2008 AACA
National Tours

The 2008 AACA Sentimental Tour, for vehicles 1928-1958, will be held in central North Carolina and hosted jointly by the Alamance Region and the North Carolina Region. This will be a hub tour based in Burlington, NC with the host hotel convenient to I-85 and I-40 and plenty of trailer parking. We will travel about 100 miles per day at speeds of 45 MPH or less and travel only on secondary roads.

A few of the places to be visited are the Virginia International Raceway, Historic Yanceyville, The Duke Homestead and Tobacco Museum, Bennet Place (end of the Civil War), two private car collections, the Richard Petty complex, Alamance Battleground, Chinqua-Penn Plantation, Replacements Ltd (find that missing piece of china) and a number of other interesting places.

Come and let us share central North Carolina with you and your friends.

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CENTRAL DIVISIONAL TOUR
Minot, ND
June 30-July 3

^"WESTERN DAKOTA HISTORY TOUR"

Hosted by the Magic City Antique Car Club Region, this tour is for vehicles that are 25 yrs. and older. Vehicle should be able to travel 55-60 miles per hr. We will provide a catch trailer in case of vehicle problems. It is a traveling tour. Come with us and discover some of the places that the great men of the Wild West discovered and helped tame. Walk places where Lewis and Clark wintered in 1804 on their expedition. See Fort Abraham Lincoln from which Custer left on his ill-fated Indian battle. See the hills and prairie where Chief Theodore Roosevelt once lived and ranched. Highlighted meals are a riverboat supper cruise and a pitchfork steak fondue. We will attend the spectacular Medora Musical and tour the North and South Units of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park and other scenic areas.

EASTERN DIVISIONAL TOUR
The Berkshires
August 4-7

This tour will be hosted by the Connecticut Valley Region.

We are working hard to make sure you have a great tour. So plan now to come to the beautiful Western Massachusetts.

Here are the highlights of our tour that you do not want to miss. Historic Mohawk Trail and Shelburne Falls. The Stockbridge and Norman Rockwell Museum, North Adams and the Heritage Museum featuring the Hoosac Tunnel Sharer Village, the "Wed on Wheels" event in downtown Pittsfield on Main Street and the Tanglewood on Parade Concert. We will be touring the Beautiful Berkshires.

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GLIDDEN TOUR®
HOSTED BY VMCCA
LaCrosse, WI area
Sept. 7-12

This tour is for 1942 vehicles and earlier. There will be an EARLY-BIRD tour on Sunday September 7th. You will have your choice: Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe; Grandad Bluff; St. Rose Convent and Nixon House.

Monday will be touring La Crosse. Following the Mississippi River into Winona, MN., Visit the Elmer's Toy and Auto Collection

Tuesday: Today you will see beautiful rural vistas with some insight concerning the influence. the great Mississippi has had on the region. You will visit a Mississippi lock and dam; Effigy Mounds National Monument and Villa Louis.

Wednesday: "Heritage bay" we will be traveling 175 miles. Driving through 5E MN and NE IA, along river valleys and atop ridges with great views. We will sample Norwegian baking, then to a Czech village; a woodcarving and clock building hobby. Visit the oldest Czech Catholic Church in the United States, built in 1860.

Thursday: You will be driving through the scenic coulee region on the way to cranberry country; a tour of the cranberry marsh and packaging plant. A visit to the Little Falls Railroad and Doll Museum and the Wegner Grotto.

Friday: This will be the shortest day. We will visit an auto collection and tour the manufacturing plant of Skipperliner Houseboats. There will be a cruise on the Mississippi with entertainment with some fine banjo music.

RELIABILITY TOUR
Chattanooga, TN
October 20-24

The Buzzards Breath Touring Region will host the Reliability Tour for vehicles 1915 or earlier.

There will be an opening breakfast and a tour to the carousel shop and a local tour.

Tuesday will tour to the Cloudland Canyon Park.

Wednesday tour to the Southern Railway Working Museum and Coker Tire collection and a few surprises.

Thursday tour to Chickamauga Battlefield Park

Friday tour to Lookout Mountain and closing dinner on the Southern Belle Paddle wheeler.

TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY
FOUNDERS TOUR
South Carolina
November 2 - 6

"UPSTATE'S GREAT IN 2008"

Arrangements are being made for an EXCEPTIONAL tour of the South Carolina Upstate in 2008. The planning of this tour is WELL on its way to be complete but is subject to change as necessary to accommodate the intended tour locations.

We will center our tour in Easley, SC, which is located about 10 miles west of Greenville, SC. Easy access to interstate 85.

Sunday night there will be a casual Welcoming meal for the start of the festivities.

Monday thru Thursday we will be touring the scenic back roads of the upstate with destinations to include: The BMW/Zentrum Center where we will be afforded a tour of the museum and possibly a tour or a movie of the production plant. We will also be touring to Historic Plantations, Corn Mill, Antique Museum, with rare automobiles and other stops of interest.

Closing Banquet of Thursday evening will be at Smithfields Country Club. Come and join us.