September 2024 – End of Summer Drive Write-Up and Photos
Words and Photos by Carl Foleen. Saturday, September 14, 2024 saw 22 (mostly Jaguars with a mix of other beautiful machines/cars and approximately 33 people get together on a nearly ideal day (weather wise) to spend about an hour and a half driving from Powell Butte Park in Portland to St Josef’s Winery & Vineyards […]
July 13th, 2024 – Drive-out to Garibaldi
Drive-out to Garibaldi The July 13, 2024 JOCO event has finally come to fruition! Previously the club has taken this train ride in April, 2012, so it has been awhile since we have made this trip. On Saturday, July 13, 2024, those wanting to join the drive-out will meet in the southern parking lot […]
May 2024 – Fort Vancouver, Kings Cross Write-Up and Photos
Words by Sasha Poseur. Photos by Manual Phocus Saturday, May 11, 2024, nine JOCO members and one guest joined Gene and Sarah Owens at historic Fort Vancouver, Washington for a chance to step back in history. We met at the parking lot (most of us brought our Jags of one flavor or another) and waited […]
April 2024 – Spring Shakedown Write-Up and Photos
Words by Rick Martin and photos by Rick Martin and Sue Kornahrens. Saturday the 20th. started out cool and clear-sunny enough that I chose to pull the E-type out for the JOCO “Shake Down Event” My friend, Alex came over from Vancouver to help with some of the driving. Scott Dual was the organizer for […]
October 2023 – Apple Cider Fun Run, Write-Up and Photos
Text : “Skid” Marx Photos: Clara Foleen and Manual Phocus Saturday, October 22nd dawned overcast and wet (ask me how I know…), and, fortunately, the weather actually improved (if only marginally) so that most JOCO members could exercise their favoured mounts with a jolly jaunt in and around Clackamas County in search of […]
October 22nd, 2023 – Apple Cider Fun Run
Tour – Apple Cider Fun Tour Date: October 22nd, 2023 Time: 2.30 pm Meet-Up Location: Oregon City Destination: Ending at Stone Circle Cider (click for website) in Estacada. Route to be determined. Please join us for a spirited hour long drive to Stone Circle Cider in Estacada to be followed by cider tasting. Vegetable pasties […]
September 23rd, 2023 – McMinnville Wine District
Date: September 23rd, 2023 Beautiful scenic drive from West Beaverton along winding country roads up to Bald Peak and then down into the heart of McMinnville. We will have a wonderful lunch at Golden Valley Brewery and then feel free to walk to the numerous wineries within a few blocks of the restaurant. Total drive […]
July 2023 – Tour Around Mount Hood, Write-Up and Photos
Text : Carl Foleen Photos: Sharon Case and Carl Foleen As usual, things do not necessarily go to plan, even with a relatively early start to the day. Specifically, Google Maps may find the fastest route from one place to another, but it has yet to have the ability to predict minor traffic […]
June 2023 – Tour to Olympic Peninsula, Write-Up and Photos
Text and photos: Carl Foleen Our day stated relatively early for retired folks, we were excited to be joining the trip, since I had indicated our participation as soon as I learned that Doug Jackson from the Seattle Jaguar Club (SJC) had proposed the drive-out in the early months of this year. We couldn’t sleep […]
June 2023 – Tour through Canby and Feyrer, Write-Up and Photos
Text and photos: Carl Foleen The Group Two Stone Cliff Inn Drive-out: A Theatre of the Absurd Horror Story In One Act by Alf Weider-Seine and Gen. K. Oss As the start of most events go, this one was right up there at the top of the “Promising to be Great” list. However, as a […]