Our June 10th tour started at Loafer’s Glory, greeting 52 members with 25 cars with hot coffee and doughnuts. It was a beautiful sunny morning with no rain in site!! (It never rains on a car function)!!! We started our tour about 8:45 and traveled only a few miles to our first stop. As we toured through the home and garage we saw some very rare gas and oil signs, cans, gas globes and other car memorabilia. Most were very rare if not the only ones known to exist. They have an amazing collection that has taken years to accumulate. Their home is filled with an array of antique furniture and furnishings from their years hunting and collecting antiques.
Club Tour
Next Driving Tour – June 10th
We have been invited to view two incredible private automotive collections. We will see items that few auto museums have. These collections are not open to the public so they are rarely seen. Below is just a sample of the memorabilia that will be on display for our club. Don’t forget that there will be donuts and coffee before we set out. Be sure to enter your ride into the Car of the Tour drawing; if selected your car will be featured on the HRR website home page for two months! Click here to see the details of the tour
More April Tour Pictures
A few more pictures of the April tour to Red Boiling Springs below from Rick Jones.
April Tour Recap
It was a dark and stormy night. No, actually, it was a beautiful spring day. Honk, Rattle and Roll members met at Barbara and Tom’s cabin (Loafers Glory) and the caravan left at 9 a.m. Russ Barnes led the pack, with Melanie and Paul Collins in the middle, and Tom and Barbara Collins bringing up the rear. We had a total of 42 members and guest who went on this tour (some met us along the way at various points). After stopping for a bathroom break in Watertown, we proceeded to Granville, TN where there was a variety of events occurring: an antique car show, a 1940’s reenactment of military maneuvers (complete with gun fire!) food, walking through various places like T.B. Sutton General Store, museums, an opportunity for wine tasting provided by six or seven local wineries. After participating in the festivities for a couple of hours, we left and most of the vehicles headed to Red Barn Winery in Lafayette, TN for wine tasting and purchasing! From there, 19 of us followed Mark and David Qualls and family to Armour’s Hotel in Red Boiling Springs where we had an awesome dinner (pork chops in gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, fried apples, rolls, tea/coffee, strawberry short cake!) We occupied the whole place except for one couple there celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary. Then, Melanie led a game of car trivia where team Barbara Collins and Carol Hughes tied as winners with Robert and Janet Shadoin. Prizes were awarded and even those who came in second place Paul and Mary Harvey and last place (Jennifer and Michael B) received medals!
After a wonderful breakfast on Sunday morning (scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, hash brown potatoes, fruit, biscuits, various jellies, coffee, sausage gravy and chocolate gravy – yes, there really is such a thing and it is outstanding!). Then, we had to say goodbye and proceed home, knowing we had made memories and new friends!
April Tour – Route
NOTE: FOR OVER HALF THE TOUR THERE IS NO CELL OR GPS SERVICE, BE SURE TO BRING THESE DIRECTIONS!
04/08/17 H.R. & R. Tour
“Red Boiling Springs – First HR&R Overnight”
Depart at 9:00am – (approx. 182mi – round trip)
MEETING LOCATION – “LOAFERS GLORY” – 3511 Memorial Blvd,
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
Tom will have a pot of coffee and donuts, plus there are multiple, clean rest rooms on site. The next restroom is approximately a 30 minute drive. For those who haven’t been to Tom’s “Warehouse”, come early to see his collection. And for those that want a chance to have their Classic or Collectible or Modern Iron photo on the webpage for a couple months, be there by 8:30 for a drawing and a chance to be photographed.
April 8 Tour Update
Honk Rattle and Roll , REMINDER below with CHANGES for our April 8th HRR Tour please note! If you have already RSVP’d you will not need to do again .
Another great road trip planned by your HRR Board Members, Melanie Collins & Russ Barnes. Directions will be sent soon with timing for every stop . Take the time to mark your Calendar for all the Honk Rattle and Roll Activities for 2017 and Review your HRR Web Site for updates . Look forward to seeing everyone soon! God Bless America . Melanie , Paul , Barbara & Tom
April Tour Details
The details of the HRR April driving tour have been announced! Click here to view the event details
February Tour
The first H.R.&R. driving tour for 2017 is history. Our thanks go out to the Barnes and Wilsons for organizing this event.
33 members and friends met at Collins’ Loafers Glory on February 18th for the trip to the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY. The weather was overcast with light rain. However, Butch Roth said that light rain or mist doesn’t count against his record for predicating good weather for a driving event.
February Tour Update
H.R.&R. members, PLEASE remember that we need all those who want to take the February 18th tour to the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green to be signed up with me by February 1st. So far we have 38 people signed up, but we have room for more. Here are a few other details about the event:
* Guy Wilson is pre-paying for all guests and you do not have to pay him until the morning of the tour. The Museum insists on prepayment; however they also guaranteed that if we have inclement weather and cannot make the tour they will give us the option of rescheduling or a full refund. Remember the cost is $25 per person, including lunch and special presentations by members of the Museum staff. And since Guy doesn’t have a credit card machine, please bring cash in correct change if possible on the morning of the 18th.
February Tour Details
Depart at 9:00 am – (approx. 176 mi – round trip)
MEETING LOCATION – “Loafers Glory” – 3511 Memorial Blvd, Murfreesboro, TN 37129
In spite of Tom being gone he has arranged for those that need caffeine to have pots of coffee and snacks in his lodge. There is a clean rest room on site. For those who need it, the first restroom stop is approximately a one hour drive. If you have to stop earlier along the way, do it and just get back on 231 and meet us at the 30 minute restroom stop at Westmoreland. Note; the warehouse and car shop will not be open without Tom being present.
REMEMBER: If you are signing up to have your Classic – Collector car or Modern Iron car photos taken, please try to arrive at least 30 minutes before we depart for Rick Jones to capture you and your rider(s) photos. This was described in Tom’s reminder on the 31st.
NOTE: This is a two lane, 55mph drive, which means that there are many miles that we will need to travel 58-60mph, if it is dry. PLEASE do not encumber those who live and work along the roads. And if the traffic circle in Lebanon slows us, don’t worry there is plenty of road to catch up.
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