Took a few days in Ocean City Maryland for the 36 annual Cruisin car show with my better half and had a blast. It’s one of the biggest and best shows on the east coast I believe. Thousands of vehicles and I think they said they expect 100K people also. I wouldn’t be surprised because Saturday was a mad house. Coastal highway was packed up and down.

It was great. The sounds, sights, the smell of burnt high octane fuel. I bet some guys spent as much on fuel cost as I did for the few days there. Horsepower heads don’t care; it’s part of the hobby. So many efforts of love and passion on display. Rolling pieces of art and engineering. Anything from the 1920s to current day was on display and rolling up and down Coastal Highway.

Despite all the horsepower everyone was pretty restrained. The heavy police presence also helped keep everyone in line. Of course, the police can’t be everywhere, so you did here some quick dashes and an occasional cloud of smoke. Nothing like the old days though.

They know to staff up, and the state police also beef up their presence in the area that weekend. But overall, I know Thursday and Friday were a success and it looked like Saturday was going to be an overwhelming crowd. It ends this afternoon.

I like going early when it’s not as packed and I can talk to the owners who a lot of the time are the builders/restorers. It also is a lot easier to photograph the cars in the lot at the convention center and inlet parking lot where the competitions take place. But there are dozens of other events around town.

I have over 500 images to edit and I’m only about a quarter of the way through them. I promise not to overuse them here. I will provide a link to the finished images on my photo site when the edit and upload is complete.

All I know is that this was the perfect way to kick off my summer and the song I’m listening to now is Kickstart My Heart by Motley Crue and I can’t wait to put the top down tomorrow and burn through several gallons of fuels cruising. Today my backside is planted on the tractor cutting grass. Such is life, but I’ll be dreaming of this weekend and clutching and shifting my troubles away tomorrow after I wash it to a sparkling shine. Can’t cruise with a dirty car. Plus, it’s our club meeting night.

Random Thoughts of the Day

• I usually don’t eat 3 meals a day unless I’m away from home.
• If the war is over, how come gas prices and everything else keeps shooting skyward. I mean he says it over or we won every day it seems. Just more of his lies from an idiot that doesn’t know his backside from a hole in the ground.
• I like the off season at the beaches. But cruising on a sunny summer day, putting my toes in the hot sand and swimming in warm water is the best.
• May is a wonderful and difficult month for our family.