|
Cruise
Oregon 2010
Yee
- Haw!
"Cruise
Oregon: It's not just a vacation, it's an adventure!"
Cruise Oregon "Yee-Haw, we'll see what we saw!" June newsletter
Hi everyone!
It's almost time for us to head out on our 10th Anniversary celebration of Cruise Oregon. 12 days to go, and we have everything ready for a fun-filled 10 day trip, seeing all the beautiful things there are to see in the state of Oregon.
The committee got together this weekend to stuff the goodie bags and hash out last minute details, so now all that is left to do is get the cars ready and pack the bags!
Be sure to check back after August for pictures of this year's trip. As always, I'm sure there will be some good ones!
Cruise Oregon "Yee-Haw, we'll see what we saw!" May newsletter
Well, time is getting short! Are you guys getting excited yet? I don't know about you, but I sure am hoping the weather improves and summer arrives pretty soon.
By now you should have all received your snail mail newsletter and pre-pay forms. Please remember that we have to have those pre-pay's back by May 31st. If you have any problems or concerns about them, you can contact Karen Strand at cruisedirector@cruiseoregon.com
Groups have been assigned and you should be hearing from your group leader sometime around June 10th. They will tell you what year your group is representing and give you some tips about the trip.
This year, we will have two quilts up for grabs. We will again have the nice quilt that Gloria Weinberger makes for us each year, that will be given away in Coos Bay to the person holding the winning raffle ticket. An added bonus this year will be a beautiful, one of a kind quilt depicting all ten year's of Cruise Oregon. We will be auctioning off that one and one person will be the lucky owner of something that everyone wants! The committee has already seen it and we are fighting over it already!
The Friday night hoe-down in Gresham is open to anyone who would like to come, even if you are not going on Cruise Oregon this year. 100% of the proceeds will go to our charity (Our Father's House) and it is sure to be a good time. Cost for dinner is $15 and it includes BBQ Chicken, roll, green beans,coleslaw, potato salad, baked beans, lemonade, water or coffee. There will be a band, and it should be a lot of fun. Come on over to see us off! If you would like to attend and do not have a pre-pay form, please contact Karen at the above address as we need to have a head count by June 5th. It will be held at the Gresham Center for the Arts, 401 NE 2nd St. from 5-8PM
The limited edition collectible print is also for sale to anyone that would like one, but there will only be ONE order, so you need to order it no later than June 5th as well. I have attached an order form and picture of the print to this email for you all to see.
Your committee will be gathering one more time on June 27th to stuff the goody bags for y'all, and have one last meeting. I will send out an email after that meeting with any last minute news.
Cruise Oregon "Yee-Haw, we'll see what we saw!" April newsletter
Belated Easter greetings from your Cruise Oregon Committee, and Peter Cowtontail! Hope yours was a good one. Registration for this year's Cruise Oregon closes in 9 days. If you haven't registered yet, you are running out of time, so get 'er done and postmarked by 4/30. As of April's meeting we have 132 registered, with 30 newbies and 36 Route 26 Cruisers club members. This looks to be one of our bigger Cruise Oregon's to date!
Here is what to be looking for in your snail mail in the next month: The weekend of May 1st, Karen will be sending you a newsletter going over some of the high points of this year's cruise. In that newsletter, will be a black and white picture and an order form for our Cruise Oregon 10th Anniversary Limited Edition Print. Trust me..the color one you will be getting is absolutely awesome, and I would highly suggest ordering it if you would like a really nice piece of Cruise Oregon memorabilia. These will look great in frame and hanging in your house or garage. Note: You can only pre-order these prints. There will be ONE order made before the cruise and that will be it.
We will be mailing out the pre-pay forms around May 3rd. The prepay form is for events during the week, and a lot of our meals are on the form this year as well. Pre-pay's need to be filled out and returned with payment by the end of May.
Somewhere around the end of May or the beginning of June, you should hear from your group leader. Group leaders are there for you to go to if you have questions, and each group this year will represent a previous year of Cruise Oregon. We think this will be fun, so once you get your letter, you can do fun things around your group theme if you wish.
The Friday night event in Gresham is coming along nicely. It will also be a benefit event for My Father's House, which is our charity for this year's cruise. As mentioned before, we will be having a hoe-down and live music will be provided by Chris Loid. You can check him out here:
Chris Loid Music
Gresham Ford and the city of Gresham are going all out for us on this event, so please consider coming on in to Gresham the night before we leave to join in the fun - it's all part of Cruise Oregon!
