2009 Nutmeg Tour for Autism
This year's Tour started from the Westport Campus of St. Vincent's Health Care.
It started out a bit damp and potentially gloomy - but the staff at St.
Vincent's had a breakfast of hot coffee, fruit and rolls waiting for the tour
participants. Bill Scheffler welcomed all and gave a brief set of
instructions, then introduced Rich Taylor who briefly described the route and
how to read the Tour Route Booklet he had prepared.Bill send the tour off in
30-second intervals into the misty and cool Saturday morning air.
The first stop was at the AACA/HCCA 58th Annual Classic Car Show at the
Redding Historical Society grounds. We arrived there at approximately 10am and
initially had more vehicles in the tour than were on the field. Their
show field gradually increased as the weather improved. A couple of our
intrepid tour participants had a little difficulty with the route and took a
wrong turn - requiring sometime to re-join the route and tour.
With all assembled, we left the car show for the Aldrich Museum of
Contemporary Art in Ridgefield. It was a short 30-minute segment and all
arrived safely to view photos of our featured Artist Timothy White on display
in the museum along with their other exhibits. Chez Lenard of Ridgefield
provided a gourmet delightful lunch of gourmet hot dogs, sodas and chips.
Many of the museum's members came to view the assembled vehicles in their
parking lot.
After lunch, it was a 1-hour route through South Salem, New Canaan and
Wilton to Bruce Bennett's Nissan for afternoon refreshments and review of the
latest Nissan vehicles including the new GTR and 350 and 370Z's.
After Bruce Bennett's, it was a short 40-minute route back to the Hunt Club
and the d'Elegance Reception and Preview.
At the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield |
At the Aldrich |
Featured Artist Timothy White in a 36 Packard 120 Followed by Keith Flickenger in a 38 Packard 110 followed by Ralph Marano in his
53 Balboa-X Concept Car
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At Bruce Bennett Nissan in Wilton |
Additional photos of the tour may be found in .
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