Established 1994

2012 HPOCA National Winter Meet, Sacramento CA

The California Oliver Cletrac Club will be hosting the
2012 Hart-Parr Oliver Collectors Association National Winter Meet
in California’s Capitol, Sacramento California,
Saturday February 11 through Monday February 13, 2012.
 

CONVENTION BANQUET:

     Held at the California Automobile Museum in Sacramento.  The cost is $32.00 per person.  Transportation from hotel to banquet facility and back will be provided.  Facility will open at 4:00pm for tours; seating for dinner at 6:00pm.  Transportation back to hotel beginning at 8:00pm.  Although no tractors are allowed at the hotel site, we have made arrangements with the Museum folks to have a display of Cletracs at the Museum.

TOURS:

     Organized bus tours on Saturday and Sunday with a focus on California agriculture (click for details).  On Monday you can make your own arrangements to do some shopping at one of the nearby area malls or visit one of the many close-by tour spots.  Please make plans to be back at the convention hotel by 3:00pm at the latest so that you can freshen up and prepare for the convention banquet that night!  Transportation from the hotel to the convention facilities will begin at 4:00pm.  Possible day activities include:

TOUR CALIFORNIA AFTER THE WINTER SHOW:

     Although we are not affiliated with the World Ag Expo in Tulare California, we have timed our convention to occur the weekend before that event, which will be held February 14 through 16 in Tulare CA.  This is the largest modern farm equipment show in the world!  You are welcome to make your own arrangements to visit that show after the HPOCA convention and banquet is completed on Monday evening.  The distance from Sacramento to Tulare is approximately 215 miles and takes about 3 hours and 25 minutes non-stop by car.  We recommend that you take a leisurely drive down to this show on Tuesday morning, by taking Highway 99 (more direct) or Highway 5 (larger freeway).  If you take Highway 99, you can stop in and say hello at the Bechthold Tractor Service shop in Lodi.  Enjoy the vastness of the California landscape.  Have lunch at Harris Ranch Restaurant in Coalinga.
     Or if you prefer something different than farm equipment, Gold Country is just half an hour drive east of Sacramento or go further east to Lake Tahoe or Reno.  Take your own more extensive tour of the Napa and Sonoma Valleys, world famous wines.  Head for San Francisco to the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz and Angel Islands.  Take a drive along the coast.  If you’re really adventuresome, continue down the coast to Morro Bay or the Hearst Castle.  Perhaps down to Los Angeles to Disneyland.