Jerry G. Bryant With a great turnout of 49 members, the Cool Car Club closed out its season on April 11 with a drive to Tucson for a mini-golf tournament and dinner at Trail Dust Town’s Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse. For the tournament, 13 teams dispersed for a shotgun start at Golf N Stuff. Prizes were…
Jerry G. Bryant The annual Road Rally was ten days out when I started watching the weather. I had not yet revealed the starting point so only I knew we would line up the teams and start from an unpaved open field at the Amado Territory. Rain before or on Rally Day, March 9, would…
Jerry G. Bryant On February 6, somewhere north of the Pima County line heading up State Route 79, the blustery, cold and wet morning yielded to clearing skies and sunshine. Spirits in our Cool Car caravan lifted. Three hours after leaving Quail Creek and one pit stop later, we arrived at the Gold Canyon Golf…
Jerry G. Bryant Quail Creek’s CC Riders (Cool Car Club members) enjoyed the efforts of guest Flight Leads, Gage and Kathleen Camp, for our trip on January 11 to the University of Arizona’s Richard F. Caris Mirror Laboratory. Gage delivered a day of wall to wall fun starting with our check-in at our usual spot,…
The CC Riders gathered early in December for a fun drive to a local treasure, Tanque Verde Ranch, a dude ranch that includes a 60,000-acre cattle operation. The ranch has an interesting history. Don Emilio Carrillo began ranching in the Tanque Verde Valley in 1868. His success brought the attention of bandits who, in 1904,…
Jerry Bryant The Cool Car Club’s first overnight road trip of the season began on November 6 as an idyllic crisp fall day under a blue sky. Spirits were high as we met in the Arts and Tech parking lot to check in for the drive. New club members Rick and Peggy Mykins arrived in…
Jerry G. Bryant October 10 was a crisp fall morning when the CC Riders (members of the Cool Car Club) gathered for a two-part outing to open the 2018-2019 season. The first stop in the club’s Cold War Expedition was the Titan Missile Museum. This unique treasure in Green Valley is the sole remaining Titan…
Jerry G. Bryant Fifteen Road Rally crews ascended on the parking lot at the Desert Diamond Casino on March 10th to see who could best navigate this year’s 32-mile course, answer the most questions correctly, and arrive on time at the finish line, Casino Del Sol. The 2018 course contained 23 questions. Two of…
Quail Creek Cool Car Club’s third annual Car and Motorcycle Show will take place in the Quail Creek Clubhouse parking lot on Sunday, April 8, 2018, from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Come enjoy the car show, a DJ, barbeque, raffles and fun, fun, fun! Pre-Vehicle Entry Fee is S25, day of show $30. Entertainment provided by…
Jerry G. Bryant On its second overnight road trip this season, February 8-9, the Cool Car Club pointed their grills north and headed up I-10 to Phoenix. Destination – Frank Lloyd Wright history in Arizona. The first stop was the Arizona Biltmore Hotel. Wright consulted on this project with former student Albert Chase McArthur.…