Join your Musher friends at the Maple Springs Living facility for a pop-up car show.

Address is: 11150 Sukdo Way. Take C Street south to the Klatt Road roundabout. Exit on Sukdo Way (the north eastern exit between C Street and Klatt Rd.).

There will be snacks and refreshments provided by the staff of Maple Springs.

AAMA member Marcy Cresap will be the coordinator for this event. She can be reached on her cell phone at: 907-947-7509.

The third of the three scheduled Adopt-A-Road service projects begins at the Carr’s parking lot on Northern Lights and Muldoon. Trash bags and safety vests will be provided. BYOG (bring your own gloves).

Marcy Cresap 907-947-7509 is the coordinator for this event.

Monday, September 1 is Labor Day.

You're invited to join fellow mushers for a drive to Hatcher Pass, Independence Mine, Summit Lake and Willow.

Mushers will meet at Art and Tam Isham’s home, 10-11 a.m., to prep their ovens (car engines) with meals that will be warmed, melted, crispy or ‘just right’ by the time we reach Hatcher Pass.

Chef Isham will offer last-minute engine preparation tips which can include custom-made cookers or well-wrapped tin-foiled concoctions. In preparation. Bring your pre-cooked meals and your proposed cooking implements for final review at the Isham's home.
Of course, you can always bring regular sandwiches and food in your cooler.

Mushers will leave the Isham’s home at 11 a.m.  We’ll head to Palmer and have a final gas-up opportunity at Turner’s Corner which is on Fishhook Road (just before the park entrance.)

Oven mitts will come out at the parking lot next to what used to be the Motherlode Lodge (Mile 13.) Share your dish- hot, cold, spicy or sweet or keep it all for yourself.  Bring your own beverages.

Next, it’s off to Independence Mine for a photo that will be submittted to AACA's Magazine.  Then, we’ll travel toward and past Summit Lake, make our way to Willow and possibly stop at Little Millers Lucus Ice Cream before heading home.

In all, its a 4-5 hour beautiful, scenic adventure on wheels.  Cell service is sometimes limited.

Tam and Art Isham's Address:    19944 Upper Greatland Dr.

David Jensen and his co-pilot Iris are captains for this adventure.  Call anytime.

(907) 244-4197

david@alaskaportraits.com

Soldotna Chili Feed -  Saturday, August 23rd.  Sponsored by the Soldotna Senior Center.

The Antique Auto Mushers and the Alaskan Model A Club will join the Kaknu Kruzers car club (from Kenai) for chili and a car show at the Soldotna Senior Center, 197 W Park Ave,  in Soldotna. 

A fun event, and a beautiful drive. The Soldotna Senior Center always provides us with a great meal.

All cars will meet at Carrs Huffman at 8:30 am, and leave by 8:45. After arriving and having our lunch, the Car Show is scheduled for noon to 2pm.

AAMA member Jim Fredenhagen will be the event coordinator. He can be reached on his cell phone at:  907-351-3115.

Thursday evening, August 21st, join us as we will be showing off our cars at the Alaska Aviation Museum on Lake Hood, a yearly AAMA event.

Bring your cars to the Museum parking lot at 5:30pm. Some cars will be shown inside the Museum; some outside.

Food, beer, and wine will be provided by the Aviation Museum.

AAMA member Linda Mattes-Golding is the event coordinator. She can be reached on her cell phone at: 907-351-3251 if you have any questions.

Join your AAMA friends at the Anchorage Pioneer Home - 923 W 11th Ave, from 11:00am until 1:00pm, as we entertain their residents with our cars.

This will be a sort of ‘mock’ State Fair for their folks there, so expect "‘fair” food and activities. It should be lots of fun!

AAMA member David Jensen is the coordinator for this event. He can be reached on his cell phone at: 907-244-4197.

All issues regarding the on-again -- off-again AAMA Alaska State Fair Car Show have finally been resolved. In short: THEY WANT US BACK, AND SO OUR CAR SHOW IS ON!

And so - although I realize this is very short notice - we are going to hold our car show (as we have for many, many years past) THIS SATURDAY (August 16th). 

Our show spot will be about 40 feet from our previous location, down the trail from the giant Farm Exhibits building, parallel with the black fence alongside the grandstands (see attached maps).

Be aware that many structures there have changed, or have been moved a bit. There will be a large circus tent very close to us. The beer hall tent has been moved over about 10 feet. The bathroom building remains very close, just across the trail from us. There will be some new food trucks parked very close to our area.