Don't forget - we are having a western night, a 50's night and a crazy hat night, so get those costumes ready. I, for one, can't wait to see what all of you come up with for hats on Crazy Hat night.....I have a feeling it will be a hoot!
Cruise In season has started, so good luck if you are showing your cars, and I will be in touch again next month!
Cruise Oregon "We'll
See What We Saw" March newsletter
Well
kids, things are coming along! Can you believe we only have
about four more months until we leave? It will go fast, you
can count on that!
We now have 127 registered for Cruise Oregon, with 25 newbies,
and 36 Route 26 Cruiser club members. That leaves only 23
spots still open, and registration closes the end of April.
If you are one of the people that has been on all nine of
the previous Cruise Oregon's, and are registered for this
year, I have a request for you. Could you please let Karen
Strand know? Either drop her an email at cruisedirector@cruiseoregon.com.
We want to verify an accurate head count of everyone that
has been on the cruise all previous years. Thanks.
As we get closer, be sure to re-confirm your hotel reservations,
especially in the smaller towns such as Lakeview and John
Day.
The Friday night (7/9) event in Gresham is coming along great!
We will be having a hoe-down and dinner at Centennial Park.
Should be a lot of fun! You can also register that night and
get your maps and goodie bags. We will also have registration
on Saturday morning at Champion Collision, but it will be
scaled down - from 8-9:30. We hope to be on the road around
9:30 AM.
The Desert Cruisers Car club will be joining us for dinner
at the Elks in Lakeview. Dinner will be a spaghetti feed,
and that will be our Western Dress Up night. We'll have our
own spaghetti western!
In Grants Pass, we will have a 50's night during the ice cream
social, so get those poodle skirts ready. The next night,
we will have the jet boat/dinner trip, and remember there
will be mellow boats for those that don't want to get wet
or have medical problems that prevent them from riding the
faster boats. The mellower boats even take wheelchairs, so
please don't skip this event because of any worries along
those lines.
In Coos Bay, on our free day, we will have a poker run in
our cars, which will include a BBQ Hamburger lunch stop.
We are going to do something new this year, thus the picture
on this email. The parking lot party at the Red Lion in Coos
bay the first night will be CRAZY HAT NIGHT! So..start looking
around for something unusual and fun, or design your own.
Maybe you will find a really cool hat along the way as we
travel. Either way, it should be interesting, knowing this
group!
That's all the new stuff I have for you this month. Enjoy
the longer days and the sunshine!
Cruise
Oregon "We'll See What we Saw" February newsletter
OK....I
know you are wondering what's up with the fat cow? Well, since
what we do BEST on Cruise Oregon is eat, somehow this picture
seemed appropriate to me. Poor guy..his legs can hardly support
him - just like me!
As of February's meeting we now have 118 registered, with
36 Route 26 Cruiser members, and 23 newbies! We still have
32 spots open for this year's cruise, so if you haven't registered
yet, ya better get on it!
We decided on our mirror hanger do-dads, and they are really
cute! Since this is our 10 year anniversary, each group will
represent one year of Cruise Oregon. When you hear from your
group leader later in the spring (probably June) you will
know which year you will be representing. This should be fun,
as each group will hand out stickers on their day that correlate
with that past year.
Here is another breakdown of some of the things we will be
doing during the week:
In John Day, we will be having a dinner at the Elks, which
is within walking distance of a lot of the hotels. This will
be hosted by the Grant County Cruisers.
We will be taking a 2 1/2 hour train ride to Sumpter and will
see the sights and an old dredge.
In Baker, we will have a dinner get-together at the Best Western.
On your free day in Baker, you have the option of staying
in town to see the museums and interpretive center, or take
the approx: 5-6 hour scenic trip up to Joseph with a stop
at the tram.
We will be stopping in Burns on the way to Lakeview for a
lunch.
Another dinner at the Elks is planned in Lakeview.
The night we get to Grants Pass, we will be having an ice
cream social with the local car club. The next day, you can
visit the Artisan Corridor which includes the Rogue Creamery,
a wine tasting place, glass blowers, and a chocolate shop,
all in one parking lot. That evening starting at 4 PM, we
will take a jet boat tour upriver for dinner. There will be
boats for the rowdier groups, and more sedate ones, for those
that don't want to get wet and just enjoy the scenery and
the ride.
