2003 190SL Group Convention Williamsburg, VA

Tuesday Tour of Virginia 
Oct 21, 2003
(click on the picture to enlarge)  (BackHome) 		01_Tue Tuesday was a long day.  We left the hotel at 8:00 and headed to the Skyline Drive National Park, stopping briefly at the same tourist center on Afton Mountain that we had stopped the day before.  The  traffic was light and we made good time, arriving early at the Big Meadow Lodge, our planned lunch stop.  Since they would not open for lunch until noon, we pushed on up the scenic road. The Main Street Mill tavern in Front Royal, an old grain warehouse, provided an interesting lunch stop.   Our Tuesday focus was a visit with Billy Thompson at his White Post Restoration Shop, an interesting facility where there many cars in various stages of restoration.  The Hill Top Inn at Harpers Ferry was the days destination.

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Brian Parker's car with the sun rising over the Lexington.
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Brian and Paula Parker.
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Tom Hamilton followed by Brian Parker, Don Drabik and Don Freese.
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Don Freese behind Don Drabik and Brian Parker. 

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Robby Ackerman standing out of Susana's  sunroof to take pictures as we drove.
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Tom Hamilton's car at scenic overlook.
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Betty Villers looking over the Shenandoah Valley.
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We stopped for some deer along the road.

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The Big Meadow Lodge was our intended lunch stop.
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Some of the group in front of the lodge.
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Our lunch stop in Front Royal.
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Susan &Robby Ackerman with Shirley and Don Freese.

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Don Drabik, Brian & Paula Parker with Kathy Drabik. 
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The 190SL's lined up in front of the White Post Restoration shop.
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Billy Thompson welcoming the group.
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Billy Thompson with a Convention Logo memento. 

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We gathered to watch a orientation movie about restoring old cars. 
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Lovell Ellis and Don Drabik inspect a BMW.
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Billy discussing restoration behind a 1955 Cunningham.
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Saying that the shop was "interesting" is definitely an understatement.

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Everywhere we turned, there was a car being restored.
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Jim and Betty Villers with their 230SL in front of the Hill Top Inn.
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The Hill Top Inn sits on top of a 300 foot cliff that descends to the Potomac River.
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Betty & Jim Villers having dinner with Robby & Susan Ackerman.