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GRAACA Fall Tour 2025

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Saturday, October 18, 2025

Carroll County, MD

 

We were met with beautiful weather bright and early Saturday as we gathered at Jacquelyn’s Bakeshop and Café in Hanover for coffee and treats. Annette and Dan Yost had a fun quilt-themed day in store for us. After filling up on caffeine and goodies, we received our route which would take us on scenic back roads along parts of the Carroll County Barn Quilt Trail.

Begun in 2013 as a collaborative project by the Carroll County Arts Council, the Carroll County Office of Tourism, the Carroll County Department of Recreation and Parks, the Carroll County Public Library, and volunteers from Everybody’s Quilt Guild, the trail seeks to honor the area’s agrarian culture. The 8’ by 8’ blocks were chosen or designed by farm families for their barns and created by a local printing company. Today, the trail consists of 46 barns total, and our tour route took us to see 7 of those.

After nearly a 2-hour leisurely drive, we arrived at Flicks Pub in Taneytown for lunch and a special presentation by Linda Syverson Guild. Linda is a highly accomplished fiber artist who specializes in quilt making. Drawing on her design skills as a professional architect, she crafts beautiful works of art using mixed media. Many of her works feature themes related to reuse, architecture, color exploration, nature, and her early life growing up in the mid-west. She frequently gives talks and her works have been exhibited around the country. We were very lucky to have her as our guest. Her portfolio may be viewed at lindasyversonguild.com.

Many thanks are due to Annette and Dan for organizing the day’s events. It was a great day full of history and art.

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Past Event – GRAACA Spring Tour

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On Saturday, April 30th, the Gettysburg Region met bright and early at Performance Motors of Hanover for a “coffee and cars” event. The owners of Performance Motors were very generous and not only provided us with coffee, tea and donuts, but also kindly sectioned off a portion of their lot just for our club. In addition, the showroom was open which is full of Mustangs and other interesting vehicles, including some bumper cars. This seems to be a popular event and Performance Motors will be a hosting another “coffee and cars” on May 14 from 8:00 to 10:00am if anyone is interested.

After getting our directions and walkie-talkies from tour organizer Bob Channell, we headed out on a relaxing, scenic drive over to the Royal Farms in Hampstead, Maryland where we met up with members of the Chesapeake Region before making our way back to PA to visit Treasured Motorcar Services in New Freedom. They were having their Spring Open House & Car Show which was free to attendees. Beef-it-Up catering was onsite serving up delicious pit beef and pulled pork.

After filling our stomachs, perusing the many cars present for the show and on display at Treasured Motorcars, and possibly even making a few new friends, we went for a final 10 minute drive over to Brown’s Orchard & Farm Markets. Many members walked out with various goodies including sweet treats, fresh produce, and flowers.

It was a beautiful day for a leisurely drive. We couldn’t have asked for better weather. Despite a few people experiencing some car trouble (happens to the best of us), I think everyone enjoyed themselves. Bob did an excellent job organizing the day’s activities, which were made all the more enjoyable since we were not on a strict timetable. Many thanks go to Bob and everyone else who helped make the day a success!

Lots more photos can be found on the region’s Facebook page!

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