From: Great Lakes VCOA Secretary [secretary@greatlakesvolvoclub.org]
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 10:47 AM
To: Great Lakes VCOA Secretary
Subject: March, 2009 Great Lakes Chapter, Volvo Club of America - News on April 25th-26th Auto Museum
"Crawl" in Auburn, IN, and Greenfield Village Motor Muster June
21st-22nd, 2009 in Dearborn, MI
Great Lakes Chapter
Volvo Club of America
Newsletter
March 2009
Welcome to spring! Doesn’t that sound nice? Let’s hope it is not far away!!
Plans are now in place for our Auburn Museum Crawl. It will take place on the last weekend in April. Please see below information about that weekend. This is a club event and we encourage you to participate. There is no club fee and there are discounts at the museum and the hotel so please review the information and links. We will also be posting this on our web site shortly... www.greatlakesvolvoclub.org.
Since we’ve already
completed our plans for the weekend Museum Crawl, we have canceled the
March meeting in Lansing scheduled for the 17th.
We will meet again on
Tuesday, May 19th at Clara’s for our scheduled bi-monthly meeting.
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Remember to
check the website for breaking news (oops too much like the networks!) and
remember to email your Volvo related classifieds to Paul Fletcher our
web-master (these are free). For
classifieds, contact Paul at: classifieds@greatlakesvolvoclub.org.
For web site information, contact Paul at: webmaster@greatlakesvolvoclub.org.
I hope to see many of you
in Auburn for a fun time with your friendly Volvo friends.
Tim Cox
Chapter President
Details: This is a pretty laid back
weekend. Come for as little or as much of it as you like. You do not need to
register. We have enough people going already to get a group rate.
Hotels, you
can book Friday and/or Saturday. The recommended hotel is:
Hampton
Inn (only because it has more amenities, such as a pool).
We are
getting the “weekend” rate of $89 which is the best they can do for any car
club/event.
Hampton
Inn 1020 Smaltz Way, Auburn, Indiana, USA 46706
Tel: +1-260-925-1100
Fax: +1-260-925-1800 From $89/night.
Check-In:
3:00PM - Check-Out: 11:00AM
http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=FWAABHX
If you
wish to save $10 or so, stay at the Auburn Inn, but with the group rate at
Hampton, it may be a wash.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g29323-d88093-Reviews-Auburn_Inn-Auburn_Indiana.html
Now
owned by Best Western From $79.99 52 rooms, book by end of March to
ensure they do not get booked up.
Other
hotels include the Comfort Suites, La Quinta
Inn, & Holiday Inn Express.
First
Museum, arrive anytime in the AM, is the ACD on Saturday AM, If museum opens at
9, be there until noon. Gran Roberts, 260-925-1444. Mention the Volvo Club to
get the group rate of $6. http://acdmuseum.org/
We will
walk to lunch.
Auburn's
Town Tavern
|
Address: |
1343 S
Main St, Auburn, IN 46706 |
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Phone: |
(260)
925-0555 |
Afternoon
museum
NATMUS Saturday
PM, behind the Auburn Cord Dusenberg Museum. 260-925-9100. Mention the Volvo
club to get the group rate. Dick if you called, is it $5?
Dinner:
Mad
Anthony Brewing Co
(260) 927-0500 See
reviews on Yahoo! Local 114 N Main St
Auburn, IN Map
Sunday late
AM so everyone can have a leisurely breakfast and do whatever you do on
Sundays. Meet at Kruse museum. Dean V. Kruse Foundation, Inc. Home of the
WWII Victory Museum & Kruse Automotive & Carriage Museum, PO Box 1,
5634 CR 11-A, Auburn, IN 46706 O-260-927-9144 Just off
of I-69 across from the large e-bay car auction place Kruse used to own on the
west side of the interstate. $10 regular price, mention Volvo Club to get the
group rate of $7, WWII Veterans Free, other veterans $4.
Respectfully
submitted by
David
Irvine, Chapter Secretary
PS: Motor Muster details for June 21st-22nd at http://www.thehenryford.org/events/motorMuster.aspx