The story of the Mayflowers
NOTE: Mayflowers' calendar of upcoming activities is at the top of this page. Photos from their recent excursions are farther down. If you want to know what's happening next, scroll down a little. If you want to see what has already happened, click in the picture at right to move down to the photo albums.
Not long after the founding of Cascade Pacific Plymouth Club, Vicki Williams revealed in an early newsletter, the club found itself going in two directions at once.
Some members wanted to hang out and work on their cars. As time went by, they took to calling themselves “The Technical Committee.”
Other members wanted to go out, drive around, visit places, and do things. The name “Non-Technical Committee” didn’t seem really appealing, and eventually they started calling themselves Mayflowers, neatly combining Plymouth tradition with the notion of travel. With some exceptions, they manage a weekday outing per month – sometimes more – to a local point of interest.
The groups aren't segregated by gender: women are welcome to bring their cars to the Tech Committee, and many of the CPPC men enjoy the Mayflowers' weekday outings to local points of interest.
The first Mayflower tour of 2012 was a visit to Beaverton's Jenkins Estate for the Chocolate Fantasy Festival, a crafts fair that featured wine- and chocolate-tasting. 32 vendors were there, and 30 of them were were selling or demo-ing chocolate. Scroll down on this page for pics and the rest of the story.
For the rest of 2012:
Watch this page, or the CPPC newsletter, as more info develops and a club coordinator is chosen for each of these tours.
March 21 – Wednesday. ShedRain tour, an Oregon Umbrella factory, and lunch.
As of March 14, the ShedRain tour has been cancelled, and no other Mayflower activity has been planned for March. Join us April 11, for the Estacada Murals Tour!
April 11 – Estacada Murals, lunch at the Safari Club
May 9 – Rhododendron Gardens, lunch and tour Frank Springer gallery
June – tba
July and August – for now, enjoy the summer
September 12 – Tualatin River Natl Wildlife Reserve and lunch
October 10 – Contemporary Craft Museum, Henry’s Pub lunch
November 7 – Hoover-Minthorn House in Newberg, lunch
December TBA – lunch at Albertina Kerrs
February 10, 2012:
Jenkins Estate Chocolate Fantasy
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Click on one of the photos above to see the rest of the Chocolate Fantasy pics!
