Linda & I would head out on 192 again this week, Steve Mc, K4SKM in his '29 Ford Model A Sport Coupe would by pass the meeting place, the timing was off a little and he just wanted to keep a goin'. When we arrived Lee was at the point, Dave was by the Haunted House to register the Cruisers. As we made the turn at Old Town Clock in our '60 Ranchero, Bill Mabry, our October 2008 "Cruiser of the Month" would be parked in his place of honor. The "Looney Bin"  had Bob in his GMC pickup and a construction dumpster. Gary was at the gate on Florida Plaza, the B.O.P.C. was in "Town" since 9:00AM, hundreds of these GM's were in place starting by the general store and wrapping all the way around "Kid's Town". Just about every model of Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac and Cadillac were on display. The "Wookie" had his flamed out '65 Buick in the mix. Steve would have his '77 deVille out as would Andy parked next to him with his '79 deVille. George would also have his Chevy powered Olds just down from them. I didn't get a actual an count but it sure was a lot of them. Vendors were in place behind the General Store and judging by the crowd it was a very successful event. Steve Mc was in the spot next to ours dressed in period correct garb for his car. I was in possibly scariest costume of them all, a suit & tie. every one is so used to seeing me in my signature Hawaiian shirt, "Radio Shorts" and sandals, it was a shock.

I would take a trip with Gary on the golf cart to tour the B.O.P.C. cars, lots and lots of Oldsmobiles as it was hosted by the Olds club of Florida. Yes there were plenty of Pontiacs, Buicks and Cadillacs as well. Once I got back to the car it was time to take our first stroll up "Trophy Row" to see who else was in town. There were several cars that had not been out in a while but by the time we made it to Block 2 many of the regulars were in place. Butch would arrive in his '64 Comet. James had his  "Firebird" parked in block 2. Many of the "Redline Rodders" were in their usual spots. Don & Jackie were next to the stairs in their Mustang convertible, Karen and the Kids would be behind them. Pablo & Nilda would would have their '68 Nova across the way. Parked near the top of Block 1 was Bob & Jerri's '63 Corvair. Duffy would have his T-Bucket in the very top spot. Graham, G4HFG from Oldham, England came in over the radio for the first of several times through out the day. Bob & Marge would back their '65 Rambler Ambassador convertible into his spot as we made our way back down to the car. Across from them was John in his '57 Chevy. Once we were back at the car Bill & Doris would stop by for their visit before heading on up to join the people under the stairs. Mark would arrive in his "Blown to Be Wild" '63 Falcon and head off to get into his costume. Nick and Fran would arrive in the '32 Ford 5 Window Coupe, but it didn't look like him, it actually looked more like Mark. Anyway, they parked leaving a space for Bob who would arrive later in his '71 Camaro, Mark or was it? He had an awful lot of spare body parts with him, I guess he did change, would make it back to Block 4 before we headed out to eat.  It was time, you guessed it, dinner at "Flippers", on our way up we would bump in to Charlie and then some clown arrived in a Model A pickup, Steve Mc would join us alfresco and yes, Jane took great care of us and even had a few moments to chat. John and James would also choose the patio to dine. There were many cars that would make their way in to "Town" as we finished up. On our way back down, even more of the regulars were now in place, Bert & Ernie would be out in their Comet Wagon. Lynn would be out in her daily driver. "Cousin John" in his Caddy. Coy was spotted looking at the cars and visiting. Many of the participants of the earlier show would be mixed in.

Once we were back in Block 4 the cars kept rolling in. 2 of our own "3 Stooges" Bob in his '36 Ford Humpback, and John & Jennifer R along in his Mustang would make their way to the area just down from Neil & Elaine that would have their '62 Healy and '62 TR6 across from us. Doc would be in the "Mach 1" parked one over from the dumpster, Suzanne joined him later. "Red Racer" Ted, KE4TTE would be out shooting everyone and everything, with his trusty camera. Over 500 photos and of course he'll do his slideshow for posting on YouTube, along with posting a video of the band after the cruise with the "Old Town Dancers" that had a Hippy Chick and a couple of Crash Test Dummies dancing with them. These guys had been around most of the night pointing out things. Steve & Carol stopped by for a minute, they had their '67 Camaro out tonight. Another Clown was in Mark's "Junkyard Jewel". Roberta the "Beer Lady" was doing a fine business.  "Big Jim" and Norma were out with some visitors from Michigan, no Cruiser, he only has 3 of them. I mean this town was really rockin' tonight, all of these great cars and the people that keep bringing us back, the spectators that included Bob & Barb from near Glasgow, Scotland, Brian & Quintino, and Bob, N2SJX who I ran into during the end of the B.O.P.C. show. The next couple of hours flew by. I know I have missed a lot of the folks I talked with but this is all I have the space for.

Thank you Old Town for letting us, the curators of this "Rolling Display of Automotive History", the cars that are the "Stars", to be their guests this evening. Thank you to the Old Town Merchants Association and the Sponsors of this event, "Valvoline", the "General Store", the "A&W", "Out of this World Embroidery", "Wound 'N Around", Pepsi, Roberts Brothers, the "Tropical Breeze" & "Flippers" just to name a few. Thank you to Allan, Joe, Ron, Gary,  Lee, Dave, Esther, Miguel, Mesha, Chrisanne and the entire Cruise Staff and fellow Cruisers for making our 309th consecutive Saturday a fun and safe one.

On to the "Flag Winners".

Tonight's random drawing winners received the coveted "Old Town Checkered Flag" and the new "Clock Pin", along with $25 cash, A Case of Oil from Valvoline and a drink from the Tropical Breeze.