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Thursday, July 26, 2018

2018 Windmill Day in Jamestown

On July 21^st we had a great turnout at the Old Windmill. This windmill was built in 1787 and in operation until 1896. It was a great place to park and show off the A’s. The Jamestown Historical Society invited us to join them as they unfurled the sails on the Historic Windmill and let it run. The grounds were very nice and afforded a beautiful view of the bay and the Newport Bridge in the distance. Sea breezes, Jonnycakes, and an old fashioned string band made us feel welcome!

Nice turn out and lots of interest

Sandy and the Mendoncas

Mendonca's Truck

The line up

Sue and Don

Setting the sails

The string band

The roadster

Our ever-prepared webmaster

Bischoff's delightful car & passengers

Great turnout

2018 LITTLE RHODY CLUB PICNIC

July 15^th found a large group of Little Rhody club members in North Scituate. Dottie Cece and Angel Capperelli hosted the event – and it truly was a bit like going back in time. Their large property was prepared with a tent, lots of table and chairs and we were fortunate to dodge the expected rain showers. People also found shady spots to sit and visit, too. The food was scrumptious, and Jeff Larrson manned the grill. We were delighted to see Deb and Jeff Barnes! We had car games, run by John Mennucci, Dennis Allsop, and Ken Trudel. The prominent winners were Angel, John M, and Sean Fay. Dennis Allsop provided the prizes for winners. As usual, two of us had car “issues”, but were able to get home with a bit of trickle charging. A beautiful day!

In the shade

pre meal visiting

checking out the new "books"

Our old friend Jeff, the cook

Ready to eat!

Under the tent

more happy campers

The Moscas enjoying the day

Angel sets off blindfolded

Dottie and Bob

Marie observing the fun

Angel in Dennis' car

The judges confer

PRIZES!

Trickle Charge to the rescue

Al and Dottie

Sunday, June 10, 2018

2018 - Memorial Day Parade

Several club members took part in parades this year. There were three parades – in Exeter, North Kingstown (Wickford), and West Greenwich. Since this is an election year, politicians were out in force! The weather was fine, and the crowds exceeded previous years’ celebrations. We are now looking forward to the summer season.

Charlie and Pat

Lining up in Wickford

Sandy catching up with friends

Bob getting the flags out

Richard's 1929 Speedster

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

The 2018 Dust Off Tour

Bob Osborne arranged the tour to our destination - the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Some of the members had never been to see this gem of a museum, though others had visited when they were kids or with their children or grandchildren in the past. The group of us coming from the western and southern parts of Rhody started off at about 7:30 AM and reached the Jamestown Bridge at about 8:15. There was some fog around at that time, and it was a nice thing to see it lift and the sunny skies take over as we went over the Hope Bridge on our way to the meet and greet at 10:30 AM at Exit 4 off interstate 195. A total of seventeen joined up there and we headed over the Braga Bridge and onto 195 going to New Bedford. The Rousseaus were at the tail end of the convoy with a “slow moving” symbolic sign on their car as we traveled about 40 MPH on the highway. We had special parking arranged by Moe in a lot across the street from the Museum. Once inside, we went on our own to visit the galleries for about one and a half hours. Moe & Jan led us through the streets and around New Bedford to a quaint off the beaten path restaurant called “ME & ED’s”. The food was good, our waitress was phenomenal, and once fed, we ambled our way back onto the highways and byways to return home. The sunshine stayed with us and the mild temperatures assured us that spring had sprung!