Southport Scavenger Hunt

Twenty-two members of the CFMC gathered at the Haven of Southport (SPT) on Saturday, April 26 to compete in a Scavenger Hunt hosted by Debra and John McLendon. Prior to the trip, the group gathered in the courtyard there, where many took advantage of the refreshing gelato flown in from Italy. Each guest was presented with a gift bag containing water, snacks, and a clue booklet. As it turned out, there was a Classic Car Show being held that same day in downtown SPT, which made navigating around town a bit more challenging due to the amount of traffic, but the drivers and their co-pilots prevailed! There were eleven clues and ten bonus questions. After roughly one and a half hours of hunting for clues in both SPT and Oak Island, the first drivers and co-pilots arrived at our final meeting point, Seahorse at the Ocean Crest Pier. So, a big shout-out to the top 3 winners:

1st Place: Paul & Rebecca Reinmann

2nd Place: Rick Piotrzkowski & Mike Gray

3rd Place: Bill Sundberg

Each of the winning teams was presented with prizes. And, as if the day couldn’t get any better, nearly half of the crew gathered together at Island Way for a delicious al fresco group dinner complete with salubrious breezes!  We enjoyed getting to know the members better and look forward to our next outing!

Impromptu Lu Mil Vineyard trip – Saturday, September 9

Due to uncertainty over the path of hurricane Irma, Silver Coast Winery postponed their planned September 9th Purple Feet festival.  Bill Bertrand and Jo-Ann Craig had worked extremely hard in planning a CFMC outing to the winery to participate in the festival.  The new date for the festival will be Sunday, November 5th and we…

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A Tech Day Follow-up by Ken Schiess

Those CFMC members who participated in Tech Day at Stevenson Mazda may remember that Ken had complained that he was experiencing a vibration while driving his Miata. He learned that day that it was rooted in two of his aluminum wheels (see the March issue of Ragtop Tales). Below is his follow-up to that event.…

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A CFMC “Out of this World” Event

CFMC Eclipse Event took place on August 21, 2017 at Hopsewee Plantation, South Carolina. This was a first time occasion for most of us. We’ve seen lunar eclipses but few had experienced a solar eclipse. We had a great turnout with 15 members participating in eight cars (six were Miata’s). We arrived at Hopsewee Plantation…

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