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2023 Fall Colors Tours
Tour: 2023 Fall Colors Tours
By: Aniano Arao
In West Virginia’s Panhandle and Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains
PCA Chesapeake’s Tour & Rally Committee has held 15 events in 2023, so far, with one more scheduled for Dec. 9th. In the November issue, I reported on our 13th event – the Gimmick Rally of the 54th Chesapeake Challenge. This time I will share with you a few photos from our two most recent tours.
The photo below shows some of the 53 people who came in 31 cars to enjoy our West Virginia Fall Colors Tour on Oct. 29th, our 14th event this year. We drove mostly on scenic backroads from Middletown, MD, to the Canary Grill in Berkeley Springs, WV, where we had lunch.
The youngest attendee was two-month-old Austin, shown here with his parents, Rebecca and Robert. Austin very likely holds the record as the youngest tour participant in PCA Chesapeake’s history.
Our 75-minute morning drive was just the appetizer. The main course was the delightful jaunt after lunch from the Canary Grill to Paw Paw and then back. This afternoon drive took about 70 minutes, including a 10-minute stopover at a church parking lot, from where we turned around.
The fall colors were practically at their peak during our driving tour in the northeastern part of West Virginia, as the photo above shows.
On Nov. 5th, we held the Catoctin Mountain Fall Colors Tour, our 15th driving event in 2023. This was our biggest tour this year, joined by 67 people in 36 cars.
We drove in four groups on enjoyable back roads from Reisterstown to Thurmont for a restroom break, and then from there through the Catoctin Mountain Park to Middletown. This penultimate tour of the year was blessed with excellent weather and a number of remarkably gorgeous Porsches.
