still watching the live radar feed, I kept going, seeing that I would be through it shortly. Sure enough, it began to brighten up, the rain stopped and the sun came out. Whew!!!

I stopped for the night in Canton, MO.

Thursday, May 2

Arrived at the Best Western Victorian Inn in Hutchinson MN at 3:15.

Friday, May 27

I parked right out front...

...and set up a small display inside where Crow River Corvettes had registration & Silent Auction items
and Ivan Schrodt had the National Corvette Museum table.

Friday evening featured the Pirate theme party. A lot of great costumes!

Saturday, May 28

Morning featured a scenic road tour, stopping at Classic Rides & Rods in Annandale MN. Coffee, donuts and lots of cool cars!

Afternoon was a Corvette show on Library Square in downtown Hutch.

Another donor of $25 to the American Cancer Society signs the hood; Thank you Ron & Pat H.

Looks like I'm the last to leave!

The evening featured the awards banquet. Incredibly, I received two:
"Longest Distance Driven" (OK, maybe I deserved that) and "1st Place, Modified Class"!

I also was high bidder on 2 Silent Auction items:
The event Banner (see arrow, left photo) and Kermit!

Sunday, May 29

On the road back to Sweet Home Alabama at 6:21am.
90 minutes later the sun was trying to break through.

Arrival back home at 9:12, 1021 miles later.
The final stats (note: trip odometer resets @ 2000 miles)

Many thanks to Ron & Linda Cleland and the Crow River Corvettes
for a terrific weekend, for a Great Cause!

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