Trappers Loop Run Saturday July 14
The Trappers Loop run was a cool ride on a hot day!
This Saturday, July 14 turned out to be a beautiful day for a great ride in our little LBCs. We had a great turnout
of 19 cars and over 30 people who gathered together to enjoy the beautiful scenery and milder temperatures of our
Northern mountains. We met at Hogle Zoo at about 9:00 am and everyone had a chance to chat for a while before we
left at 9:30am. There were some minor delays for roadwork up Emigration canyon but from there the road was clear
for the rest of the trip.
There did not seem to be as many bicyclists this year as in the past but we did meet a large number of sport motorcyclists
enjoying the day going the opposite direction. We picked up an additional Triumph TR6 as we passed East Canyon
Resort on our way to Morgan and another new club member in his Spitfire met us at the Morgan Chevron station at
our usual rest, stretch and beverage stop. There was a small gathering of motorcyclists there and as we gathered
in the parking area the cameras came out and people started taking pictures of our little cars and telling stories
of their parents and relatives who used to own this car or that car. Everyone sure seems to enjoy seeing our little
cars!
From there we proceeded along the frontage road to Mountain Green and up the Trappers Loop to the Snowbasin turnoff.
From there it was a twisty, fun and interesting ride down the old, original ski resort access road to Pineview
reservoir, where we met up with Roland Held in E-type Jaguar. We proceeded on to the Oaks restaurant where the
staff did their usual admirable job of getting us all seated and serving us lunch. They really are a great bunch
of people!
After lunch people said their good buys and headed off in different directions home and an end to a great day of
scenery, fun mountain roads and meeting some new members. It seems as though our club is attracting some new young
members and this is great for our club and our hobby.
Our LBCs were represented by 2 MGAs, 6 Triumph TR6s, 2 Triumph Spitfires, 3 MGBs, 1 MGBGT, 2 MGTDs, 1 MINI
and 1 Jaguar XJS. The drivers and co drivers were John & Barbara Progess, Clayton & Sharon Merchant, Tony
Walker, Brett Finley, Jim Stover, Jon Zaremba, Layne Taggart, Lori Wooton, Mike & Becky Chambers, Rob &
John Foye, Chuck & Jack Easton, Marty Van Nood, Gary Lindstrom, Nick & Amanda Thomas, Chris Jones, Duff
Lawson, Ray Lawson, Chris Dunbeck, Larry & Margaret Farrington, Bill Brinn & Rose Armstrong, Ian Hueton,
Chad Derum and Mark Bradakis. My apologies if I missed anyone.
Thanks to everyone who joined us for a great day, and for those who were unable to be there, we will do it again
next year and hope to see you then. A special thanks to our new club members and hope to see you at the events
we have scheduled for the rest of the year.
-- John Progess
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