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Tin Can Tourists gather for 94th annual winter convention

 
Cherie Milburn of Spring Hill studies for an algebra test Thursday while sitting in a 1953 Chief T45, a trailer coach she owns with her partner, Carl Sturgeon II, before the start of the 94th annual Tin Can Tourists Winter Convention at Sertoma Youth Ranch. The coach is 45 feet long and 8 feet wide. “We spent an entire morning preparing to get the trailer coach to the ranch,” Milburn said. It marks the 94th annual Tin Can Tourists Winter Convention.
Cherie Milburn of Spring Hill studies for an algebra test Thursday while sitting in a 1953 Chief T45, a trailer coach she owns with her partner, Carl Sturgeon II, before the start of the 94th annual Tin Can Tourists Winter Convention at Sertoma Youth Ranch. The coach is 45 feet long and 8 feet wide. “We spent an entire morning preparing to get the trailer coach to the ranch,” Milburn said. It marks the 94th annual Tin Can Tourists Winter Convention.
Published Feb. 21, 2014

The 94th Annual Tin Can Tourists Winter Convention has reconvened at the Sertoma Youth Ranch at 85 Myers Road south of Spring Lake. The gathering of motor coaches and vintage trailers first began in 1919 in Desoto Park in Tampa and hopes to be a mainstay at the Sertoma Youth Ranch. On Saturday, the public is invited for an open house from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is $3 per vehicle. For more information, call (941) 302-2415.