Back to Fifties 2016, or...No Mustang Burnouts

Minnesota's back to the Fifties. 2016 was another great year for the 10,000 Lakes State's biggest car show. There is so much to see that you can go into candy-coated overload.

Wisconsin Car Show Weekend

 We were out at the “Comforts of Home” show in River Falls, WI last Sunday. We got there around noon, which was too late to register (the show started at 10:00 AM) but we were in time for lunch served by the folks at the “Comforts of Home” assisted living center and music by the “Rock Man”.

Due to heavy rains the night before the show was moved from the grass to the parking areas around the circumference of the site which made for a unique car show experience where you only saw small groups of cars at a time but there was always a treat around the next turn. Due to a couple of tired children, we left as awards were being announced so I don’t know who took home trophies but there were plenty of beautiful cars to pick from. We saw a super original Corvair convert, a stunning Buick Skylark and many many more.

Minnesota Bug-In

Do you like bugs? How about dune buggies, VW buses, three legged dogs and tie dye? I’m not a huge fan of tie dye but the rest of it’s great. And there was a lot to go around at the 2016 Minnesota Bug-In.

Good Neighbor Days

My little buddy and I went out to Roberts WI’s Good Neighbor Days Car Show on Saturday. This is the first time just the two of us went to a show and in case you don’t know, bringing a 17 month old to a car show will wear you out. He likes to peacefully wander about until he’s about three steps away from me and then take off hell-bent-for-leather laughing and squealing towards disaster.

It was a nice show with music from the Music Man Truck and a country twosome under the tent. A lot of cool cars and friendly people as is the norm in our little part of the world. We saw a super low mileage original 1960 Ford Falcon, a great patina’d low-rider 50’s Chevy pickup and a yellow 1975 Trans Am that might have been new.