Ottawa GT-39
July 2014 - "A Capital Idea"
They called NAMGAR's GT-39 "A Capital Idea" because, well, it was held in Canada's Capital - Ottawa! Our plan was to meet our fellow Mid-Atlantic MGA Club members in Sacket's Harbor, a small historic NY town close to the Canadian border. Google Maps put it at a 10 hr drive from Long Island (avoiding highways) so we decided to make it a 2 day trip, staying first in Herkimer NY, a town along the Erie/Mohawk canal.
Here's Melon checking out the waterfront on the canal.
Melon at the Erie Canal in Herkimer, NY
From Herkimer we went northwest, driving through a huge field of modern windmills, all along a ridge north of Syracuse, eventually reaching Sacket's Harbor in late afternoon.
The rest of our club members arrived shortly after us, and we all had dinner together at a local brew pub, then went out on the deck to watch sunset.
The next day we all took a Ferry to Canada. A very small ferry, but MGAs are also small, so they packed us in!
We spent four great days in Ottawa, taking a riverboat cruise, visiting Parliament, doing a car show, and even watching a "drive-in movie" from the hotel parking lot.
OK, not a very big screen, but the movie, Blue Hawaii, featured Elvis driving an MGA.
Watching Blue Hawaii - Elvis drives an MGA in this classic film!