The Salt Spring Cruisers Car Club’s 8th annual Salt Spring Rod Run takes place on Monday, June 30, the day before the Canada Day Show & Shine car show. People are encouraged to find a spot on the route to watch the parade of classic vehicles go by.
Drivers meet in the Gulf Islands Secondary School parking lot beginning at 5 p.m. The drivers meeting is at 5:50 p.m. and departure at 6 p.m. (or 1800 hours as indicated on the map).
• Exit GISS lot and go left onto Rainbow Rd. • Right on Jackson Ave. • Left on McPhillips Ave. • Right on Lower Ganges Rd. • Left on Fulford-Ganges Rd. • Left on Purvis Lane • Right on Lower Ganges Rd. • Right on Blain Rd. • Left on Kings Lane • Right on Howell Lane • Left on Leisure Lane • Left on Upper Ganges Rd. • Continue on Robinson Rd. • Right turn on Walker’s Hook Rd. • Left on Maliview Dr. (time – 14 minutes) • Continue right on Whims Rd. • Left on North End Rd. • Right on Vesuvius Bay Rd. (at Central – time 31min) • Left on Chu An Drive (time – 34 min) • Left on Quarry Dr. • Left on Stonecutter Way • Right on Elizabeth Dr. • Left on Bradley Rd. • Right on Mobrae Ave. • Continue on Mobrae at Forest Hill • Right on Vesuvius Bay Rd. • Right on Lower Ganges Rd. (at Central – time 41 min) • Right on Fulford-Ganges Rd., • Left on Beddis Rd. • Right on Cusheon Lake Rd. • Bear right onto Fulford-Ganges Rd. (time – 60 min) • Return to Ganges via Fulford-Ganges Rd.
The Canada Day car show runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the school field at Jackson Avenue and Rainbow Road. (Gates are at 8 a.m. for car show entrants.) See the Salt Spring Cruisers website for more information.