Honk, Rattle & Roll Touring Region
Classic Tours For Classy Cars
As usual, our HR&R car club members came out in number to enjoy a fun evening of food, fellowship, and birthday celebrations at Toot’s in Murfreesboro. Thirty members of our club enjoyed a great time thanks to the hard work and dedication of Kathy Warlick, who planned and organized our special accommodations at Toots, and special thanks to Cindy Jones and Janet Fulton for their part in making this a really memorable event!
HRR’s wrap up tour for the 2022 season, America’s Senior Hero’s ’22 Appreciation Tour, was a triple treat. It began with a visit to Charlie’s Custom Creations and Machines in Murfreesboro, where the group was given an insider’s view of the in’s and out’s of the custom fabrication process used to create show stopping rods capable of supercar speeds. Especially impressive was their use of 3-D printing to fabricate grills and other car parts.
Next, the tour followed scenic backroads for lunch at the Barrell House II BBQ restaurant located on the premises of the Nearest Green Distillery just on the outskirts of Shelbyville. This tour member gives it a four Michelin star rating in the BBQ category. It would have received five stars if they had toothpicks at the register. The highlight of the lunch was Cindy Jones conducting the 50/50 raffle just as she and Rick had done for so many years.
Finally, the tour swung by assisted living facilities in the Shelbyville area. As has been the case in years past, the residents were enthusiastic and extremely grateful for the classic car parade in their honor. The tour was held up for about 10 minutes at the last stop to allow the residents to finish their bingo game. This leg of the tour was especially meaningful since it was scheduled as our May event but had to be cancelled due to the weather forecast. Thanks to Greg Faulk and Sally McKay for organizing the tour. An extra loud shout out goes to Russ and Pat Barnes for mapping out a pastoral tour route and dealing with the logistics of creating a time table involving a rod shop, a restaurant and three assisted living facilities. The club should consider giving them a bottle of Nearest Green’s finest.
On Aug 9 we gathered at 615 District with a gathering of about 40.
We enjoyed “soul food” along with other menu traditions. A great time of fellowship was had by all as we “Honked, Rattled, and Rolled.”
Special Thanks to our Dine-Out Specialist and superb Planner: Kathy Warlick!
Another Great Evening Out
There were lots of great food choices and lots of great Honk, Rattle, and Roll Club Members to enjoy the wonderful food, meeting new club members, catching-up on the latest happenings and just having a fun evening dining-out at BJ’s Brewery last Tuesday.
Forty-nine club members and their friends enjoyed Brewhouse Phillies, Bistro Burger, Grilled Chicken Alfredo, followed by a Salted Caramel Pizookie! BJ’s is a great place to meet and eat!
Our club was blessed to welcome first time new members, Mike and Chris Amoroso, to our gatherings. Also, we welcomed back to the fold, John and Martha Worley. We were thrilled to see John back after a long stint in the hospital!
Special Thanks to Kathy Warlick for her time and effort in making all the BJ arrangements and a special thanks to Arleen Timbs, our awesome photographer!
The weather was not the most cooperative this Saturday…. not that we got the 3 to 6 inches that were “possible” according to the forecasters. But……
we did get enough of a “skiff” of snow that it made the roads a bit less than desirable.
We had a low turn-out at Loafers Glory that morning, but 14 folks enjoyed the hot fireplace, hot coffee and conversations before the decision was made to postpone the Falcon Rest Mansion cruise until a later date. Hopefully the weather will be much better and more folks can join in for the day! Perhaps it wall be at a time when the gardens will be in full bloom and glory.
As we were already gathered, we decided to head on over to the Boulevard Bar and Grill for more conversations and lunch. After a good time there, we all headed on our separate ways.
We had 30 join us at Famous Dave’s. Food, fun, and great fellowship amongst friends, so let’s keep “honking, rattling, and rolling!”
WOW- Another good Dine Out Night- our last one for 2021
We had 60 people in attendance – Beautiful Weather – Outdoor & Indoor Fires – Great Conversations – lots of Food.
There was a never-ending supply of hotdogs cooked by chef Michael Barrett, two large cakes were devoured- a Veteran Cake and a Birthday Cake for Tom Collins and many potluck dishes!
Many thanks to all of you that attended. Our gatherings are only successful when you attend!!!!! Thanks for the large turnout.
