Local Car Cruise - Aug. 2011

Below is a photo that was published in our new, local 'on-line' newspaper, taken  during the annual car cruise in our community park this past summer - Sunday, August 28, 2011, to be exact.  

To paraphrase the caption:  Ron and Kathy have been attending this cruise since its inception [in 1997], and they are the original owners of this 1969 GTO.  Kathy said they were 25 years old when they bought the car, but they're not saying how old they are now!

Although we appear to be calm and relaxed in this photo, in fact we had  had a difficult time getting to the cruise, so it's amazing this photo ever got taken.  We had started for the cruise later than we should have, due to a battery problem.   Not surprisingly, it was difficult to finding a parking spot, and when we finally did, the car battery was acting up again, so we had to leave to get it checked out.  We were lucky the local Firestone store was open on a Sunday, and we were able to have new terminals put on.  Then the car started up fine, and we headed back to the cruise.  Amazingly, at 1 pm our parking spot was still there!  We finally got our chairs out and were relaxing when the photographer from the 'newspaper' came by.  She liked the items we had on our car and asked if she could take our photo!   So it turned out to be a good day after all!

We have been attending this annual cruise since the first one held in 1997.   As it has become more and more popular, you have to be there earlier and earlier in the morning to get the 'coveted'  parking spaces in the shade, even though the cruise doesn't officially 'start' until Noon.   It is a wonderful free event for the community (and car owners),  and the fire department earns money from their food concessions.