I bet you didn’t know that once a year I volunteer to help out at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in Macon, Georgia. Every time I go I get a different job and today it was valet parking little sports cars on the sidewalk out front. That’s me above after successfully completing parking the first wave of cars.
OK, that’s really not the truth, I’ve never volunteered there and as a matter of fact, I’ve never visited there until today. And even now I haven’t ever really visited because I never went inside the building. This was our meeting point for 4 other Moss Motoring Challengers because a gaggle of 5 or more of us would be worth 10 big points.
The first 4 arrivals were parked in a tight group of spots right up front, but there wasn’t another one open near us. While we were waiting on the final participant to join us someone wondered out loud what the most of the rest of us were thinking, “Maybe we could line our cars up right on the wide sidewalk entrance way.” Then someone else piped in with that eternal truism, “it is always easier to ask forgiveness than it is to ask permission.” A plan was born.
When car #5 arrived we briefed them on the plan, and we all backed into position. Everyone jumped out to line up their photographs while I just waited by the car. I started to wonder what was taking so long, so I started to go see, and that is when Donna took snapped the photo.
Afterwards the team from Atlanta had worked out a few places that were right there in Macon for us to drive to, to get some more Challenge points. All and all, with the Grand Opening sign we discovered on the way down, today’s 300 mile road trip was worth 27 points.
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- Grand Opening: Serendipitously stumbled on a Grand Opening sign on the square in Sandersville, Georgia on our way down to Macon this morning. (2/24/18)
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- Any Hall of Fame: Donna and I showed up to take of photo of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in Macon, Georgia and “coincidentally” there was a small gathering of little sports cars that were doing the Moss Motoring Challenge too. 😀 (2/24/18)
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- Photo with 5+ Challengers :Thank you Beth Wallace for putting the 5 Challenger event together and thank you Beth Wallace for the image, because both Donna and I are in the 5 Challenger Photo I don’t have my own image, so I cribbed one from your FB post to use on the Trello Board. (2/24/18)
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- Opera House: Opera House in Macon. Just one of several stops on Beth Wallace’s Madcap Macon Tour. (2/24/18)
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- Clever Vanity Plates 03 – GT CHUM :The back of fellow Challenger Megan Smith’s yellow ’92 Miata. Probably should have asked her what she meant by chum, pal or shark bait? (2/24/18)
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- Photo With Another Challenger: After leaving the Hall of Fame with our 5+ Challenger success we thought there were going to be plenty of opportunities to get the +1 Challenger photo. Unfortunately, once we got going on our madcap Macon Tour I forgot all about it. Fortunately, when going through my photos of the trip I found this little portion of a shot from the Hay House with Meghan and Donna in it. (2/24/18)
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- Historic Landmarks 02 – Johnston_Felton_Hay House: Most commonly referred to as the Hays house, because they were the final owners of the house before it became a museum, but its total name is the Johnston-Felton-Hays House for the other owners of the 18,000 sq ft “Palace of the South.” (2/24/18)
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- Historic Landmarks 03 – Ocmulgee Indian Mounds: Donna and I have visited here at least four times and every time we visit we vow that next time we will spend more time here and see more of the place. Well, it happened again, took picture of the sign and not much else. Next time. (2/24/18)
On the way down to Macon to score major Moss Motoring points, the Car To Be Named Later passed the 61,000 mile mark in a thick fog just outside the community of Grange, Georgia.