Vancouver Island Chapter Plan

[Mark57]

<s>The Vancouver Island Chapter has a tentative plan for a circle driving tour around the Saanich penisula, ferry ride to Saltspring Island and tour around then taking the ferry to Crofton with a drive through the Cowichan valley and down the Malahat back to Victoria.</s>

<s>A nice little drive of about 140 km (85 miles) with 2x30 minute ferry rides included. here are a couple of pics of the scenary on this route.</s>

Plan revised - see below.





<h5>Mark
'57 Transtar Deluxe
Vancouver Island

The NW Overdrive Tour in Parksville, BC
May 23 & 24, 2009; check it out at -
http://sdcvi.shawwebspace.ca/</h5>

[silverhawk]

Looks like fun! And is it open for non-chapter members?

Dylan
'61 lark deluxe 4dr wagon

[Mark57]

Absolutely! The more the merrier.
It is a circle route, so folks could join in at any point along the way. I will update the original post once the Chapter has finalized the plans... we are a small chapter (about 40 members) and quite busy planning the Zone Overdrive Tour happening in late May, so this tour probably won't be finalized until around the end of May.

<h5>Mark
'57 Transtar Deluxe
Vancouver Island

The NW Overdrive Tour in Parksville, BC
May 23 & 24, 2009; check it out at -
http://sdcvi.shawwebspace.ca/</h5>

[silverhawk]

Cool, I'll see if I can talk my dad into doing it.

Dylan
'61 lark deluxe 4dr wagon

[Mark57]

quote:Originally posted by silverhawk

Cool, I'll see if I can talk my dad into doing it.

Dylan
'61 lark deluxe 4dr wagon

The Pacific Can-Am Zone NW Overdrive tour is also a "driving" event not a "show" event (not a trailer queen event[:0][}]) and they are also a lot of fun if you are free on your Memorial Day long weekend.
Check out the website in my signature block.

<h5>Mark
'57 Transtar Deluxe
Vancouver Island

The NW Overdrive Tour in Parksville, BC
May 23 & 24, 2009; check it out at -
http://sdcvi.shawwebspace.ca/</h5>

[silverhawk]

I have been working on trying to get him to go for around 5 months now, he is usually real busy at work, and when you don't have a drivers license its hard to go by yourself.

Dylan
'61 lark deluxe 4dr wagon

[Mark57]

quote:Originally posted by silverhawk
I have been working on trying to get him to go for around 5 months now, he is usually real busy at work, and when you don't have a drivers license its hard to go by yourself.

Dylan

Dylan - You just have to talk one of the other greater Seattle Chapter members to bring you along for the Tour!

<h5>Mark
'57 Transtar Deluxe
Vancouver Island

The NW Overdrive Tour in Parksville, BC
May 23 & 24, 2009; check it out at -
http://sdcvi.shawwebspace.ca/</h5>

[silverhawk]

Got to be a chapter member first But I do plan on joining the north puget sound chapter this spring however. My grandfather might be able to take me though.

Dylan
'61 lark deluxe 4dr wagon

[Mark57]

Well, a bit of common sense came into the picture when we realized that taking ferries on and off the Gulf Islands on a holiday weekend likely means long waits at ferry terminals and not much driving.

So, Plan "B" - looks like we may have a meet near Victoria and then another up around Nanoose Bay then both convoys will head for somewhere in the middle - maybe the tourist town of Chemainus where we'll meet up for lunch. A couple of good restaurants are being checked out to see if they'll have room for a couple of dozen Studebakers.

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Victoria,+bc&daddr=Chemainus,+bc+to:Nanoose+Bay,+BC&geocode=&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=48.823141,-123.711548&sspn=0.851701,1.757813&ie=UTF8&ll=48.899032,-123.821411&spn=0.850411,1.757813&z=9

<h5>Mark
'57 Transtar Deluxe
Vancouver Island

The NW Overdrive Tour in Parksville, BC
May 23 & 24, 2009; check it out at -
http://sdcvi.shawwebspace.ca/</h5>

[Mark57]

Well, we ended up having a nice driving tour through a number of the "backroads" on southern Vancouver Island ending up in the village of Chemainus where we had a lunch buffet (one member has suggested that we are the Studebaker Drivers and Culinary Club). Not too many Studes in attendance, but we got lots of exposure - here are a couple of pics.





<h5>Mark
'57 Transtar Deluxe
Vancouver Island Chapter
http://sdcvi.shawwebspace.ca/ </h5>