At Last!!

I finally got internet service!!!
We drove to Austin NV on Friday for the Alviso Roadster cookout. We had a great time swapping lies and tales with them all.
Saturday morning it was up and out to Winnemucca, a short 150 miles for the open house and cookout at the Flying A Garage. We spent the day there seeing friends and meeting new friends. We talked with old friend Don Ebertson from OR, (a charter member of the Toppers car club from 1957!) By the way Al Duval he is still waiting for his 50th jacket! We hung out there until 6PM, then drove back to Austin (150 miles) for dinner with the Roadsters again. Austin is a town of 187 people and 2 bars. Both bars had outdoor seats and live music on the sidewalk. Of course that is where the rest of the night was spent. Every once in a while someone would start their hot rod up and "blast" up the street. We watched a chopped 5 window with a SBC race a BBC roadster for about 3 blocks, right down main street. The local cop/judge was cheering them on!!
I will send a slide show (hopefully tonight) of some of this.
Sunday morning we all met for a group photo on main at 8AM and then headed out for B'ville.
Barry and I drove with Mark Morton in the Hop Up magazine 56 panel pulling his 4 banger 120 mph race car and John Swander, from KS in his "bones built" 5w coupe. It was a good drive, about 250 miles. The others followed a little later.
We arrived in Wendover about 4 PM, found "eyeball" Tim Ebens, got our room from him and checked in, had dinner and headed to the parking lot to look at all of the hot rods. A lot full of every thing, mostly trad built style. Barry's was the only "Gucci designer" one again. He caused quite a stir with everyone with the crunched front story. People could not believe he drove it and still driving it bent up! Like he said that sort of help him to become accepted into their way,not a trailered show car, but built in that style. We were two of maybe 10 "shiney paint" cars in the lot, out of 200 + hot rods.
More tonight on Bonneville...time to hit the road for Jackson Hole WY.