The fair hours this Saturday are 11:00am to 10pm. We will arrive and stage on the road within the fairground, just shy of our spot, between 10:00am and 10:30 am, after which we can caravan as a group into our fair spot. After parking your antique or classic vehicle, you will have complete access to the fair. We will have a sign-up sheet (as we do every year), for Mushers to volunteer to man our booth, answer questions of the fairgoers, and keep an eye on the cars - all in one hour shifts. 

If you cannot make it there at the above mentioned time, you can arrive anytime  on your own during fair hours, and leave anytime you wish.

I have negotiated free fair tickets, for those of us that participate in the show, that can be used anytime and any day at this year's fair (until Labor Day). I will be holding these tickets, so find me if you want them.

There will be no entry fee for us or our Musher cars on Saturday.

Whilst AAMA members Jennifer Isham and Brian Fay were the original coordinators for this event, after the State Fair cancelled our show a few weeks ago, they made other plans for this weekend. Our thanks go out to them for their gallant efforts! Given the short time for preparation, President Richard Golding, will now be the event coordinator. I can be reached at 907-227-2595 or rsg1952@gmail.com.

Consult your email tol find two maps. They can be opened, outside of your email program, and enlarged to show more detail. Both show the route to our show's spot. The first gives a little more detail as to the route to our show spot. The other covers the drive in from the Glenn Highway.

It’s time for the Hot Summer Nights Car Show in Downtown Palmer.  Run by our friends with the Alaska 49th State Street Rodders. This is their event description:

Saturday August 9th, 2025 from 5pm to 9pm (best to arrive around 4:00pm, to get a good spot).. 

According to the 7 day forecast it looks like it will be warm and no rain so that is great.  Exquisite Urban Tastes is the Food Truck that will be there to help feed the hungry crowd as well as all the many restaurants on S. Colony Way and in downtown Palmer.  Looks like with good weather we will have a large turn out Hurrah, so even though it is not mandatory I would strongly recommend that you pre-register your vehicle.  It will save a lot of time in line if we have 75 or so vehicles.  And with all of our shows you must register your vehicle so we can have an accurate record of participation. You don’t need to be signed up for voting for People’s Choice. 

Remember it is always free to enter and free to attend so don’t let any scammers get you.  Rain or shine we will be there so we hope to see you there also.

Come out with your old car to The Baxter Senior Living facility at 4280 Baxter Road (just north of Tudor Rd.), on Saturday, August 9th at 3:00pm. We will get a chance to see our beloved members, Bruce and Marl Campbell, who reside there.

This pop-up show is beginning to become a bit of a tradition, as this is our third year hosting it at this facility.

Our regular Wednesday evening drive-around will be moving (this Wednesday ONLY) from its normal staging in the REI parking lot, instead attending a Car/Truck parade at the Maranatha Fellowship Church, 3541 W Dimond Blvd. (see attached map below). 

The Mushers have been invited to participate in the church’s celebration of their new parking lot.The festivities are scheduled to begin at approximately 6pm. There will be a cookout with hamburgers and hotdogs provided. They are promising us “food, fellowship, yard games" and the car/truck parade. Several of the area car clubs have been invited.

AAMA member Nat Gardner is the coordinator for this event. She can be reached on her cell phone at: 907-538-1697.

The AAMA has been invited to show our cars at the Providence Horizon House Assisted Living Facility, 4140 Folker St. (one block north of Tudor Rd, and two blocks west of Lake Otis Pkwy.) on Wednesday, August 6th, 2025, starting at 2pm.

The residents there are anxious to see our vehicles and talk with us about them, and the facility is planning an ice cream social to greet us!

AAMA member Patti Billman is the coordinator for this event. She can be reached on her cell phone at: 907-250-3118.

Park strip, times may change. More later.

Times and Location to be announced later.

Always a Musher favorite!

The former Providence Compassion Care Center has been renamed The Polaris Traditional & Extended Care Center.

Address: 910 Compassion Circle, Anchorage (just east of Boniface, north of Debarr). Staging in the rear parking lot (the same as in years past). Free popcorn, music and lots of very appreciative residents!

Terri Young is this event’s coordinator. She can be reached on her cell at: 907-748-5494.

The second of the three scheduled Adopt-A-Road service projects begins at the Carr’s parking lot on Northern Lights and Muldoon. Trash bags and safety vests will be provided. BYOG (bring your own gloves).

Marcy Cresap 907-947-7509 is the coordinator for this event.

The Antique Auto Mushers have been invited to attend the annual Eagle River Bear Paw Festival’s car show between the hours of 6:00pm and 9:00pm.

The car show actually starts at 6:00pm, but the show organizers would appreciate us arriving and setting-up our cars anytime after 4:00pm.

