Thread: NSRA Springfield

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Thanks for posting, Ken. You & grandson Ian made it around more of the grounds than I did this trip, and glad that you stopped by for a visit. It was also good to visit with Matt, and to put a face with the screen name. It would have been nice if he could have brought the sedan, but the $70 ticket for only one day was indeed pretty steep (NSRA membership plus the at show rate of $40), so it was totally understandable.
Lots of people baled Saturday mid to late afternoon, and I really thought about it but then found that in addition to the storm approaching Springfield today there was an earlier cell that was headed into the KC area, which was a sure thing to hit last night. I decided to go ahead and stay over, taking a chance on getting out ahead of the rain by leaving at first light but no joy. It was drizzly as I left, and I was on wet roads, and in varying degrees of rain for the whole trip back. I finally hit drying roads five miles from the house, but in the past couple of hours it's started drizzling here again. On a good note, the car did great, cruising back in the light traffic this morning 70 to 75mph all the way. Haven't checked the mileage, but I'm pretty sure it was a little north of 16mpg based on miles & gas guage guessing. I really enjoyed hooking up with Duane & Scott from N&N on Saturday morning, visiting with them and some of their friends from the area around Belleville, AR - great people!

Matt, that was me that honked out on the highway about 7:45am.....