LVMOC

M&M (Minis & Miatas) Rally - 2021
2021-09-25 10:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
This year, the Philly Mini gang is hosting the event (LVMOC and Philly Mini host it on alternate years), which should guarantee that it will be loads of fun. As of now, we have only the date… details will follow when they become available.

Iva's Wine Trail 2021
2021-09-19 09:30 - 15:30
Iva will guide us over the great roads of the northern Lehigh Valley on a tour that will visit three area wineries: Big Creek Vineyard, Blue Ridge Estate Vineyard & Winery and Franklin Hill Vineyards. We always look forward to Iva’s Wine Trail excursions… she includes fun roads and a selection of our favorite sources of local wines!
Please remember to pack a picnic lunch!

Reading Pagoda & Duryea Drive – 2nd Drive Sat Sept 18th
2021-09-18 09:00 - 14:00
Join Miata Mike as he leads a second running of this drive (1st was on 8/29)! As before, this event will be like 2 drives in 1. The first part is driving on some great roads on the way to and from the Pagoda in Reading. The highlight is really the second part of the drive which is experiencing a great road named Duryea Drive which takes you atop the south end of Mount Penn overlooking Reading which is where the Pagoda was built in 1908.
And, for a finale, Mike will lead the group to Crystal Cave for ICE CREAM! You don’t want to miss this event!

Catawissa Creek Rambler 8/29/21
2021-08-29 09:00 - 15:00
Brian will lead us over roads that wind over the hills and along the streams of Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River / Catawissa Creek region, west of Hazelton to south of Bloomsburg and into the northern PA coal region. There are many great roads with little traffic in this area… this should be a super drive!

Reading Pagoda & Duryea Drive - 1st Drive Sun Aug 29th
2021-08-29 09:00 - 14:00
Join Miata Mike as he leads his first drive for the club! This event will be like 2 drives in 1. The first part is driving on some great roads on the way to and from the Pagoda in Reading. The highlight is really the second part of the drive which is experiencing a great road named Duryea Drive which takes you atop the south end of Mount Penn overlooking Reading which is where the Pagoda was built in 1908.
And, for a finale, Mike will lead the group to Crystal Cave for ICE CREAM! You don’t want to miss this event!

Francis E. Walter Dam, Lake Harmony, Lunch and Ice Cream Drive
2021-08-15 09:00 - 15:00
Walter is hosting another drive into the Pocono region which will include a visit to the Francis E. Walter Dam, on the upper Lehigh River, and a drive around Lake Harmony, a long-time Pocono resort area.
Lunch will be at the Snydersville Family Diner, an old favorite of folks living in that area, and the gang will proceed from there to Jane’s Ice Cream and Eatery, near Stroudsburg.
After a day of zooming on the Pocono-area roads, the return drive, from Jane’s back to the Lehigh Valley, will utilize less strenuous, four-lane roads.

Cars & Coffee - New Hope Auto Show - Non-LVMOC Event
2021-08-08 08:00 - 11:00
The New Hope Automobile Show Summer 2021 Cars & Coffee will be held from 8 am to 11 am on Sunday, August 8 at Peddler’s Village in Lahaska, PA:
https://newhopeautoshow.com/cars-and-coffee/
This event is free and open to all years, makes, and models. A group of LVMOC cars parked together would be a beautiful sight.
(This is not an LVMOC-sponsored event)

Mexican Cuisine & Freddy Hill Ice Cream - 8/7/21
2021-08-07 09:00 - 15:00
Walter Cramer will lead us to a couple of places we enjoyed in 2019: Tio Juan’s Margarita Mexican Restaurant, near Lansdale, PA, and the nearby dairy store at Freddy Hill Farms. This drive visits the great roads of Lehigh, Berks and Montgomery Counties en route to these fine eateries. Please join Walter for this drive!

Worlds End State Park Drive - Midweek Drive
2021-08-04 08:30 - 17:00
Walter is hosting an all-day, midweek drive to the region of Worlds End and Ricketts Glen State Parks, west of Wilkes-Barre, PA. This will be a scenic drive through various forested areas, with visits to the famous scenic view of the Endless Mountains Region at the Loyalsock Forest Canyon Vista and a waterfall near the Ricketts Glen Hotel, at Ricketts Glen State Park. A bonus will be the opportunity to take a run up the route of the Giants Despair Hill Climb, outside Wilkes-Barre. The group will leave the Easton area rather early, to allow for the day’s driving.

Boathouse Lunch & Two (!!) Desserts - Mid-Week Drive
2021-07-28 09:00 - 15:00
Join LVMOC V-P, Gail Harrison, for a mid-week drive over around 120 miles of fun roads in PA and NJ, with a stop for lunch at the Boathouse Restaurant, on the shore of Swartswood Lake, not far from Newton, NJ. Since having your dessert at the Boathouse might not be enough for you, Gail will lead the group back into PA for a visit to an LVMOC ice cream favorite, Klein Farms & Dairy Creamery, near Easton, PA.
If you’re able to free yourself on Wednesday, July 28, please come out and join Gail for a fun day!

