Driving Tours 33

Reverse Lac Simon-Duhamel Tour

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Nine cars departed from the convention centre at 10am under sunny skies and a reasonable low 20s temperature. After braving a three-lane merger to get to the 174(must add something to the course description) we arrived to take the ferry to Quebec. forced to split the group. We regrouped once on the Quebec side and […]

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Lac Simon-Duhamel (LSD) Tour

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Seven cars left from the C2M2 Home Base (we would pick up an 8 th on the Quebec-side) to test LSD 1 and 3 routes for C2M2. The first task would be to test the “zipper maneuver”—patent pending. Briefly the tour opened up like a zipper into two lanes, went through two sets of lights, […]

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Upper Canada Playhouse Tour

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Dark ominous clouds hung low in the sky, threatening cold rain, as drivers gathered at the starting points for the Upper Canada Playhouse Tour. Luckily the rain never materialized and we were able to enjoy a beautiful drive, and even bright sun after the play. The 34 cars were divided into 3 groups with Bob […]

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Brockville Tour

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10 cars met at the OCEC on a warm (hot) but clear day with departure at 8:40 for our first stop—a bio break in Kemptville. The group arrived in Brockville for lunch at the 1000 Island Brewery. The restaurant received great reviews from all. A walkabout followed including the Railway Tunnel and waterfront. The Tunnel […]

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Brewery and Cheese Tour

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Nine cars practiced this rain-or-shine event. In downpouring rain and thunder the group met at the C2M2 Home Base. Due to Mother Nature, we delayed the starting time. There were some CB communication challenges along the way but nothing the expert drivers could not solve. With only 9 cars we stayed as one group. It […]

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Chateau Montebello Tour

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This was a C2M2-2025 Test Run of the Chateau Montebello 2 Tour (reverse direction). Well, the day started off beautifully and the weather was fantastic! Ten Miata’s rolled out of the C2M2 Base Camp on schedule and in tight formation and this went on for most of the Tour. We ran into our first snag […]

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Watkins Glen Spring Grand Ramble

The inaugural tour to the Watkins Glen Spring Grand Ramble was a great success. Leaving Manotick on a cold day (so cold that “tops up” was the decision) the 7 cars headed down to Ogdensburg NY and then cross-country to Sackets Harbour for a lunch stop at the lovely Tin Pan Galley. After lunch, the […]

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Twist The Twisties

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Beginning the day at 7, with the drivers meeting at 7:15, and departure at 7:30, made for a very, very early morning start, especially for those driving quite a distance to join the last tour of the year. We had 12 cars and 20 members leaving Manotick in the fog. A great tour that Mike […]

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Cardle Tour

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On a truly beautiful fall day, eight teams made up of 16 road warriors sallied forth to confront the clues, resolve the riddles, decode the encryptions and … generally have a lot of fun figuring out mystery words by combining their favourite cars, sharp eyes and enquiring minds to find and fathom mystery words for […]

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Breakfast, Wine & Apples Tour

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The Breakfast, Wine and Apples tour started with a little fog and chill in the air. We were a small group of 8 cars and 12 members. We arrived at the Richmond Village Bakehouse for a family type traditional breakfast five minutes into our tour. We all sat at the same table and got to […]

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