2024 – CMGC celebrating the Summer Solstice, Thursday June 20th

THE LONGEST DAY (IN OUR MGs)

This spring, some of us might have been fortunate enough to celebrate and witness a potentially once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event – a total solar eclipse.  Soon, an annual astronomical event will occur – the Summer Solstice (Thursday 20 June).

Why not celebrate it – in our MGs?  What could be a better way to end the longest day of the year?

So…let’s have several clusters of CMGC members at various drive-ins / ice cream stands / hamburger joints in the area – north, south, west, northwest, southwest.  It’s very likely that there are such popular summertime carry out / dessert establishments, as well as those that are chains or franchises (e.g., Dairy Queen, Baskin-Robbins).

Call up two or three club members who live in the area – and pick somewhere to meet.

Arrange a time – 6:00 p.m.? 7:00 p.m.? 8:00 p.m.?  After you’ve had enough to eat, cruise together for a twilight drive with the tops lowered while you feel that warm breeze (without the hot sun beating down on you).

As the date is not on a Friday or Saturday, it’s hoped that enough parking will be available, whether in a parking lot or on the street.  Make sure to bring some of the Club’s “business cards” to pass out to curious (and jealous, no doubt) diners or passersby who stop to admire and talk.

We’ll include this “event” on the calendar, even though there won’t be a central meeting location or one main organizer.  Email blast reminders will be sent.

THIS WOULD BE WEATHER DEPENDENT!  Obviously, if the weather is likely to be  threatening in your area (i.e., thunderstorms incl. hail / high winds) you won’t want to go.   (It might not be bad throughout the whole area, though.)  Some of us might have to play it by ear, and adjust plans at the last minute – by phone / text / email.

Let’s hope for good weather on Thursday 20 June.  If you go, take a couple of pictures and then send them to our newsletter editor for the July issue, and submit them for the website.  It would be nice to see a collage of Club members and their MGs at different drive-ins throughout the metro area.

This Club outing is NOT an actual Driving Event – so NO points or dash plaques) would serve two purposes – marketing for CMGC and MGs, and a way to enjoy the longest day of 2024 and the start of astronomical summer in our cars.