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July 2010 Newsletter

JULY 2010 NEWS LETTER

Corvette Adventures

June Cruizin Month started off with our third year of Corvette Adventures in the Wisconsin Dells, WI. It was great fun seeing old friends and meeting new ones while admiring all the Corvettes that attend the event as well as beautiful new ones provided by Ballweg Chevrolet of Middleton, WI for the drivers of the road tours. What a lucky bunch of drivers!! Cruz Master put together great back road routes featuring some of Wisconsin finest rural America stops along the way. From a cheese and winery tour, a ride to the Mississippi River for lunch to a stop at the Baraboo Circus World Museum showcasing what CruizinUSA is all about, sharing our routes and the stops along the way.

Bloomington Gold

St Charles, IL was fun as that town hosted the annual Bloomington Gold Corvette Show showcasing some of the most beautiful Corvettes out there. From old to new, they were all there along with the Mecum Auto Auction making this event one of the largest Corvettes Shows going. The most moving car displayed was the one dedicated to the fight of cancer by two gentlemen who had lost their wives to the deadly disease. Show your support and visit their booth at other Corvette Events. The survivor car show was well worth the stay on Sunday. What a collection of cars with all brands from all years. Check out our pictures on our Cruizin Face Book Fan page.

Wing-Ding

Cruizin Susan finished off the month at the annual Wing-Ding 32 held in Des Moines, Iowa. Participating with ScarecrowArt.com vendor booth we got to see a true bike artist at work. With license plates that read ?Her Wing? we watched as Scarecrow performed his magic on a Gold Wing and gave that lady rider the look of her dreams on her bike. She proudly returned with her new Ostrich seat from another vendor and was ready to join the others. We saw some of the most beautiful Gold Wings and the different variety of trikes and you should see what?s out there!! The new styles are right out of the 21st Century and were fun to see first hand. The annual Wing-Ding parade was a site to behold as well. We got to video the parade and heard that the count was 600 plus bikes from the official Wing-Ding counters.

The artwork that is on some of these bikes is as unique as their owners. Passionate about their bikes and what they express gave way to many a heartwarming story. From new tires to new seats, hand grips or pipes, trailers to campers or the flags that are flown proudly on the bikes, the vendors work around the clock full filling as many needs and desires as they can and when that 1:30 announcement comes on that final day they knew that they have made a lot of people happy. Kudos to the organizational group of the GWRRA 2010 for a well run show. See you in Knoxville, Tennessee for Wing-Ding 33, 2011!

After the show ended we road Black Beauty a beautiful black 2010 Honda Gold Wing provided by Vetsnick Power Sports in Richland Center, WI. From beautiful downtown Des Moines, IA to the back roads of Iowa, we took a fun back road route riding this fine, smooth machine to see the birth place of John Wayne. What a way to spend a Saturday out of town. We were helped in our journey in a town called St. Mary?s at the Northside Tavern where we stopped for directions. We met the new owner Patrick, who had moved from Florida with his wife and bought the bar that had been in her family for years. Along with his customers we enjoyed our visit and the history lesson, then with the help of their directions found our way to the birth place of John Wayne in a town called Winterset. In Winterset we stopped at the Pheasant Run but known to many as the Blue Note - the bar in the movie Bridges over Madison County. They made sure we did not miss the newly erected bronzed John Wayne statue in the middle of town just down the block. Be sure you visit our new friend?s establishments on your way to see a little history. What a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon as these are the types of journeys that have been the inspiration for CruizinUSA.

Des Monies Iowa showed off big town support not only for the Wing-Ding 32 but their annual Good Guys Custom Car & Truck Show. Over 3,500 of every type of custom car and trucks plus many older stock models were on display for the 4th of July weekend. People lined the streets of the Iowa State Fair grounds with their chairs to see these cars come in and out throughout the weekend. I couldn?t stop taking pictures as each one was so cool! We ran into some friends from our Corvette Adventures Event at the custom car and truck show who gave us a tip to check out the ?Field of Dreams? farm and ballpark that is located in Dyersville, Iowa somewhat on our way home. We finished the night off watching the fireworks from the grandstand. Check out our pictures on our Cruizin Face Book Fan page. What a great way to start off the month of July. When we go live we will have more pictures and video along with the routes and all the POI?s attached to our routes so fellow Cruisers may Enjoy the Journey as Well!

We would love for you to share your pictures and stories connected to your routes on our Facebook Fan Page from any of your road trips. Sharing our routes will help in our Mission of connecting Main Street America one route at a time!

SITE UPGRADES COMING SOON

We appreciate all your feedback and we are looking forward to an early summer release. We promise the wait will be more than worth it. Technology changes daily and we want to make sure we bring you the very best in the technology world to enhance the Cruizin experience

Be sure to sign up so we can inform you as soon as we go live and we can all do our part to Reconnect Main Street America! Connecting one small town to the next for a great Cruizin experience while helping our home town business. What better way to spread the wealth with a fun back road cruise and discover what is right out your backdoor? Or are you a hard core Iron Butt who has a goal of unbelievable amount of miles in one year? If so, let our Cruizin members help you with those destinations or share yours so others may enjoy your discoveries.

ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES

CruizinUSA is now beginning pre-launch advertising specials. Find out how you can promote your business on CruizinUSA.com for less than the price of a cup of coffee per day. We are committed to help drive business to your front door. Call 888-822-9872 for more information.

UP COMING EVENTS AND CRUIZIN SPONSERED EVENTS

Our ?HELPING TO PUT SMALL TOWN AMERICA BACK ON THE MAP? is not just a slogan but a mission and is the inspiration for CruizinUSA.com. When members share their routes and places by using our mapmaker we all can join in the journey of mapping our towns and the road that get us there. By patronizing these businesses we help keep them in business. We help them with their mission! ?Keep the store open? is what we hear when doing our routes and this is the mission we want to help with.

Don?t forget to visit our Sponsored Events www.corvetteadventures.com, www.cruizinbikefest.com and the Scarecrow Art Bike show www.chulavistaresort.com all at Chula Vista Resort in the Wisconsin Dells. Be sure to visit us at the Chula Vista Hospitality booths at Star Days in Chattanooga, TN, www.startouring.org , the Midwest Star B?Q Aug. in Milwaukee, WI and www.CorvetteFunFest.com in Effingham, IL.

Got any ideas on what should be a not miss event. We would love to here your ideas. Go to the Cruizin Face book fan page and share with your fellow cruisers!

EVENTS LISTING

If you have an Event you would like listed for free be sure to visit our Event page it is more than just a simple listing of your Event but has plenty of space for details and pictures. Tell us about the events you are attending this year and if you think it is a must do and what makes is so. E-mail the information to skiry@cruzinusa.com attention, Cruizin with Susan and we might get it on our itinerary. We would also like to hear about your town or your Club or Chapter Events and what your group is doing to help out our neighbors both here at home but across the globe as well. Let?s get the word out and use CruizinUSA for your platform.

CRUIZINUSA.COM CONNECTING MAIN STREET AMERICA ONE ROUTE AT A TIME!!!

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