About this event
View from Rowena Crest Viewpoint on the Columbia River. First stop on the Saturday drive!
Registration for this tour opens on Friday, May 1st at Noon Read everything carefully or you will be uninformed and lost!!
Starting point is across from McDonalds, 1304 Outlet Collection Way, Auburn, WA 98001
Join us for an early summer weekend tour down to and along the beautiful Columbia River. Friday’s drive will take us down to The Dalles, OR and Cousin’s Country Inn where we have a block of rooms set aside for our group. Reservation details are on MotorsportReg.com (MSR). You can stay elsewhere if you wish, but it will be hard to beat the price.
Saturday, we will take a drive above the river then back down into Hood River where we will visit “Becker 6”, where Steve Becker rebuilds/restores Porsche race and “regular” air cooled engines. If you attended the the PNWR Tech Session with Wade Carter’s Porsche 962 race car at Chris’s German Auto last year, Steve rebuilt that engine and was there at the tech session. This will be your chance to talk to Steve in more detail and view his shop in Hood River, OR.
Just a mile from Steve’s shop is the Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum (WAAAM) where they build and restore cars and planes from the ‘20’s and ‘30’s. Take a trip back in time! The museum charges an admission fee: Adults $25, Seniors $23, Veterans $23, Kids 5-18 $12, Active U.S. Military: $17, 4 & Under: $0.Two full hangars of antique cars and airplanes!
From there we will cross back into Washington for some scenic, winding roads, ending up at the Maryhill Winery overlooking the Columbia River. The driving part of the tour ends there, but you can grab a light snack, sample some wine (remember you’re not on the tour for the rest of the day)..
Saturday night there will be a fixed price buffet dinner at Cousin’s Inn. There will be in two separate seatings, one at 5:30 and another at 7:30. Choose which time you want during MSR registration. We will have to have about equal numbers for each time due to seating capacity.
Buffet menu: Tri tip and Chicken Cordon Bleu, Potatoes, Seasonal Veggies, Salad with several dressings, homemade rolls with butter, assorted dessets, Coffee, ice tea, lemonade and water--all for the fixed price of $38 per person, includ9ing tax and gratuity!, which will be charged during registiojn on you credit on file with MSR. If you don't want to have the buffet dinner, select "0" so you won't be charged.
Sunday will be another short driving tour that you can take prior to heading home. Or you can choose to return home on your own. More details on the Sunday tour to follow as we get closer.
This promises to be a great weekend of driving and sightseeing!
https://maps.app.goo.gl/omoJDanVST6b83Ry5 WAAAM Museum
Becker6.com Steve Becker's shop in Hood River
Reservations: Cousins Country Inn, 2114 W 6th St., The Dalles, OR 97058 (800) 848-9378 or (541) 298-5161. Tell them you are in the "Porsche Club" block of rooms. Make your own reservations.
Room rates: (54 rooms total)
Single Queen $105/night (10)
Double queen $119/night (15); Classiic double queen (10); Double queen w/kitchenette (4)
Single King $119/night (5); classic King (7)
Deluxe King $159/night (3) (larger in Red Barn building)
In Inquire about pet friendly rooms and additional charges.
You can register for the tour until June 17th with the understanding that you are not guaranteed a room at Cousins Country Inn after May 19th when our room block expires and any remaining rooms will be returned into inventory!! If you stay at another hotel, you can still join the buffet group on Saturday night since that is a spearate charge.
Questions contact: Greg Halverson at Speedohalverson@comcast.net or call (206) 391-9385.
Event requirements
- Tour Requirements
- Cancellations and refunds: Please read and understand this policy before registering. The room block expieres on May 19th, 30 days prior to the tour date. After that, it is on a space available basis. The rooms will likely sell out soon after our block is released and other hotels in the area are much more expensive.
- Car club membership: To participate you must be a member of the PCA and PNWR. Porsche owners who are not members may register and receive a special invitation on a case-by-case basis.
- Non-Porsches on the Tour: There are no non-Porsches allowed on the tour unless there are extenuating circumstances (car in the shop, awaiting delivery, etc)
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For Adult participants and attendees: All participants must sign the PCA liability waiver at the staging area prior to the tour start.
- Age and driver's license restrictions: All drivers must be at least 18 years old and in possession of a valid US driver's license at the time of the Tour. A driving permit is not acceptable. For participants under 18 years old, the parent/legal guardian must also sign the "Minors as Observers Only" waiver.
- Registering for Passengers: Please make sure to include the names of any passengers riding with you in the space provided during registration. If you have two cars on the tour each car and driver should register with a separate MotorsportReg account.