Penn’s Peak “Roadies” for Lunch & Annie’s for Ice Cream
2021-07-24 09:00 - 14:30
Walter will host a drive from the Easton area to Roadie’s Restaurant, at Penn’s Peak near Jim Thorpe. Weather permitting, we will dine outdoors on a deck that overlooks the Penn Forest and Beltzville Lake areas. Following lunch, we will proceed to Jim Thorpe for ice cream at Annie’s. On the way to Jim Thorp, we will pass the Jim Thorpe memorial, where we can stop to visit, if anyone wishes to do so.

Un-Polar Bear Drive 2021
2021-07-18 09:30 - 15:00
An LVMOC tradition, where we assemble at the beginning, wearing our winter gear, take some quick photos, and head into the hinterlands for some zooming on non-icy roads. Of course, we will visit Heisler’s Cloverleaf Dairy to get our fill of ice (cream, that is…).

Tri-County Picnic Lunch & Ice Cream Drive - The Reprise
2021-07-11 09:00 - 14:30
Just for those members who could not participate in his lovely June 19 drive along some of the best roads in Lehigh, Schuylkill and Carbon Counties, Walter is again running this event on Sunday, July 11. If you could not join us on June 19, this will be your opportunity to enjoy some of the best roads of the season!

Saturday Evening Drive to Rita's 2nd LV M&M Rally
2021-07-10 18:30 - 20:30
Join Louie and Corrina for a short (~37 miles) evening drive over some fun roads. The drive will finish at Rita’s for ice cream by a little after 8:00 p.m. Hopefully, some folks from the Lehigh Valley Mini gang will join us again!

Monday July 5th 863 Premise Maid Run
2021-07-05 09:00 - 14:00
Due to popular demand, Louie will again run his recent PA-863 / Premise Maid (July 2) drive, this time on Monday, July 5. As before, he will leave from Inihaw Filipino Barbeque, 3350 Schoenersville Rd (Next to Wawa), Bethlehem and cruise some new roads, with a photo stop at the Kreidersville Covered Bridge and a comfort break at Leaser Lake. A zoom along an old favorite road, PA-863, will take the gang to an ice cream destination at The Shoppes at Premise Maid, near Breinigsville, PA. If you’re available on Monday, 7/5, come out and join the fun!

Friday PA-863 & Premise Maid Candy & Ice Cream - Weekday Event
2021-07-02 09:00 - 13:00
Louie is hosting another weekday drive, on Friday, July 2. He will leave from Inihaw Filipino Barbeque, 3350 Schoenersville Rd (Next to Wawa), Bethlehem and cruise some new roads, with a photo stop at the Kreidersville Covered Bridge and a comfort break at Leaser Lake. A zoom along an old favorite road, PA-863, will take the gang to an ice cream destination at The Shoppes at Premise Maid, near Breinigsville, PA. If you’re available on Friday, 7/2, come out and join the fun!

Lunch at Red Robin! Another Weekday Drive!!
2021-06-29 09:00 - 13:30
Join Louie on another weekday morning drive, departing from the Dairy Queen parking lot by the Wawa and Home Depot, on South 25th Street in Easton. If you’re retired, have the day off, or just don’t feel like going to work on Tuesday, June 29, meet Louie in the Dairy Queen lot, for a cruise that will end at Red Robin, in the Promenade Shops, for lunch.

"The View at Morgan Hill" Lunch Drive
2021-06-26 09:00 - 14:00
Join Walter for a nice drive over fun, winding roads in Northampton and Bucks Counties, with a terrific lunch destination at The View at Morgan Hill, near Easton, PA. The View has a large outdoor dining area with a great view and good food.
Don’t miss this one!

Tri-County Picnic Lunch & Ice Cream Drive
2021-06-19 09:00 - 14:30
Walter will lead a drive through Lehigh, Carbon and Northampton Counties, cruising along roads with which the Club is quite familiar, but also along some roads that we might not recognize. This will be an opportunity to visit some new terrain, as well as to enjoy one of our nice picnic lunches and to finish the day with something with which we are very familiar… ICE CREAM!!
The drive will begin at the Upper Macungie Park, just north of Fogelsville, off Route 100. Please see the event’s website post for details.

Sizzling Summer Cruise In at the AACA Museum
2021-06-19 08:00 - 14:00
Non-LVMOC Event:
The AACA Museum, in Hershey, PA, will have its annual Sizzling Summer Cruise In on June 19, 2021, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. For information about this event, please click this LINK .

Evening M&M Rally!
2021-06-18 19:00 - 21:00
Louie will host our first evening drive for 2021… and, to make it even better, some of our friends from the LV Mini gang will join in on the fun! Louie will guide the group over his favorite collection of local roads from his youth (yes, even he was once young…). This will be a briskly-paced drive, to extract the most fun from these great roads! Meet Louie at the Giant Food Store on Route 145 in Walnutport.

