Pat Buckley wanted me to prove to his grand daughter that he is still wearing the MiniVan shaped band on his wrist she gave him. He wears it everyday.
Last night we had a light rain and the cars really sparkled under the lights of the lot.
Between the Mog South cars and the Pub Crawl Cars there were some interesting vehicles in the lot. Below is an Aero America, one of the newest versions of the Morgan car line.
The Aero series features BMW engines, and this one sounds politely aggressive. Morgan Motor Car Company has come a long way in the last 20 years, both in design, quality and riding comfort. So too have their costs. For our morning adventure we and the Hahns decided to skip the trip to an historical motorcycle museum to go downtown Asheville.
After parking in a public lot, we made a bee line to the Double D coffee shop. Then to the Mast General Store. Good coffee, good shopping.
But, across the street was a surprise -- the Art Museum was having a comic book convention called Fanaticon, and many comic book hero's were in costume outside of the museum entrance.
Reg Hahn made friends with Wonder Woman and Super Woman. He makes friends easily.
Then we brought our cars over to the park and invited the comic book characters to join us for a picture or two. See, these cars draw attention even in locations where others are drawing attention.
Reg and Wonder Woman ready for a ride...
The characters really got into posing with the cars.
Before we got a ticket for obstructing traffic we scooted up to the Grovewood Inn, a renowned example of the Vanderbilt's industry, and now a luxury lodge, golf center and exhibit area. Mog South had arranged a lunch for us at the Grovewood Cafe.
John and RuthAnn Parker, OhMog members and former Cincinnati residents stopped by and had lunch with Reg and Charlotte.
After lunch we visited the interesting little car museum next to the cafe.
We passed the word that with some Pub Crawl participants leaving the crawl tomorrow and some others just joining, this was a good time for a group photo. Here we are. Click on it to make it larger on your screen.
The evening "banquet" was at the Fiddling Pig, a locally renowned BBQ and Bluegrass Restaurant. Food was great, noise level high and no speeches were made. A good time.
Again, the Morgans drew a crowd of the restaurant customers. Here some locals enjoy the feeling of Reg Hahn's red Morgan's steering wheel. Wheeee!
After parking in a public lot, we made a bee line to the Double D coffee shop. Then to the Mast General Store. Good coffee, good shopping.But, across the street was a surprise -- the Art Museum was having a comic book convention called Fanaticon, and many comic book hero's were in costume outside of the museum entrance.
Reg Hahn made friends with Wonder Woman and Super Woman. He makes friends easily.
Then we brought our cars over to the park and invited the comic book characters to join us for a picture or two. See, these cars draw attention even in locations where others are drawing attention.
Reg and Wonder Woman ready for a ride...
The characters really got into posing with the cars.
Before we got a ticket for obstructing traffic we scooted up to the Grovewood Inn, a renowned example of the Vanderbilt's industry, and now a luxury lodge, golf center and exhibit area. Mog South had arranged a lunch for us at the Grovewood Cafe.
John and RuthAnn Parker, OhMog members and former Cincinnati residents stopped by and had lunch with Reg and Charlotte.
After lunch we visited the interesting little car museum next to the cafe.
We passed the word that with some Pub Crawl participants leaving the crawl tomorrow and some others just joining, this was a good time for a group photo. Here we are. Click on it to make it larger on your screen.
The evening "banquet" was at the Fiddling Pig, a locally renowned BBQ and Bluegrass Restaurant. Food was great, noise level high and no speeches were made. A good time.
Again, the Morgans drew a crowd of the restaurant customers. Here some locals enjoy the feeling of Reg Hahn's red Morgan's steering wheel. Wheeee!
Tomorrow, up the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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