GRAACA Spring Tour
—Saturday, May 17, 2025, Hershey, PA (rain date May 24th)
Spring is just around the corner! I can feel it in my bones, or maybe it’s the chill of winter wearing off or that cup of coffee I need to get moving. I hope you will join us for this year’s Spring Tour event: Destination -The Hershey AACA Museum. We’ve mapped out an enjoyable route and all we need is you, your automobiles, and good weather to make this another great event for GRAACA. Complete details are below. Please come out and participate!
The Tour will begin at Youngs Woods Community Park, 357 Blooming Grove Road Hanover, PA 17331 for coffee and donuts from 8:00 am to 9:00 am. After receiving driving directions, we will depart at 9:00 am for an interesting and challenging journey through York, Lancaster and Dauphin Counties.
Our destination is the Hershey AACA Museum, but you have probably never gotten there the way we will be going. The museum is looking forward to hosting us and has many new exhibits. I believe the theme on display during our visit will be “station wagons”. We will spend approximately 2 hours at the museum and then drive 2 miles to Fuddruckers restaurant for lunch. This is a casual burger, chicken and salad place. Please check out their website for menu details. Our reservation is for approximately 1:00 pm, but everyone will be ordering and paying on their own. We will have a separate seating area for lunch and ample parking is available for us to park together. I think you will enjoy the food; Bob and I checked it out! They have excellent burgers and milkshakes, so bring your appetite!
At the museum ,AACA members are FREE (you must bring your membership card). Non-member adults are $16.00, over 60 are $14.50 children 4 – 12 are $10.00. The museum offers a guided tour for $20.00 for a group of 15 to 20 people. If we have enough interest, we will use tour guides.
The only cost to register is for coffee and donuts. If you want to partake for $4.00 per person and then indicate on the registration form if you are interested in sharing the cost of the guided tour. Everything else is on your own. Registration deadline is May 7th.
After lunch you will be on your own, and there are many things in the Hershey area to enjoy: Chocolate World, Tangor Outlets, AACA Library, the Hershey Museum, and many more.
If we can answer any questions about the tour, please do not hesitate to contact us. This is going to be a fun and memorable event, so please sign up and come out for the ride! Contact Jim Miles at (301) 535-4134 or jmiles.pm@gmail.com.
Directions to Youngs Woods Community Park 357 Blooming Grove Road, Hanover, Pa. 17331. From I-83 take the Glen Rock exit 8 and drive 19 ½ miles on Rt. 216 West; at the signal light at Clair’s restaurant continue straight for 300 feet, park is on the left.
OR From Rt. 30 in the York area, take Rt. 116 West, travel 7 miles; turn left onto Grandview Road; continue 1.0 miles, at traffic light turn right onto Rt. 216 Blooming Grove Road, park is 300 feet on the left.
OR From the Gettysburg area, take Rt. 30 East to Cross Keys; turn right onto Rt. 94 South; continue to Hanover center square; turn left onto Rt. 116 East; turn right at the next signal light (York Street) to continue on Rt. 116 East; at Cooper Motors Lincoln dealership turn right on Rt. 216 East (Blooming Grove Road); drive 0.6miles, park is on the right before the next traffic light. We will be in the 1st. pavilion close to the restrooms.
Latimore Valley Car Show
—Saturday, June 14, 2025, York Springs, PA
It’s our 50th Anniversary this year! See page 6 for our flyer and for information about sponsors and volunteer opportunities. Gates open at 7:30 am.
GRAACA Summer Tour
—Saturday, July 19, 2025, Harrisburg, PA
Join us July 19 as we explore and re-create the Triangle Tour to the “1921 Good Roads Celebration” held at Caledonia Park. Find out what motivated several hundred car owners to travel from Harrisburg joined by thousands more cars and tens of thousands of people in their eagerness to see the “17 Episode Pageant” that afternoon. We will meet at 9:00 am on City Island in Harrisburg for traditional breakfast, drinks & snacks with a “fun facts/orientation”. Then we will drive the original route to Gettysburg, and on to the 1913 alignment of the Lincoln Highway to Caledonia with stops and surprises—all the while immersing ourselves in the lives and experiences of these 1921 adventurers. Each participating vehicle will receive a reprinted copy of the original 80-page Program of the event and a sampling of newspaper articles covering the Celebration. Details and fees forthcoming.
Contact Jeff Stonesifer at (717) 654-2463 for more information or send in the registration form to show your interest and stay informed as we finalize details.