You can stop at the wildlife safari on the way to Coos Bay
if you wish, but be fore-warned that convertibles are not
allowed and you will have to go through with your windows
rolled up,. If it is hot, that might not be a lot of fun.
I hear you can park the car and take their bus tour through
the park, if you wish. You might want to research that on
your own if you are interested. That night in Coos Bay, we
will have a parking lot party and dinner at the Red Lion Hotel.
Saturday in Coos Bay will have a poker run and lunch with
local car clubs, and that night we will meet at the Mill Casino/Resort
for dinner and give-aways.
We will then be continuing on for one more night in Lincoln
City at Chinook Winds Casino. We will have a dinner there
and are planning some activities for along the way. We hope
you will consider staying with us until Monday.
That's about it for this month! Time to start polishing up
those cars...the season is just around the corner!
Cruise
Oregon January Newsletter
"Yee-Haw,
we'll see what we saw" Cruise Oregon January Newsletter
Planning is coming along beautifully for our next cruise!
We are still firming up the meals in various towns, and events
along the way, and we are getting a lot of excitement from
the towns we will be visiting. We will be getting together
with other car clubs in four different towns this year. John
Day, Lakeview, Grants Pass, and Coos Bay all have clubs that
would like to visit with us.
We now have 103 registered and registration will be closed
as soon as we hit 150, even if it is before the April 30th
cut off line. If you have been sitting on the fence about
going, I would strongly suggest you get your registration
form in ASAP.
Also, if you have registered and have your hotel list, but
have not made your reservations yet, I should let you know
that it would be good if you get that done soon as well. Some
of the smaller towns already have a few of the hotels full,
such as Lakeview and John Day.
We have decided that the individual groups will all have group
names this year according to the ten years of Cruise Oregon.
Each year of Cruise Oregon has had it's own motto and the
groups will reflect this. You will find out which year you
are representing when you hear from your group leader later
in the year. Since we have not been assigned groups yet, it
is too soon to tell you which one you will be.
If you have any questions or concerns after you read this
update, please go to the website (www.cruiseoregon.com) and
send an email to the contact on the website, as I will be
unavailable to answer emails for the next two weeks.
Cruise
Oregon December Newsletter
Hi
folks!
You know...we had the Cruise Oregon committee meeting this
week, and we discussed the catch phrase for the upcoming 2010
cruise. Not all of us were on the first Cruise Oregon adventure
10 years ago, so we decided for those of you that were, it
will be Yee-Haw, we'll see what we saw! For those of us, myself
included, that were not there ten years ago, should it be:
Yee-Haw, YOU'LL see what THEY saw???? Just a thought..we had
a good laugh over that one!
Planning is coming along great. We already have 60 cars registered,
with 4 newbies, and 24 Route 26 Cruisers members. Because
of the size of some of the towns we will be visiting, we are
limiting registration to 150 cars, so if you are thinking
about joining us and have not sent in your registration, you
might want to get on that.
Friday in Gresham is still in the planning stages, but it's
looking like we will have a hoedown and dinner. I'm looking
forward to hearing the details as they become available -
it sounds like fun!
Saturday in Prineville, we are working on a deli sandwich
lunch in a park on our way to John Day. Once there, we will
have a BBQ dinner at the local Elks club, hosted by the Grant
County Kruzers.
We are working on the possibility of a train ride from McEwan
to Sumpter and back with a lunch as well, on our way to Baker
City. The train closes down for the winter, so it may be awhile
before we get more details on that.
On our free day in Baker, you will have options to see the
town and the museums, or do a scenic loop up to Joseph & back. There will be a dinner that night as well.
Tuesday we have a long driving day and we are working on a
stop in Burns for lunch. Rumor has it that Burns has a gas
station that has Premium LEADED gasoline, so maybe we can
give our cars a treat while there as well!
There will be a dinner at the Elks in Lakeview that night.
In Grants Pass, we are working on several options. An ice
cream social in the park the night we arrive, and a jet boat
trip (both a rowdy and a sedate boat) to a dinner place up
river.
Coos Bay will have a parking lot dinner and party the night
we arrive, and five different car and motorcycle clubs are
working on fun activities for us on our free day there. That
night will be the "final" night banquet with the
quilt give-a-way, etc., at the Mill Casino. I say "final" night, but remember, that we are going on from there to Lincoln
City for one more day, and we are hoping you will all consider
joining us up there for more fun things that we are planning.
