TCOC Events Calendar
Following the Tech Session at EVR in Denver, NC, a group of us will depart via US 321 to Blowing Rock for lunch at The Ridgeline (formerly Canyons) arriving around 1:00pm. Several of us make take a more scenic circuitous route back via the Blue Ridge Parkway. Weather Permitting, naturally.
Please ensure you are gassed up prior to the Tech Session at EVR, so that we can get on the road in a timely manner.
Spring country Drive via back roads from Mt. Holly/Huntersville/Lincolnton area to Valdese, led by George Lafave. Please meet up at the Chick-fil-A just off NC16 and Mt. Holly-Huntersville Rd around 9:45 a.m. for a 10:00 a.m. departure. A leisurely back road drive to enjoy the scenery, finishing up at Myra’s Diner in Valdese (see separate meeting notice). Be sure to top your tanks before you arrive. Gentle Reminder, please join us for the drive and lunch
Drive to Pik n Pig at Carthage Airport THE DATE IN THE NEWSLETTER IS WRONG.
This is a route my motorcycle friend, BMW John, and I take to the Pik-n-Pig at the Carthage airport.
Seventh Annual Charlotte Region Memorial “BEER RUN”
What: The Charlotte Region is having the 7th Annual Charlotte Region
Memorial “Beer Run.”
When: Saturday, October 19, 2019 11:00 am
Where: Wells Fargo Bank Branch, 1500 Westinghouse Blvd, Charlotte, NC
(Line up on the street beside the bank- South Commerce
Blvd.)
The “Run” will depart at 11:15 am. The route is about 20 miles long
through western Mecklenburg County and across the river into Gaston
County and will take about 40 minutes.
But if you just want to join in on the “Beer”, the run will conclude at,
Glenway Premium Pub, 55 Glenway Street, Belmont, NC at 12:00 noon.
(This is in downtown Belmont.) They have indoor and outdoor seating
and a very good lunch menu. There are several parking areas across the
street from the Pub and we will park there. So meet us there and raise a
glass to members who are no longer with us!
What if it rains? We will postpone the event and set a new
date. Check eTCOC that morning if it is raining for instructions.
The first Saturday of each month is BBC Breakfast at Olympic Restaurant Breakfast, which is where some of us we head over to Colfax, arriving around 8:00am to kick a few tyres (if it is warm enough), and then head in for breakfast.
So, if you are able to sneak out of the house before the weekend’s Honey Do List is announced, please join us this coming Saturday for breakfast at BBC Breakfast at Olympic Restaurant, which is at 8900 W Market St, Colfax, NC.
The first Saturday of each month is BBC Breakfast at Olympic Restaurant Breakfast, which is where some of us we head over to Colfax, arriving around 8:00am to kick a few tyres (if it is warm enough), and then head in for breakfast.
So, if you are able to sneak out of the house before the weekend’s Honey Do List is announced, please join us this coming Saturday for breakfast at BBC Breakfast at Olympic Restaurant, which is at 8900 W Market St, Colfax, NC.
If your TR is not running drive your everyday car
If you can’t do the drive meet at the Broadslab Distillery 4834 State Hwy 50 S, Benson NC at 3:00
There is a $12.00 fee for the tour and tasting at the Distillery
After the distillery we will meet about 5:00 PM MarJean and Terry Telke’s 267 Ocean Dr Clayton NC for our traditional Chili. Please Bring an appetizer or desert and your beverage.
This event is inspired by Percy Flowers the moonshine king. He operated an illegal liquor production facility on his 5,000-acre (20 km2) farm in Johnston County, North Carolina during the 1950s and 1960s. He is reputed to have earned $1million per year in untaxed revenue through this endeavor.[2] Flowers was indicted ten times by federal grand juries, and eighteen times at the state and local level. He was variously charged with bootlegging, reckless driving, illegal purchase of a firearm and tax evasion[2] but “rarely spent anytime in jail.”[3] Flowers was known as “king of the moonshiners.” As a result of his open disregard for the laws governing alcohol production and consumption along with his “lavish” donations to his church and those in need, he was seen by some as a Robin Hood-like folk hero.[3]