40/50! 41/51! Now 42/52! Back by popular demand is out third Anniversary Tour. Please plan on participating! It is on July 29 and your organizers Robert Weinstein and Chris Edmonds look forward to your attending.

You will remember last year we paraded through the Coffee & Classics Car Show in downtown Winnetka. This year we will start our tour from the show. This will enable participants to spend time viewing the cars at the show before we start driving. The show is limited to vintage, foreign cars and there are many cars of different marques so arrive early enough them.

The show runs from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Our drivers meeting will be at 10:45 and we will leave for downtown at 11:00. Our assembly area will be just north of the show in the municipal parking lot on the west side of Lincoln Avenue. I will park my black TF in the lot to make identification easier. You will need to enter this lot from the north because of the show location.Coffee shops and restaurants in Winnetka will be open for drinks and snacks if you want. We will drive some nearby local roads before again following Sheridan Road and Lakeshore Drive to the Yacht Club.

Arrival at the Burnham Park Yacht Club is scheduled for 12:30 pm where Chris Edmonds will host our buffet style lunch. The price for the lunch is $20 per person and includes burgers, hot dogs, potato salad, chips, cookies for desert, pop, and bottled water. The price is with tax but tips should be added when you close out the check. Alcoholic drinks will be available from the bar in the club house.

To allow the kitchen at the Burnham Park Yacht Club to prepare the food, we hope that you will RSVP with Robert before Sunday the 22rd, at 312 402 1765 or Robert@BirchwoodBuilders.com The RSVP should include the name of any co-driver you have, the number of people attending the lunch, the MG model or car that you’ll be driving, and your cell phone number.

For questions about the event, you can contact Robert Weinstein

The long-time event is in popular demand so we need to start thinking aboiut sighning up now.

We have been planning new routes and new Saturday destination. Blocks of rooms have been set aside at the following hotels. Please make your reservations as soon as possible. Blocks expire by August 14 & 15, respectively.

Friday, Sept 14
LaQuinta Inn & Suites at Rockford, IL. Located at 7401 Walton St., Rockford, IL
Rate is $95 and is under "Chicagoland MG Club"
Phone:  815-227-1300

Saturday, Sept 15
Primary hotel—Holiday Inn Express at Le Claire, IA. Located at 1201 Canal Shore Drive SW, Le Claire, Iowa
Book through this link: Chicagoland MG Club booking link at the Holiday Inn Express Le Claire
Note our rate is $134 for Group Code "CMG". Disregard homepage rate (and the Triumphs pictured)
Or call direct at 563-289-9978 ask for "Chicagoland MG Club Block"

Secondary hotel (about 2 blocks away from Holiday Inn):
Comfort Inn & Suites located at 902 Mississippi View Court, Le Claire, IA 52753
Block rate is $125 and is under "Chicagoland MG Club"
Phone: 563-289-4747

Next communication will provide restaurant / menu information. Please know that our Saturday dinner restaurant will need pre-selected meal and pre-payment to secure a group rate. Details will follow.

Russ & Amy Mehaffey
R—847-877-1925