More Pictures of Groundbreaking

Pictures of LeMay - AMERICA'S CAR MUSEUM are up on their flickr page and I just thought it would be nice to pass the information along:
LeMay - AMERICA'S CAR MUSEUM Groundbreaking pictures
They have some very nice pictures of the actual ceremony.

Also here are some more pictures that I took of the cars from the event:

There were so many pictures to share with you all that I liked from the event I thought that it deserved two postings to cover it all.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures. If you are in the area of downtown Tacoma or happen to pass by where the Tacoma Dome is make sure to glance over, when it is safe to do so of course, and see the new Museum's progress!

'Til next time have a great day everyone,

LeMay Museum Ground Breaking

Last Thursday was LeMay - America's Car Museum's groundbreaking by the Tacoma Dome for the new museum site. It was really quite exciting, not only was it the groundbreaking but was like a car show also because of how many collector classic cars came. One thing that made me chuckle was when Nancy LeMay said that if her husband, Harold the Museum's founder, was here today he would probably be out looking at the cars instead of at the ceremony.

Here are a few pictures of the ceremony:

 Nancy LeMay and the Museum's CEO David Madeira

It was absolutely amazing how many people from the press at the ceremony.

This was before the ceremony started, quite crowded already.

Now here a few of my favorite pictures that were taken at the groundbreaking.

A Hudson Hornet

A whole caravan of Model "A" Fords came to the event.

A view of some of the cars and where we were located at in reference to the Tacoma Dome.

It took thirteen years to get to the groundbreaking and now the construction is finally underway! It was definitely a day of celebration and excitement.

I hope you enjoyed this post and the pictures of the event.
'Til next time have a great day everyone,

Great News! LeMay Museum Breaking Ground!

It's a day that myself, the other volunteers and a good number of others have been looking forward to for a long time. The Museum is breaking ground on its new location next to the Tacoma Dome! The date is set for Thursday, June 10th, starting at 3 pm at the Tacoma Dome with a after party at the Museum's Fife location from 5 - 8 pm. If you are interested in attending the after party they are asking that people RSVP. 
It will be a lot of fun and the approximate finish date for the new Museum is sometime in 2011!
So if you are in the area and are available at that time it would be great if you could make it.
On LeMay's website you can see pictures of what the Museum is going to look like after it is finished.
Just wanted to share the exciting news!
'Til next time have a great day everyone,

Thanking volunteers and a great gift

The volunteers uneasily stepped forward to receive their assignment after many others have ducked their heads or avoided eye contact:
Their mission.... To have fun and cause a little laughter in the room!
 Sunday was  the Museum's Volunteer Picnic Driving Tour.
Although I did not make it to all of the stops, which included the a motorcycle museum in Spanaway, the Museum's Fife location and a private car collection up towards Puyallup, I did get to come to the last stop back at Marymount for games and a picnic lunch.

It was great to meet new people and get to know the names of some of the people I have passed by and never got the chance to talk to.

The games were fun too- I "won" a baseball cap and later was given, there were many prizes left over, a poster of a nice looking race car (not particularly sure what kind it is though).

The games were based off the television show, which I have not seen, called "Minute to Win it."

I was with the starting group that participated in the first game, our team's mission was to pull out all the tissues from a tissue box in under a minute using one hand and only pulling them out one at a time. My forearm was indeed sore afterwords but I enjoyed it.

Later games including shaking ping pong balls out of empty tissue boxes that were strapped to the participants backs, dipping your nose in Vaseline then getting cotton ball with it and transferring them to a bowl about three or four feet away, stacking cups in pyramid formation (one handed) and then taking them down by using one cup to collect all of them by collapsing them and taking a measuring tape to get a ping pong ball into a bowl about four feet away ( more difficult than what it seems). The gymnasium filled with laughter and encouragement with each game.

It was a very enjoyable experience to say thank you to all of us volunteers and I hope that next year I can make it for the tour portion also.

Hope you enjoyed this post!
'Til next time have a amazing day,



p.s. On another note in the life of this car novice - On Friday I was pleasantly surprised to have one of the volunteers give me a collector car magazine that is suppose to be like the bible of collector car magazines, Hemmings Classic Car. This was really very sweet of him, he had finished reading it and knows that I am trying to learn more about the cars.  I look forward to reading it and maybe passing on the information if I find anything really striking about some of the cars.

Car Show Season begins....

So last week I went to not only a car show at Clover Park Technical College but I also went to the first Coffee CruiseIn at LeMay Museum's Fife office. It was really a great time. I got to see a few friends that I haven't seen in a while at the Fife location.

I also learned something about myself since I have volunteered at the Museum, I have gained a appreciation for classic cars. There was one particular car that was all "tricked" out with special things and I realized that while it might be "cool" and high performance it just doesn't have the artistic flair that some of the older cars have.

 This is the car that I previously was talking about. But here are some of the cars (some classic, some maybe not) That I saw at the car shows.

 

While I have learned that I don't particularly care for some tricked out cars appearances, some pieces can be added to the classics that make me smile ( Note the wind up key in the back).

I had to get a picture with the LeMay double decker bus!

And now some nice cars that were at LeMay Museum's Coffee Cruisein at their Fife location.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures of the cars! If you are in the area of Tacoma next time there is a Coffee CruiseIn ( It's a monthly event) I highly recommend it. Tell them Amber sent ya!
'Til Next time have a great day everyone,

A Classic Car Wedding

Everything was very busy this last Friday at LeMay - AMERICA'S CAR MUSEUM, our Volunteer and Event Coordinator was getting married on Saturday and the Museum was alive with volunteers and staff making sure that everything went just right at the reception that she would have at the Museum. I was amazed at the results. The Museum is in the middle of renovating, one of those areas being the gym, so it was great to see how beautiful it can look.


Here are a few pictures that I took of the gymnasium and the great classic cars from the Museum's collection  that were there. I was pleasantly surprised at how amazing the place looked and I was so happy that it turned out so well for our coordinator. 

Congratulations Stacy and Tim!

Hope you enjoyed the pictures of how the Museum looked and the classic cars. Click here: for more information about having a event at the Museum or call 253-536-2885, tell them Amber sent you. 

'Til next time have a  great day everyone,