Drive to the Flagler Museum and Brunch

Drive to the Flagler Museum
and brunch in Palm Beach

A group of about 25 members gathered at Boyton Beach's Ocean Inlet Park on April 1st for a foolish April fool day drive to visit the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach. Event coordinator John Sasson's plan to drive in reverse on this April fools day were quickly scrapped as E-type owners started to worry about such details as air flow thru the radiator of their cars and everybody left the park driving forward.

What was kept though, was the zigzag route between A1A and US 1 crossing every bridge along the way... Bridge openings over the intracoastal were a great opportunity to take pictures...

The group of 14 cars included 3 XJS, 4 E-types, 3 XJ6 and 2 XJ40s, a nice sampling, it was also a nice occasion to meet members who did not have a chance to come to events in the past.

The drive went smoothly, traffic was light, and we arrived at the Flagler museum early which gave us time for a quick walk to a nearby coffee shop; along the way we found a very nice sable Series 2 E-type convertible; the owner wasn't around but we left a couple of newsletter in his car...

The museum, set up in the mansion built by Henry Flagler at the end of last century... ooops... make that the one before... the XIXth..., served as a great backdrop to take pictures of the cars... what's new...

After a tour of the museum, we went for a short drive to Charly's on Palm Beach waterfront for a great brunch.

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