Sep 4, 2019 | Event Chronicles
We had a nice run up to Tulare less than an hour north of Bakersfield this past Wednesday to view the brand new 2020 C8 Corvette. Nine intrepid travelers plus a guest drove north on the 99 to Merle Stone Chevrolet and were met up by several other members of our club (16 Corvettes in all) that showed up later. The object of our trip was to see the local unveiling of the new mid engine C8 Corvette and boy were we impressed. Many minds were changed and who knows how many members took the plunge to get on the ordering list for the new mid engine Corvette. At least three members have committed to get on the waiting list and put in an order.
Many thanks to the managers and sales people at Merle Stone Chevrolet for hosting this event. We had a great time taking turns getting into the driver’s and passenger’s seat of the gorgeous Elkhart Lake Blue Corvette and asking a multitude of questions about its capabilities.
Food was provided by Mariscos Colima of Fresno, Hanford and Oakhurst. The tacos were delicious and were provided the whole day for all customers coming to the dealership in conjunction to its grand opening.
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Aug 17, 2019 | Event Chronicles
Much thanks to John and Cher for putting on a great run to Ventura and Camarillo. Our adventure began with a pitstop at the Santa Barbara Pistachio company on 3380 Hiway 33 in Ventucopa. The Santa Barbara Pistachio Company is well known as “the Original Home of the Flavored Pistachio”. The naturally tree ripened organic pistachios are grown in Santa Barbara County in a farm solely owned by the Zannon family. This wonderful little business had the best tasting flavored pistachios.
As we proceeded on our way to Ojai, an incident happen to one of our fellow travelers. Stephan and Rachel, prospective members of COB, ran over a rock and bent their oil filter leaking oil all over the road. Not a very good memory too have on their first run. Fearing their oil pan was cracked, they called a tow truck and were towed back to Bakersfield. Thankfully, it was a minor fix and they proceeded to become full-fledged members of Corvettes of Bakersfield.
The rest of the gang proceeded to Ventura to the Aloha Steakhouse right on the Ventura Pier. The service was outstanding and the food… delicious! A funny incident occurred when we were enjoying our meal in that there was a rumor that a man was sitting on the bench observing the ocean in the nude. After much debate Tina Pucilowski decided to go out and see for herself if he was, actually, nude. Of course, he wasn’t. He was wearing khaki colored shorts and everybody had a good laugh about it.
After the meal, some members headed out to the Camarillo Premium Outlet Shopping Center to look around and shop. Others decided to split up and go sightseeing or visit friends and even spend the night in the Central Coast.
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Aug 13, 2019 | Event Chronicles
We had another full house at our monthly meeting tonight. We are preparing for our Camarillo run this weekend and making big plans for our Annual Wine Run to Paso Robles and our Vettes for Vets car show to be held on November 9th benefiting four of our local veteran charities. A nice video of our run to Greenhorn Grill was presented by Danny Ellison and was enjoyed by all. Annie Bailey supplied the snacks tonight consisting of deviled eggs and drinks and fruit salads. Tony Sparano also brought some cookies. Congratulations to raffle winners: Brad, Tony (twice), Myna, Michael R., Tom, Matt, Kathy and Mike. Boy did we have a lot of prizes. A big thank you to Dale for supplying the raffle prizes.
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Aug 1, 2019 | Event Chronicles
We had a very nice, more like warm, afternoon at the Corvettes of Bakersfield monthly gathering at Chuy’s. 14 Vettes, a couple of non-members included, were lined up nice and pretty and as the evening wore on, things were starting to get a lot cooler. After a nice meal at Chuy’s, we had some delicious root beer floats. Thanks to Chris and Liz for bringing the root beer floats for all of the members to enjoy. Ice cream is becoming quite a popular treat for our gatherings; it is very well received. Daylight is also becoming apparently shorter and everything started to break up by 8:30 PM.
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Jul 26, 2019 | Event Chronicles
What can I say… who wants to sit outside in the shadeless parking lot in 107° weather to bake in the sun? We are tough, but we like to be in air-conditioned comfort so we sat inside the Firehouse restaurant and had a few beers, tacos, pizza and sandwiches at the weekly Firehouse Grill Cruise-in. 17 brave and hardy souls endured the creature comforts and finally went outside to sit in the parking lot in the, then, 97° temperatures. Thanks to Danny and Liz for shuttling over to the Smart and Final close by and coming back with some ice cream drumsticks. What a treat! We sure know how to have a great time. As the night went on, we enjoyed each other’s camaraderie and the slowly cooling temperatures while planning our next moves.
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