We will stage our cars in the same location as years past. There are 10-15 spaces reserved for our vehicles in the parking lot of Garcia’s Restaurant on Business Blvd. Access to this area is via North Eagle River Loop Road - then turn west (away from the mountains) onto Business Blvd (that’s the corner with the Taco Bell on it).

This is a large festival, with dozens of food vendors, arcade rides and booths hawking all kinds of merchandise. A real family friendly experience, and a yearly tradition for the Mushers.

Linda Mattes-Golding is the AAMA coordinator for this event. She can be reached via phone or text at: 907-351-3251 or email at: 1954lmg@gmail.com

The second of this season’s Adult Center pop-up car shows.

Our friends at the Turnagain Social Club (630 E. Tudor Road) have invited us again for this year’s annual gathering of our cars in their parking lot. Their residents are always delighted to see us and experience our nostalgic vehicles.

Begin gathering in their front parking lot at 1:00pm.

Linda Mattes-Golding is the coordinator on this event for the AAMA. She can be reached via phone or text at: 907-351-3251, or email her at: 1954lmg@gmail.com

Times may change as we get closer. The BBQ will be pot luck at the Cresap residence at the conclusion of the ER/C parade.

This season’s first senior facility pop-up car show.

We have been invited by the Centennial Post Acute facility (we’ve been there before), to show off our cars to their residents. They will be providing BBQ style food for us.

Their residents really enjoy and appreciate our cars. Come on out with your antique or classic vehicle!

Centennial Post Acute Nursing Home

9100 Centennial Circle

Anchorage, AK 99504

DIRECTIONS: Take Muldoon Rd (N), and turn right (E) on Peck Ave (that’s the second road south of the Glenn Hwy). Follow Peck to Centennial Circle where you will turn left (N), and then simply cruise along that road to the facility.

Richard will be this event’s coordinator. He can be reached at 907-227-2595 or rsg1952@gmail.com

The Antique Auto Mushers of Alaska have been cordially invited by the Anchorage Downtown Partnership to display our cars in this year’s Solstice Festival, from noon to 5:00pm.

Here is the website regarding all the festivities planned:

https://www.anchorage.net/events/annual-events/summer-solstice-festival/

The Mushers will be staging their vehicles starting at 11:00am. Our designated space will be on 4th Avenue, between D and G streets. 

A map for vehicle access of the staging area is forthcoming, and I shall email a copy of it to all members, when the Partnership makes it available.

Linda Mattes-Golding is our club’s coordinator for this event. Should you have any questions or concerns, you can call her directly at: 907-351-3251.

This is a large and festive community event. If the weather stays friendly, there is usually a huge turnout of locals and tourists. Plan to have a good time with your cars, your friends and your family, downtown.

Here ye, here ye! 

Thursday at 2pm come all ye merry Mushers, to the humble castle of Art and Tam Isham, in Peter’s Creek, and bid a fond farewell to our Treasurer and friend, Louis Mestier, as he and his goodly wife Dimi, take flight and leave the friendly confines of South Central Alaska, bound for fame, fortune and a new life in Ontario, Canada. 

He shall be missed, eh?

Join your friends for good conversation, good food and cheap grog.

(Actually, there will only be desserts, coffee & tea). 

Cometh and bid the Mestiers farewell . . . and then eat enough pie that your trousers shan’t comfortably fit again for at least a week.

Please show up early to place signs and park cars prior to show start. (More details later.)

The AAMA has been invited to attend the Merrill Field 100th birthday celebration. We will be exhibiting our cars on the tarmac. Arrive for set-up 7:00 am to 8:30am. Contact Richard Golding for specific information at 907-227-2595.

The first of the three scheduled Adopt-A-Road service projects begins at the Carr’s parking lot on Northern Lights and Muldoon. Trash bags and safety vests will be provided. BYOG (bring your own gloves).

Marcy Cresap 907-947-7509 is the coordinator for this event.

If you have the time, you can stick around Homer for an additional day (after the car show ends on Sunday), and join some of your fellow Mushers as we take a cruise with Rainbow Tours to Seldovia and back. This is for passengers only. We will park our cars in their lot at the docks. The cruise leaves the Homer dock at 10:30 am, so get there early!

Both the Aspen Suites and the Ocean Shores hotels are offering the same discounted rate for that Monday night that was given us for the Saturday and Sunday nights.

You can contact Rainbow Tours for a reservation at: 907-235-7272.
Tell them it’s for the “Seldovia Wildlife Tour.”
Ask for the discounted $89 Senior rate.
-Be sure to tell then you're with the Mushers.

If you have any other questions or concerns, you can call Richard Golding directly at: 907-227-2595.