Friday
I will be checking into the host hotel at 3:30. Goody bags, snacks, and Milo's tea will be ready in the host suite.
7:00 pm.—Dinner at the Margarita Grill, Tex-Mex restaurant near the hotel, for early arrivals
Saturday
8:00—Breakfast at The Original Pancake House on Southside Birmingham (just below Vulcan)
10:00—Up Red Mountain to Vulcan, aka the Moon Over Homewood, the largest iron statue in the world that overlooks Birmingham (see photo below). Visit should take an hour or less. Admission: $6 or less (have senior rates); then head back to hotel.
1:30—Leave host hotel for Barber Motorsports Museum
2:00—Barber Motorsports Museum (Our discount admission: $8.00)
5:00—Dinner at Ezell’s, directly behind host hotel—within walking distance.
9:00—Show-n-glow contest
Note: If you pick up your goody bag Friday or Saturday, it will include tickets for free admission into Oak Mountain State Park. Late arrivals—$3/person admission.
Sunday
Breakfast on your own. Waffle House and McDonald’s are within walking distance; Cracker Barrel is across the street. (You’ll want to drive—it's a four-lane highway, and you'll have a traffic light directly into their lot.)
9:00—Start lining up at hotel to drive into park; head out at 9:15 sharp.
9:30—Behind-the-scenes tour of the Wildlife Rescue Center (recipient of our fund-raising efforts)
10:00—To the picnic pavilion, where we will be the rest of the day
12:00—Lunch; judging will begin
2:30—Start awards ceremony
Awards
• Top 25—judged by non-PT-club-affiliated car show judge(s).
• Furthest Driven—per MapQuest
• Top 5 Show n Glow— judged by non-PT-club-affiliated car show judge Note: Neons are not street legal in Alabama. If you have them and are driving here at night, turn them off when you cross the state line! State troopers will make you cut your wires if they catch you driving with them on.
• Honorary Southerner Award—judged by donor
• Wildlife Supporter Award—decorative eagle trophy donated by Premium Productions as a fundraiser for the Wildlife Center; will be raffled.
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