That should give you all something to think about until I
write again next month.
Your Cruise Oregon Committee would like to wish you all a
Merry Christmas, and a Happy, healthy New Year!
Cruise
Oregon November Newsletter
Hi
everyone ~
Another month of planning and things are starting to shape
up for our next Cruise Oregon adventure! We are working on
possible jet boat trips, Visiting Wildlife
Safari, and working with several car clubs in the Coos
Bay area on some fun things to do while we are there, among
other things.
We have picked out a charity, which is: "My
Father's House" in Gresham, Oregon. This is a shelter
for families that allows them to all stay together and helps
them get back on their feet again.
And for those of you that have been waiting patiently, we
have picked our name and animal for this coming year. The
animal will be a cow.... a Holstein, which is the black and
white kind. Don't ask me why we came up with that <chuckle>
And Cruise Oregon 2010 will be called "Yee-Haw, we'll
see what we saw." This is in reference to repeating the
first year.
Another exciting thing I can tell you about is that we are
planning a one of a kind 11X17 print by artist Paul
Lanquist commemorating the ten year anniversary of Cruise
Oregon. We will have a pre-order for them at $20, and it will
be a wonderful collectible, suitable for framing.
That's about all for this month. Your CO committee would like
to wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with family,
friends, and of course, FOOD!
Cruise
Oregon October Newsletter
Hello
Cruisers!
The leaves are starting to turn, and Halloween is just around
the corner! I don't know about you, but I think this is the
most beautiful time of the year with all the colors changing
daily.
Your Cruise Oregon committee met again this week and had a
very productive meeting. Hotels have been contacted and we
have made sure there is availability in the towns we will
be visiting next year. Because of the size of some of the
towns, we may be split up a bit, but all are close by. Some
of these hotels will only promise us 7-10 rooms each!
Now that we have that all figured out, I can let you know
where we will be going. As stated in the previous newsletter,
we are planning a 10 day cruise to celebrate the 10th year
of Cruise Oregon and staying completely in Oregon this coming
year, so here is the itinerary:
Friday, July 9th - Registration and a dinner event in Gresham
Saturday, July 10th - Scaled down registration in Sandy, stop
in Prineville, and overnight in John Day
Sunday, July 11 and Monday July 12th - Two night's in Baker
City
Tuesday, July 13th - Overnight in Lakeview
Wednesday, July 14th and Thursday July 15th - Two night's
in Grants Pass
Friday July 16 and Saturday July 17th - Two night's in Coos
Bay
Sunday, July 18th - Overnight Lincoln City
Monday, July 19th - Drive on home
We are still working on a motto and a mascot for the cruise,
as well as events and stops along the way. Some of the things
we are working on will be a lot of fun, and I will update
you as we firm up the plans.
Your committee is really looking forward to hosting it's 10th
year of Cruise Oregon!
See you all next month!
Cruise
Oregon September Newsletter
Hi
Cruisers!
Summer is over and the cruising season is drawing to an end.
Your Cruise Oregon committee hopes you had a great summer
and are looking forward to the Fall and holiday seasons.
We had a great time this year on "Leapfroggin' Washington" didn't we? What a fun trip it was with many memories made.
Pictures are up on the website, if you want to take a look.
www.cruiseoregon.com
The committee took a much deserved rest for the month of August
and met again this week to start the planning for the 2010
Cruise Oregon. As stated before, 2010 will be the 10 year
anniversary of the cruise, so we hope to revisit the route
of the very first cruise. We will be staying in Oregon, and
seeing the sights this beautiful state has to offer. One thing
we will be doing is making it a ten day cruise...ten days
for ten years. We are hoping to have a large send-off party
in Gresham on Friday the 9th of July with registration as
well. For those of you that come, it will get you your goody
bag a day early, so you can look over that BOOK in advance!
For those that can't make it to the Friday night shin-dig,
we will have a short registration at Champion Collision on
Saturday morning before hitting the road as usual. We are
considering THREE two night stays.
Details are being worked out and availability of hotels checked.
Cruise Oregon 2010 will only take 150 registrations this year,
so advance warning to get your forms in early when they come
out in December.
That's about it for now...have a great September, and I will "see" you all again in October!
|
