2012.01 Vic & Carol's Magical Mystery Tour

…and Wings

Three years ago, I offered to do a winter drive-out, and it was a great success. Last year, another winter run, with a different venue. This year it was back to a local routing.

Kind of exciting that in the dead of winter you begin counting incoming Porsches for the beginning of the drive. Fifteen!!! It’s cold, and the sun refuses to co-operate, but it is dry. Last minute coffees… and rest rooms, and we’re on our way. We head away from the busy truck plazas at Straw Plains and into the country. I’m heading up the pack with Rick + Janis Berry doing the honors at the rear.

All of the roads are tarmac, two lane roads. We stay away from populated areas. Onto Hwy 11E, then across the Mascot bridge, and hang a right on Clear Springs. A mistake on my part requires a U-turn on Rutledge Pike, but then all's OK, as we turn left onto Richland and we’re good again. We travel a good distance on Indian Ridge viewing some truly neat and beautifully east Tennessee countryside.

We finally hook up to Highway 92 north of Cherokee Lake and we’re running toward Jeff City… all fifteen cars in a nice row. Left onto the main street of Jeff City, through downtown, and then back into the countryside again. A quick left, and then a slight left, and we’re .8 of a mile from the Black Oak Marina.

Once there, we park our steeds, mill around for a bit stretching our legs and looking at the view (even in winter with the lake water down). The Marina staff has our tables waiting; all in one room, overlooking the lake. Tennessee loses to Kentucky on the big screens, and we begin getting our food delivered by the Marina staff. Everything from ribs to (you guessed it…) wings.

Folks… it’s not just the cars, it’s the people. Just ask the 32 of us that had a great time in each other's company!

Vic Rola