In the fall of 2004, the club began what has become an annual
tradition. Ken and Eric Smith explored the back roads of southern
Wisconsin, and they used what they learned to come up with a route from
Beloit to New Glarus that is a dream come true for any 356 enthusiast.
Each year on the appointed day, we meet bright and early at a tollway
oasis near Rockford and proceed to Beloit to pick up any Wisconsin
participants. From there it's good-bye to the Interstate and hello to a
morning's worth of the most scenic roads in the Midwest, through farm
country and woods, up hills and down, with no traffic and no unscheduled
stops...unless the fan belt snaps on your webmaster's car. Fortunately,
when that happened in 2004 a spare was on hand, and we made it to New
Glarus in time to keep our luncheon reservation.
After a delicious Swiss meal, we were headed home when another
mechanical failure cropped up. This time it was a loosened gearshift
rod connector on Wally Wright's Cabriolet. We managed to get the car
into third gear, and a small caravan found a Farm and Fleet store that
was willing to lend us a floor jack, whereupon Ken Smith bravely went
under the car and made the repair.
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