Wednesday, April 30, 2008

It's Chrome Season!!!!

The car show season 2008 unofficially kicked off this past weekend with the Spring Carlisle event.
Schedule for 2008 is here.

We didn't go to Carlisle last weekend, but have plans to attend the Ford, GM, Chrysler and Truck Nats. The redheaded woman gravitating towards chrome and tailfins like a crow to sparklies will be me. Just follow the trail of drool. (Yeah I know... thousands of people there blah blah blah... I manage to get found regardless.)

Other plans for the year include a handful of local/regional shows and hopefully Hershey in the fall. You know we can't pass a car show, no matter what kind of agenda was otherwise planned... as I've said before, we were an hour late to our own wedding party because someone had the audacity to hold a show along our travel route. :-P

The AACA Museum in Hershey is a must-do this year, as their theme is tailfins! The last time we went, the window display was a gorgeous and pristine Buick Grand National, which I salivated over for a good half-hour. If you're out that way it's definitely worth a side trip.

In non-auto (but still vehicular) plans, I want to get to an airshow this year. There's one in Atlantic City and others in neighboring states, along with the Blue Angels 2008 schedule. Unfortunately the AC show does not feature the Blue Angels this year so a longer road trip may be in the works if I get singlemindedly determined to see my Blues. And Harrier. And B1B. And... okay, you get the idea. It's been 5 or 6 years since I've been to an airshow and the withdrawals are kicking in hard.

Also, I'd love to visit one of the military aircraft museums with an SR-71 Blackbird on display. I've always wanted to see one myself instead of just photos. *Most. Awesome. Plane. Ever.*

Once the weather here makes up its mind (70 degrees/35 degrees) the classics will be out again, and I'll be able to snap some pics for the blog. Happy happy joy joy!

Monday, January 07, 2008

Blue Christmas


That's my (!) Electra, hangin' out in the snow. I just liked the photo.