Friday the
29th was the kick off day for the weekly cruise at Virginia Barbeque
in Fredericksburg, VA. The cruise is
hosted by the Fredericksburg Classic and Muscle Car Club and has been a local
‘must do’ event for many years now.
There are usually 40-90 vehicles that cruise in and no doubt the cool
weather kept the attendance to around 35 for the evening. Coach was back doing the DJ deal and kept the
cadence of the event moving in a fun direction.
Many of us
have been keeping in touch by Facebook and email during the winter. The ‘social, electronic’ method of
communication is helpful but there is nothing like the old fashioned way to
communicate….sadly it is a social skill that is slowly disappearing! This
outing was a time to press the flesh and re-establish an actual face to face
connection with some of our ‘electronic’ friends that we were separated from
during the winter. We also began making
some new friends….that is always cool.
There were
no surprises in the vehicles that came out…..most were the usual suspects. Bill & Debbie’s Model T race car is
always a crowd pleaser and tonight there was constantly a gaggle of people
around and in it! Bill loves to share
his car with anyone that will listen….he is a great ambassador for our hobby! And there was a ’67 Ford long roof with a new
look….very nice!
As soon as
the sun and the temperature started dropping….it got cooler rapidly. Since the Princess had been sitting in the
truck for last 3 hours I decided it was time to pull the plug and cruise
home….I love this hobby!
Saturday a
few of us cruised to Manassas, VA the cruise at Burger King near the airport on
Rt. 28. The event is hosted by Bull Run
Street Rods and is a year-round fixture in our corner of Virginia. No music, no trophies….just a whole bunch of
vehicle enthusiasts gathering to show off their rides and talk about car stuff!
It seems
that the event draws a lot of late model vehicles….which is OK with me. I like to look at a new Challenger, Camaro,
Mustang or Vette too….cars is cars! I
can and do appreciate the labor of love that some guys/gals build and I would
rather drive an older ride….but the new ones are so techie and cool that they
deserve a look too. It’s all good.
I liked the
black Duster with the white stripes….it was about as perfect a Duster as I have
ever seen! Many of the regulars like
Paul’s yellow ’32 coupe and Skip’s red ’37 coupe were there and I liked the
silver Studebaker Pickup that cruised in….now there is something you don’t see
very often. Jim & Linda had a piece of
art work done for their blue ’08 Vette….it’s the under hood blanket….it’s
really cool!
We all had a
late lunch at BK, something about hamburgers & hot rods that just makes
sense. Then we had some ice cream from
the vendor in the parking lot while the ladies had something going on about
sign language or something. I would look
at the Princess and say ‘huh’ and they would all break out laughing….what’s up
with that? And Debie has to talk to and
pet all the dogs that people bring with them….but she found one that still didn’t
like her, even after she fed him ice cream!
I’m glad the ladies had a fun time because when they are happy….we are
happy….it’s amazing how that works! Even
though it was a beautiful day it was still too cool to set up the chairs and
sit a spell so we walked around for an hour or so then cruised back to
Stafford.
A magnificent
day cruising on the Virginia highways giving people something to wave at….A
nice beginning to the season.
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