British Motor Club of Utah

***Not to be confused, the original date was Feb 25. NEW DATE IS FEB 4***

(This change will allow more of our members to attend)

Come One, Come All!

The British Motor Club of Utah proudly announces their 2012 February Planning Meeting and Annual Pot Luck Dinner! This star studded evening of intrigue, romance and surprises is in a new location this year, The Columbus Center. Located at 2531 South and 400 East in South Salt Lake City, this venue has plenty of convenient parking and an interesting building history. Check out the links below for details:

• http://www.ssl.state.ut.us/recreation/columbuscenter.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Center

Saturday, February 4th is the date to circle on your calendar. We will have a “meet and greet” and start setting out the food beginning at 6:00 P.M. with the dinner to begin at 7:00. The remainder of the evening will be our one and only business meeting and calendar planning session of the entire year! We’re not really as well organized as that statement sounds, but we have a long and proud history of not filling up our calendar with meetings!

This is your opportunity to voice your opinions, concerns and interests for the events of the coming year. Please bring your ideas, enthusiasm and a tasty dish for an evening of LBC talk and bench racing.

In addition to the Delectable Pot Luck item of your choice, don’t forget to bring your checkbook! Mitch Johnson and Paul “The Bag Man” Jaroch will have all of the Club Regalia that you have been waiting for. Be sure to congratulate Mitch on the “most excellent” new golf shirt. Likewise, the new Club Patch is available for sewing on to whatever you can think of! Car Badges, Decals, Key Fobs… the list is immense and you’ll want one of everything.*

*The Inevitable Disclaimers:

Donations to the Club Treasury are always welcome. BYOB, (unfortunately NO alcoholic beverages allowed). Plastic silverware, plates and napkins will be provided. Please bring any serving utensils needed for your Pot Luck item. Copyright © 2012 British Motor Club of Utah. All Rights Reserved.
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Cold weather is here! It’s time to feed our adiction indoors for a while. So here we go…

• Date: Saturday, November 12th.
• Time: 10:00 am at the museum (9:00 am at O’Reilley’s in Kaysville for a group drive up)
• Place: Millstream Classic Car Museum, 255 E 1080 N Willard, UT 84340
• Info: http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/16785  (Driving instructions)

This the collection we have visited in the past. It was in Ogden behind the old Millstream Motel on Washington Blvd. Great bunch of cars, Jack (owner) is always a super host. We can discuss meeting afterwards for lunch!

The location for this gathering became obvious when a lot of the BMCU members agreed with the choice at our planning pot luck meeting in February.  Diamond Lil’s is probably one of the most unique restaurants in Utah.  If you can imagine Knott’s Berry Farm you’re there.  It’s a total wild west saloon and eatin’ house both inside and out and seats 500 within the various rooms.  It didn’t start out this way though, it was a modest home in 1969 and remodeled with old barn wood and cabin logs to seat 32.  Prime rib and bread were baked in a home sized gas oven.  That was then but the original charm is still there now.  We were there two years back and we are going back again.

Our group was given a very comfy banquet room with two servers dedicated to just us.  The owner came by to thank us and make sure all was well.  The fare was as expected, generous and down home good so this turned out quite well.

The location is 1528 W. North Temple fairly near I215.  If you can get to the Red Iguana keep going west and it’s on the right.  Their website for directions and the menu is:

www.diamondlils-theoriginal.com

6:00 pm on Saturday evening the 5^th of November

Sunday, October 23 is the Hilton Garden Inn Brunch. This is a BMCU Club event although maybe/maybe not a driving event. The extended forecast says that the weather should be 66 degrees and sunny so you may want to take this opportunity for one last jaunt in the LBC. The address is:

762 West Heritage Park Blvd
Layton, Utah 84041
801-416-8899

This is just a couple blocks north of the Layton Hills Mall and I included directions below. We will be meeting at the Great American Grill in the main Lobby at 10:00 am. As with last year the price is still $9.95 per person and you can do the Buffet, order from the menu or do both! What a deal!

After breakfast, if the weather looks good, we’ll talk about a drive. Maybe Antelope Island or maybe Pineview?

- GGDuff and Chris

• Take exit #332.
• Turn right onto Hill Field Rd.
• Turn left onto Heritage Blvd.

The Hotel is on the northwest corner of the intersection Heritage Park Blvd and 700 West.

My, the summer was short this year! It’s already getting to be time for our fall color tour. This year we’ll be going up over Wolf Creek pass. The trees are already turning up here, so it should be a magnificent drive.

Please note that this is one of our few Sunday drives, to give some of our members who work on Saturday a chance to join in. We are keeping October 9 for a rain date just in case. Keep an eye on the website and the BMCU email list for confirmation.

We’ll meet at Hogle Zoo (end of the parking lot nearest the mouth of Emigration Canyon) at 9:00 am for a 9:30 departure through Emigration Canyon, proceeding East on I-80 we will have a secondary rendezvous at Silver Creek Junction exit 146 (after you exit go left over I-80) at a Sinclair Gas station around 10:00, leaving at 10:30.

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