May 30, 2019 | Event Chronicles
May 26, 2019
It was a cold, dark and rainy day but 14 brave Corvette drivers took their cars out in the rain and met up with other members at the Seven Oaks Country Club southwest Bakersfield. We were fortunate enough to have room to dine in instead of eating out in the damp patio as was planned. We had an unusual weather pattern here in Bakersfield where, instead of having 90° weather in late May, we had a cool 65° with rain and hail. We enjoyed a fine meal with hamburgers and all the fixings and, also, enjoyed the camaraderie of our fellow Corvette members. After our meal and a few of photo ops, we drove to Riverwalk Park where a thousand American flags were displayed and blowing in the wind. With permission, we were able to drive up close to the lake and take individual pictures each members Corvette. We braved the cold wind and the rain and took some wonderful pictures of the Vettes with the American flags blowing in the background. We had a wonderful day on this Memorial Day weekend.
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May 30, 2019 | Event Chronicles
May 17, 2019
Corvettes of Bakersfield had good turn out at the inaugural Friday Night Graffiti Car Show at the Firehouse Grill at 2905 Calloway Drive. This event is put on every Friday night by the newly formed Common Ground Car Club. Lug Nut Larry will be hosting this event every Friday night in his own inimitable way. Everyone had a good time and either brought their Corvette or other collector car they own.
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May 30, 2019 | Event Chronicles
May 15, 2019
A great turnout for our COB/COB at the Links at Riverlakes Ranch. Service was quick and tasty. Discussions were about anything and everything. This is a nice get together happening every third Wednesday of the Month at The Links at Riverlakes Clubhouse at 5201 Riverlakes Drive. This event had it’s birth thanks to Danny Ellison’s suggestion and was originally held at the Panera on California Avenue. Thanks to the move to the Links at Riverlakes, we now have a full menu to choose from for breakfast. We hope to see more members and guests attend next month.
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May 30, 2019 | Event Chronicles
May 14, 2019
We had another fun and productive May meeting of the COB general membership where we discussed many important subjects. Many events are being planned and as the days/months go on, we will see much more activities with the club such as the Corvettes of Bakersfield/Corvette Owners Breakfast at 8 AM at The Links at Riverlakes, the Potluck Run to Mooney Park and the Brunch of Corvettes event at the Seven Oaks Country Club plus many other events just this month. Many thanks to Liz Z. and Chris E. and also Steve D. for supplying the many super nice raffle gifts. The night’s raffle winners are as follows: Bob V., Donna E. (Twice), Carl L., Mark N., Melanie M., Larry Y. Bill F. and Tony E. Many thanks to all who attended and for being such great club members.
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May 30, 2019 | Event Chronicles
May 11 2019
We had a fun run to Mooney Grove Park in Visalia in honor of our beloved member, Trudy Frye, who passed away recently. 26 members and guests in 12 Vettes and a support vehicle made the run in what threatened to be rain but was a sunny 84° weather. We had a load of different sandwiches made fresh by several of the girls and a variety of salads to fill us up. What a lunch! We also fed the geese and visited the Pioneer Village located next to our picnic area. Afterwards drove to Superior Farms creamery in Hanford where the servings are enormous. Their small dish of their ice cream consists of at least 10 regular scoops and is known as 1 scoop. Many thanks to members Bill and Janice, who couldn’t make the run, for buying the ice cream for us.
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May 30, 2019 | Event Chronicles
The Chuy’s Thursday Night Cruise-in is going on every Thursday of every month through October. Corvettes of Bakersfield will be attending on every first Thursday of the month. The Thursday Night Cruise-in at Chuy’s is put on by the great Lugnut Larry who is promoting our club’s first car show. A wide variety of vehicles are displayed at this weekly gathering of car crazies who enjoy showing off their cars. Everything from rat rods to exotic cars drivie in and owners enjoy a snack or meal from Chuy’s or Roadhouse. “Thank you” to Virgil Miller and David Kielty for laying out the cones and reserving spots for COB Corvettes to park together. About 15 Corvettes from COB attended and there were many more Vettes from non-members that were there. Virgil also organized a meeting for the upcoming Vettes for Vets car show coming in November 9 of this year at Chuy’s and the Roadhouse Steakhouse. A lot of stuff was discussed in setting up for this upcoming car show that will benefit several of our veteran charities. We expect over 200 cars to sign up for this car show. Please make it a point to attend on the first Thursday of every month and support Chuy’s and Roadhouse who will make the Vettes for Vets Car Show an event to remember.
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