I hate that I missed this, but I am very happy to hear that it went well.

Well, "Super Well", from what I have been reading and hearing. I had a total of seven phone calls from those of you attending during the event. It ALMOST feels like I was there....

 

I support Franc's position on this issue. We have 2 weekend GTG's in Fontana (Spring & Fall), The Chrysler Nationals in Carlisle, the Woodward Dream Cruise in Detroit, and now a summer week-long event in Eureka Springs. That's five major events for us. More than likely as many, if not more, as any other group of car enthusiasts. Adding a 6th major event might be a stretch. Now attending all 5 probably isn't going to happen for most of us - I for one see attending a Fontana GTG only 1x each year. More than likely the fall event. I've attended Carlisle 1x, and hope to make a Dream Cruise GTG in the next year or 2.

But I could see Eureka Springs continuing as the CAA event and, maybe every 3rd year it goes somewhere else - probably out west to give our west coast members an event near their backyard. The ones held in Colorado & the Northwest sounded like they were successful events. Or maybe the 6th event is a west coast, long weekend GTG, making it more regional for our members in that part of the country.

 

Susan and I had great time , it is a wonderful place to have a great time and meet , it to far in the future to decide weather we would make this a yearly thing for us , but it was a great time with some great people , John and Peggy made all feel so welcome , so if call CAA or something else it no big deal to me , Look forward to a great weekend at Dragon look to be big event also with over 50 cars signed up and ready to go , I look before it all said and done that this Dragon could be one of biggest that we have in along while , Thanks to all that did a great Job at CCA8

 

Few more pictures from the CAA8

 

Looks like you all had fun. Hope to see more pics. of the gathering , for those of us who couldn't make it.

 

A great thanks to John & Peggy, Bob & Patty, for showing us where to go and what to see. Thanks to Annette for the name tags and Gene and Carla for all their assistance. We hope to see everyone again next year.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the pictures. Hate we missed this event!

 

Love your pics James !!
I have many pics to go through and sort and I'll post em up in a few days
I've been traveling Arkansas, Missouri and now Iowa after seeing friends who live out this way in areas along my route home.

Many thanks to all involved in making this past week such fun and so successful !!!
Looking forward already to next summer back in Eureka Springs

Gary

 

Where can I find the drone videos?

 

He's still traveling home so I imagine it will a few days before he edits and posts any

 

Funny, I was there for CAA6 and yet, many of the photos posted here are of places I don't remember going to last time.

As I've said before, there is SO MUCH to that area that you can't see it all in one or two trips - not sure you can EVER see it all unless you live there.

I part company with Franc and ded on this, we can support many meets each year. A "great meet" is not necessarily one that attracts 50 or 75 cars - great meets, for me, are not defined by numbers but by the people who attend. (Maybe Woodward is different, I'd enjoy that even if I went alone - it is an event all unto it's own.) And remember, this is the third, not second, Eureka meet we've had - a few of us went there last year and, I am sure, had a great time.


THIS BRINGS ME TO ANOTHER POINT: I was getting SO depressed over missing CAA8. I'd wanted to go back for TWO YEARS, and then stuff in my personal life got in the way. Kleito had planned a "Snake" meet months before for this past weekend, it was only four hours from me and only a two day event - I managed to attend, late Friday night, I went to bed knowing I'd get up EARLY and drive up before they left for the day - we had six cars. It was good medicine for me and I"m no longer depressed. But the lesson is this: Anyone can plan and hold a meet. You never know what will turn into an event (I'm sure Greg and Sherri had no idea that Eureka Springs would go over so well that we'd go back.)

The Dragon is already, really, shrinking into a Fall-only event. Look at attendance in the spring - the Canadians and Midwesterners already can't come to spring with the weather threats that time of year (and when Easter falls on that weekend, attendance really suffers - too bad too , cause the place is deserted on Easter weekends. ) But we are gonna keep having spring for those who can come.

I think THE MORE MEETS the BETTER. Even if it takes from attendance at my favorite meet (Fall Dragon), I can live with it. Of course, dont' get me wrong, the Fall Dragon is where and when I see most of my longtime XF friends.

And let me say it again - the meets are more about seeing my friends than driving roads or seeing various attractions.

 

Good points made in your post.

 

I have moments of clear, concise thought every few years........

 

We all enjoy your writings Pizza!

 

I wish I could have stayed more than one day, but happy I got to meet a great group of people.

 

Here is a link to the CAA8 video i created on you tube. It is 4K so please select 2160p which is 4K when watching to get the full quality. Also best to let it fully load before watching to prevent it buffering as it is a very large 1 gb video file.

Enjoy, i welcome any comments

 

Outstanding Video from your Drone Andrew !!!
Thank you for capturing some of our moments from the sky !!!