September 2018 Cruise
The September 2018 Cruise was on a lake in Webster, Mass. aboard an antique paddle wheeler. Some of the Region Members attending gathered at the sign announcing the location but most couldn’t pronounce it never mind spell it:
Region Members milled around the location where the Vintage cars and trucks sanctioned for parking:
Some Region Member vehicles included a Dodge Truck:
Also a Plymouth seeing almost 80 years of ownership over it’s life:
That 40 Plymouth traveled the distance from R.I. up to the shores of Lake Webster for our cruise.
It was great weather for members to give the old beauties a little exercise and dust them off before the onset of less favorable conditions existing in New England come winter.
Another Region beauty was a two tone 57 Chev with some high metallic blue paint all polished up for the Region Meet:
The Paddle Wheeler waited at the shore for us to make our way down but left promptly with a full load once we all managed to make it up it’s front mounted gang plank and get our pictures snapped:
Two Paddle Wheels alternated direction of rotation and application of power in ordered to maneuver us away from the dock and make the boat turn to get the stern in the right orientation before set off for the lake from the cove mooring.
Region members gathered on the bottom deck in a cozy room with a décor of more than 5 decades ago with linen on the tables suggesting it could be party time at a moments notice with a bar not so far away:
The sky was a perfect clear blue with little to no wind giving a calm lake for our glide around the lake. The big event was viewing the shoreline and each unique cove with their cluster of beautifully maintained structures. The Captain announced historic sites such as the old ice house that housed much of the ice in days past for the Boston area before the age of refrigeration:
A closeup of the different coves allowed a good look at some quant buildings lining the shore:
We headed back to the dock around noon just in time to make our next pit stop at a restaurant on the shore of the lake. As you could guess the name of the food palace matched it’s location. The menu started with a detailed layout of the lake feature where the restaurant was built:
Vector Files for the above:
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