Lunch at Red Robin Run! Weekday Drive!!
2021-06-14 09:30 - 12:30
Join Louie on a weekday morning drive, departing from the Wawa on 25th Street in Easton. If you’re retired, have the day off, or just don’t feel like going to work on Monday, June 14, meet Louie in the Home Depot lot, near the Wawa, for a romp that will end at Red Robin, in the Promenade Shops.

Pancake Breakfast / Airshow / Miata Car Show / Free Airplane Rides / Ice Cream Run
2021-06-13 09:00 - 15:30
Chapter 839 of the Eastern Experimental Aircraft Association has invited us to attend, on June 13, a pancake breakfast ($7 per person), an aircraft fly-in and a car show (LVMOC member cars, in this instance) at the Pegasus Airpark, near Brodheadsville, PA. EAA Chapter 839 will have their aircraft on display, and there will likely be some flying of R/C airplanes. They have previously been joined at these events by other auto marque clubs, such as an MG club. After this event, LVMOC will escort the Miatas to an ice cream rendezvous at Kline Farms Dairy and Creamery, several miles north of Easton, PA.
The LVMOC participants should plan to arrive at Pegasus Airpark by 9:00 a.m. on June 13. There is no organized group drive from the Lehigh Valley to the Airpark.
Sounds like fun! Be there!!

Big Pocono State Park Picnic Lunch & Ice Cream Drive 6/5/21
2021-06-05 09:00 - 15:00
Walter Cramer will host a drive over some of the roads that you may remember from the Club’s “Pocono” drives of previous years, with some new roads and the addition of a picnic lunch at the top of Big Pocono State Park.
The drive will end at Klein Farms Dairy & Creamery, north of Easton, for ice cream.
Come out and join the fun!

Holiday Weekend Rita's Italian Ice
2021-05-29 09:00 - 11:30
Joe twisted Louie’s arm (didn’t take much twisting…), so Louie will host a relatively short (~50 miles, 1 1/2 hours) drive that will leave from the Giant Food Store, on PA Route 145 in Walnutport. The drive will end back in Walnutport for a visit to Rita’s Italian Ice, across PA 145 from the Giant where the drive started. Come out and join the fun!

Annual LVMOC CarBQue & General Membership Meeting
2021-05-23 12:00 - 15:30 | Louise Moore Park, 151 Country Club road, Easton, PA, 18045, United States
The annual LVMOC Spring CarBQue will take place at Louise Moore Park, in Northampton County, near Route 33. We will gather in an openly-spaced outdoor setting for a meal and to enjoy each others’ company, ogle our cars and just relax after a year of difficult conditions.
Please come out and join the gang!

Westward Ho! & Fogelsville Hotel Lunch Drive
2021-05-16 09:30 - 14:30
Our New Jersey members were disappointed they were unable to join in the Dieffenbach drive on a Saturday. Soooo… Walter will offer the same drive again, only this time on a Sunday so they may attend. The route will be largely that of the May 1 Dieffenbach drive, but with a different meeting place. We will meet at the Sheetz Station, 5001 MacArthur Road, Whitehall, PA. Please arrive by 9:30 a.m… the Driver’s meeting is at 9:45 a.m. with a 10:00 a.m. departure time.

Dieffenbach's Potato Chips & Fogelsville Hotel Lunch Drive
2021-05-01 09:30 - 14:30
On Saturday, May 1, Walter Cramer will host a nice drive through the twisty roads of Lehigh and Berks Counties, eventually arriving at Dieffenbach’s Potato Chips, near Womelsdorf, PA. Dieffenbach’s has become LVMOC’s traditional source of exceptional potato chips, with many varieties to suit our tastes. And the roads leading to that region are great for “zooming” in our little cars! The drive will return to the Lehigh Valley for lunch at Hops Fogelsville Hotel, where outdoor dining will be available.
Come out and join the gang for a fun day!

Blue Mtn Lodge Picnic Lunch & Ice Cream Drive 4/24/21
2021-04-24 09:30 - 15:00
Walter Cramer is making sure that no dust settles on our little cars!
Please join him for a drive of about 85 miles through scenic portions of Northampton and Monroe Counties, with a picnic lunch at Blue Mountain Lodge (Ski Area). After lunch, there will be an ice cream option at the Blue Mountain Drive-In, not far from the Lodge.

Lunch at The View at Morgan Hill
2021-04-18 09:30 - 15:00
Walter Cramer is hosting a Sunday drive to The View at Morgan Hill, near Easton, PA, for lunch. The drive will begin in Easton, PA and we will travel into New Jersey, touring through Hunterdon and Warren counties. At Frenchtown, the route crosses the Delaware River into PA, where we will “zoom” through Bucks and Northampton counties. The drive will end at The View.
