17th Annual Car d'Lane
No photos of this because it was spur of the moment, but it was fun.
Got to Butch's house last night to drop off a fish head for Ron (you can get $20 for them) and no one was there. I called Butch's cell and they were headed out in a 'Cuda to go downtown and show off the car.
The plan came together quickly after that. I ran down and got Butch. We washed his old Caddy convertable in about 10 minutes flat and went, missed registration, and so just cut in and drove around with all the other old cars. It was pretty fun. Hundreds of people lined the street, hundreds of cars created a stop and go gridlock, and there was much to see for all!
Well, then we overheated a little bit and jumped out of line...drove down Lakeview to cool it off. Then we were going to meet Zimmer and his pals down there, park, and watch the cars go by. They wouldn't let us back in (since we were using a pink Jiffy Lube receipt the first time...registration cards were pink.) So again we drove around, cut in, and then tried to park near these guys. The lights stopped working....they worked in Park, but not in Drive...and that's just really hard on the transmission to drive around in Park. ;) So we had to jet out of there since it was way too dark to drive safely without lights. (Go figure) We took many back roads slowly back to Butch's house. Many nice people in CDA...everyone flashing their lights...and there's Butch and I just smiling and waving!
It was definitely fun because it was not something I would ever see myself doing. Put yourself in a car and have people sitting on the curb about 5 feet from you staring. Me in a spotlight? No thanks.
So we ended up drinking some beer and talking about hunting season. Then I took his 60 cc toy trail bike for a ride around the yard. I felt like a dork, but it was still fun...tearing around the lawn at midnight on a miniature motorcycle.
These are the days (and nights) of my life I guess...ha!
Got to Butch's house last night to drop off a fish head for Ron (you can get $20 for them) and no one was there. I called Butch's cell and they were headed out in a 'Cuda to go downtown and show off the car.
The plan came together quickly after that. I ran down and got Butch. We washed his old Caddy convertable in about 10 minutes flat and went, missed registration, and so just cut in and drove around with all the other old cars. It was pretty fun. Hundreds of people lined the street, hundreds of cars created a stop and go gridlock, and there was much to see for all!
Well, then we overheated a little bit and jumped out of line...drove down Lakeview to cool it off. Then we were going to meet Zimmer and his pals down there, park, and watch the cars go by. They wouldn't let us back in (since we were using a pink Jiffy Lube receipt the first time...registration cards were pink.) So again we drove around, cut in, and then tried to park near these guys. The lights stopped working....they worked in Park, but not in Drive...and that's just really hard on the transmission to drive around in Park. ;) So we had to jet out of there since it was way too dark to drive safely without lights. (Go figure) We took many back roads slowly back to Butch's house. Many nice people in CDA...everyone flashing their lights...and there's Butch and I just smiling and waving!
It was definitely fun because it was not something I would ever see myself doing. Put yourself in a car and have people sitting on the curb about 5 feet from you staring. Me in a spotlight? No thanks.
So we ended up drinking some beer and talking about hunting season. Then I took his 60 cc toy trail bike for a ride around the yard. I felt like a dork, but it was still fun...tearing around the lawn at midnight on a miniature motorcycle.
These are the days (and nights) of my life I guess...ha!
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